Netanyahu calls Palestinian recognition 'disgraceful', as dozens walk out of UN speech
Summary
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York
He says recognition of a Palestinian state is "sheer madness, it's insane and we won't do it", adding that recognition by several other countries is "disgraceful"
As Netanyahu takes to the stage, dozens of people file out of the room in New York in protest, as some applaud
Netanyahu says loudspeakers in Israel are broadcasting the speech into Gaza
Directly addressing the hostages being held by Hamas, he says: "We have not forgotten you - not even for a second. The people of Israel are with you"
His speech comes as Donald Trump says he will not allow Israel to annex the Israeli-occupied West Bank - he's due to meet Netanyahu on Monday
Israel is facing increasing global pressure to end the conflict and occupation of the West Bank
Speaking to the UN on Thursday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas reiterated his rejection of a future governing role for Hamas in Gaza and demanded it disarm
Netanyahu's speech was geared towards Trump-supporting Americans
Tom Bateman
US State Department correspondent
Most of Netanyahu’s speech was targeting an American audience - and more specifically, Trump’s Maga base.
Netanyahu repeatedly suggested Israelis and Americans shared a plight of the same existential threat, including references to 9/11 and holding up a card citing extremists who shout “death to America” - the subtext being Israel was doing the “dirty work” of taking out their shared enemies.
Drug traffickers livestream torture and killing of young Argentinian women and girl
Brenda del Castillo, Morena Verdi and Lara Gutiérrez were lured with a promise of a $300 payment for a ‘sex party’
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The murder of two young Argentinian women and a girl whose torture by suspected drug traffickers was livestreamed on a private Instagram group has sent shock waves through a country unused to such extreme levels of narco violence.
Brenda del Castillo, 20, Morena Verdi, 20, and Lara Gutiérrez, 15, went missing on Friday, after they were lured to a house in the outskirts of Buenos Aires by a promise that they would be paid US $300 for taking part in a “sex party”.
Could UEFA impose football ban on Israel?
Israel has been coming under growing international pressure after UN experts classified its actions in the Gaza Strip as genocide. UEFA could become the first sports federation to suspend Israel.
Is a suspension of Israel really on the cards?
UEFA, European football's governing body, is reportedly closing in on a suspension of Israel. According to the Associated Press and Britain's "The Times" newspaper, a majority on the UEFA Executive Committee is prepared to support a suspension. This comes after a group of experts appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council accused Israel of genocide through its actions in the Gaza Strip. UEFA has not yet issued an official statement but a vote could take place as early as next week.
Tehran and Moscow sign multi-billion dollar deal to build nuclear power plants in Iran
Iran and Russia signed a $25 billion deal to build nuclear power plants in the Islamic republic, IRNA news agency reported Friday, with sweeping UN sanctions on Iran likely to return.
Iran has signed a $25 billion agreement with Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom to build four nuclear power plants in Iran, IRNA news agency said on Friday.
"A deal for the construction of four nuclear power plants with a value of $25 billions in Sirik, Hormozgan was signed between the Iran Hormoz company and Rosatom," state television announced.
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Why has Microsoft cut Israel off from some of its services?
Move follows news investigation in August revealing Israel was using Microsoft’s services to spy on Palestinians.
By Shola Lawal and News Agencies
Microsoft has announced that it has withdrawn some of its services from the Israeli army, following an investigation that raised concerns that Israel may be violating the company’s terms of service by using its artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud services to spy on millions of Palestinians throughout Gaza and the West Bank.
The decision on Thursday followed a joint investigation by the United Kingdom’s Guardian newspaper and Israeli publications +972 Magazine and Local Call, which revealed in August that the Israeli army was using Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform to conduct mass surveillance of Palestinians amid Israel’s brutal onslaught on Gaza, which has killed more than 65,000 people in less than two years.
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