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Dode en gewonden bij nachtelijke aanvallen op Kyiv, Oekraïense delegatie naar VS voor overleg Bij een Russische aanval op de Oekraïense hoofdstad Kyiv is zaterdagochtend vroeg zeker één persoon gedood. Vijftien anderen raakten verwond.

Dode en gewonden bij nachtelijke aanvallen op Kyiv, Oekraïense delegatie naar VS voor overleg

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Kimmel Axing Makes MAGA a Laughing Stock on Dutch TV The show ‘Lubach’ reimagined Disney classics under the Trump regime.

Lubach, hosted by comedian Arjen Lubach, spared no punches when discussing the Federal Communication Commission’s successful push to get Jimmy Kimmel Live! shut down.

Nvidia shrugged off concerns over its business in China, riding a surge in AI-chip demand to set new sales records.

Global Monitors Confirm Famine in Part of Gaza. What Does That Mean? A panel of food security experts have determined that part of Gaza is suffering from famine, and that it could spread to the rest of the enclave within weeks.

Food security experts, who have been warning for 22 months of dire food shortages and malnutrition in the Gaza Strip, confirmed that the Gaza Governorate, which includes Gaza City, is suffering from famine and that it could spread to south and central Gaza by the end of September.

Famine set to be officially declared in Gaza for first time by UN-backed group – Israel-Gaza war latest updates The system for classifying food insecurity has been used to declare just four famines since it was established in 2004 Continue reading...

Famine set to be officially declared in Gaza for first time by UN-backed group – Israel-Gaza war latest updates

En direct, Gaza : l’ONU déclare officiellement la famine à Gaza Les experts onusiens ont averti que 500 000 personnes se trouvaient dans un état « catastrophique ».

En direct, Gaza : l’ONU déclare officiellement la famine à Gaza

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Every hospital in Gaza overwhelmed with malnutrition cases Maryam Dawas used to weigh 25kg (3st 9lb). Now she weighs nine (1st 4lb). That's about the weight of a baby that hasn't yet reached its first birthday.

Every hospital in Gaza overwhelmed with malnutrition cases

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Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy Gets US Approval for Liver Disease Novo Nordisk A/S’s blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy received Food and Drug Administration approval to treat a serious form of liver disease, beating rival Eli Lilly & Co. to the US market for the increasingly prevalent condition.

Novo Nordisk's blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy received FDA approval to treat a serious form of liver disease

Israel intensifies bombing of Gaza killing 89 within 24 hours At least 15 people queueing for food were among the deaths and five people are reported to have died from starvation * Middle East crisis: live updates Israel has stepped up bombing Gaza, killing at least 89 Palestinians in 24 hours, including at least 15 people queueing for food, despite global outcry over the deaths of six journalists in the territory the previous day. Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli air strikes on Gaza City had intensified in the three days after Benjamin Netanyahu’s security cabinet approved plans to expand the war in the territory. Continue reading...

Israel intensifies bombing of Gaza killing 89 within 24 hours

Prominent Al Jazeera journalist killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza Anas al-Sharif was killed while inside a tent for journalists outside al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City A prominent Al Jazeera journalist who had raised concerns about being killed has died in an Israeli airstrike. Anas al-Sharif, known for documenting the release of hostages and for removing his body armour after a ceasefire, was killed while inside a tent for journalists outside al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City along with three colleagues. Continue reading...

Prominent Al Jazeera journalist killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza

De kosten van sparen - Auréus Sparen is voor Nederlanders het grootste financiële risico geworden. Het risico van inflatie, gemiste kansen en inadequaat pensioenkapitaal.

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Trump Tax Cuts Finances for Poor, Boosts Income for Wealthy Trump’s tax and spending bill extends 2017 cuts but reduces Medicaid and food stamp benefits.

A new CBO analysis shows Trump’s tax law cuts income for the poorest 10% by $1,200 per year.

