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Israel has been carrying out a military offensive in the enclave since October 2023, killing tens of thousands of people as it attempts to root out Hamas in response to the Palestinian militant group’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack against Israel. The ICC warrant means Netanyahu could be arrested if he travels to any of the 120 countries that are parties to the ICC — though some, including France and Hungary, have declared they will not arrest him. According to Polish media outlet Interia, which obtained a copy of Duda’s letter, the president wrote: “The government of Poland should guarantee [Netanyahu]…
The Russian army carried out two airstrikes with guided bombs in Zaporizhzhia on Wednesday killing at least 13 people. A daytime Russian missile attack on the southern Ukraine city of Zaporizhzhia killed at least 13 civilians and wounded about 30 others on Wednesday, officials said.Footage posted on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Telegram channel shows civilians lying in a street littered with debris, with emergency services providing aid and transporting victims on gurneys.Russian troops started launching the glide bombs at Zaporizhzhia in the middle of the afternoon, and at least two bombs struck residential buildings in the city, regional governor Ivan…
The Commission hasn’t yet imposed any of its potential DSA penalties. Fines could go as high as 6 percent of global yearly revenue, and regulators could order firms in breach to take action to stop any problems. Officials can also put a company on watch via “an enhanced supervision period to ensure compliance,” and issue daily fines until they obey. Boosting the algorithm The EU’s digital enforcers have already said their focus is on whether Musk bends the X algorithm in his favor, such as by boosting his content or potentially by giving the AfD leader a larger platform and…
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US President-elect Donald Trump’s proposal to call the Gulf of Mexico the ‘Gulf of America’ was dryly countered by Mexican leader Claudia Sheinbaum. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has mocked US President-elect Donald Trump’s proposal to rename the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America” by suggesting that North America should be called “Mexican America”.Sheinbaum’s comments on Wednesday came after Trump gave a press conference in which he discussed renaming the body of water which stretches from Florida to Cancun, called for Canada to become a US state, and refused to rule out the use of military force or economic coercion…
👉Listen to Politics At Jack And Sam’s on your podcast app👈 Sky News’ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politico’s Jack Blanchard are back for 2025 with their guide to the day ahead in politics in under 20 minutes. How are global events like Trump’s moves, China’s policies, and the world economy shaping UK politics? Foreign Secretary David Lammy hopes to show Labour are in the driving seat – Jack and Sam discuss if he can. Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s fiscal rules are under scrutiny, with concerns of higher taxes or spending cuts on the horizon, as she jets off to…
The chancellor’s trip to China on Friday comes as the newly installed Labour government seeks to renew Britain’s relationship with Beijing, ahead of a “China audit” due in the spring. Her visit, which will focus on financial services, follows Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s meeting with President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G20 last November, the first time in six years that a British leader has met with the Chinese president. Yet Trump’s imminent reentry into the White House could leave Britain in the middle of two behemoths if the incoming U.S. president makes good on his pledge to…
Vytenis Andriukaitis, a former European health commissioner who is now a European parliamentarian, is all for introducing an EU rare disease plan that would pull together both national and European initiatives, and include social care such as psychosocial support for families. There are between 6,000 and 8,000 known rare diseases and while one rare disease may affect only a few patients, others may affect as many as 245,000 in Europe. Developing European infrastructure and approaches to tackling such diseases would accelerate diagnosis and treatment for all patients, he said. According to Tumienė, an EU plan should establish minimal requirements on equity and sharing of best practices.…
The pictures show morgues in the US, rather than an attempt by the media to hide photos of the victims of the floods in Valencia. Misinformation about the devastating floods in Valencia continues to spread online, more than two months after the disaster hit the Spanish city.These pictures for example are being shared on X, supposedly showing the bodies of some of those killed in the floods.You can see body bags stored in what appear to be morgues, and the pictures are often shared with other images which are more readily identifiable as being from Valencia.The caption of this post…
Donald Trumps Pressekonferenz vor seiner Vereidigung am 20. Januar hat weltweit Wellen geschlagen. Einige seiner Forderungen und Drohungen, auch in Richtung Europa, hat der Kanzler in einem kurzfristig anberaumten Statement am Mittwoch zurückgewiesen. Wie Scholz und seine SPD mit der Rückkehr eines erratischen US-Präsidenten ins Weiße Haus in den kommenden Wochen und Monaten umgehen werden, analysiert Gordon Repinski. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview spricht er mit dem SPD-Generalsekretär vor dem SPD-Parteitag am Wochenende darüber, wie die Sozialdemokraten sich und Deutschland sicherheits- und verteidigungspolitisch aufstellen wollen – auch angesichts der 5-Prozent-Forderung des designierten US-Präsidenten an die NATO. POLITICO-Reporterin Pauline von Pezold berichtet vom bevorstehenden…