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Oxfam: Global conflicts cause 21,000 hunger-related deaths daily
Hunger caused by conflicts throughout the world has reached record highs, according to a new Oxfam report, which accuses warring parties of weaponizing food and preventing relief from reaching victims. According to research published by a UK-based charity on World Food Day on Wednesday, between 7,000 and 21,000 people are likely to die each day from hunger in conflict-affected nations.
Zelensky presents the ‘victory strategy’ to the Ukrainian parliament
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has provided MPs with a long-awaited "victory plan" to strengthen his country's position enough to end the conflict with Russia. Zelensky told lawmakers in Kyiv that the strategy may end the war, which began with Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, by next year.
Netanyahu wants UNIFIL out of Lebanon. Why?
As Israel continues its attacks in southern Lebanon, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls for the expulsion of UN forces. Experts believe this is intended to remove international observers who could keep track of Israel's actions in Lebanon. The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has around 10,000 members stationed throughout a territory spanning more than 1,000 square kilometers (386 square miles) between Lebanon's de facto southern border and the Litani River.
Scavenging fuel from overturned petrol tanker in Nigeria kills over 100
As petrol prices in Nigeria have risen, buckets and cups to collect fuel from crashed tankers have grown in popularity. More than 100 people were murdered and 50 injured as they hurried to get fuel when a petrol tanker toppled and exploded. The accident occurred late Tuesday night in Majia, a town in the Taura district of northern Jigawa state, after the driver lost control on a highway, according to police spokesman Lawan Adam.
A US judge has blocked Georgia’s mandate to count votes by hand
A judge in Georgia has blocked an order that ballots in the November presidential election be tallied by hand. Judge Robert McBurney found that poll workers would not have received the training to manage millions of ballots and that the last-minute modification would have resulted in "administrative chaos." The hand count rule was approved by the pro-Trump majority on the Georgia election board last month, and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris applauded Tuesday's decision.
Newcastle’s residential street ‘devastating explosion’ kills 7-year-old boy
Police say six more persons were transported to the hospital with "varying injuries" after the bomb and accompanying fire in the early hours of this morning. A seven-year-old boy died at the scene of an explosion in Newcastle's residential street. According to Northumbria Police Superintendent Darren Adams, six other people were transported to the hospital "with varying injuries" as a result of the bomb and fire in Violet Close.
EU sanctions Iran over alleged missile exports to Russia
The European Union imposed sanctions on over a dozen Iranian individuals and organizations, including the country's deputy defense minister and national airline, for allegedly transferring missiles and drones to Russia. On Monday, the European Council announced that seven individuals and as many businesses will face an asset freeze and travel restriction due to their involvement in supplying weapons and equipment to Moscow for use in the war against Ukraine.
Marine Le Pen responds to EU funding misuse trial
Marine Le Pen, a French politician, has responded to allegations of illicit party finance by European Parliament MPs from her far-right National Rally (RN) party. Le Pen and more than 20 other senior party leaders are accused of recruiting assistants who worked for party purposes rather than the European Parliament, which paid them. She told a Paris court on Monday that Brussels assembly-paid legislative assistants were inherently active in politics because that is what brought them to the job in the first place.
Harris attacks Trump in Pennsylvania as election heats up
US Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris accused Republican rival Donald Trump of endangering democracy as the two held opposing rallies in Pennsylvania, a critical battleground state. On Monday evening, Harris spoke to his fans in Erie while Trump hosted a town hall in Oaks, a suburb northwest of Philadelphia. "A second term for Trump would be a major risk to America - and dangerous. "Donald Trump is increasingly unstable and unhinged," Harris told the audience, referring to previous remarks in which Trump warned that the United States faced an "enemy from within."
Canadian police say India collaborates with gangs to kill dissidents
Canadian authorities have accused the Indian government of collaborating with a criminal network led by one of India's most renowned gangsters, Lawrence Bishnoi, to conduct targeted killings of dissidents in Canada. On Monday, a diplomatic row erupted between India and Canada when Canadian police accused Indian diplomats of "criminal" acts in the nation, such as extortion, intimidation, coercion, and harassment, as well as conspiracy in targeted killings of Canadian residents.
How relations between India and Canada reached rock bottom
India and Canada have removed their top diplomats amid rising tensions over the death of a Sikh separatist on Canadian grounds, marking a new low point in a hitherto amicable relationship. While previous disagreements have strained relationships, none have reached this point of confrontation. In 1974, India stunned the world by detonating a nuclear bomb, causing anger in Canada, which accused India of taking plutonium from a Canadian reactor, a gift intended purely for benign purposes.
Pelosi claims she hasn’t spoken to Biden since pressing him to drop out
Nancy Pelosi has acknowledged that she has yet to speak with Joe Biden since her pivotal intervention in July. This intervention resulted in his decision to withdraw from the presidential campaign after a disastrously feeble performance in a debate against Trump. The former speaker of the House told the Guardian's Jonathan Freedland on the Politics Weekly America podcast that, while she still considers the president of the United States to be a great friend and longtime political ally, she felt a cold political calculation was required in light of the evidence of Biden's declining mental capacity.