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Israel strikes Gaza as Palestinians pin hopes on Trump Gaza plan
Published on 05/10/2025
» CAIRO/JERUSALEM - Israeli planes and tanks pounded areas across the Gaza Strip overnight and on Sunday, destroying several residential buildings, witnesses said, as traumatised Palestinians hoped a US plan to end the war would soon ease their suffering.
Babis pledges loyalty to Europe as Czech government talks begin
AFP, Published on 05/10/2025
» PRAGUE - Czech billionaire ex-premier Andrej Babis vowed loyalty to Europe as he met the president to start talks on a new government Sunday, a day after his movement topped a national vote.
Negotiators due in Cairo for Gaza ceasefire, hostage release talks
AFP, Published on 05/10/2025
» CAIRO - Negotiators were converging on Cairo on Sunday ahead of talks aimed at ending nearly two years of war in Gaza, with Israel's leader expressing hope that the hostages still being held there would be released in a matter of days.
The amazing paddy fields of England
Roger Crutchley, Published on 05/10/2025
» Important news from Blighty. Rice has been grown for the first time in Britain in the Fens of Cambridgeshire. Apparently this is a result of an unusually hot summer. For a project that had once been dismissed as a joke it's quite an achievement. Let's hope the notoriously fickle English weather doesn't spoil it all. It will probably start snowing tomorrow.
Gazans hail Trump’s ceasefire call
AFP, Published on 04/10/2025
» KHAN YUNIS, Palestinian Territories - Smoke billowed over Gaza City on Saturday, yet for the first time in months, residents felt a ceasefire was within reach as they welcomed US President Donald Trump’s call for Israel to stop bombing.
Hostage families urge immediate end to Gaza war
AFP, Published on 04/10/2025
» GAZA STRIP - The families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza on Saturday said it was “essential” to end the Gaza war immediately, as Israel bombarded the territory even after US President Donald Trump called on it to stop.
Hamas agrees to release Israeli hostages but sets conditions
Bloomberg News, Published on 04/10/2025
» GAZA — Hamas agreed to release the last of the hostages from its 2023 attack on Israel but said the rest of a US peace plan would be subject to negotiation, a stance that offered uncertain hopes for an end to the conflict in Gaza.
A wolf in sheep's clothing?
Published on 04/10/2025
» The sudden decision by Thamanat Prompow, the patriarch of the Klatham Party, to defect from the Pheu Thai-led government and throw his support behind a new minority coalition with Anutin Charnvirakul as premier has jolted the already fragile Thai political landscape.
Trump says Hamas ready for peace, tells Israel to stop bombing
AFP, Published on 04/10/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said Friday he believed Hamas was ready for peace and told Israel to stop bombing Gaza, after the Palestinian militant group declared it was ready to free hostages under his ceasefire plan.
Peace in deep South demands more than guns
News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 04/10/2025
» The southern insurgency has been a conundrum for all governments.