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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/21598108 > cross-posted from: https://hcommons.social/users/adachika192/statuses/113339925768240423 > > > Pro-Palestine protesters shut down London's Tower Bridge > > (Jerusalem Post, 2024-10-20) > > > > [https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-825262#825262](https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-825262#825262) > > ——— > > > > “Pro-Palestine protesters shut down Tower Bridge in [#London](https://hcommons.social/tags/London) on Saturday, shortly after thousands attended a mass protest in Trafalgar Square and Whitehall.” > > > > “… the Met Police stated that the groups had been dispersed and several arrests had been made.” > > > > “A group named Youth Demand claimed to have been part of a coalition that organized the event and shut down the bridge. > > “Youth Demand said it demanded that the UK government stop arming Israel…” > > > > “The other groups involved were the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Prayers4Gaza, Palestine Pulse, Thanet 4 Palestine, and Ealing Friends of Palestine.” > > > > [@palestine@lemmy.ml](https://lemmy.ml/c/palestine) > > [@palestine@a.gup.pe](https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine) > > [@israel](https://a.gup.pe/u/israel) > > [\#YouthDemand](https://hcommons.social/tags/YouthDemand) [#StopArmingIsrael](https://hcommons.social/tags/StopArmingIsrael)
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North Korea has said it had found the remnants of a South Korean military drone and that any further "violation" of its territory would result in a "declaration of war." Tensions between the two sides of the peninsula have escalated since May when the North began flying balloons carrying garbage across the border to the South, prompting Seoul to respond by restarting loudspeaker propaganda broadcasts. This week, [North Korea accused South Korea of flying drones over Pyongyang](https://www.newsweek.com/north-korea-ready-attack-south-after-alleged-drones-over-pyongyang-1968414) on three occasions this month and threatened to respond with force if it happened again.
www.middleeasteye.net
> An Israeli attack on Beit Lahiya, a town in northern Gaza, killed at least 73 Palestinians on Saturday evening, according to the enclave's government media office. > More than 100 others were wounded and several people missing. > Israeli air strikes targeted a multi-floor building and damaged a number of nearby houses, medics in the Gaza Strip reported. > The government media office said that Israeli forces had bombed overcrowded residential areas in Beit Lahiya, adding that women and children were amongst the casualties.
www.dw.com
>Meanwhile, incumbent Maia Sandu was closer to a[ second term in office](https://www.dw.com/en/moldovas-maia-sandu-i-want-to-be-the-president-of-european-integration/a-56089364), after partial results in the country's presidential election gave her a small lead over her main rival.
*American officials are trying to determine the source of the leak, which describes military drills and weapons placement, and how damaging it might be.* The leak of a pair of highly classified U.S. intelligence documents describing recent satellite images of Israeli military preparations for a potential strike on Iran offers a window into the intense American concerns about Israel’s plans. It also has U.S. officials working to understand the size of the improper disclosure. The two documents were prepared in recent days by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, which is responsible for analyzing images and information collected by American spy satellites. They began circulating on Friday on the Telegram app and were being discussed by largely pro-Iran accounts. The documents, which offer interpretations of satellite imagery, provide insight into a potential strike by Israel on Iran in the coming days. Such a strike has been anticipated in retaliation for an Iranian assault earlier this month, which was itself a response to an Israeli attack. [MBFC](https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/new-york-times/) [Archive](https://archive.is/bXOaV)
A year ago, Saudi Arabia was preparing to recognize Israel in a normalization deal that would have fundamentally reshaped the Middle East and further isolated Iran and its allies while barely lifting a finger to advance Palestinian statehood. Now, that deal is further away than ever, even after the killing of the Hamas leader, Yahya Sinwar, which has been widely seized upon as a potential opening for a peace deal. Instead, Saudi Arabia is warming relations with its traditional archenemy, Iran, while insisting that any diplomatic pact now hinges on Israel’s acceptance of a Palestinian state, a remarkable turnaround for the kingdom. A diplomatic détente is underway in the Mideast, but not the one envisioned by the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who continues to say that his administration can clinch a deal with Riyadh. This month, the foreign ministers of the Persian Gulf states met for the first time as a group with their Iranian counterpart. It is a shaky, early-stage rapprochement that will only chip away at centuries of sectarian antagonisms, but it represents a sharp shift in a region where the rivalry between Riyadh and Tehran has drenched the region in bloodshed for decades. Tehran’s outreach continued after that, with the Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, visiting Saudi Arabia before heading to other countries in the region, including Iraq and Oman, in an effort to ease tensions. [MBFC](https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/new-york-times/) [Archive](https://archive.is/DYldd)
