Palestinians plead 'stop the bombs' at UN meeting but Israel insists Hamas must be 'obliterated' “Stop the bombs and save lives!” The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2023
Why does Biden doubt the Palestinian death count in the Israel-Gaza war? Rights advocates condemn the US president for denying Palestinian suffering ‘even in death’ during the Israel-Hamas war. Al Jazeera · Oct 26, 2023
Arab nations condemn Israel’s Gaza assault during UN debate US warned over ‘genocide in Palestine’, as foreign ministers challenge targeting of civilians and international law breaches The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2023
Palestinian ambassador urges UN to ‘stop the killing’ as Israel pounds Gaza Riyad Mansour says certain nations that he did not name were applying a double standard on the war. Al Jazeera · Oct 26, 2023
EXPLAINER: What is Gaza's Ministry of Health and how does it calculate the war's death toll? As the Israel-Hamas war rages, international and local monitoring groups in Gaza have been unable to keep up The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2023
The Guardian view on the UN and Israel: the Middle East crisis increases its challenges Editorial: A nearly eight-decade-old institution is tussling with a very different world from the one in which it was created The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2023
Afghanistan girls education activist Matiullah Wesa released by Taliban Wesa, who travelled the country campaigning for girls to have access to education, freed after seven months in prison. Al Jazeera · Oct 26, 2023
Israel says Gaza tank raid is ‘preparation for next stage of combat’ It comes as one UN official says ‘nowhere is safe’ for Palestinian citizens in the territory as aerial bombardment continues The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2023
Palestinians will choose death over becoming refugees once again: Ambassador of Palestine Adnan Abu Al-Haija Palestinians will choose death over refugee status, says Palestinian Ambassador to India Adnan Abu Al-Haija says; Israeli bombing of Gaza has caused intense humanitarian crisis. India sent aid, but blockade hinders movement. West silent on destruction, Israeli PM seeks to kill all Palestinians. The Hindu · Oct 26, 2023
Nearly a quarter of Labour MPs have called for ceasefire in Gaza Forty-nine of party’s 199 MPs have either said they want a ceasefire or signed a motion calling for one The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2023
Satellite images show how neighbourhoods in Gaza have been wiped out by Israeli bombing Neighborhoods are left in rubble while hospitals struggle to treat the wounded Evening Standard · Oct 26, 2023
Can we trust casualty figures from the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry? Israel and Joe Biden have shown scepticism about accuracy of rising death toll but others point to historical reliability of data The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2023
Stop locking young people out of legal process in climate cases, say experts Children are particularly vulnerable to climate crisis yet have little say politically or legally in most of world The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2023
European Union leaders seek aid access to Gaza and weigh the plight of EU citizens there European Union leaders are debating ways to best use their combined leverage to ensure that more aid reaches Palestinians in need in Gaza The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2023
France 24 · Oct 26, 2023 Lagos Fashion Week: A celebration of African and Nigerian fashion As Africa's cultural heavyweights gather in Lagos for its 13th iconic Fashion Week, we speak to the event's founder about a unique UN study that lines the continent up as a major influence on the future of fashion. Also, the march of progress in Dakar tramples over the Senegalese capital's…
The Conversation · Oct 26, 2023 Global university rankings now include social impact: African universities are off to a strong start World university rankings are released towards the end of each year. Institutions globally scramble to see how they have fared. Have they risen or fallen? If so, by how much and in which rankings? Have they maintained their position in an increasingly competitive global higher education landscape?
The Conversation · Oct 26, 2023 UN warns that Gaza desperately needs more aid − an emergency relief expert explains why it is especially tough working in Gaza United Nations agencies on Oct. 24, 2023, pleaded for more aid to be allowed into Gaza, saying that more than 20 times the amount of food, water and medical supplies and other items that are currently reaching people is needed.
Evening Standard · Oct 26, 2023 OPINION - Impotent and utterly irrelevant, Europe has been shown up on Israel-Gaza Diplomacy is full of quips so brutal they can haunt generations of diplomats. For the Foreign Office, the words that still sting are those of Dean Acheson, that harsh Cold War US Secretary of State, who unforgettably said — and this was in 1962 — “Great Britain has lost an…
The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2023 Gaza under siege: The 25-mile-long strip with 2.3 million ‘prisoners’ Universities and mosques have been targeted by airstrikes in the latest conflict to erupt between Israel and Palestine
The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2023 ‘Released all restraints’: What would a ground invasion of Gaza look like? Previous incursions have caused thousands of civilian casualties. This time could be worse, Richard Hall writes
Evening Standard · Oct 26, 2023 Keir Starmer warned: More will quit Labour unless you speak for Palestinians The Labour leader and his deputy Angela Rayner met a dozen MPs and peers on Wednesday afternoon in a bid to calm tensions
Evening Standard · Oct 26, 2023 Tanks go in as Israel warns invasion of Gaza is imminent Netanyahu sends in hardware to ‘prepare battleground’ as ministers debate evacuation of trapped Britons
WEKU · Oct 26, 2023 Israel incursion into Gaza targeted Hamas leaders to prepare for 'next stages of war' The Israeli military said the overnight raid involved tanks and troops and killed Hamas leaders. Meanwhile, the death toll in Gaza has surpassed 7,000 as fuel supplies reach a crisis point.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2023 I run the UN agency for Palestine refugees. History will judge us all if there is no ceasefire in Gaza The Strip is becoming the graveyard of a population trapped between war, siege and deprivation: we need a humanitarian ceasefire, says the commissioner-general of UNRWA Philippe Lazzarini
Al Jazeera · Oct 26, 2023 How the US has used its veto power at the UN in support of Israel The US has used its veto power at least 34 times to block UN Security Council resolutions that were critical of Israel.