Israel security cabinet approves plan to 'capture' Gaza, official says
David Gritten
Israel's security cabinet has approved a plan to expand its military offensive against Hamas which includes the "capture" of Gaza and the holding of its territory, according to an Israeli official.
It is also said to include moving the 2.1 million Palestinians in Gaza towards the south, which could worsen the humanitarian crisis.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called it a "good plan" because it would achieve the goals of defeating Hamas and returning its remaining hostages, the official said.
Spain: cable theft that caused rail chaos was ‘act of sabotage’, says minister
Signalling cable taken from four locations, delaying high-speed services between Madrid and Seville, week after massive power cut
Mon 5 May 2025 15.54 BST
Spain’s transport minister has said the country’s rail network suffered “an act of serious sabotage” after vital signalling cable was stolen over the busy bank holiday weekend, bringing severe delays to high-speed services between Madrid and Seville that affected more than 10,000 travellers.
Government sources said the problems on the line between the capital and the southern region of Andalucía had been caused by the theft of copper cable from five different locations in the Toledo area, south of Madrid, late on Sunday.
Russian reporter facing jail says RSF smuggled her to France
Pro-Ukrainian journalist Ekaterina Barabash says has escaped house arrest in Russia and fled to Paris with the help of Reporters Without Borders (RSF). She was facing up to 10 years in prison for criticizing the army.
Ekaterina Barabash, a Russian journalist critical of Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, said on Monday that she fled to France after Reporters Without Borders (RSF) smuggled her out of Russia.
"I fled — I had no other choice. Journalism no longer exists in Russia," Ukrainian-born Barabash, who faces up to 10 years in prison for criticizing Russian army, told a news conference at the media watchdog's headquarters in Paris.
"There is no culture in Russia. There is no politics. It's only war," she said, adding that the very concept of a "Russian journalist" no longer made sense. "There are no Russian journalists," she said. "Journalism cannot exist under totalitarianism."
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Will Pahalgam attack prolong detention of Kashmiri political prisoners?
Hopes that last year’s election would lead to their release have been crushed since the April 22 killings and subsequent crackdown by Indian forces.
Shakeela remembers being upbeat and hopeful that evening.
As officials in Indian-administered Kashmir counted votes cast in the regional assembly election in October last year, a quiet optimism settled over the 50-year-old mother, who had been waiting for more than three years for her only son, 24-year-old Faizyaab, to be freed from an Indian jail.
Huge ‘Hobbit’-themed eagle sculptures to depart New Zealand airport
Two giant eagle sculptures inspired by “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings” have loomed over visitors to Wellington Airport for more than a decade. Now, they will take their final flight and depart the airport on Friday.
The two eagles, one with a sculpture of Gandalf on its back, were first installed 12 years ago, a statement released by the airport on Monday said.
Their installation coincided with the release of Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit” movie trilogy, which were filmed in New Zealand.
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