IDF distances itself from ‘no return’ remarks about north Gaza evacuees
Israeli army says officer’s comments that Palestinians will not be allowed return home were taken out of context
Thu 7 Nov 2024 13.53 GMT
The Israeli army has distanced itself from comments made by a brigadier general that ground forces are getting closer to “the complete evacuation” of the northern Gaza Strip and residents will not be allowed to return home.
In a media briefing on Tuesday night, the Israel Defense Forces’ Brig Gen Itzik Cohen told Israeli reporters that “there is no intention of allowing the residents of the northern Gaza Strip to return”. He added that humanitarian aid would be allowed to “regularly” enter the south of the territory but there were “no more civilians left” in the north.
German government: Opposition wants confidence vote now
Opposition parties have made calls for an immediate vote of confidence after Chancellor Scholz sacked Finance Minister Christian Lindner. Losing the vote would pave the way for snap elections.
Germany's three-party governing coalition has collapsed amid mutual recriminations after Chancellor Olaf Scholz of the Social Democrats (SPD) fired his fiscally conservative Finance Minister Christian Lindner, the leader of the neoliberal Free Democrats (FDP).
The three parties have been at odds nearly since agreeing to form the so-called traffic light coalition, but it was a debate over how to plug a large hole in next year's budget that proved its ultimate undoing.
Lindner alleges that Scholz was trying to force him to ignore constitutionally enshrined debt limit rules. But the Social Democrats and the Greens, led in the government by Economy Minister Robert Habeck and Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, accuse the FDP of showing insufficient flexibility during what they say should have been declared as a fiscal emergency, freeing up extra funds.
South Korea 'not ruling out' sending weapons directly to Ukraine
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Thursday that the major arms exporter is "not ruling out" breaking from its policy of not providing weapons to countries in conflict by supplying arms to Ukraine, after recent reports suggesting North Korean troops could be preparing to fight for Russia in its war against Ukraine.
South Korea is not ruling out providing weapons directly to Ukraine, President Yoon Suk Yeol said Thursday, signaling a possible shift in Seoul's stance on the issue.
Yoon also revealed he had discussed North Korea with US president-elect Donald Trump in a phone conversation that laid the groundwork for a meeting in the "near future".
South Korea has a long-standing policy of not providing weapons to countries in conflict but indicated that could change in light of Pyongyang's deployment of troops to Russia to aid its war efforts in Ukraine.
PSG fans’ ‘Free Palestine’ tifo draws criticism from French minister
The Paris club’s ultras fans unfurl a huge banner in support of Palestine and Lebanon during a Champions League match.
French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau has criticised the unveiling of a giant “Free Palestine” banner by Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) football fans before their team’s UEFA Champions League match against Atletico Madrid, saying it is “unacceptable”.
Retailleau said he would “demand explanations” from the club after the Paris Ultras Collective (CUP) hard-core fan group unveiled the banner before kickoff at the Parc des Princes stadium on Wednesday.
This Is Who America Elected
America just elected a man wholly unfit to hold the office he will occupy in January. He was impeached twice. First for trying to get the government of Ukraine to investigate and provide opposition research on Joe Biden and a second time when tried to over throw the government in Americas first attempted coup.
Upon leaving office unbeknownst to the public he removed hundreds of top secret flies that he had no right too. The Justice Department and The National Archive asked to have them returned over an eighteen month period and he refused. Finally a search warrant was issued for his residence in Florida where they found all those files just laying out in the open.
He was indicted for theft of the classified documents by The Justice Department in June of 2023.
Him and 18 others were indicted in Georgia on state charges of election interference in conjunction with the 2020 election.
In New York The Trump Org was indicted for business fraud. Because his attorneys failed to check the box for a jury trial a bench trial was held in its place. A bench trail is heard before a judge who then decides the out come of the case. The judge found the company guilty and ordered they pay a fine of 355 million dollars.
He is also the first former president to be convicted of 34 felonies.
Trump victory is a major setback for climate action, experts say
Matt McGrath
Donald Trump's return to the White House will have a hugely negative effect on climate change action in the short-term but the longer term impact is less certain, experts say.
With world leaders meeting next week for the latest UN climate talks, COP29, the Trump victory will be seen as a huge roadblock to progress in both cutting emissions and raising cash for developing countries.
The US president-elect is a known climate sceptic who has called efforts to boost green energy a "scam".
