Six In The Morning Sunday 10 August 2025

 

Netanyahu defends Israel's plan to 'take over' Gaza City as European leaders call for decision to be reversed

Summary

• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defends his government's plan to take over Gaza City, claiming it is the "best way" to end the war and that operations will move "fairly quickly"

• The UK, France and other European countries warn Israel's plan "risks violating international humanitarian law", as a UN emergency meeting on Gaza is taking place in New York - watch live above

• Protests against the government's decision to expand the Gaza war have intensified in Israel as hostages' families have condemned the move

• Israel strongly rejects the condemnation with Defence Minister Israel Katz saying it "will not weaken our resolve"

• In Gaza, the Hamas-run health ministry reports the total death toll from malnutrition has risen to 217, including 100 children

• The Israeli government does not allow international news organisations, including the BBC, into Gaza to report freely

Netanyahu blames Hamas for hunger and deaths at aid sites

We can bring you more now from Netanyahu's comments to reporters a little earlier. The prime minister was asked by journalists if Israel's 11-week blockade on aid entering Gaza played a role in the ongoing hunger crisis.

Netanyahu blames Hamas for looting supplies, and says that Hamas has created the aid crisis.

He reiterates his denial that Israel has a "starvation policy" in Gaza - but does accept that there was "deprivation" in the Strip.

Revealed: oligarchs spied on UK lawyers who ran Serious Fraud Office cases

The Guardian has obtained surveillance images taken by hired spies whose goal is said to have been identifying sources and gaining ‘leverage’

Tom Burgis

Sun 10 Aug 2025 10.00 BST

Oligarchs whose business empire was under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office spied on lawyers who ran some of the UK’s most sensitive criminal cases.

The Guardian has obtained surveillance images of former SFO prosecutors taken by hired spies. Their goal is said to have been gathering information on the agency’s activities, identifying its sources and gaining “leverage”.

Japan: Two boxers die from brain injuries at Tokyo event

Nik Martin with AFP, AP, Reuters

The Japanese athletes, both 28 years old, were rushed into emergency surgery after competing in separate bouts on August 2.

Two Japanese boxers have died within days of each other after sustaining brain injuries in separate bouts on the same fight card. 

The World Boxing Federation on Saturday confirmed the deaths. The bouts took place at Tokyo's iconic Korakuen Hall on August 2.

The deaths have reignited urgent debate over boxing safety regulations in Japan — especially the duration of fights and ringside medical protocols.

Salah criticises UEFA tribute to Suleiman al-Obeid, the ‘Palestinian Pele’

Former Palestinian international player Suleiman al-Obeid was killed by an Israeli attack on aid seekers in Gaza on Wednesday.

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has criticised a UEFA tribute to the late Suleiman al-Obeid, known as the “Palestinian Pele”, after European football’s governing body failed to reference the circumstances surrounding his killing this week.

The Palestine Football Association said Al-Obeid, 41, was killed by an Israeli attack on civilians waiting for humanitarian aid in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday.

Machinery boss in Shiretoko secret savior of ReraPan film

By TAKEO KATO/ Staff Writer

August 10, 2025 at 07:00 JST

The town of Shari is forever associated with the Shiretoko Peninsula, designated as a World Natural Heritage site. But to a select few, it is cherished for another reason, too.

It is the home of a type of camera film that went out of mainstream production three decades ago. Film buffs have 64-year-old Tsuyoshi Mohri to thank for that. 

Mohri’s main business is agricultural machinery, but he also manufactures the film under the brand name of ReraPan.