At least 135 mutilated bodies of Palestinians had been held at notorious Israeli jail, say Gaza officials
Documents indicate they came from Sde Teiman, which already faces allegations of torture and unlawful deaths
Mon 20 Oct 2025 16.09 BST
At least 135 mutilated bodies of Palestinians returned by Israel to Gaza had been held in a notorious detention centre already facing allegations of torture and unlawful deaths in custody, officials from Gaza’s health ministry have told the Guardian.
The director general of the health ministry, Dr Munir al-Bursh, and a spokesperson for Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, where the bodies are being examined, said a document found inside each body bag indicated the bodies all came from Sde Teiman, a military base in the Negev desert where, according to photos and testimonies published by the Guardian last year, Palestinian detainees were held in cages, blindfolded and handcuffed, shackled to hospital beds and forced to wear nappies.
China: New 5-year plan comes at critical economic crossroads
Mu Cui
China's leadership is meeting to chart a policy course for the next five years. Beijing needs Chinese consumers to spend more, while at the same time it is trying to keep up in a high-tech race with the US.
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) convenes behind closed doors in Beijing this week for its fourth plenary session, with charting a five-year plan for the country's social and economic roadmap topping the agenda.
Right now, there are many structural issues with the economy that need to be addressed, and analysts say Chinese policymakers are balancing efforts to spark consumer spending, while at the same time stimulating growth for developing high-tech industries.
Colombia recalls ambassador to US as interior minister slams Trump's 'invasion' threat
The relationship between Bogota and Washington dropped to new lows Monday, with Colombia recalling its ambassador to the US and Interior Minister Armando Benedetti criticising what he described as an "invasion" threat from US President Donald Trump over the weekend.
Colombia on Monday said its ambassador to the United States had been recalled, as a public feud between the nations' leaders heats up with President Donald Trump revoking aid and threatening punishing tariffs.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has objected to the US military's strikes against vessels in the Caribbean, which have killed dozens of people and inflamed tensions in the region.
LDP, Ishin sign agreement for coalition on eve of Diet vote
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
October 20, 2025 at 19:41 JST
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and opposition Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party) formally signed a coalition agreement on Oct. 20, marking the final step toward creating a joint administration led by Sanae Takaichi.
Takaichi, the LDP president, and Nippon Ishin leader and Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura signed the agreement at the Diet building.
Russia inflicts terror on Ukrainian soil while Trump toys with Zelensky over giving up land
Donald Trump suggests Ukraine give up Donetsk province or risk being ‘destroyed’ by Vladimir Putin - he is wrong. Russia is making brutal but only incremental advances at an immense cost, reports world affairs editor Sam Kiley from Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine
Russian troops have pushed into the east Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk - and immediately begun the casual commission of war crimes with the murder of at least three civilians trying to flee the invaders.
In footage shared with The Independent, an elderly woman lies on the verge of a road by a level crossing, not far from the train tracks on the outskirts of the city, wounded, and still.
Amazon services 'recovering' after outage hits major sites and apps - but US users report fresh issues
Constant outages show how fragile the internet really is
Shiona McCallum
Technology reporter
With a third of the internet relying on Amazon Web Services, it's easy to see how even a small error can have such a dramatic knock-on effect on apps and sites across the world.
And with much of our lives being online these days, the pressure on cloud services is only increasing all the time.
The relative frequency of these events is highlighting the fragility of these systems.
Summary
Amazon Web Services says it has fixed the underlying problem that has disrupted many of the world's biggest websites and apps, but a full recovery will take some more time
But some US users are reporting fresh problems
Snapchat, Duolingo, Zoom and Roblox have been among the sites hit, as well as Lloyds and Halifax banks, the UK's National Rail and HMRC - what else has been impacted?
Platform outage monitor Downdetector says it has seen more than 6.5 million reports globally, affecting more than 1,000 companies
Why have servers in Virginia caused such massive problems globally?
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