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A flotilla of boats headed for Gaza carrying 350 pro-Palestinian activists – including climate change campaigner Greta Thunberg – has departed from Barcelona. Around 20 vessels displaying Palestinian flags left the Spanish port at 19:00 local time on Monday, stocked with medical and food supplies. The flotilla first attempted to set sail on Sunday, but…

Watch: Politicians’ perks cut after fatal anti-government demonstrations across Indonesia Protesters have been killed, buildings torched and politicians’ houses looted as anti-government unrest spreads across Indonesia – and the authorities respond with force. Mass demonstrations, fuelled by cost-of-living woes and public frustration with the political elite, first erupted in Jakarta on 25 August to condemn…

Moe ShreifBBC Eye Investigations BBC Musa al-Sadr has been missing since 1978 Warning: Contains images some may find upsetting A computer scientist at a university in the north of England is studying an image of a corpse – attempting to solve a mystery that has gripped the Middle East for nearly 50 years. “This is…

Yama BarizBBC Afghan Service correspondent, Heading for quake-hit areas and Paulin Kola & Tom JoynerBBC News Watch: Buildings destroyed and rescue efforts under way after deadly Afghanistan earthquake Survivors of an earthquake that killed more than 800 people and injured thousands in eastern Afghanistan have spent a night in the open, as rescue efforts continue.…

At least 800 people have been killed and thousands injured in eastern Afghanistan after a deadly 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck on Sunday night. Video footage shows scores of buildings collapsed into rubble. Landslides have blocked many roads, and rescuers are using helicopters to try and get to more remote, cut off regions. Source link

Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani will receive a Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honour, Donald Trump has announced on Truth Social. Giuliani became known as “America’s Mayor” after leading New York through 9/11. While he previously worked as Trump’s personal lawyer, the pair have since parted ways. The announcement comes two…

Narendra Modi The tête-à-tête inside Putin’s car lasted for 45 minutes India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, says he has had an “insightful” exchange with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of a summit in China. The two leaders spent 45 minutes inside the Russian leader’s car – after which Modi posted a picture of…

Nestle has fired its chief executive after just one year in the job because he failed to disclose a “romantic relationship” with a “direct subordinate”. The Swiss food giant, which makes Kit Kat chocolate bars and Nespresso coffee capsules, said Laurent Freixe has been dimissed with “immediate effect” following an investigation led by Nestle’s chair…

Cut off by rock falls in the mountains, locals who survived the tremors help pull injured and dead from the rubble. Source link

The world’s leading association of genocide scholars has declared that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. A resolution passed by the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) states that Israel’s conduct meets the legal definition as laid out in the UN convention on genocide. Across a three-page resolution, the IAGS presents a litany of actions…