Oxfam condemns in the strongest terms the killing in Gaza today of four water engineers and workers from the Khuzaa municipality who were working with our strategic partner the Coastal Municipalities Water Utility (CMWU). The four men were killed on their way to conduct repairs to water infrastructure in Khuzaa, east of Khan Younis. Despite prior coordination with Israeli authorities their clearly-marked vehicle was bombed. Oxfam stands in solidarity with the CMWU, their partners and the families of the victims. Their deaths deepen the catastrophic humanitarian crisis in Gaza where access to clean water is already severely compromised. Dozens of engineers, civil servants and humanitarian workers have been killed in Israeli airstrikes throughout this war. They were all working on essential services to keep Gaza's fragile infrastructure running. Despite their movements being coordinated with the Israeli authorities by the CMWU and the Palestinian Water Authority, to ensure their safety, they were still targeted.
www.theguardian.com
**_Andrei Kelin says by providing weapons Britain is ‘killing Russian soldiers and civilians’_** Moscow’s ambassador to London has said the UK is waging a proxy war against Russia, while predicting the “end of Ukraine” as Russian invading forces make deeper advances into the country. … The comments came as Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, renewed his appeal to western countries for air-defence systems, after Russian missile strikes on the central city of Kryvyi Rih late on Saturday wounded 17 people, according to Ukrainian officials. Ukraine is losing its territory in its eastern Donbas region to Russia’s invading forces, while coming under sustained bombardment, but has yet to convince western allies to provide it [with long-range missiles](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/10/zelenskyy-at-no-10-for-talks-with-starmer-and-nato-secretary-general) to strike Russian military targets.
www.theguardian.com
Israel’s foreign minister has announced he is taking “legal and diplomatic measures” against the decision by the French president, Emmanuel Macron, to ban Israeli companies from showing their wares at an arms fair in Paris next month. Israel Katz described the “boycott” as an anti-democratic measure that was “not acceptable, especially between friendly nations”. Katz did not elaborate on the measures he had in mind and the French government did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Organisers of the Euronaval Salon, a naval defence fair due to take place between 4 and 7 November, told Reuters that after a decision by the French government no Israeli stands or exhibits would be allowed, although delegates could attend. [MBFC](https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-guardian/) [Archive](https://archive.is/sQYyh)
www.thenation.com
CNN and MSNBC’s first 100 days of reporting on Israel’s war on Gaza showed a consistent double standard in its coverage, with Palestinians receiving far less sympathetic and humanizing coverage than either Israelis during the same period or Ukrainians during the first 100 days after Russia’s invasion, a Nation analysis of major media coverage has found. Finding 1: ::: spoiler Sympathetic victims like journalists, refugees, and children are mentioned more in Ukraine than in Gaza, despite a significantly wider gap in casualties and human suffering.  ::: ----- Finding 2: ::: spoiler On CNN and MSNBC, emotive words such as “brutal,” “massacre,” “slaughter, “barbaric,” and “savage” were overwhelmingly used to describe the killing of Israelis and Ukrainians, and almost never used to describe the killing of Palestinians.  ::: ----- Finding 3: ::: spoiler CNN and MSNBC covered the impact of Russia’s invasion on civilians twice as often as they did the impact of Israel’s bombing and siege of Gaza on civilians, despite the latter having a death toll five times that of the former.  :::
www.theguardian.com
**_Teenager detained for 12 years minimum for attempted murder at private Blundell’s school in Devon_** A teenager who attacked two sleeping students and a teacher with hammers at a private school in Devon has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 12 years after being found guilty of attempted murder. The 17-year-old, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was armed with three claw hammers and waited for the two boys to be asleep before attacking them at Blundell’s school in Tiverton, Exeter crown court heard. He was wearing just his boxer shorts and used weapons he had collected to prepare for a “zombie apocalypse”, the court was told.
