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Michèle Pranchère

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 16/01/2026
Rights group says Palestinian children are 'increasingly targets' as Israeli military and settler violence soars.
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Palestinian child shot dead by Israeli troops in occupied West Bank
Rights group says Palestinian children are 'increasingly targets' as Israeli military and settler violence soars.
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Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Large fire breaks out in Dutch city of Utrecht following explosion
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Large fire breaks out in Dutch city of Utrecht following explosion
At least four people are injured and there are also reports of extensive damage to nearby buildings, he local safety body says.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 15/01/2026
I know the terrible cost of speaking out in Iran – and I beg the world to stand with those speaking out now | Nasrin Parvaz
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I know the terrible cost of speaking out in Iran – and I beg the world to stand with those speaking out now | Nasrin Parvaz
Survivors of the regime like me are reliving our nightmares as brave Iranians fight for their freedom. They say they have nothing to lose but their chains, says women’s rights activist and torture survivor Nasrin Parvaz
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DER SPIEGEL @spiegel.de · 15/01/2026
Die Todeszahlen bei den Protesten gegen das iranische Regime steigen, doch das Land ist vom Internet abgeschnitten. Wie verifizieren wir Informationen? Die SPIEGEL-Dokumentation gibt Einblicke.
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Iran: Wie berichtet der SPIEGEL über Iran? – Faktencheck
Die Todeszahlen bei den Protesten gegen das iranische Regime steigen, doch das Land ist vom Internet abgeschnitten. Wie verifizieren wir Informationen? Die SPIEGEL-Dokumentation gibt Einblicke.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 15/01/2026
Breaking News: The woman whose sexual assault accusation against Oren Alexander — a high-profile real estate agent — and his twin brother, Alon, opened a floodgate of similar allegations was found dead late last year.
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Alexander Brothers Accuser Was Found Dead Last Year, Authorities Say
The death of Kate Whiteman, whose accusation of sexual assault against Oren and Alon Alexander opened a floodgate of similar allegations, is under investigation.
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Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Iran protests: Authorities demanding large sums for return of protesters' bodies, BBC told
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Iran protests: Authorities demanding large sums for return of protesters' bodies, BBC told
Multiple sources have told BBC Persian that security forces will not release bodies unless relatives hand over money.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 15/01/2026
Minnesota will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, and of peace.
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DER SPIEGEL @spiegel.de · 11/11/2025
Sudan - Unicef-Gesandter Sheldon Yett: »Vieles erinnert mich an den Völkermord in Ruanda«: Morde, Vergewaltigungen, Erpressung: Seit der Einnahme durch die RSF-Miliz ist die Lage in Faschir dramatisch. Der Unicef-Gesandte Sheldon Yett warnt vor noch schlimmeren Zuständen und sagt, was jetzt helfen…
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Sudan - Unicef-Gesandter Sheldon Yett: »Vieles erinnert mich an den Völkermord in Ruanda«
Morde, Vergewaltigungen, Erpressung: Seit der Einnahme durch die RSF-Miliz ist die Lage in Faschir dramatisch. Der Unicef-Gesandte Sheldon Yett warnt vor noch schlimmeren Zuständen und sagt, was jetzt helfen würde.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 02/11/2025
Don’t let Europe’s deregulatory temptations weaken its democracies on.ft.com/438bqIq | opinion
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Don’t let Europe’s deregulatory temptations weaken its democracies
A good tech strategy would aim not just to catch up but to cultivate better alternatives
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DER SPIEGEL @spiegel.de · 01/11/2025
Frankreich: Justiz wegen kinderähnlicher Sexpuppen bei Billigversender Shein alarmiert: Die Puppe wirkt kindlich dimensioniert und hält einen Teddy im Arm: Bei der asiatischen Plattform Shein sind offenbar hochproblematische Sexspielzeuge angeboten worden. In Frankreich schreiten deswegen die…
