Israel launches first major ground and air attack on central Gazan city Deir al-Balah
Summary
Israeli tanks launch the first ground assault on Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, with smoke seen billowing over the city as air strikes also hit
Thousands of displaced people from southern Gaza are packed into the area and it's assumed that Israeli hostages are also held there
"Suffering of civilians in Gaza has reached new depths": 26 nations sign a statement calling for an end to the war, while food security body the IPC warns more than 1.5 million people are at risk of severe malnutrition or starvation
The latest death toll since October 2023 stands at over 59,000, while at least 19 people have died of starvation in the past 24 hours, Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry says
Israel does not allow the BBC and other international media into Gaza to report freely
Israeli tanks launch the first ground assault on Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, with smoke seen billowing over the city as air strikes also hit
Thousands of displaced people from southern Gaza are packed into the area and it's assumed that Israeli hostages are also held there
"Suffering of civilians in Gaza has reached new depths": 26 nations sign a statement calling for an end to the war, while food security body the IPC warns more than 1.5 million people are at risk of severe malnutrition or starvation
The latest death toll since October 2023 stands at over 59,000, while at least 19 people have died of starvation in the past 24 hours, Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry says
Israel does not allow the BBC and other international media into Gaza to report freely
'Suffering of civilians in Gaza has reached new depths': 26 nations call for immediate end to war in Gaza
We've just had a statement from the UK and more than 20 other countries calling for an immediate end to the war in Gaza.
Here's the statement from the UK Foreign Office in full:
We, the signatories listed below, come together with a simple, urgent message: the war in Gaza must end now. The suffering of civilians in Gaza has reached new depths.
The Israeli government’s aid delivery model is dangerous, fuels instability and deprives Gazans of human dignity.
Migrants at Ice jail in Miami made to kneel to eat ‘like dogs’, report alleges
Incident in which migrants were shackled with hands tied of one succession of alleged abuses at jails in Florida
Mon 21 Jul 2025 09.00 BST
Migrants at a Miami immigration jail were shackled with their hands tied behind their backs and made to kneel to eat food from styrofoam plates “like dogs”, according to a report published on Monday into conditions at three overcrowded south Florida facilities.
The incident at the downtown federal detention center is one of a succession of alleged abuses at Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (Ice) operated jails in the state since January, chronicled by advocacy groups Human Rights Watch, Americans for Immigrant Justice, and Sanctuary of the South from interviews with detainees.
Dozens of men had been packed into a holding cell for hours, the report said, and denied lunch until about 7pm. They remained shackled with the food on chairs in front of them.
Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi faces terror charges
Richard Connor with Reuters, AP
Police in Kenya have arrested a prominent human rights activist on suspicion of facilitating terrorist acts. It follows clashes last month in which at least 19 people were killed during a protest against the government.
Kenyan police on Monday charged human rights activist Boniface Mwangi with possession of ammunition as part of an investigation into "facilitating terrorist activities" during anti-government protests.
Authorities claim Mwangi helped organize unrest during the June 25 protests, which turned violent and left at least 19 people dead.
The protest itself had been called to remember victims of police violence at another major protest against President William Ruto's government on the same date last year.
Syrian authorities evacuate Bedouin families from Druze-majority Sweida city
The Syrian government on Monday began evacuating Bedouin families from the Druze-majority southern Syrian city of Sweida as the latest ceasefire, agreed over the weekend, appeared to halt clashes between the two communities that killed more than a 1,000 people in one week, according to a war monitor.
Syrian authorities on Monday evacuated Bedouin families from the Druze-majority city of Sweida, after a ceasefire in the southern province halted bloody clashes between the communities, an AFP correspondent and official media said.
An AFP correspondent outside the devastated provincial capital saw a convoy including buses enter Sweida and then exit again carrying civilians.
They evacuees, including women and children, were headed for reception centres in neighbouring Daraa province and to the capital Damascus, in coordination with the Syrian Red Crescent.
VOX POPULI: Xenophobia gains ground in Upper House election
Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a daily column that runs on Page 1 of The Asahi Shimbun.
July 21, 2025 at 12:02 JST
Front-page headlines in Japanese newspapers come in various forms. The more important or surprising the news, the more the headline shifts from the traditional vertical format (top to bottom, commonly used in most articles) to a bold horizontal layout (left to right).
Major news stories also tend to use what is known as the “beta-kuro shiro-nuki” format--white lettering set against a solid black background--stretching dramatically across the width of the page.
In the latest Upper House election--where the ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and its junior partner, Komeito, suffered a stinging setback--the largest headline now looms high above this daily column, which appears regularly at the bottom of The Asahi Shimbun’s front page.
A couple were accused of having an ‘illicit’ relationship. Their community allegedly shot them dead
The killings last month in the southwestern Balochistan province, underscores the shocking and persistent nature of such crimes across parts of Central and South Asia, where family and community members believe they can restore “honor” through bloodshed.
At least 11 people have been arrested since video of the incident recently went viral on social media, Balochistan’s chief minister Safraz Bugti said.
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