UN aid facility attacked in Rafah

UN aid facility attacked in Rafah

The United Nations says Israeli Forces have hit a food distribution centre in the eastern part of Rafah in the Gaza Strip. One UNRWA staff member was killed in the attack and at least 22 people were injured. Jody Jacobs reports.

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World

Trump expected to attend Florida hearing over classified documents

Donald Trump is expected to attend a hearing in the federal case over his handling of classified documents after leaving office. The former president's lawyers are seeking to have the criminal charges dismissed ahead of a trial. Ira Spitzer reports.

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World

US-Hungary relations strained over Biden’s dictatorship remark

Bilateral ties between Hungary and the US have hit another low over U.S. President Joe Biden's remarks on the state of democracy in Hungary.Biden said Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban wants to run a "dictatorship," which has sparked outrage in Budapest.

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IMF delegation visits Pakistan for economic reform talks

An International Monetary Fund delegation will review a $3 billion bailout arrangement with Pakistan's new government this week. Islamabad says it wants to negotiate an 'extensive and extended' economic bailout package with the IMF to ensure macroeconomic stability.

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Science & Technology

Google prepares election policy roll-out worldwide

Google has confirmed it is restricting the types of election-related questions users can ask its Artificial Intelligence chatbot Gemini. The company says the policy has already been rolled out in India, which will hold elections starting in April. A spokesperson for Google told the BBC that the latest move was part of plans announced last year around its approach to elections. Elections are due to be held in countries around […]

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World

Biden and Trump set for election rematch

US President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump have both passed the delegate thresholds to clinch their parties' nominations for the election in November. According to the BBC, four states, one American territory and Democrats living abroad held their primaries on Tuesday. The result means US voters face a rematch of the 2020 presidential election in eight months' time.

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World

Aid efforts for Gaza ramp up but EU says starvation being used as a weapon

United Nations aid officials welcomed the news on Tuesday that an aid ship had left Cyprus for Gaza carrying 200 tonnes of supplies but they stressed that this was no substitute for overland assistance to Gazans on the verge of famine. From the UN aid coordination office OCHA, here’s spokesperson Jens Laerke. The European Union's foreign policy chief has said starvation is being used as a weapon of war in […]

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UK Tories urged to return money to race row donor

Britain's ruling Conservatives on Wednesday faced growing pressure to return millions of pounds to a major donor accused of making racist comments about a high-profile black lawmaker. Businessman Frank Hester, 57, is alleged to have said that Diane Abbott -- Britain's longest-serving black MP -- made him "want to hate all black women" and that she "should be shot". After several Tory MPs refused to condemn the 2019 […]

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World

The UN Security Council Is Struggling ‘Day by Day,’ Japan Says

Secretary-General António Guterres, left, and Kazuyuki Yamazaki, permanent representative of Japan and president of the Security Council for March, before a recent meeting on Sudan and South Sudan. Only three months in the UN post, Yamakazi leads the Council on a range of crises this month, from the wars in Gaza and Ukraine to conflicts in parts of Africa, as Japan also highlights its own two signature debates: building peace […]

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