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Frankreich: Justiz wegen kinderähnlicher Sexpuppen bei Billigversender Shein alarmiert
Die Puppe wirkt kindlich dimensioniert und hält einen Teddy im Arm: Bei der asiatischen Plattform Shein sind offenbar hochproblematische Sexspielzeuge angeboten worden. In Frankreich schreiten deswegen die Behörden ein.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 18/09/2025
Apparent Your party implosion leaves big political vacancy on the left
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Apparent Your party implosion leaves big political vacancy on the left
If the latest Sultana-Corbyn row proves terminal, 700,000 people who registered interest will have no political home
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 18/09/2025
Corbyn and Sultana’s leftwing ‘Your Party’ rocked by internal divisions on.ft.com/4naan2H
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Corbyn and Sultana’s leftwing ‘Your Party’ rocked by internal divisions
Co-founder clashes with ex-Labour leader and says she is target of ‘sexist boys’ club’
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 18/09/2025
Contributor: Jimmy Kimmel and the threat that comedy poses to autocrats
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Contributor: Jimmy Kimmel and the threat that comedy poses to autocrats
Jokes allow a society to mock itself, spotlight uncomfortable truths, bridge differences and say what cannot otherwise be said.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 18/09/2025
President Trump defended ABC’s decision to suspend late-night host Jimmy Kimmel’s show indefinitely over remarks about the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, suggesting the move was motivated by ratings and dismissing concerns about the implications for free speech.
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Trump Threatens to Ax Licenses of TV Stations That Criticize Him
President Donald Trump said US broadcast networks should face scrutiny over their licenses if they’re too critical of him, in what amounts to his furthest-reaching threat to media freedoms.
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 18/09/2025
BREAKING — U.S. Vetoes Gaza Ceasefire Resolution For ‘Failing’ To Adequately ‘Condemn Hamas’ The United States has again vetoed a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate, permanent ceasefire in Gaza and the release of captives — its sixth veto since the war began...
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DER SPIEGEL @spiegel.de · 31/08/2025
2015 flohen Hunderttausende Menschen vor allem aus Syrien nach Deutschland. Wann und warum spitzte sich die »Flüchtlingskrise« damals zu? Ein Rückblick auf Krisengipfel und geöffnete Grenzen, Freiwilllige an Bahnhöfen und Protest vor Flüchtlingsheimen.
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Zehn Jahre »Wir schaffen das«: Ein Rückblick auf Krisengipfel und geöffnete Grenzen
2015 flohen Hunderttausende Menschen vor allem aus Syrien nach Deutschland. Wann und warum spitzte sich die »Flüchtlingskrise« damals zu? Ein Rückblick auf Krisengipfel und geöffnete Grenzen, Freiwilllige an Bahnhöfen und Protest vor Flüchtlingsheimen.
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DER SPIEGEL @spiegel.de · 18/08/2025
Der Sender Newsmax behauptete, dass manipulierte Wahlautomaten für Bidens Wahlsieg 2020 verantwortlich waren. Ein Hersteller klagte wegen Verleumdung. Newsmax spricht weiter von »fairer Berichterstattung« – zahlt aber.
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USA: Konservativer Sender Newsmax zahlt 65 Millionen Dollar in Verleumdungsprozess
Der Sender Newsmax behauptete, dass manipulierte Wahlautomaten für Bidens Wahlsieg 2020 verantwortlich waren. Ein Hersteller klagte wegen Verleumdung. Newsmax spricht weiter von »fairer Berichterstattung« – zahlt aber.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 18/08/2025
Israel is intensifying its strikes on Gaza City, the territory’s largest urban centre, as it plans to seize it.
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Israeli attacks, forced starvation have killed 62,000 Palestinians in Gaza
Israel is intensifying its strikes on Gaza City, the territory’s largest urban centre, as it plans to seize it.
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CNN @cnn.com · 17/08/2025
Protesters in Israel demand a hostage deal in one of the largest demonstrations since the war in Gaza began: cnn.it/3HyJg1I
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Protesters in Israel demand hostage deal in one of the largest demonstrations since Gaza conflict began | CNN
Large crowds of Israelis took to the streets on Sunday, launching a nationwide grassroots strike and widespread protests to demand the government secure the release of 50 hostages still in Gaza.
