Family of Israeli hostage held in Gaza accuses Hamas of starving him
Sun 3 Aug 2025 14.13 BST
The family of an Israeli hostage held in Gaza have said Hamas is starving him after the release of a video in which he appeared emaciated and weak.
The footage, released on Saturday, shows Evyatar David speaking in what appeared to be a Hamas tunnel in Gaza. In scenes that have caused outrage and dismay in Israel, he is shown digging what he says could be his own grave. In comments made under duress, he urges the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to agree to a ceasefire.
Regret, resentment and Reform UK: jailed Rotherham rioters one year on
Robyn Vinter North of England correspondent
Sun 3 Aug 2025 06.00 BST
Men sentenced to prison time for role in violent protests after the Southport murders describe their feelings of injustice
It was a scene that became the defining image of the year for many. Flames licking up the side of a grey breezeblock hotel with balaclava-clad men jostling around, kicking, smashing windows, throwing debris on the fire.
Protests were not uncommon outside the Holiday Inn in Manvers near Rotherham, which housed 200 asylum seekers, but there would be something different about Sunday 4 August 2024, coming after the murder of three young girls in Southport by 17-year-old Axel Rudakubana days earlier.
Inside Ukraine’s effort to produce more of its own weapons to fight Putin as Trump’s support flip-flops
Askold Krushelnycky examines how Donald Trump’s fluctuating position on the Ukraine war has encouraged Kyiv to look closer to home to produce the weapons it needs to fight Russia
Sunday 03 August 2025 15:08 BST
On Tuesday, Donald Trump gave Vladimir Putin a new deadline – agree to a ceasefire in the Ukraine war or face fresh sanctions.
It appeared the US president had finally run out of patience with the Russian leader, declaring he was “no longer interested in talks” and cutting a previous deadline of 50 days dramatically short.
But regardless of how encouraging this apparent renewed sense of urgency might be to Ukraine, Trump’s views on the war and support for Kyiv are anything but consistent.
From the infamous Oval Office ambush of Volodymyr Zelensky to fluctuating financial commitments from the US, Kyiv has been wise to look elsewhere for reliable supplies – preferably Ukraine’s own burgeoning weapons industry.
New tsunami warning from Russia after Kuril Islands quake
Russian officials warned that a tsunami wave of up to 19 centimeters (7.5 inches) could affect a section of the Kamchatka coast following a strong tremor on Sunday morning.
"As a result of the earthquake that occurred in the Pacific Ocean, a tsunami wave no more than 19 centimeters high may reach the Aleutian municipal district, no more than 15 centimeters high may reach the Ust-Kamchatsky municipal district, and no more than 3 centimeters high may reach the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky urban district," a report by Kamchatka Tsunami Warning and Monitoring Center said.
"The expected wave heights are low, but you must still move away from the shore," Russia's Ministry for Emergency Services said on the Telegram messaging app.
Over 70% of foreigners visiting Hiroshima feel A-bombings unjustified: survey
Over 70 percent of foreigners visiting the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum feel that the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of the western Japan city and Nagasaki cannot be justified, a recent Kyodo News survey showed.
Of the 74.6 percent who said the bombings were unjustified, 6.2 percent said they had changed their view after seeing the exhibits, according to the survey of around 1,000 foreign visitors conducted this summer. Meanwhile, 7.2 percent said the bombings were justified, and 12.8 percent were unsure.
Among Americans, 13.3 percent said they felt the bombings were justified, almost double the rate among all respondents, while 48.5 percent said they were not. Notably, 8.2 percent of Americans said their views had changed to not supporting the bombing after visiting the museum.
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