7 h. ago Netanyahu orders Gaza City residents to ‘leave now’ as six killed in attack in Jerusalem

Two Palestinian gunmen opened fire around 10.15am local time at people waiting at a bus stop near Ramot Junction at the northern entrance to the city on a road leading to a settlement, Israeli police said.

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11 h. ago Spaniard among six killed in Jerusalem shooting as Madrid steps up criticism of Israel – Middle East crisis live

Pedro Sánchez has accused Netanyahu’s government of ‘exterminating defenceless people’ and killing innocent boys and girls with hunger’Sam Jones is Madrid correspondent for the GuardianSpain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has stepped up his scathing criticism of Israel’s actions in Gaza, accusing Benjamin Netanyahu’s government of “exterminating a defenceless people” by bombing hospitals and “killing innocent boys and girls with hunger”. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Netanyahu vows harsh response after six killed in Jerusalem shooting

PM threatens retaliation over deadliest such incident in nearly a year amid growing violence in occupied West Bank and Gaza

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13 h. ago Israel vows ‘severe’ response after six killed in Jerusalem shooting

PM threatens retaliation over deadliest incident in almost a year amid growing violence in occupied West Bank and Gaza

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15 h. ago Five people killed in Jerusalem shooting; Israel threatens Gaza City with ‘powerful hurricane’ – Middle East crisis live

Israel’s defence minister, Israel Katz, has warned that a ‘powerful hurricane’ will ‘strike the skies of Gaza City’ later today Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is holding an “assessment” with the heads of the “security establishment” after the deadly attack in Jerusalem this morning, according to the prime minister’s office.Paramedics said at least five people were killed in the shooting attack in Jerusalem, in an update of the death toll. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Four people killed in Jerusalem shooting; Israel threatens Gaza City with ‘powerful hurricane’ – Middle East crisis live

Israel’s defence minister, Israel Katz, has warned that a ‘powerful hurricane’ will ‘strike the skies of Gaza City’ later today Emma Graham-Harrison is the Guardian’s chief Middle East correspondent and has this summary of what we know so far about the Jerusalem shooting:Four men have been killed by the two gunmen, who were killed by police, according to emergency services. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Why Trump’s undermining of US statistics is so dangerous | Daniel Malinsky

From the firing of the labor statistics chief to plans for a new census, the president’s moves serve to entrench authoritarianismIn 1937, Joseph Stalin commissioned a sweeping census of the Soviet Union. The data reflected some uncomfortable facts – in particular, the dampening of population growth in areas devastated by the 1933 famine – and so Stalin’s government suppressed the release of the survey results. Several high-level government statistical workers responsible for the census were subsequently imprisoned and apparently executed. Though the Soviet authorities would proudly trumpet national statistics that glorified the USSR’s achievements, any numbers that did not fit the preferred narrative were buried.A few weeks ago, following the release of “disappointing” jobs data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Donald Trump fired the commissioner of labor statistics, Dr Erika McEntarfer, and claimed the numbers were “rigged”. He also announced his intention to commission a...

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9 d. ago Police swarm Heathrow plane as passenger 'hits flight attendant and tries to open door'

A huge emergency response - including several fire trucks and police vehicles - could be seen on the tarmac beside the Saudia Airlines plane seconds after it arrived at Heathrow

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2 w. ago ‘No place is safe’: families flee Gaza City as Israel vows to press on with offensive

Others refuse to leave as aircraft and tanks bomb outskirts of city where about half of Gaza’s 2m people now liveIsraeli aircraft and tanks have pounded the eastern and northern outskirts of Gaza City, destroying buildings and homes, as Israeli leaders vowed to press on with an expanded large-scale offensive on the city.Witnesses reported the sound of continuous explosions overnight from Saturday night into Sunday morning in the areas of Zeitoun and Shejaia. Meanwhile, tanks shelled houses and roads in the nearby Sabra neighbourhood and several buildings were blown up in the northern area of Jabaliya. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Famine set to be officially declared in Gaza for first time by UN

The system for classifying food insecurity has been used to declare just four famines since it was established in 2004Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has vowed to destroy Gaza City if Hamas did not agree to disarm, release all remaining hostages in the territory and end the war on Israel’s terms, reports AFP.He wrote on social media:Soon, the gates of hell will open upon the heads of Hamas’s murderers and rapists in Gaza - until they agree to Israel’s conditions for ending the war, primarily the release of all hostages and their disarmament,” the minister posted on social media.If they do not agree, Gaza, the capital of Hamas, will become Rafah and Beit Hanoun,” he added, referring to two cities in Gaza largely razed during previous Israeli operations. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Jordan Peterson ‘taking time off everything’ after being exposed to a ‘particularly moldy environment’

Mikhaila Peterson claims her father is experiencing a ‘severe’ flare-up of symptoms linked with chronic inflammatory response syndrome

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