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Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Three Republican-led states to send National Guard troops to DC
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Three Republican-led states to send National Guard troops to DC
Washington residents have protested against Trump's deployment of troops in the city.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17/08/2025
Mrs Robinson review – the politician whose joyful underdog triumph made the establishment suck lemons
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Mrs Robinson review – the politician whose joyful underdog triumph made the establishment suck lemons
This profile of former Irish president Mary Robinson runs from her brilliant convention-defying election victory to passionate human rights roles
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 16/08/2025
Fears over immigration raids are dampening US cities' cultural vibrancy as festivals and parades are canceled. Those that go forward are taking extraordinary precautions
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Festivals and Parades Are Canceled Amid US Immigration Anxiety
From LA to Pittsburgh, fears over immigration raids are dampening cultural vibrancy as events are canceled. Those that go forward are taking extraordinary precautions.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 01/08/2025
Trump’s Maga Inc. builds $200mn war chest in first half of 2025 on.ft.com/4lbmQRX
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Trump’s Maga Inc. builds $200mn war chest in first half of 2025
Super Pac’s coffers given big injection of cash from crypto industry
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Jamie Smyth @jamiesmythft.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Exxon chief urges Donald Trump to use leverage in US trade talks with European Union to fight its ‘bone-crushing’ climate and human rights regulations on.ft.com/41eUUFy @alicemhancock.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
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Exxon chief urges Donald Trump to use trade talks to fight ‘bone-crushing’ EU regulation
[FREE TO READ] Darren Woods says bloc’s climate and human rights directive will hurt competition
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Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Confusion and anger in Switzerland - hit by highest US tariffs in Europe
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Confusion and anger in Switzerland - hit by highest US tariffs in Europe
Trump threatened Switzerland with 31% tariffs but they ended up even higher, leaving the country asking why.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 01/08/2025
Italy has signed a deal with Albania, where it planned to process up to 36,000 asylum seekers per year.
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Top EU court strikes a blow against Italy’s Albania migrant camps scheme
Italy has signed a deal with Albania, where it planned to process up to 36,000 asylum seekers per year.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 01/08/2025
Recognition of Palestinian statehood is not enough when it comes to Gaza on.ft.com/4fiHjTy | opinion
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Recognition of Palestinian statehood is not enough when it comes to Gaza
The UK and Europe must take action, not stick with mere symbolic gestures
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 01/08/2025
Why the US is burning $10m worth of birth control | Moira Donegan
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Why the US is burning $10m worth of birth control | Moira Donegan
With action after action, the Trump administration has made clear it does not value women’s health, their dignity, their aspirations
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 01/08/2025
🚨The Palestinian Health Ministry reports that 83 people were killed and 554 injured across the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours.
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DER SPIEGEL @spiegel.de · 01/08/2025
US-Präsident Donald Trump verfolgt bei Medikamentenpreisen das gleiche Narrativ wie bei Nato-Ausgaben: Die USA würden andere Länder mitfinanzieren. Die Branche in Deutschland fürchtet Sonderzölle – mit schwerwiegenden Folgen.
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Donald Trump: Wie seine Zölle den medizinischen Fortschritt behindern könnten
US-Präsident Donald Trump verfolgt bei Medikamentenpreisen das gleiche Narrativ wie bei Nato-Ausgaben: Die USA würden andere Länder mitfinanzieren. Die Branche in Deutschland fürchtet Sonderzölle – mit schwerwiegenden Folgen.
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DER SPIEGEL @spiegel.de · 01/08/2025
Deutschland, so der Vorwurf, übt in der Gaza-Frage zu wenig Druck auf die Netanyahu-Regierung aus. Diesem Eindruck will Außenminister Wadepfuhl entgegenwirken. Jetzt besuchte er ein von extremistischen Siedlern bedrohtes Dorf.
