Israel increased Rafah demolition to prepare for Gaza forced transfer plan
Satellite data shows destruction of Rafah before plan to transfer entire population of Gaza to ‘humanitarian city’ in the south.
Demolition operations being conducted by Israel in Gaza’s southern Rafah Governorate have been stepped up sharply, an investigation by Al Jazeera’s Sanad investigations unit has found.
Israel’s defence ministry has announced a plan to relocate 600,000 people into what observers say would be “concentration camps” in the area in southern Gaza, with plans to expand this to the Strip’s entire population.
Air India crash victims’ families not satisfied with ‘vague’ initial report
Relatives call for ‘honesty, transparency and an unwavering commitment to uncovering the full truth’
Families of the Air India crash victims have said they are hoping for more answers from investigators after a report found the plane’s fuel switches were cut off, deepening the mystery of what happened.
The preliminary report from India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau, published on Friday, said both of the plane’s fuel switches moved to the cut-off position immediately after takeoff, stopping fuel supply to the engines.
“In the cockpit voice recording, one of the pilots is heard asking the other why did he cut off. The other pilot responded that he did not do so,” the report reads.
NATO's Eastern FlankGermany's Rising Concerns about Russia
By Matthias Gebauer und Paul-Anton Krüger
At the very end, after the summit meeting of NATO member states in The Hague had already concluded and Friedrich Merz was speaking to a group of journalists, the chancellor didn’t mince words. "What does war actually mean?” Merz asked last Wednesday, before then answering his own question: Germany, he said, has already been the target of numerous attacks. Merz went down the list: destroyed underwater cable in the Baltic Sea, German military bases spied on by drones, AI-generated fake news.
Merz concluded by saying that the transition from peace to war is "fluid.” In that sense, he continued, "we are already under attack by Russia.” Even if no Russian tanks are rolling across the border into Germany, according to Merz’s view of things, the country is already in a kind of state of war.
North Korea's Kim offers Russia 'unconditional support'
Kim Jong Un met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in the port city of Wonsan. The meeting came as analysts suggest North Korea will send more troops to fight alongside Russia amid its offensive against Ukraine.
North Korea's Kim Jong Un has reiterated his support for Russia in the war against Ukraine, according to state media on Sunday.
The reiteration of support came after Kim met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Saturday in the eastern North Korean port city of Wonsan, Pyongyang's state news agency KCNA reported.
Inside the Congolese mine vital to mobile phones, as rebels give BBC rare access
Paul Njie
M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo recently allowed the BBC to visit a huge mining site under their control which is vital to the production of the world's mobile phones - and over its vast expanse not one person was idle.
Thousands of miners dotted the landscape covered with pits and tunnels.
Some were deep underground digging up ore with shovels, others then hoisted sacks of the extracted rock containing coltan, which is used to make many electronic devices, on to their shoulders. They then took it to assembly points where others washed and filtered it with spades and by hand.
The Texas way: why the most disaster-prone US state is so allergic to preparing for disasters
It faces hurricanes, heat, drought, rising seas and – as last week showed – deadly floods. But despite the clear need for preventive action, that is not the political mood
Greg Abbott, the Republican governor of Texas, has had plenty of consoling words to offer following the tragic flash floods in the Hill Country that have killed more than 120 people, including 27 girls and counsellors at the stricken Camp Mystic.
“Our hearts grieve for this community and surrounding areas,” he wrote on social media. “May God bring comfort to every family affected.”
Amid such refrains, Abbott’s response so far has been notably lacking in one regard: any assurance that Texas will tackle the problems that contributed to the calamity in Kerr county over the Fourth of July weekend, when the Guadalupe River rose like a torrent 26ft in 45 minutes. Accosted by reporters, the governor has indicated he will allow debate in the Texas legislature on the state’s flood warning systems, but has given no guarantees on the outcome.
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