Like Putin, Viktor Orbán is learning he can act with impunity: the cash keeps flowing | Katalin Cseh (www.theguardian.com)
The EU’s capitulation to the Hungarian PM’s blackmail is a grave mistake. He seeks to reshape the bloc in his image...
Video shows Russian soldiers using captured Ukrainians as shields (www.newsweek.com)
COP28 stage stormed by 12-year-old Indian activist (www.bbc.com)
US vetoes UN resolution backed by many nations demanding immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza (apnews.com)
Tesla loses legal action in Sweden as dispute with Nordic unions escalates (www.theguardian.com)
Nearly 100,000 Gaza buildings may be damaged, satellite images show - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
Boy held by Hamas ‘forced to watch videos of 7 October attacks’ (www.theguardian.com)
“Every time a child cried, they would threaten him with a weapon to shut him up.”...
UN aviation meeting agrees to goal of 5% lower emissions by 2030 (www.reuters.com)
Putin pardons two cannibals because they fought against Ukraine (www.pravda.com.ua)
Turkey's central bank hikes interest rate by 500 basis points to 40%, well above expectations (www.cnbc.com)
UK doctor who worked at Shifa confirms Gaza hospital used for ‘non-medical purposes’ (www.timesofisrael.com)
A British doctor who used to work at Shifa Hospital, Gaza’s largest medical center, under which the IDF says Hamas operates a major command and control base, has confirmed that there were areas of the hospital where he could not go, or else he would be shot....
David McBride: Australian war crimes whistleblower pleads guilty (www.bbc.com)
Evidence Points to Israeli Shells in Strikes on Gaza’s Largest Hospital (www.nytimes.com)
Israel said Palestinian militants had misfired projectiles, but an analysis of photos and videos of Friday’s strikes shows that some of the munitions were likely fired by Israeli forces.
Germany to make military 'the backbone' of Europe's defense (www.dw.com)
Israel-Gaza war fuels online anti-Semitism, Islamophobia in China (www.aljazeera.com)
Israeli air strike kills 50 at Gaza refugee camp, hospital chief tells Al Jazeera (www.reuters.com)
Israeli forces engaged with Hamas gunmen in Gaza’s tunnel network; over 50 Palestinians killed in an air strike on a refugee camp....
‘The time has come.’ Sweden gets ready for NATO membership (www.politico.eu)
Ministers warn English councils not to adopt four-day working weeks (www.theguardian.com)
South Korean and US forces stage drills for reaction to possible 'Hamas-style' attack by North Korea (apnews.com)
South Korean and U.S. troops have been conducting live-fire exercises this week to hone their ability to respond to potential “Hamas-style surprise artillery attacks” by North Korea, South Korea’s military said Friday....
U.S. intel agencies believe hospital blast caused by Palestinian rocket that broke apart after engine failure, officials say (www.nbcnews.com)
U.S. spy agencies believe that the blast at a Gaza hospital a week ago was caused by a Palestinian rocket that suffered engine failure and broke apart into two pieces, with the warhead striking the hospital’s parking lot, intelligence officials said Tuesday....
Viral Photos Of Alleged Hamas Leaders Accused Of Being AI Fakes Actually Just Poorly Upscaled (www.forbes.com)
President of Detroit synagogue found stabbed to death outside home, police say (edition.cnn.com)
Hamas says it releases two US hostages 'for humanitarian reasons' after Qatari efforts (www.reuters.com)
GAZA, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Hamas’ armed wing, the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, has released two U.S. hostages from Gaza - a mother and her daughter - “for humanitarian reasons” in response to Qatari mediation efforts in the war with Israel, its spokesman Abu Ubaida said on Friday....
Al Jazeera's response to fake news claims: How has the narrative shifted since the Gaza hospital explosion? (www.aljazeera.com)
It was to long(and important) to use AI tldr accurately.
US defense secretary is in Israel to meet with its leaders and see America’s security assistance (apnews.com)
S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is in Israel on Friday for meetings with senior government leaders and to see firsthand some of the U.S. weapons and security assistance that Washington rapidly delivered to Israel in the first week of its war with the militant Hamas group....
