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A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into effect early on Friday. Both Israel and Hamas have claimed victory in the recent conflict. But it may prove “difficult” for Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to label the military operation a political success, says former Israeli deputy foreign minister Danny Ayalon. It was a case of…
The Norwegian Refugee Council, which is providing aid in Afghanistan, is in talks with the Taliban in an effort to secure free movement for its aid workers, and to be able to work without interference. The council’s Secretary General Jan Egeland told BBC World News that the Taliban was responding positively. “We as humanitarians will…
Joy and her family are among two million Nigerians living within 4km of a gas flare in Nigeria’s oil-rich south. Climate change has had a devastating impact on Nigeria. Fertile lands are turning into deserts in the north, while flash floods have become more common in the south. The country’s oil industry is making things…
They were labelled “LGBT-free zones” – large parts of Poland where regional governments, as well as smaller councils, declared they were against LGBT ideology or ideologies that “undermine” the family. Now provinces have started to backtrack after the EU said it would freeze funds. But has anything really changed for LGBT people in those areas?…
Attempts to stop Hongkongers marking the 32nd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown is having the opposite effect of what was intended, the managing director of the Hong Kong Democracy Council, Samuel Chu, has said. A public vigil to mark the anniversary has been banned by Hong Kong for the second year running citing coronavirus…
Jen Copestake looks at some of the best technology news stories of the week including: Customers can now buy a Tesla car with cryptocurrency Bitcoin, company chief Elon Musk announces Nintendo and Niantic, the companies behind Pokemon Go, announce a long-term deal to collaborate on augmented reality apps Microscopic robots deliver drugs into the brains…