Palestinian prime minister Mohammad Shtayyeh has called for the countries that have paused their funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), to reverse the decision, saying they account for 70% of its funding. Ten countries, including top donors the US and Germany, have paused funding following allegations by Israel that a dozen of the agency's 13,000 staff in Gaza were involved in the 7 October rampage. The UN has warned aid for some two million people in Gaza is at stake
Famine in Gaza is being made ‘inevitable’ says UN rapporteur
UN chief urges donors to reconsider UNRWA funding withdrawal
,Assad,Idlib,Russia,Russian airstrikes,Syria,The White Helmets,gdnpfpnewsworld,news,world,squyS-CQ3is,UCIRYBXDze5krPDzAEOxFGVA, Politics,Society, channel_UCIRYBXDze5krPDzAEOxFGVA, video_squyS-CQ3is,The White Helmets say at least 18 people were killed by Russian airstrikes on five Syrian healthcare facilities, including a maternity hospital. A video from Idlib showed plumes of smoke rising over the city, streets covered in ash, and cars on fire in a residential neighbourhood.
,assisted dying,disability,labour,uk news,Hm6OsxsLsas,UCIRYBXDze5krPDzAEOxFGVA, Politics,Society, channel_UCIRYBXDze5krPDzAEOxFGVA, video_Hm6OsxsLsas,The House of Commons voted in favour of the terminally ill adults (end of life) bill on Friday, with 330 lawmakers for and 275 against. Under the bill mentally competent, terminally ill adults in England and Wales who are assessed by doctors to have six months or less left to live would be allowed the right to choose to end their lives with medical help.
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,2024,beirut,beirut gunfire,displaced,gdnpfpnewsworld,guardian,hezbollah,hizballah,hizbullah,israel,israel lebanon ceasefire,israel lebanon peace,israel lebanon peace deal,israel lebanon peace talks,lebanese refugees return,lebanon,lebanon ceasefire,lebanon celebrations,lebanon gunfire,lebanon news,lebanon refugees,news,refugees lebanon,refugees return to lebanon,refugees returning,sidon,tire,tyre,tyre lebanon,lebanon ceasefire deal,refugees in lebanon,idf,peace,wBgcw0ZtkPM,UCIRYBXDze5krPDzAEOxFGVA, Politics,Society, channel_UCIRYBXDze5krPDzAEOxFGVA, video_wBgcw0ZtkPM,A ceasefire aimed at ending the 14-month-old war between Israel and Hezbollah officially came into effect early on Wednesday morning, hours after Joe Biden hailed the 'historic' moment.
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The ceasefire began at 0200 GMT – 4am in Lebanon – after the heaviest day of raids on Beirut, including a series of strikes in the city’s centre, since Israel stepped up its air campaign in Lebanon in late September before sending in ground troops.
By 7am there were no immediate reports of alleged violations of the truce. Some celebratory gunshots could be heard in parts of Beirut’s southern suburbs
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,france,gdnpfpnewsworld,gisele pelicot,pelicot,world,hzuPcUZIEKQ,UCIRYBXDze5krPDzAEOxFGVA, Society, channel_UCIRYBXDze5krPDzAEOxFGVA, video_hzuPcUZIEKQ,Speaking outside court in Avignon David Pelicot, the eldest son of Gisèle and Dominique Pelicot, said his father was a ‘monster’. Dominique Pelicot is accused of drugging Gisèle, then inviting dozens of men to rape her while she was unconscious. The couple’s daughter, Caroline Darian, who testified earlier in the trial, told the court again that she believed she had also been abused by her father
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,1,The US president said in remarks following the US supreme court's ruling that granted broad immunity to Donald Trump and other presidents from prosecution that it set a 'dangerous precedent'. 'I know I will respect the limits of presidential power as I have for the last three-and-a-half years, but any president, including Donald Trump, will now be free to ignore the law,' he said.
,1,Palestinian prime minister Mohammad Shtayyeh has called for the countries that have paused their funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), to reverse the decision, saying they account for 70% of its funding. Ten countries, including top donors the US and Germany, have paused funding following allegations by Israel that a dozen of the agency's 13,000 staff in Gaza were involved in the 7 October rampage. The UN has warned aid for some two million people in Gaza is at stake
Famine in Gaza is being made ‘inevitable’ says UN rapporteur
UN chief urges donors to reconsider UNRWA funding withdrawal
