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JERUSALEM (AP) — Netanyahu says Israel "will stand alone" if it has to after threatened US arms holdup.
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Associated PressHelicopter crash that killed Iran's president and others could reverberate across the Middle East
The helicopter crash in which Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister and other officials were killed is likely to reverberate across the Middle East, where Iran’s influence runs wide and deep. Tensions have never been higher than they were last month, when Iran under Raisi and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei launched hundreds of drones and ballistic missiles at Israel in response to an airstrike on an Iranian Consulate in Syria that killed two Iranian generals and five officers.
- The Independent
Russia-Ukraine war – latest: Putin loses more than 1,500 soldiers in faltering Kharkiv offensive
Zelensky says ‘world can stop Russian terror’ as he seeks more Patriots for Ukraine
- Sky News
Benny Gantz: Israeli war cabinet member threatens to resign if Benjamin Netanyahu doesn't adopt new plan for Gaza
A member of Israel's three-man war cabinet has threatened to resign from the government if it does not adopt a new plan for the war in Gaza. The move by Benny Gantz escalates a divide within Israel's leadership more than seven months into the war. Israel is yet to accomplish its stated goals of dismantling Hamas and returning scores of hostages abducted during the attack on 7 October.
- The Telegraph
Chants of ‘intifada revolution’ at pro-Palestinian London protest
Chants of “intifada revolution” rang out and a smoke bomb was set off at a large pro-Palestinian demonstration in central London on Saturday.
- The Independent
NYPD officer caught on video punching pro-Gaza protester during Brooklyn rally
The protest marked the 76th anniversary of the Nabka, when 700,000 Palestinians fled or were forced from their homes
- The Telegraph
Protest groups could be forced to pay compensation for disruption
Protest groups such as Just Stop Oil will be forced to pay compensation to people whose lives they disrupt under plans in a Government-commissioned review.
- PA Media: UK News
Law changes proposed to curb ‘weekly takeovers’ by pro-Palestine protesters
The head of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Mark Rowley, has faced calls to resign over the force’s handling of pro-Palestinian protests.
- The Independent
Jerry Seinfeld heckled by pro-Gaza protester at stand-up comedy gig
Earlier this month, dozens of students walked out as the comedian delivered the commencement speech at Duke University
- The Telegraph
Britain ‘may not be fully prepared to fight full-scale war alone’
Britain may not be fully prepared to fight a full-scale war on its own, a general has suggested.
- AFP
Israel army says body of one hostage retrieved from Gaza
The Israeli army said Saturday that troops had retrieved the body of hostage Ron Benjamin from the war-torn Gaza Strip after he was "murdered" during the October 7 Hamas attack.Benjamin was "murdered during the October 7th massacre at the Mefalsim intersection, and his body was abducted to Gaza by Hamas militants", the military said in a separate statement.
- AFP
Fighting rages in Gaza's Rafah after first aid delivery via pier
Heavy clashes and bombardment Saturday rocked Gaza's southern city of Rafah as the Israeli military announced the first humanitarian aid had entered the besieged territory via a US-built pier.The Israeli army said 310 pallets began moving ashore in "the first entry of humanitarian aid through the floating pier".
- Associated Press
As ethnic armed group claims to have captured a town in western Myanmar, Muslim Rohingyas flee again
A powerful ethnic armed group fighting Myanmar’s military government in the country’s western state of Rakhine claimed Saturday to have seized a town near the border with Bangladesh, marking the latest in a series of victories for foes of the country’s military government. Members of the state’s Muslim Rohingya ethnic minority, targets of deadly army-directed violence in 2017, appear to have been the main victims of fighting in the town of Buthidaung, where the Arakan Army claims to have chased out forces of the military government. Khaing Thukha, a spokesperson for the Arakan Army, told The Associated Press by text message from an undisclosed location that his group had seized Buthidaung after capturing all the military’s outposts there.
- Sky News
Islamic State claims responsibility for gun attack that killed three Spanish tourists in Afghanistan
Islamic State has claimed responsibility after three Spanish tourists were killed when gunmen opened fire in Afghanistan's central Bamiyan province. An Afghan person was also killed, and a further four foreign nationals and three Afghans were injured in the attack in the mountainous region, the Taliban's interior ministry has said.
- The Telegraph
Israel must define its endgame before it’s too late
Benny Gantz has threatened to quit the Israeli war cabinet unless it endorses an exit strategy from Gaza. If he were an American student, the police would lock him up. Were he a Labour MP, Starmer would remove the whip.
- AFP
Israeli minister blasts Spain's plans to recognise Palestinian state
An Israeli minister on Sunday criticised in Madrid Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's plans to recognise a Palestinian state, saying this would be "rewarding" the attack carried out by Hamas against Israel."Unfortunately, the current prime minister of Spain, Sanchez, believes that the Palestinians should be rewarded for the massacre -- that this is the time to give them a state," he told the meeting.
- Evening Standard
Government ‘worried’ about pro-Palestinian marches, Shapps says
Grant Shapps said ministers backed police to take action if marches spill over into antisemitism and hate speech.
- Sky News
Father of murdered Israeli hostage Shani Louk 'relieved' as her body returns home
As a little girl Shani Louk would walk into the pine forests on the hills behind her home and pick flowers and look for animals. Of course we want that all these people will come back and I hope they will come back.
- Sky News
Benjamin Netanyahu stands strong as Israel's prime minister for now - despite cabinet threats
For months, the rift in Israel's war cabinet has been an open secret - this week it spilled out into the open, not once but twice. On Wednesday evening defence minister Yoav Gallant took to national television and demanded that Netanyahu finally decide on a post-war plan for Gaza and reject any prospect of Israeli rule there. On Saturday evening, war cabinet member Benny Gantz chose the same platform and issued Netanyahu with a six-point ultimatum, including bringing the hostages home and creating an international civilian governance mechanism to rule Gaza.
- Associated Press
At least 11 killed as Russia presses forward with its offensive in northeastern Ukraine
At least 11 people were reported killed in attacks in Ukraine’s war-ravaged northeast on Sunday as Russia pushed ahead with its renewed offensive. In the Kharkiv region, the focus of the offensive, the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office said six people were killed and 27 wounded in a Russian strike on the outskirts of the regional capital, also called Kharkiv. Regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said that five more people were killed and nine wounded in an attack on the region’s Kupiansk district, southeast of the regional capital.
- Associated Press
The Islamic State claims attack in Afghanistan that killed 3 Spanish citizens and 3 Afghans
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for an attack on foreigners in central Afghanistan last week in which three Spanish citizens and three Afghans were killed. Seven people were wounded in the attack on Friday in on Bamiyan province, a major tourist area, according to Abdul Mateen Qani, a spokesman for the interior minister. The Islamic State group issued statements on its Aamaq news agency late Sunday that said IS fighters attacked a bus carrying tourists and their guides.