Postwar Gaza authority potentially led by Tony Blair ‘would sideline Palestinians’
Draft plan’s critics say it hands power to international figures and splits Gaza from Palestinian Authority in West Bank
Mon 29 Sep 2025 15.03 BST
A plan for a postwar Gaza governing authority potentially headed by the former UK prime minister Tony Blair would sideline key Palestinian political figures, while giving significant authority to its chair on most key issues, according to a leaked confidential proposal.
The 21-page draft document, seen by the Guardian and Haaretz in Israel, envisions the governance and reconstruction of postwar Gaza being led by international officials, with Palestinians relegated to subsidiary roles. It also proposes a Gaza investment promotion and economic development authority involving “public-private partnerships and blended finance instruments” aimed at delivering “commercially viable returns” for investors.
Asia Cup 2025: India, Pakistan cricket teams spar
Richard Connor with AFP, AP, dpa, Reuters
India's cricket team won cricket's Asia Cup on Sunday with a victory over archrival Pakistan in a contest overshadowed by national political rivalry.
The Indian players refused to accept the trophy from Asian Cricket Council president Mohsin Naqvi, who is also Pakistan's interior minister. It was the latest in a series of unusual incidents during the Twenty20 tournament.
‘They couldn't see who they were shooting at’: Police target protesters in Madagascar
Demonstrators in Madagascar's capital Antananarivo flouted a ban from authorities to protest against the nation's water and electricity outages on September 25. Our Observers who attended the protests described the security forces' response as violent and disproportionate: tear gas being deployed at close proximity and vehicles ploughing into the crowd, resulting in multiple injuries and generalised chaos. At least five people died in the unrest, a hospital source reported.
Hundreds took to the streets on September 25 in Madagascar's capital Antananarivo after an appeal was launched on social media to protest against the nation's crippling water and electricity outages. The protest had been prohibited by the prefect of Antananarivo, who cited the risk of public disorder as the reason for the ban.
Residents of the capital attempted to gather at the city's usual protest spots but were pushed back by security forces. Videos and photos shared by the Malagasy diaspora and demonstrators show scenes of police violence. A hospital source said that five people died in the unrest. Separately, the homes of a Malagasy deputy and a senator were torched.
Permanent residency visa revocation law gets guidelines
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
September 29, 2025 at 18:36 JST
The Immigration Services Agency has unveiled guidelines for enforcing a revised immigration law's provision that allows to rescind a foreign national's permanent residency status if they dodge taxes or social insurance contributions.
The details, released on Sept. 29, clarify the scenarios where these strict measures will apply after the law takes effect in April 2027.
The ability to revoke permanent residency was introduced in last year’s revision of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Law.
Afghanistan’s Bagram airbase: Why is Trump desperate to take it back?
It would allow the US to again project power in the region, with China close by. But taking it back won’t be easy.
By Ruchi Kumar
United States President Donald Trump has demanded that Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban hand the country’s Bagram airbase over to Washington, five years after he signed a deal with the group that paved the way for the US withdrawal from Kabul.
At a news conference with United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer on September 18, Trump told reporters that the US government was “trying to get [Bagram] back”.
China sentences 11 members of mafia family to death
A Chinese court has sentenced to death 11 members of a notorious family that ran scam centres in Myanmar, according to Chinese state media.
Dozens of members of the Ming family were found guilty of conducting criminal activities, with many receiving lengthy jail sentences.
The Ming family worked for one of the four clans that ran Myanmar's sleepy backwater town of Laukkai, close to the border with China, and turned it into a hub for gambling, drugs and scam centres.
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