Monthly Archives: October 2024

Israel-Gaza war Middle East crisis live: Air raid sirens in Tel Aviv after Hezbollah says it targeted city; Blinken lands in Israel

Muhamad Yehia Lebanese state media reported Israeli airstrikes near the southern Lebanese city of Tyre after Israel’s military issued an evacuation call. AFPTV footage captured smoke billowing after the Israeli militar warned residents of al-Haush, just south of Tyre, to evacuate, while Lebanon’s official national news agency reported that “enemy aircraft launched …

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Middle East crisis live: Blinken heads for Israel as US push for ceasefire negotiations; Israel launches strikes across Lebanon

Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon hit branches of Hezbollah-linked bank Muhamad Yehia ..William Christou Israel carried out a series of airstrikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut, south Lebanon and the Bekaa valley early on Monday morning, striking buildings belonging to the Hezbollah-run banking institution Al-Qard Al-Hassan. At least 10 airstrikes …

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As a recent migrant to Germany I say this: the border clampdown is an insult to the values championed here

Muhamad Yehia Ilive in a small, quaint old town in north-west Germany, and every day I attend four hours of German and integration lessons. I attend because I am an immigrant: I am South African, and moved to Germany three months ago, along with my German husband and our children. These …

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Kamala Harris visits church on birthday as Trump repeats ‘enemy within’ rhetoric

Muhamad Yehia Kamala Harris celebrated her 60th birthday on the campaign trail on Sunday while Donald Trump visited a McDonald’s and doubled down on his dangerous rhetoric labeling Democrats as “enemies from within,” as both candidates tried to shore up support in key states ahead of the US presidential election. Harris …

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Middle East crisis live: Iran warns UN about Israel’s threats against its nuclear sites; Israel launch strikes across Lebanon

Muhamad Yehia WHO to evacuate 1,000 Palestinian women and children for urgent medical care Up to 1,000 women and children needing medical care will shortly be evacuated from Gaza to Europe, the head of the World Health Organization’s Europe branch said in comments published on Monday. Israel, which is besieging the war-devastated …

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UK deports record number of Nigerians and Ghanaians in single flight

Muhamad Yehia Flight comes as news emerges of plan to send asylum seekers who arrive on Chagos Islands to British territory of Saint Helena A record number of Nigerians and Ghanaians were deported to their home countries on one flight, with 44 forcibly removed on Friday, the Home Office has confirmed. The …

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Bob Woodward’s new book War is a sober but alarming must-read

Bob Woodward’s new book War is a sober but alarming must-read .Muhamad Yehia .. Lloyd Green Watergate reporter says Trump is far worse than Nixon and ‘most reckless and impulsive president in American history The Middle East and Ukraine are ablaze, the US mired in turmoil. An octogenarian president recedes …

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The Guardian view on Yahya Sinwar’s death and Gaza’s future: an opportunity that must not be ignored

Muhamad Yehia The Israeli military’s announcement that it has killed the Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar should be an opportunity to end the devastating war in Gaza that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinian men, women and children. The death of the man who masterminded the 7 October massacres in southern Israel that killed …

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Mozambique rocked by the killings of 2 prominent opposition figures

Muhamad Yehia MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Gunmen in two vehicles ambushed the lawyer for Mozambique’s leading opposition politician and a senior opposition official, shooting them dead in their SUV late at night on a main avenue in the capital, their party said Saturday. The brutal burst of violence rocked a …

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World Bank cuts 2024 growth forecast for Sub-Saharan Africa over Sudan

 Muhamad Yehia .. Sudan The World Bank has lowered its prediction for sub-Saharan Africa’s economic growth this year to 3%, down from 3.4%. The main reason for this drop is the civil war in Sudan, which has badly hurt the country’s economy. However, the region is still expected to grow …

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