First aid trucks enter Gaza after almost three-month Israeli blockade, UN says
Israel has meanwhile launched a new wave of air and ground operations across the territory and the army ordered the evacuation of Gaza’s second-largest city, Khan Younis, where Israel carried…
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez calls for Israel to be excluded from Eurovision over Gaza war
This year’s Eurovision Song Contest is now over, but political tension, voting doubts and differing positions haunt the European song contest. Read More
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Gary Lineker to step down from the BBC after sharing social media post on Zionism
The BBC has lost something of a national treasure. Gary Lineker has become almost as well known a broadcaster as he was a football player. Read More
Digitisation underpins new Commission strategy to boost EU single market
The plan, which is set to come out on Wednesday, sets out ways to facilitate cross-border use of goods and services in the EU. Read More
France to build high-security jail in Amazon to isolate drug traffickers from gangs
The country’s Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin announced the €400-million scheme during a visit to French Guiana on Sunday. Read more at Read More
Kentucky tornadoes leave trail of devastation with more storms to come
More than two dozen people were killed and hundreds left homeless after powerful tornadoes and storms tore through parts of Kentucky and Missouri over the weekend. Read more at Read…
Kremlin outlaws Amnesty International amid ongoing crackdown on dissent
Russian authorities branded the leading human rights NGO an “undesirable organisation,” criminalising cooperating or supporting the group. Read More
Lithuania takes Belarus to top UN court over allegations of migrant smuggling
Vilnius claims Belarusian authorities orchestrated flights from the Middle East and escorted migrants to the border, forcing them to cross illegally. Read More
Romanian ministries accuse Russia of interference in Sunday’s presidential runoff
The three ministries pointed to a fake video that falsely claimed that French troops stationed in Romania had been dressed in Romanian gendarmerie uniforms to interfere in the country’s tense…