Israel to respond by Friday over Gaza truce plan accepted by Hamas
Israel under pressure to accept ceasefire proposal that is said to be almost identical to earlier US-backed plan
Tue 19 Aug 2025 13.31 BST
Israel has said it will deliver its response to international mediators by Friday over a new Gaza ceasefire plan accepted by Hamas amid mounting pressure for a truce in a war that has claimed more than 62,000 Palestinian lives.
After mass protests in Israel demanding a deal to secure the release of the remaining 20 living Israeli hostages held in Gaza, it appeared that Hamas had reduced its demands for a prisoners-for-hostages exchange as well as over the scope of an Israeli-demanded “security buffer zone”.
Five teens charged with bullying offences after girl’s death that shocked Malaysia
Public anger over Zara Qairina Mahathir’s death has spurred mass rallies, a royal decree for anti-bullying reforms, and renewed calls for justice in Malaysia’s education system
Five teenagers will be charged with bullying in connection to the death of 13-year-old Zara Qairina Mahathir, a case that has sparked nationwide outrage in Malaysia.
Mahathir was found dead outside her dormitory at an Islamic school in Sabah’s Papar district in July. Police initially said there was no foul play suspected and quickly closed the case, but mounting public anger and allegations of a cover-up prompted authorities to exhume her body and reopen the investigation.
Mahathir’s death has triggered nationwide protests and calls for an end to bullying in Malaysia’s schools. The hashtag #Justice4Zara has gone viral in the country, while hundreds have also joined rallies across towns in Sabah.
Germany: Magdeburg market attacker charged with murder
Taleb A. is accused of six counts of murder and 338 counts of attempted murder after driving a car into a Christmas market in Magdeburg in December.
German prosecutors have pressed murder charges against the man who drove a car into a Christmas Market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg in December.
Taleb A.* is accused of six counts of murder and 338 counts of attempted murder, among other charges. Prosecutors said in their statement they would seek the German legal equivalent of a first-degree murder conviction.
Five women aged 45 to 75 and one nine-year-old boy were killed in the attack on December 20, 2024, which left over 300 others injured.
From graffiti to murder: How Iran lures Israeli citizens into spy missions
Dozens of Israeli citizens face trial for allegedly working for Iranian agents online, carrying out acts from vandalism to assassination plots. Experts say Tehran targeted societal weak points, exploiting frustrations and divisions to manipulate recruits into a shadow war.
Dozens of Israelis, from teenagers to retirees, are now facing trial after allegedly being recruited by Iranian agents online and tasked with acts ranging from vandalism to attempted assassinations. Israeli security officials say the campaign, which intensified after the October 7 Hamas-led attack and the ensuing Gaza war, was designed to inflame internal divisions and undermine national security.
In a crowded Tel Aviv courtroom, 31-year-old Vladislav Victorson and his 19-year-old partner, Anya Bernstein, sat behind glass in brown prison uniforms. Guards flanked them as a police investigator detailed their alleged missions, part of what prosecutors describe as a growing network of ordinary Israelis used as pawns by Tehran's intelligence services.
Venezuela’s Maduro to mobilise millions in militia over US ‘threats’
The move comes after the US doubles the bounty for Maduro’s arrest to $50m and deploys three warships in the Caribbean.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has pledged to mobilise more than four million militia fighters in response to new United States “threats” after Washington raised a reward for his arrest and launched new antidrug operations in the Caribbean.
“This week, I will activate a special plan with more than 4.5 million militiamen to ensure coverage of the entire national territory – militias that are prepared, activated and armed,” Maduro said in a televised address on Monday.
Council wins bid to stop hotel housing asylum seekers
A council has won its High Court bid to temporarily block asylum seekers from being housed at The Bell Hotel in Essex – despite a late bid by the government to intervene.
The injunction was sought by Epping Forest District Council to stop migrants being placed at the venue in Epping, which is owned by Somani Hotels Limited.
Thousands of people have protested near the hotel in recent weeks after an asylum seeker living there was charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in the town.
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