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Reise des Außenministers nach Nahost: Wadephuls Worte
Deutschland, so der Vorwurf, übt in der Gaza-Frage zu wenig Druck auf die Netanyahu-Regierung aus. Diesem Eindruck will Außenminister Wadepfuhl entgegenwirken. Jetzt besuchte er ein von extremistischen Siedlern bedrohtes Dorf.
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DER SPIEGEL @spiegel.de · 01/08/2025
In Genf durfte trotz Sanktionen die drittmächtigste Frau Russlands auftreten und Lügen verbreiten. Zahlreiche Politiker, darunter die CDU-Bundestagspräsidentin, verließen wegen Walentina Matwijenko den Saal.
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Julia Klöckner: Wegen dieser Russin verließ die Bundestagspräsidentin einen Konferenzsaal
In Genf durfte trotz Sanktionen die drittmächtigste Frau Russlands auftreten und Lügen verbreiten. Zahlreiche Politiker, darunter die CDU-Bundestagspräsidentin, verließen wegen Walentina Matwijenko den Saal.
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 01/08/2025
NEW at Drop Site News: The Killing of Awdah Hathaleen by a West Bank Settler Carolina Pedrazzi reports that Israeli authorities are withholding the body of the beloved Palestinian activist—while the settler who shot him walks free. www.dropsitenews.com/p/awdah-hath...
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The Killing of Awdah Hathaleen by a West Bank Settler
Israeli authorities are refusing to release the body of the beloved Palestinian activist while the Israeli settler who shot him walks free.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 29/07/2025
Trump rolled back sanctions against Israeli settlers, including Yinon Levi, the alleged killer of Awdah Hathaleen.
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Calls for US to sanction Israeli settlers after Palestinian activist killed
Trump rolled back sanctions against Israeli settlers, including Yinon Levi, the alleged killer of Awdah Hathaleen.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 28/07/2025
Breaking news: Donald Trump’s administration has denied permission for Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te to stop in New York en route to Central America, after China raised objections with Washington about the visit on.ft.com/4kXt3k7
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 28/07/2025
Ghislaine Maxwell asks US supreme court to overturn conviction
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Ghislaine Maxwell asks US supreme court to overturn conviction
Maxwell, sentenced to 20 years for sex trafficking, says 2007 plea deal negotiated by Epstein should have protected her Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted sex trafficker and associate of Jeffrey Epstein, has requested that the US supreme court overturn her conviction, saying she was unjustly prosecuted. In 2022, Maxwell was sentenced in Manhattan to 20 years in prison for sex trafficking and other related crimes. Her legal team, however, submitted a request to the supreme court on Monday, seeking to overturn the lower court’s decision, arguing that a prior plea deal that Epstein took protected Maxwell from prosecution. Continue reading...
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 27/07/2025
So much for checks and balances. (via Bloomberg Opinion)
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Congress Is Surrendering Its Last Real Power
The legislature is no longer even pretending to be a co-equal branch of government.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 27/07/2025
News Analysis: To hide the cost of renovating the plane Qatar donated to President Trump, the Air Force appears to have tucked it inside an over-budget, behind-schedule nuclear modernization program. nyti.ms/4o9OPEg
The Boeing 747-8 from Qatar is sitting on a runway. A headline reads: "What Will It Cost to Renovate the 'Free' Air Force One?" Photo by Al Drago for The New York Times.
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DER SPIEGEL @spiegel.de · 27/07/2025
Das Treffen von US-Präsident Donald Trump mit EU-Kommissionschefin Ursula von der Leyen in Schottland brachte den Durchbruch im Zollstreit. Für die Europäer wird der Deal offenbar nicht ganz billig.
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USA und EU einigen sich im Zollstreit
Das Treffen von US-Präsident Donald Trump mit EU-Kommissionschefin Ursula von der Leyen in Schottland brachte den Durchbruch im Zollstreit. Für die Europäer wird der Deal offenbar nicht ganz billig.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 27/07/2025
Twenty-eight countries sign statement calling for end to Israel’s war on Gaza but won’t move to stop bilateral trade.
