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Nobody can stop Israel's war, including the world court, PM Benjamin Netanyahu says (www.itv.com)

U.S. carries out new strike in Yemen after Biden vows to keep pressure on (www.reuters.com)

At The Hague, Israel Mounted a Defense Based in an Alternate Reality (theintercept.com)

Cops ripped for arresting reporter trying to ask Chrystia Freeland questions (torontosun.com)

Y’know, assault is generally defined as causing a person to fear for their safety. What these cops were doing was absolutely assault, bumping into someone’s shoulder is not. Plus it kinda looks like a football play the aide, Freeland and the cop were playing.

France Gets Its Youngest and First Openly Gay Prime Minister (www.nytimes.com)

As police lose the war on crime in South Africa, private security companies step in (apnews.com)

The right to protest is under threat in Britain, undermining a pillar of democracy (apnews.com)

Chilling effect': People expressing pro-Palestinian views censured, suspended from work and school (www.cbc.ca)

Hungary blocks €50bn of EU funding for Ukraine (www.bbc.com)

Hungary has blocked €50bn ($55bn; £43bn) in EU aid for Ukraine hours after agreement was reached on starting membership talks....

Number of Deserting Russian Troops Surges (www.kyivpost.com)

Another Israeli witness confirms Israeli tanks killed own citizens on Oct. 7 (www.aa.com.tr)

US vetoes UN Security Council resolution on Gaza ceasefire (www.bbc.com)

Disease could be bigger killer than bombs in Gaza - WHO (www.reuters.com)

Revealed: Saudi Arabia’s grand plan to ‘hook’ poor countries on oil (www.theguardian.com)

Saudi Arabia is driving a huge global investment plan to create demand for its oil and gas in developing countries, an undercover investigation has revealed. Critics said the plan was designed to get countries “hooked on its harmful products”....

I thought I knew royal greed – but King Charles profiting from the assets of the dead is a disgusting new low | Norman Baker | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

321 trans people murdered this year, new report finds (www.thepinknews.com)

China's animal lovers fight illegal cat meat trade (www.bangkokpost.com)

Zelensky invites Trump to Ukraine: ‘He can’t manage this war’ (thehill.com)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has invited former President Trump to his country’s war zone, saying the former president “can’t manage this war.”...

Israeli Cabinet said slated to okay police use of live fire against protesters blocking roads during multi-front war (www.timesofisrael.com)

See how Israel’s siege has plunged Gaza into darkness and isolation (www.washingtonpost.com)

The Hamas tunnel city beneath Gaza: a hidden frontline for Israel (www.reuters.com)

What lies in wait for Israeli ground troops in Gaza, security sources say, is a Hamas tunnel network hundreds of kilometres long and up to 80 metres deep, described by one freed hostage as “a spider’s web” and by one expert as the “Viet Cong times 10”....

I watched Hamas unleash hell (unherd.com)

Pentagon says it will support Israel after Netanyahu declares war (thehill.com)

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the U.S. stands squarely by Israel and will ensure it “has what it needs to defend itself” after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared war against Palestinian militants that launched a surprise attack on his country....

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