Global outrage mounts as funeral held for five journalists killed by Israel
Last post from Al Jazeera’s Anas al-Sharif, one of ‘Gaza’s bravest journalists’, decries failure to stop ‘massacre’
Mon 11 Aug 2025 12.39 BST
Global outrage mounts as funeral held for five journalists killed by Israel
Last post from Al Jazeera’s Anas al-Sharif, one of ‘Gaza’s bravest journalists’, decries failure to stop ‘massacre’
Hundreds of mourners carried the body of the prominent Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif through the streets of Gaza City on Monday, a day after he and four colleagues were killed in an Israeli airstrike, prompting condemnation from across the world.
Sharif, one of Al Jazeera’s most recognisable faces in Gaza, was killed while inside a tent for journalists outside al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on Sunday night. Seven people in total were killed in the attack, including the Al Jazeera correspondent Mohammed Qreiqeh and the camera operators Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa, according to the Qatar-based broadcaster.
Philippines will be pulled into any war over Taiwan — Marcos
John Silk with AP, AFP, Reuters, dpa
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said "we do not want to go to war, but I think if there is a war over Taiwan, we will be drawn, we will be pulled in whether we like it or not, kicking and screaming."
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Monday his country would inevitably be drawn into any war over Taiwan due to its proximity to the island and the fact that are large numbers of Filipino workers there.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry then said that "'geographic location' and a 'large volume of Filipinos' in Taiwan should not be used as pretexts to interfere in the internal and sovereign affairs of other countries," urging the Philippines "to earnestly abide by the One China principle" and "refrain from playing fire on issues bearing on China's core interests."
Nigerian troops kill more than 100 'bandits' in northwest operation
Nigerian forces killed more than 100 members of a criminal gang in an air and ground raid on Sunday in Zamfara state, a conflict monitoring report produced for the United Nations said Monday. The raid follows rising violence, including a deadly attack by the gang on Adabka village last week. The ongoing conflict, fuelled by organised crime and resource disputes, is worsening regional instability and malnutrition.
The Nigerian military killed more than 100 members of a criminal gang in an air and ground raid over the weekend, according to a conflict monitoring report produced for the United Nations and seen by AFP on Monday.
Armed groups called "bandits" by locals have for years been terrorising communities in northwest and central Nigeria, raiding villages, kidnapping residents for ransom and burning homes after looting them.
Team pulls out of high school baseball championship amid abuse claims
A high school baseball team has withdrawn from one of Japan's most popular national tournaments, the school's principal said Sunday, amid social media controversy over reports of abuse.
The Koryo High School team's withdrawal from the annual summer national high school baseball championship follows revelations that the event's national body issued a severe reprimand in March over a case in which four students physically abused a younger boy at a dormitory in January.
Principal Masakazu Hori said with further allegations circulating on social media and students targeted by online attacks, the decision was made with "protecting the lives of students, teachers and local people as our greatest priority."
Australia to recognise Palestinian statehood; New Zealand may follow
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says two-state solution is ‘humanity’s best hope’ to end suffering in Gaza.
Australia will recognise a Palestinian state in September, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced, drawing condemnation from Israel.
Albanese said on Monday that his government would formally announce the move when the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meets in New York.
Trump deploys National Guard to Washington DC as he pledges crime crackdown
Summary
Donald Trump deploys the National Guard to Washington DC and places the city's police under federal control, as he announces a crackdown on crime and homelessness in the nation's capital
You can follow the president's news conference by clicking watch live at the top of this page
Trump says the city has been "taken over by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals". "We are going to take our capital back," he says
Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has rejected Trump's claims that the capital is experiencing a crime wave. Crime hit a peak in Washington DC in 2023, but data shows it has fallen consistently since then
Statistics also indicate violent crime in the city is at a 30-year low
For Trump, appearances can be as important as statistics when it comes to crime and homelessness in the US capital, BBC North America correspondent Anthony Zurcher writes
Taking over DC police is an unprecedented step
Anthony Zurcher
North America correspondent
Donald Trump’s decision to deploy the National Guard to the streets of Washington DC was hinted in advance. His move to take over the city’s Metropolitan Police Department is an unprecedented step, injecting the White House deep into the day-to-day management of one of the nation’s largest municipal police forces.
Section 740 of the law granting Washington limited self-governance gives the president authority to take over city’s police department in emergency circumstances. The provision was included in the aftermath of the civil unrest of the 1960s, but no president has every used it – until now. This authority expires in 30 days unless Congress extends it.
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