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Updated: 14/10/2024 – 19:19 GMT+2 An airstrike hit outside Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza early on Monday. An airstrike hit outside Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza early on Monday. The explosions killed three people and injured 50 others, according to hospital officials. Tents caught fire, and residents carried the injured into the hospital.Desperate Palestinians attempted to quell the flames with blankets, fire extinguishers and water before firefighters could extinguish the blaze. Footage by AP shows several people, presumed dead, inside the hospital grounds. This comes after an Israeli airstrike killed at least…

Ukrainian officials are keen to show the West that they aren’t giving up the fight against their much bigger neighbour. Russia claimed on Monday that it captured the Ukrainian village of Levadne as it probes for weakness along the war’s roughly 1,000km front line. Many of Ukraine’s eastern areas have become the main focus of Moscow’s military effort as winter approaches. Levadne is situated within the Ukrainian region of Zaporizhzhia, which was seized by Russia’s forces early on during the full-scale invasion.  However, it was recaptured by Ukrainian forces during a counteroffensive in the summer of 2023. Ukrainian officials did not comment on…

Updated: 14/10/2024 – 16:54 GMT+2 Tourists and gold diggers flock to the region in search of the precious metal, contributing to the local economy. Leigh McGrath, a gold prospector, has turned his passion into a profession by organising excursions in search of gold. The town of Clermont hopes to attract around 2,500 prospectors a year as the old mines re-open. Tourists and gold diggers flock to the region in search of the precious metal, contributing to the local economy. Leigh McGrath, a gold prospector, has turned his passion into a profession by organising excursions in search of gold. The town…

The first authorities were approved under the Digital Services Act this year, with the aim to be quicker than legal redress routes. German and Maltese bodies established to handle disputes under the EU Digital Services Act (DSA) as so called out-of-court dispute settlement bodies, will rule on their first social media appeal cases as soon as this week, the authorities told Euronews. The bodies were the first across Europe to be approved this year under the DSA – the EU’s platform regulation – along with one in Hungary. The Irish media regulator approved its first such body for Ireland last week. The…

The world’s largest contract chipmaker, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, is set to expand its operations in Europe, according to a Taiwanese official. A leading maker of AI chips, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) is reportedly planning more plants in Europe. Taiwan’s National Science and Technology Council Minister Wu Cheng-wen told Bloomberg TV: “They have started construction of the first fab (semiconductor fabrication plant) in Dresden, they are already planning the next few fabs in the future for different market sectors as well.”A spokesperson for TSMC told Euronews Business that the company remain focused on their current global expansion projects and has…

First initiated by Germany, the Berlin Process aims to bring six Western Balkan states closer to the EU. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday welcomed the heads of six Western Balkan states during a Berlin summit aimed at forging closer ties between those nations and the EU. President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen as well as representatives from nine EU Member States and international organizations also took part in the talks. The aim of the summit is to gradually bring Serbia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro and North Macedonia closer to the EU. Of those six countries, only Kosovo…

Following the murders of Samuel Paty and Dominique Bernard, nationwide concerns over teacher safety in France have surged in recent years. In the years following the tragic killings of French teachers Samuel Paty and Dominique Bernard, there has been a sharp increase in the number of educators requesting protection from the state. According to recent data from the French Ministry of Education, the number of requests for functional protection — covering legal fees, medical support, and legal assistance has more than doubled, rising from 2,218 in 2020 to 4,948 in 2023. Samuel Paty, a history and geography teacher, was beheaded in October…

Fancy owning an exclusive slice of music history? Fans will have the chance to bid on four newly found demos by Jimi Hendrix next month. And, for the ultimate kudos (and gloating value), only the buyer will be allowed to listen. Along with a cache of documents rescued by the former PA to Jimi Hendrix’s manager, four never-before-heard tapes will be sold at auction in London on 15 November – 54 years after the rock star’s death.The 1968 demos are understood to be versions of ‘Up From The Skies’, ‘Ain’t No Telling’, ‘Little Miss Lover’ and ‘Stone Free’, running for…

LONDON — The British government heaped praise on Elon Musk Monday despite a bitter public feud between the tech mogul and Labour over online disinformation. Technology Secretary Peter Kyle on Monday waxed lyrical about Musk’s SpaceX — and stressed that the U.K. remains open to his investment cash even after a row over the government’s response to far-right riots that erupted over the summer. “Let me just send my very best to him on the safe landing of the [Space X] booster rocket yesterday,” Kyle told Times Radio. “It was a stunning achievement. And I did watch, slack-jawed, the staggering achievement…

The plight of Europe’s automotive sector — and its impact on the economy and jobs — has become a hot political topic. Elected officials in Europe are raising the alarm over a slowdown in the production of cars and electric vehicles, blaming overburdening regulation and stiff competition from global rivals such as China.The automotive sector is one of the staples of Europe’s industry, accounting for 7% of EU GDP. But carmakers are struggling to adapt to the production of battery-electric vehicles, a transition Brussels is betting on as it prepares to phase out the production of combustion engine cars by…