April 2024
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More on ceasefire talks now, and Israeli officials say they have agreed to concessions allowing the return of 150,000 Palestinians to the north of Gaza. Two officials with knowledge of the talks told Reuters this formed part of a US proposal for a truce. In return, they said, Hamas would be required to give a…
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Joe Biden’s remarks don’t so much represent a shift in tone but a strengthening of his criticism of the Israeli approach. It’s clear also from the undertone that there is now no love lost between the American president and the prime minster of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu. The comments, it should be noted, were recorded last…
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Earlier today, we reported on Iran’s supreme leader demanding Israel “be punished” for the killings of Iranian generals in Syria. We can now bring you Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s comments in full, as he went on to condemn the West for the war in Gaza. “It was expected they [would] prevent [Israel] in this disaster. They…
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The Spanish prime minister has called Israel’s military actions in Gaza a threat to world stability, the Times of Israel reports. Speaking to the Spanish congress, Pedro Sanchez said Israel’s response was “disproportionate” and risks “destabilising the Middle East, and as a consequence, the entire world”. Recognising a Palestinian state was “in Europe’s geopolitical interests”,…
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Benjamin Netanyahu’s pronouncement that a date has been set for an offensive in Rafah has been dismissed by the Biden administration as an empty threat, according to reports. Senior administration officials told CNN they believed his statement made earlier this week was bravado. Publicly, US officials have said no date has been shared with them.…
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Rishi Sunak has defended the UK’s decision not to suspend arms sales to Israel, saying “none of our closest allies” have done so. The British prime minister said the UK has a “long-established process” relating to the arms export regime and “we review these things regularly”. “That’s led to no change. Actually none of our…
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Antony Blinken says Israel has not informed the US of any specific date for a major offensive into the southern Gaza city of Rafah. Israel has said for weeks it will launch an incursion into Rafah, which it says is the last stronghold of Hamas. But even its closest allies, including the US, have urged…
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An Iranian journalist has described the moment he was stabbed outside his home in what he believes was a state-sponsored attack. Pouria Zeraati, a 36-year-old presenter at London-based broadcaster Iran International, was attacked by three unknown assailants in Wimbledon on 29 March. In his first live interview, Mr Zeraati told Sky News’ The World With…
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Former US House speaker Nancy Pelosi has accused Israel’s prime minister of only being concerned with his own political survival. Speaking to former Barack Obama aide David Axelrod’s podcast, she said: “I’ve said this to Netanyahu over the years: ‘I don’t know whether you don’t know how to make peace, you don’t want to make…
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Muslims have performed Eid al Fitr prayers in Jerusalem to mark the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. Hundreds attended the prayers at the Al Aqsa mosque compound, the third holiest site in Islam. Israel will retaliate if Iran attacks from its territory, foreign minister warns Foreign minister Israel Katz has responded after Iran said…
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Iran’s supreme leader says Israel “must be punished” for an apparent attack on an Iranian consulate building in Syria. Tehran has blamed Israel for the airstrike in the Syrian capital of Damascus last week which killed two of its senior military commanders. “The evil regime made a mistake and must be punished and it shall…
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Joe Biden disagrees with Benjamin Netanyahu’s handling of the war in Gaza and has called it a “mistake”. “I think what he’s doing is a mistake. I don’t agree with his approach,” the US president told Univision, a US Spanish-language TV network, in an interview filmed last Wednesday. It’s not the first time Mr Biden…
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First things first: It’s very important to remember that this person you’re having sex with is a PERSON. This might seem strange because hi, yeah, of course they’re a person. But bisexual relationship therapist Veronica Price says that when you’re wrapped up in this notion of, I want to have lesbian sex, some people forget there’s a human…
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Sure, broadening your horizons to explore new kinds of sex is very exciting—but that doesn’t mean it can’t also be a tad nerve-wracking, too. So, if you’re venturing into sex with fellow women and femmes for the first time and feeling some (or, like, a lot of) anxiety about your foray into lesbian sex, trust that it’s totally normal to be freaking…
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Cowboy Carter also topped the all-genres Billboard 200, marking her eighth No 1 album. Beyonce’s latest album, the epic Act ll: Cowboy Carter, has hit No 1 on the Billboard country albums chart, making her the first black woman to top the chart since its 1964 inception. The album also topped the all-genres Billboard 200,…
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