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Iran told Germany, France, UK during meeting in Geneva they do not have the right to trigger the ‘snapback mechanism’.Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei has said that Tehran warned Europe’s top three powers that reimposing United Nations sanctions on the country will have consequences, as senior officials met to discuss the renewal of nuclear inspections in Iran to avoid an economic sanctions “snapback mechanism” after they were lifted under the previous 2015 accord.Baghaei said Iran told Europeans during a meeting in Geneva on Tuesday that they do not have the right to trigger the mechanism, but that both sides…

Israel’s two strikes on Nasser Hospital are part of a pattern that has run the length of the war, monitors say.Israel has killed 20 people, including journalists and health workers, in a strike on Nasser Hospital in the southern Gaza Strip.In fact, it was two strikes that hit the hospital in Khan Younis on Monday 10 minutes apart about 10am (07:00 GMT).Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement released in English only that Israel deeply regretted what he characterised as a “tragic mishap” without explaining how Israel had hit the same hospital not once but twice in apparent…

Israel killed five journalists when it attacked Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis on Monday using a ‘double-tap’ attack.Israel has been widely condemned for an attack its forces conducted on Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis that killed at least 21 people, including five journalists, one of whom worked for media.The attack on Monday consisted of two strikes – or a ‘double tap’ – the second of which was captured on camera, showing journalists and rescuers on a staircase being directly hit.Israel has now killed more than 270 journalists and media workers in Gaza since its war started in October…

Israel has completely destroyed more than 1,000 buildings in the Zeitoun and Sabra neighbourhoods in Gaza City this month.Once a thriving, vibrant neighbourhood in Gaza City, Zeitoun was known for its bustling markets, olive groves, and tight-knit community. Generations of families lived here, building lives, memories, and futures.Today, Zeitoun is unrecognisable. Entire blocks have been flattened. Homes reduced to rubble, media’s Hani Mahmoud has been speaking with Palestinians who once called the neighbourhood home.“We were sleeping, and at midnight, the roof collapsed on our heads, and the pieces were all over us. We woke up terrified. I put on my…

Tom Barrack says Beirut will set out plan on Sunday. Hezbollah has rejected it as Israel continues attacks in violation of November ceasefire.Lebanon has agreed to present a plan aimed at persuading Hezbollah to disarm, and Israel will submit a corresponding framework for its military withdrawal, United States envoy Tom Barrack says, as the Lebanese armed group has repeatedly made clear it has no intention of doing so while Israel continues its attacks on the country and occupies parts of the south.Speaking on Tuesday after talks with President Joseph Aoun in Beirut, Barrack said the plan would be presented on…

From Sun City under apartheid to Woodstock during Vietnam, colonial and imperial regimes have always used leisure to mask brutality. Today, Israel’s pride parades, travel culture and trance festivals do the same.Some 4,000 miles (6,000km) away from Gaza, in the mangrove-thick hills of Goa, young Israelis stamp the earth to trance music. Here, you will not hear mothers wailing over white shrouds. The genocide is elsewhere, and that is the point.Across backpacker trails, from Andean valleys to Thai beaches, a similar scene plays out. Israelis call it “tarmila’ut”: a post-military “rite of passage” and a chance, as DJ Zirkin puts…

Ever wondered why the temperature is different from the “feels like” temperature on your weather app?Have you ever noticed that your weather forecast shows both the actual temperature and a “feels like” temperature?That’s because 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) when it’s breezy and dry feels very different from 30C (86F) when it’s stagnant and humid.In this visual explainer, we show the differences between air temperature and “feels like” temperature, and highlight the regions around the world where heat stress is highest.First, how is temperature measured?The temperature you see on the news or the weather app on your phone relies…

Fund said decision against Caterpillar and five Israeli banks due to their contribution ‘to serious violations of rights in situations of war and conflict’.Norway’s $2-trillion wealth fund, the largest in the world, has divested from US construction equipment giant Caterpillar over the firm’s purported involvement in rights violations perpetrated by Israel in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.The Norwegian central bank said on Monday that it had decided to exclude Caterpillar from the fund, which it manages, “due to an unacceptable risk that the companies contribute to serious violations of the rights of individuals in situations of war and conflict”.The…

Dr Mimi Syed on what an official famine declaration could mean for Palestinians starving in Gaza.Famine has been declared in Gaza City and surrounding areas, with more than half a million Palestinians facing “catastrophic conditions”, according to a UN-backed monitor. As Israel advances its plan to seize Gaza City, what scars will famine leave on Palestinians for generations to come?In this episode: Dr Mimi Syed (@Memers1st), doctor of emergency medicine Episode credits:This episode was produced by Amy Walters, Sonia Bhagat, Tracie Hunte, Julia Muldavin and Marcos Bartolomé, with Phillip Lanos, Spencer Cline, Melanie Marich, Kisaa Zehra, Farhan Rafid and our…

At least 21 Palestinians killed in ‘double-tap’ attack on Nasser Hospital, drawing widespread global condemnation.Israel has struck Nasser Hospital in the south of the Gaza Strip, killing at least 21 people, including five journalists, as well as medics and rescue workers, in the latest deliberate attack on civilians and the besieged enclave’s decimated health system.Monday’s attack, which killed journalists who worked for media, the Reuters and Associated Press (AP) news agencies, and others, was among the deadliest of a multitude of Israeli strikes that have targeted both hospitals and media workers over the course of the nearly two-year genocidal assault.It…