Hamas says escalating Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip are not helping negotiations to end the war and has accused Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of creating obstacles to the talks. In a statement on Monday, Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh warned that the “catastrophic consequences of what is happening in Gaza” could “reset the negotiation process to square one”. Netanyahu and his army will bear “full responsibility for the collapse of this path”, Hamas quoted Haniyeh as saying. The statement said Haniyeh made “urgent contact” with mediators Qatar and Egypt over the expanding actions of the Israeli military, which issued further evacuation…
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France will have a hung parliament after Sunday’s parliamentary election, making it necessary for political leaders to figure out a path forward and potentially form a governing coalition, something seen as uncharted territory in French politics. The left-wing New Popular Front (NFP) will have the biggest group of lawmakers, ahead of President Emmanuel Macron’s centrists and the far-right National Rally (RN). Here is what political leaders said on Monday morning: MARINE TONDELIER, GREENS’ GENERAL SECRETARY “According to institutional logic, Emmanuel Macron should today officially call on the Nouveau Front Populaire to give him the name of a prime minister. Will…
Any Gaza ceasefire deal must allow Israel to resume fighting until its objectives are met, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday, as talks over a U.S. plan aimed at ending the nine-month-old war were expected to restart. Five days after Hamas accepted a key part of the plan, two officials from the Palestinian militant group said the group was awaiting Israel’s response to its latest proposal. Netanyahu was scheduled to hold consultations late on Sunday on the next steps in negotiating the three-phase plan that was presented in May by U.S. President Joe Biden and is being mediated by Qatar and…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said on Sunday the region risked disintegration and worsening insecurity after junta-led Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger made clear their intentions to leave the bloc by signing a confederation treaty. The Alliance of Sahel States treaty, signed on Saturday, underscored the three countries’ determination to turn their backs on the 15-member ECOWAS, which has been urging them to return to democratic rule. ECOWAS commission president Omar Touray said freedom of movement and a common market of 400 million people were some of the major benefits of the near 50-year-old bloc, but that…
An own goal by Mert Müldür completed a dramatic comeback for the Netherlands on Saturday as they overcame a tenacious Turkey 2-1 to book a Euro 2024 semifinal meeting with England. The defender bundled the ball into his own net in the 76th minute under pressure from Cody Gakpo as the Dutch bounced back from a poor first-half display to win a bruising clash and complete the final four lineup. Stefan de Vrij had equalised only six minutes earlier after Turkey went into the break 1-0 up from Samet Akaydin’s 35th-minute header. Turkey rode waves of passionate support at the…
England reached their third semifinal in four tournaments when Trent Alexander-Arnold slammed home the decisive penalty to give them an emotional shootout victory over Switzerland after the teams had drawn 1-1 in a tense quarterfinal on Saturday. Alexander-Arnold, dropped from the starting team after two disappointing performances in the group stage, came on late as an extra-time substitute to take the glory after Jordan Pickford had saved from Manuel Akanji. It was the third successive Euro 2024 quarterfinal to go to extra time, with two of them decided by penalties. Breel Embolo had put Switzerland ahead after 75 minutes, with…
Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen Saturday broke his silence since the anti government protesters raided Parliament over proposed taxes. Murkomen has been cited as among those show casing opulence despite their salaries known. There have been calls for his sacking from the Cabinet and he audited. He has been missing in action for two weeks when the protests were hot. The protesters forced President William Ruto to decline to sign the controversial Finance Bill 2024. Saturday, Murkomen came out and called on all public servants and State officers to undergo lifestyle audits annually in order to curb corruption. Speaking on…
A gas leak at Malaysia’s main international airport has left 39 people ill, authorities have said. Fire services on Thursday responded to a report of a chemical leak at an aircraft engineering facility separate from the passenger terminal at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, the Selangor state fire department said. “A total of 39 victims suffered from dizziness and nausea,” local rescue officer Muhammad Nur Khairi Samsumin said in a statement. Fourteen of the patients were sent to the air disaster unit to receive treatment, while one was hospitalised, according to authorities. All of those affected work for three firms operating…
China on Thursday rejected Western-led recommendations for human-rights reforms including calls for greater freedoms in Hong Kong and for Uyghurs in Xinjiang, but accepted others from allies, as it sought to defend its record at a U.N. meeting. The U.N. Human Rights Council session in Geneva caps off a review process in which Beijing has strived to fend off criticism following a 2022 U.N. report which said the detention of Uyghurs and other Muslims in China’s Xinjiang region may constitute crimes against humanity. China denies any abuses. The council’s president, Omar Zniber, said China had accepted nearly 70% of the more than 400 reform…
Keir Starmer will become Britain’s next prime minister on Friday with his Labour Party set to win a massive majority in a parliamentary election, an exit poll indicated, forecasting Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives would suffer historic losses. Centre-left Labour was on course to capture 410 of the 650 seats in parliament, an astonishing reversal of fortunes from five years ago when it suffered its worst performance since 1935. The result would give Labour a majority of 170 and would bring the curtain down on 14 years of increasingly tumultuous Conservative-led government. “Tonight, people here and around the country have spoken and they’re…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday he has decided to send a delegation to resume stalled negotiations on a hostage release deal with Hamas, their administrations said. In a phone call between the two leaders, Netanyahu repeated his position that Israel would only end its nearly nine-month war in Gaza when all its objectives had been achieved, his office said in a statement. Israel’s Channel 12 said the head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency would lead the Israeli delegation for the talks, though this was not immediately confirmed. Netanyahu is scheduled later on Thursday to have…
Twenty-five soldiers accused of fleeing fighting against M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been sentenced to death. The Butembo military court in North Kivu province handed the sentences down on Wednesday, deeming them guilty of fleeing the enemy, dissipation of war munitions and violation of orders. “I find them guilty and sentence each of them to death,” said Colonel Kabeya Ya Hanu, president of the military court. The tribunal was set up close to the scene of recent clashes between the Congolese army and M23 fighters with the aim of discouraging soldiers from fleeing the front line.…
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The United States Supreme Court’s decision to expand presidential immunity has caused alarm among legal experts, who fear the ramifications may extend beyond the country’s borders. On Monday, the court’s conservative majority ruled that any “official acts” a president takes — even beyond the office’s “core constitutional functions” — would enjoy “presumptive immunity” from prosecution. But in the US, the president also serves as the head of the military, and experts say Monday’s decision could further strengthen a culture of impunity for actions taken abroad. Samuel Moyn, a professor of law and history at Yale University, said the decision erodes the few guardrails left…
U.S. President Joe Biden vowed to stay in the 2024 presidential race during calls with campaign staff and meetings with Democratic lawmakers and governors on Wednesday, as he sought to shake off calls for him to drop out after his shaky debate performance last week. Biden dialed in to a call with worried members of his campaign team and told them he wasn’t going anywhere, according to two sources familiar with the call. “No one is pushing me out. I’m not leaving. I’m in this race to the end,” Biden said in a separate email blast by his campaign, urging supporters to “pitch in…