UN chief criticises world's 'inaction' on Gaza as ministry reports more malnutrition deaths
Summary
Israel says it will allow foreign countries to airdrop aid into Gaza in the coming days. Some airdrops took place last year but aid groups warned at the time that they could not deliver aid in sufficient quantities
Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry says nine people have died of malnutrition in the past 24 hours, bringing the total such deaths to 122
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) says its teams are "witnessing catastrophic levels of malnutrition" - here's how the condition devastates the body
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is "considering alternative options" to bring hostages home after the US and Israel withdrew their negotiating teams from Qatar - a senior Hamas official denies to the BBC that Gaza ceasefire talks have collapsed
UK PM Keir Starmer will speak to the German and French leaders today after Macron pledged to recognise the state of Palestine - Jeremy Bowen and Lyse Doucet analyse what that means
Almost a third of Gazans are "not eating for days", the United Nations food aid agency tells the AFP news agency.
The agency adds the crisis has reached "new and astonishing levels of desperation".
This comes as the UN's Palestinian refugee agency (Unwra) says acute malnutrition in children under the age of five has "more than doubled since" March. The agency warns over half of its essential medicines are now "out of stock".
Israel trying to deflect blame for widespread starvation in Gaza
Officials and ministers either deny that Palestinians are being affected by hunger or say it is not Israel’s fault
Israel is pursuing an extensive PR effort to remove itself from blame for the starvation and killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza in the face of overwhelming evidence that it is responsible.
As dozens of governments, UN organisations and other international figures have detailed Israel’s culpability, officials and ministers in Israel have attempted to suggest that there is no hunger in Gaza, that if hunger exists it is not Israel’s fault, or to blame Hamas or the UN and aid organisations for problems with distribution of aid.
Hong Kong places bounty on 19 pro-democracy activists
Mahima Kapoor with Reuters, AP, AFP
The police say that the "Hong Kong Parliament" group is guilty of crimes against national security. The pro-democracy group held an online vote to form a "legislature" aimed at "opposing one-party dictatorship."
Hong Kong police on Friday announced a bounty for 19 overseas-based activists for their roles in a "subversive organization" abroad, accusing them of being in violation of the national security law imposed by Beijing.
The group — "Hong Kong Parliament" — aimed to promote self-determination and establish a "Hong Kong constitution," the police said in a statement, adding it was using illegal means to overthrow China's power over the region.
Thailand and Cambodia clash: A border dispute fuelled by nationalism
Fighting between Thai and Cambodian troops over a disputed border intensified on Friday, with Bangkok warning that the clashes could escalate into a full-blown war. Rooted in a border dispute dating back to colonial times, the deadly flare-up reflects the domestic political turmoil currently gripping both countries.
Thailand's acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai warned Friday that cross-border clashes with Cambodia that have uprooted more than 130,000 people "could develop into war", as the countries traded deadly strikes for a second day.
A long-running border dispute erupted into intense fighting with jets, artillery, tanks and ground troops on Thursday, and the UN Security Council is set to hold an emergency meeting on the crisis later Friday.
Japanese authorities fear sarin death cult founder’s son is continuing his legacy
Japan’s intelligence agency has warned that the cult leader’s second son is leading operations of successor group
Japanese authorities have warned that the son of a cult leader behind the deadly sarin nerve gas attack in Tokyo's subway network in 1995 is now the leader of a successor group.
At least 14 people were killed and more than 5,000 were left sickened after the cult’s members released sarin nerve gas in the capital's subway trains on 20 March in 1995.
The cult, Aum Shinrikyo or Supreme Truth, was disbanded and its founder Chizuo Matsumoto, known as Shoko Asahara, and 12 of his disciples were executed in 2018 for carrying out the attack.
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