www.theguardian.com
Counter-terrorism police are investigating whether Russian spies planted an incendiary device on a plane to Britain that later caught fire at a DHL warehouse in Birmingham, the Guardian can reveal. Nobody was reported injured in the fire on 22 July at a warehouse in the suburb of Minworth that handles parcels for delivery, and the blaze was dealt with by the local fire brigade and by staff. The parcel is believed to have arrived at the DHL warehouse by air, though it is not known if it was a cargo or passenger aircraft, nor where it was destined for. There could have been serious consequences if it had ignited during the flight. A similar incident occurred in Germany, also in late July, when a suspect package bound for a flight caught fire at another DHL facility in Leipzig, and investigators are looking at links between the two. German authorities warned this week that had the parcel caught fire mid-air it could have downed the plane.
Spanish MP Ione Bellare spoke up in Parliament against the genocide in Gaza, asking, 'What is the difference between what Israel is doing and the Nazi gas chambers?' The leader of the left-wing party Podemos highlighted Israel's latest attack on al-Aqsa hospital's courtyard, where videos showed people burning alive, and the Spanish government's complicity in doing weapons deals with Israel.
www.middleeasteye.net
At least six medical aid missions currently operating inside the Gaza Strip received orders this week from the Israeli government that they would no longer be allowed access to their patients in the enclave. Israel’s coordinator of government activities in the territories (Cogat) appeared to give no reason for the decision to ban the missions from Gaza. Cogat’s decision comes on the heels of a New York Times guest essay published on 9 October, entitled, “65 Doctors, Nurses and Paramedics: What We Saw in Gaza.”
www.dw.com
**_South Africa asked Taiwan to move its liaison office out of the administrative capital, Pretoria, in order to emphasize the countries' "non-diplomatic" ties. China claims Taiwan as part of its own territory._** South Africa has asked Taiwan to move its unofficial embassy out of its administrative capital, Pretoria, the South African Foreign Ministry said on Friday. [China claims the self-governing island of Taiwan as part of its own territory.](https://www.dw.com/en/most-taiwanese-would-defend-island-against-china-poll-finds/a-70440750) Taiwan's government is only officially recognized by a dozen countries, while many states maintain informal diplomatic ties with the island. … South Africa severed formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan in 1997 but maintains informal ties. China is South Africa's largest trade partner. Both states are members of the [BRICS bloc of developing economies which is set to hold its annual summit next week in the Russian city of Kazan.](https://www.dw.com/en/can-india-navigate-a-china-dominated-brics/a-70435678)
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**_Extortion rackets killed seven people in less than 12 hours in Lima recently, despite a two-month state of emergency_** Late into the night, mothers chanted for justice outside their children’s school in Lima after a teacher was gunned down in front of his students in the latest and most shocking example of a surge in gang violence in Peru. CCTV footage of the incident on Monday showed panicked children running inside the school as the body of Julio César Pacheco lay slumped inside the blue metal gates of Julio C Tello in the working-class Ate Vitarte neighborhood in the capital’s east. He had been shot dead by an assassin pretending to deliver a legal notice. **The daylight murder marked a tragic new low in a crime wave that has seen a surge of racketeering and murder**. The crisis sparked two days of strikes as workers expressed their fury at what they saw as **dismal law enforcement, poor leadership by an unpopular government and a deliberate weakening of anti-crime legislation by the loathed congress**.
www.bbc.com
Much of Cuba is without power on Sunday as Hurricane Oscar approaches, two days after the country's main energy plant failed and knocked out power to 10 million people. Electricity supply was partially restored on Saturday, before collapsing again overnight. President Miguel Diaz-Canel said that authorities in the east of the island were "working hard to protect the people and economic resources, given the imminent arrival of Hurricane Oscar". Packing 85mph (140km/h) winds, Oscar is forecast to reach Cuba on Sunday afternoon local time, and could cause flash-flooding and mudslides in eastern areas, according to the US National Hurricane Center.
thewarhorse.org
> Should international climate pacts require militaries to report the amount of greenhouse gases they release into the atmosphere?
