In the Jordan Valley, families from the Shalal al-Ouja community are being forced from the land they have lived on for generations.
Category: 2. World
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Displacement in Al-Ouja: A broader push to reshape the occupied West Bank
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Over 9,350 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons as of early January: Rights groups
Palestinian prisoners’ rights groups say more than 9,350 Palestinian prisoners are being held in Israeli detention centers across the occupied territories.
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Trump says he will ‘100%’ carry out Greenland tariffs threat, as EU vows to protect its interests
AFP via Getty ImagesKaja Kallas, the EU’s foreign policy chief, said the bloc has “no interest to pick a fight, but we will hold our ground”. Donald Trump has vowed to “100%” follow through on his threat to impose tariffs on European countries who…
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Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza an extension of Israeli occupation: Ex-UN rights chief
The former UN rights official also argued that Palestinians have the right to resist under international law.
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Spanish PM vows to find cause of deadly high-speed train crash
Watch: At the scene of Spain’s worst rail disaster in over a decade Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has promised to get to the bottom of why two high-speed trains collided in southern Spain killing at least 40 people, as rescuers continue to…
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At the scene of Spain’s worst rail disaster in over a decade
The small town of Adamuz in Spain has become the scene of a fatal rail disaster.
Dozens of people died in the incident, with even more injured.
The BBC’s Guy Hedgecoe visited the scene, where a large police cordon is in place.
Officials said an…
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Italian fashion designer Valentino dies aged 93
Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani, known as Valentino, has died at the age of 93.
In a statement posted on Instagram the Valentino Garavani and Giancarlo Giammetti Foundation said: “He passed away peacefully in his Roman home, surrounded…
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Russia gloats over Greenland tensions
Steve RosenbergRussia Editor
ReutersListen to Donald Trump and you would think Moscow and Beijing were lying in wait off the coast of Greenland, ready to pounce to boost their power in the Arctic.
“There are Russian destroyers, there are Chinese…
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Ghana arrests Nigerians accused of running cyber-crime networks in Accra
Thomas Naadi,BBC Africa, Accra and
Jean Otalor
Cyber Security AuthorityThe authorities released pictures of some of those found in the raids along with their equipment Ghana’s security forces have arrested nine Nigerians suspected of co-ordinating a…
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Swiss deadly fire bar owners’ lawyers condemn ‘vindictiveness’
The lawyers of the owners of a Swiss bar where a deadly fire broke out on New Year’s Eve killing 40 people and injuring 116 have broken their silence to criticise “lies” about their clients.
Jessica and Jacques Moretti were “devastated”, the…
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