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Countries denounce Israel but keep trading with it
Twenty-eight countries sign statement calling for end to Israel’s war on Gaza but won’t move to stop bilateral trade.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 27/07/2025
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said the European Union is having “tough discussions” with Israel to help speed humanitarian and financial aid to Palestinians in war-ravaged Gaza
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France Maintains Tough Stand on Israel Despite Pause in Gaza War
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said the European Union is having “tough discussions” with Israel to help speed humanitarian and financial aid to Palestinians in war-ravaged Gaza.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 27/07/2025
From @nytopinion.nytimes.com “There is no excuse for the world to stand by and watch two million human beings suffer on the brink of full-blown famine,” the chef José Andrés writes about Gaza.
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Opinion | José Andrés: People of Good Conscience Must Stop the Starvation in Gaza
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 27/07/2025
“We’re caught up in a broken system.” Glenn Valley Foods in Omaha, Nebraska, tried to verify every hire through a federal system. After a workplace immigration raid, the company is wondering how it can keep going.
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The Ripple Effects of an ICE Raid on a Nebraska Meatpacking Company
Glenn Valley Foods tried to verify every hire through a federal system. After a raid, the company is wondering how it can keep going.
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CNN @cnn.com · 27/07/2025
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his Qatari counterpart have signed an agreement outlining the terms of Qatar’s “unconditional donation” of a Boeing jet to the Pentagon, confirming that the US will pay nothing for the plane, according to a copy of the memorandum of understanding reviewed by CNN
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Qatari plane that could be new Air Force One will be ‘unconditional’ gift to the Pentagon, agreement says | CNN Politics
The transfer of the jet from Qatar to the Trump administration sparked a political firestorm in the spring among Democrats and several influential Republicans.
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DER SPIEGEL @spiegel.de · 27/07/2025
Europa zahlt 15 Prozent auf US-Exporte, die Amerikaner können ihre Produkte zollfrei liefern: Die EU unterwirft sich im Handelsdeal dem US-Präsidenten. Es wird Zeit, dass die Europäer stärker werden.
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Handelsdeal mit den USA: Europa kapituliert vor Donald Trump – Kommentar
Europa zahlt 15 Prozent auf US-Exporte, die Amerikaner können ihre Produkte zollfrei liefern: Die EU unterwirft sich im Handelsdeal dem US-Präsidenten. Es wird Zeit, dass die Europäer stärker werden.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 27/07/2025
Only 73 aid trucks entered Gaza today—far below the 600 minimum needed—while three airdrops, overseen by Israeli forces, landed in dangerous combat zones, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/8hrip9
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Strikes on Gaza resume as Israel’s ‘tactical pause’ comes to an end
Six more Palestinians have starved to death today as Israel makes small increases in aid delivery.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 28/07/2025
Israel said it paused military activity in parts of Gaza on Sunday to allow in international aid, amid growing outrage over the severe hunger Palestinians are facing. Aid experts have said airdrops are inefficient and urged Israel to remove obstacles to bringing in aid by land. nyti.ms/46ZK21V
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 28/07/2025
Israeli strikes, including on declared ‘safe zones,’ kill 63 in Gaza despite announced pauses, as hunger worsens and six more Palestinians, including two children, die from malnutrition aje.io/67etrz
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Israeli strikes kill 63 in Gaza despite ‘pauses’, as hunger crisis deepens
Israel attacks ‘safe zones’ in Gaza as six more Palestinians, including two children, die from malnutrition.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 26/07/2025
‘There is nothing to buy’: Gaza’s descent into mass starvation on.ft.com/4o5I46b
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‘There is nothing to buy’: Gaza’s descent into mass starvation
Israel’s offensive and aid curbs tip enclave of 2.1mn Palestinians into famine
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 26/07/2025
Lewd, crude and politically astute: South Park’s history of controversy
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Lewd, crude and politically astute: South Park’s history of controversy
The button-pushing animated comedy enraged the White House this week with a Trump-baiting season premiere but it’s not the first time it’s ruffled feathers
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