Germany to halt military exports to Israel for use in Gaza war Berlin says it will halt shipments of military equipment that could be used in Gaza.

Berlin says it will halt shipments of military equipment that could be used in Gaza.

When will we finally admit: the Gaza death toll is higher than we’ve been told | Arwa Mahdawi We have no idea how many people have been killed in Gaza but I would bet my own life that the number is far higher than the 60,000 number the media uses

When will we finally admit: the Gaza death toll is higher than we’ve been told | Arwa Mahdawi

David Grossman, célèbre écrivain israélien, qualifie de « génocide » les actions d’Israël dans la bande de Gaza Le militant de la gauche pacifiste israélienne assure par ailleurs rester « désespérément fidèle » à l’idée d’une solution à deux Etats, la Palestine et Israël, dans une interview pour « La Repubblica ».

David Grossman, célèbre écrivain israélien, qualifie de « génocide » les actions d’Israël dans la bande de Gaza

‘No one should act surprised,’ says UN expert who warned of starvation in Gaza last year Michael Fakhri, UN special rapporteur on the right to food, who sounded the alarm in early 2024, says: ‘Israel is starving Gaza. It’s genocide’ The UN expert who first warned that Israel was orchestrating a campaign of deliberate mass starvation in Gaza more than 500 days ago, has said that governments and corporations cannot claim to be surprised at the horror now unfolding. “Israel has built the most efficient starvation machine you can imagine. So while it’s always shocking to see people being starved, no one should act surprised. All the information has been out in the open since early 2024,” Michael Fakhri, the UN special rapporteur on the right to food, told the Guardian. Continue reading...

‘No one should act surprised,’ says UN expert who warned of starvation in Gaza last year

Over 100 journalists demand 'immediate and unsupervised' foreign media access into Gaza More than 100 journalists, photographers and war correspondents have signed a petition demanding "immediate and unsupervised foreign press access to the Gaza Strip".

Over 100 journalists demand 'immediate and unsupervised' foreign media access into Gaza

BREAKING: At least 41 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn, including 20 aid seekers, sources at Gaza hospitals told Al Jazeera.

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OLIVER: "Gaza is starving is a sentence that's objectively true, but it's also slightly misleading because it's too passive — Gaza is being starved by Israel."

‘We are dying slowly, save us’: starvation takes hold in Gaza after a week of appalling milestones Parents watch children waste away as deliberate aid restrictions from Israel mean hunger is becoming a killer, as experts confirm famine is currently playing out The people of Gaza did not need this week’s official confirmation from UN-backed hunger experts that the “worst-case scenario of famine” was unfolding there. For months they have watched as their children waste away. “All my children have lost nearly half of their body weight,” said Jamil Mughari, a 38-year-old from Maghazi in central Gaza. “My daughter, who is five years old, now weighs only 11kg. My son Mohammad has become just skin and bones. All my children are like this. Continue reading...

‘We are dying slowly, save us’: starvation takes hold in Gaza after a week of appalling milestones

I saw many atrocities as a senior aid official in Gaza. Now Israeli authorities are trying to silence us Devastated hospitals, mass graves, bodies eaten by dogs in the street. After speaking out, I discovered my visa will not be renewed, says Jonathan Whittall of UN OCHA

I saw many atrocities as a senior aid official in Gaza. Now Israeli authorities are trying to silence us

Rare aerial imagery shows displacement and destruction in Gaza Airdrop flights offered a vantage over the closed-off Gaza Strip.

New aerial images show the destructive impact of Israeli bombardments that have destroyed much of Gaza, displaced most of its population and left more than 60,000 people dead, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.

Israel kills 106 Palestinians in a day of attacks on Gaza as people starve Israeli forces kill 12 Palestinian civilians seeking aid hours after US envoy Steve Witkoff visits Gaza.

Israeli forces kill 12 Palestinian civilians seeking aid hours after US envoy Steve Witkoff visits Gaza.

Opinion | Netanyahu Is Choosing to Starve Gaza

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