[Prabowo Subianto](https://apnews.com/article/indonesia-prabowo-subianto-general-president-8cd195ef82df36049db75cbc9bf1ca1d)was inaugurated Sunday as the eighth president of the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation, **completing his journey from an ex-general accused of rights abuses during the dark days of Indonesia’s military dictatorship to the presidential palace**. The former defense minister, who turned 73 on Thursday, was cheered through the streets by thousands of waving supporters after taking his oath on the Quran in front of lawmakers and foreign dignitaries. Banners and billboards filled the streets of the capital, Jakarta, where tens of thousands gathered for festivities. … Subianto was a special forces commander until he was expelled by the army in 1998 over accusations that he played a role in the kidnappings and torture of activists and other abuses. He never faced trial and went into self-imposed exile in Jordan in 1998, although several of his underlings were tried and convicted.
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***A drugs haul weighing more than an elephant has been seized in the Mexican navy's biggest ever drugs bust.*** The operation saw 23 people arrested off the country's southwest coast. The haul weighed some 8,400kg - an elephant can weigh up to 6,000kg on average, according to the WWF. "This represents the largest quantity of drugs seized in a maritime operation, without precedent in the history of the institution," the navy said in a statement.
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***The king’s visit, his first to an overseas realm as sovereign, comes amid revived debate over whether Australia should cut ties with the royal family and become a republic instead.*** [King Charles III](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/king-charles-iii-returns-public-duties-trip-cancer-charity-rcna149934) has expressed "deep love and affection" for [Australia](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/sydney-beaches-shut-mysterious-tar-balls-washing-ashore-rcna175872), a former part of the British Empire. As he visits the country this weekend, he may find that Australians don't feel quite as much affection for him. Charles and [Queen Camilla](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/queen-camilla-king-charles-coronation-invite-jill-biden-rcna78261) arrived Friday evening local time in [Sydney](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/australian-police-chase-koala-strain-station-rcna174627), where a tribute on the sails of the city's iconic opera house displayed a four-minute montage of images from previous royal visits. Charles, 75, is Britain's first reigning monarch to visit Australia in 13 years. His Oct. 18-26 trip to Australia and the Pacific island nation of [Samoa](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/new-zealand-navy-ship-sinks-samoa-rcna174223) marks his first visit to overseas realms since becoming king and his first major foreign trip since his [cancer diagnosis](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/king-charles-diagnosed-cancer-rcna137293). Australia is one of 14 countries outside Britain where he remains the head of state, a role that is largely symbolic. All of them are members of the Commonwealth, a voluntary group of 56 independent states that were almost all formerly under British rule.
www.theguardian.com
Britain faces growing calls at this week’s Commonwealth summit to pay billions of pounds in reparations to poorer countries for causing climate change as well as slavery. The leaders of some of the nations at most risk from the effects of climate change plan to use the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Samoa to lobby for reparative justice from the UK and other wealthy countries that are among the biggest polluters. Philip Davis, the prime minister of the Bahamas, told the Observer that his country needed help from the UK and others to pay for damage caused by extreme weather events and to help save it from the worst effects of rising sea levels.
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**_Police have arrested a man suspected of links to the "Islamic State" group and planning an attack on the Israeli Embassy. Prosecutors say he had been planning to attack the diplomatic mission using firearms._** A Libyan man with alleged ties to the "Islamic State" IS militant group was set to appear before Germany's highest court on Sunday, charged with planning an attack on the Israeli Embassy in Berlin. The man was detained on Saturday in the town of Bernau in the state of Brandenburg, just outside the capital. Prosecutors said he was planning to use firearms in the attack. The suspect, named only as Omar A. in line with Germany's strict privacy laws, was detained in a raid by a heavily armed police unit in a Berlin suburb on Saturday.
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***Kazakhstan’s decision represents a blow to Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin.*** Russian agriculture safety watchdog this week temporarily banned imports of tomatoes, peppers, fresh melons, wheat, flax seeds and lentils from Kazakhstan. “The decision was made due to the failure of competent authorities in Kazakhstan to take action and in order to ensure the phytosanitary safety of the territory of Russia,” the Rosselkhoznadzor authority said on its website. The restrictive measure comes shortly after Kazakhstan, Central Asia’s largest economy, refused to join BRICS, the bloc of emerging economies of which Russia currently holds the presidency.
