London hospital and Sheffield clinic affected by faulty egg-freezing products (www.theguardian.com)
Human rights court finds failings in Greece tourist rape inquiry (www.theguardian.com)
Australian federal MPs – including the prime minister and cabinet members – have voted overwhelmingly to urge the US and the UK to allow the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to return to Australia (www.theguardian.com)
Atlantic drugs bust takes dramatic turn after alleged smuggler ‘kidnaps’ crew (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli military starts evacuation of Gaza’s last big hospital (www.ft.com)
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Indonesia elections: Polls indicate Prabowo Subianto victory (www.dw.com)
Al Jazeera reporter and camera operator seriously hurt in Israeli airstrike in Gaza | Israel-Gaza war | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Canadian federal police officer arrested, accused of ‘assisting foreign actor’ (www.theguardian.com)
A member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has been arrested and charged with accessing police records to assist an unnamed foreign actor....
Biden joins international calls for Israel to halt Rafah offensive (www.theguardian.com)
Joe Biden has added his voice to growing international calls for Israel to drop plans for an all-out military assault on the city of Rafah, in southern Gaza, after a ferocious hostage rescue operation that killed dozens of Palestinians....
Body of 6-year-old killed in ‘deliberate’ Israeli fire found after 12 days (www.aljazeera.com)
Relatives find body of Hind Rajab who had begged rescuers to send help after being trapped by Israeli military fire.
Senegal’s president defends delaying elections in exclusive interview as protests erupt nationwide (apnews.com)
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegalese President Macky Sall defended his decision to postpone elections as violent protests erupted across the country on Friday....
Tucker Carlsson - The Vladimir Putin Interview (tuckercarlson.com)
Tucker Carlsson - The Vladimir Putin Interview (tuckercarlson.com)
Pakistan’s ex-PM Sharif says he will seek a coalition government after trailing jailed rival Khan (apnews.com)
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — The former prime minister of Pakistan expected his party would claim an easy victory in the country’s parliamentary elections, sending him to the top job for a fourth time. Instead, Nawaz Sharif faces a difficult path to power....
Crowded Gazan City Bombed as Negotiators Try to Revive Cease-Fire Talks (www.nytimes.com)
Airstrikes hit a southern Gaza border city crowded with civilians on Thursday, a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced a cease-fire proposal by Hamas and signaled that the Israeli military was preparing to move into the area....
US funding failure will have serious battlefield consequences, says Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)
As the two-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine approaches, Ukrainian officials say the delay in US support has already had a clear impact on the battlefield, where Kyiv’s exhausted troops have a severe hardware deficit in comparison to the Russians
Indonesian rebels say they're ready to free a New Zealand pilot taken hostage a year ago (www.washingtonpost.com)
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Separatist rebels in Indonesia’s restive Papua region expressed their readiness Wednesday to release a New Zealand pilot who was taken hostage a year ago....
Yazidi woman held by IS for 10 years freed by Kurdish fighters in Syria (www.theguardian.com)
Iraqi, 24, rescued with her children from al-Hawl camp after being abducted then raped and forced into marriage...
Rebound in Australia, China ties threatened by suspended death sentence for Aus writer - Reuters (news.yahoo.com)
SYDNEY (Reuters) -A Beijing court on Monday handed Australian writer Yang Hengjun a suspended death sentence, threatening a recent rebound in bilateral ties that followed several years of strained relations between Beijing and Canberra....
Palestinians hope Blinken visit can deliver Gaza truce before Rafah assault (www.reuters.com)
The top U.S. diplomat met Saudi Arabia’s de-facto ruler on Monday during a Middle East visit Palestinians hope will clinch a truce before a threatened Israeli assault on Rafah, a border city where about half the Gaza Strip population is sheltering.
Hamas denies hostage, ceasefire deal rejection, will give answer soon (m.jpost.com)
Search engine Yandex owner to exit Russia in $5.2 bln deal (www.reuters.com)
LONDON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Nasdaq-listed technology company Yandex NV said it had struck a 475-billion-rouble ($5.21 billion) cash and share deal to sell all its assets in Russia to a consortium of Russian investors, including a fund ultimately owned by oil major Lukoil (LKOH.MM)...
Canada to sanction West Bank settlers and Hamas leaders (www.reuters.com)
OTTAWA, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Canada will impose sanctions on Israeli settlers who incite violence in the West Bank and introduce new sanctions on Hamas leaders, Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said on Sunday, after the United States took similar action last week....
Ukraine war: No more easy deals for Russian convicts freed to fight (www.bbc.com)
The French farmers’ protests are more complex than they seem (www.vox.com)
Farmers’ frustration over French and EU regulations are a new dimension in a longstanding problem....
