Six killed and dozens wounded by Israeli army while collecting aid, says Gaza civil defence – Middle East crisis live
Israeli troops reported to have targeted civilians assembling near an aid point in central Gaza
Sat 9 Aug 2025 14.23 BST
People collecting aid among 10 reported killed by Israel in Gaza on Saturday
Gaza’s civil defence agency said at least 10 people were killed across the Palestinian territory on Saturday, including civilians who were waiting to collect aid. Civil defence spokesperson Mahmud Bassal told AFP that at least six people were killed and 30 wounded after Israeli troops targeted civilians assembling near an aid point in central Gaza.
It comes after, early Friday, the Israeli security cabinet approved plans to launch major operations to seize Gaza City, triggering a wave of outrage across the globe. Despite the backlash and rumours of dissent from Israeli military top brass, prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu remained defiant over the decision.
North Korea starts to dismantle border loudspeakers
Richard Connor with AP, AFP, Reuters
Pyongyang's move to take down its propaganda loudspeakers comes days after Seoul removed its own sound equipment in a bid to ease tensions on the peninsula.
South Korea's military said on Saturday it had noticed North Korean troops dismantling some of their propaganda loudspeakers in parts of the border area.
The action is one of the first reciprocal steps from Pyongyang since President Lee Jae Myung took office in June and began efforts to reopen talks with the North, including removing the South's own propaganda speakers.
Zelensky rejects surrendering any territory to Russia ahead of Trump-Putin meeting
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed Saturday to reject any peace plan that involves ceding land to Russia just hours after Washington and Moscow announced a summit aimed at ending the war. US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he would meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on August 15 in Alaska to discuss a possible peace deal.
Ukraine won't surrender land to Russia to buy peace, President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Saturday, after Washington and Moscow agreed to hold a summit in a bid to end the war.
Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump will meet in the US state of Alaska on August 15, to try to resolve the three-year conflict, despite warnings from Ukraine and Europe that Kyiv must be part of negotiations.
Announcing the summit on Friday, Trump said that "there'll be some swapping of territories to the betterment of both" Ukraine and Russia, without providing further details.
‘Attack on people’s memory’: Kashmir’s book ban sparks new censorship fears
Indian officials say the books promote violence and secessionism. But critics say the move is aimed at silencing academia and scholars.
Hafsa Kanjwal’s book on Kashmir has just been banned, but it’s the irony of the moment that strikes her the most.
This week, authorities in India-administered Kashmir proscribed 25 books authored by acclaimed scholars, writers and journalists.
The banned books include Kanjwal’s Colonizing Kashmir: State‑Building under Indian Occupation. But even as the ban was followed by police raids on several bookstores in the region’s biggest city, Srinagar, during which they seized books on the blacklist, Indian officials are holding a book festival in the city on the banks of Dal Lake.
Police arrest more than 50 people as hundreds rally in support of Palestine Action
Demonstrators are campaigning to lift the terror ban on protest group Palestine Action
More than 50 people have been arrested at a demonstration against the terror ban of the group Palestine Action.
Hundreds of people have gathered in Parliament Square in Westminster to hold up signs, which read: “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action”.
The Metropolitan Police has brought in scores of officers from other forces to help deal with a busy weekend of protests.
Nagasaki warns of nuclear war threat on 80th A-bomb anniversary
Nagasaki on Saturday warned of the intensifying threat of nuclear war as it marked the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing, urging the world to learn from history and ensure the southwestern Japanese city remains the last to suffer such devastation.
"This existential crisis of humanity has become imminent to each and every one of us living on Earth," Mayor Shiro Suzuki said in the Peace Declaration read during the annual memorial ceremony, laying out a bleak outlook for the world that is plagued with a "vicious cycle of confrontation and fragmentation."
In addition to calling on global leaders to outline a specific course of action for achieving the abolition of nuclear weapons, Suzuki also noted how Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last year, has inspired other citizens to work for peace across borders.
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