5 h. ago Palestinian factions say they agree to let independent technocrat committee run Gaza

Administration will manage basic services ‘in cooperation with Arab brothers and international institutions’, says joint statementThe main Palestinian factions have said they have agreed that an independent committee of technocrats would take over the running of Gaza after Hamas said it had received “clear guarantees” from mediators that “the war has effectively ended”.A joint statement published on the Hamas website said the groups had agreed in a meeting in Cairo to hand “over the administration of the Gaza Strip to a temporary Palestinian committee composed of independent ‘technocrats’, which will manage the affairs of life and basic services in cooperation with Arab brothers and international institutions”. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Paris Agreement working too slowly to prevent dangerous global heat, scientists warn

Planet may experience 57 fewer extremely hot days a year if all countries meet their current emissions targets and limit global warming to 2.6C this century

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9 d. ago A lasting peace between Israel and Palestine? We’ve heard that before – the result was more bloodshed | Jason Burke

In 1982, Ronald Reagan picked up the phone to Menachem Begin to tell him to end a war. There are lessons from history and we need to learn themSo, which year are we in? A US president, after months of tacit encouragement, has finally intervened to end an Israeli military offensive that has reduced swaths of a Middle Eastern city to rubble, leaving thousands dead and prompting global outrage. For months, the UN has looked on, impotent, as Israeli air raids and artillery shelling has pummelled apartment blocks and refugee camps beside the Mediterranean. The Israeli offensive’s target, according to its architect, is a “kingdom of terror”.The offensive has come after a series of attacks on Israel. Now, under pressure from the White House, the Israeli prime minister, a rightwinger with a gift for populist rhetoric and an intense sense of historic Zionist mission, has agreed to a ceasefire. So too have the Palestinian armed factions, which have faced the massive firepower of the Israeli m...

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9 d. ago Paris Agreement working but too slowly to prevent dangerous global heat, scientists warn

Planet may experience 57 fewer extremely hot days a year if all countries meet their current emissions targets and limit global warming to 2.6C this century

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2 w. ago Anthony Joshua agrees to fight Dave Allen rival with 86 per cent knockout rate

Arslanbek Makhmudov claims he will could Joshua next if he beats Allen this Saturday

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last month Jake Paul agrees to rule change for Gervonta Davis exhibition fight

The controversial exhibition bout could be subject to further changes after a verbal agreement

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