An Israeli strike on Rafah killed at the very least 45 individuals
The day after an airstrike killed dozens of displaced Palestinians within the southern Gaza metropolis of Rafah, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, referred to as the deaths a “tragic accident” and accused Hamas of hiding among the many normal inhabitants.
“For us, each uninvolved civilian who’s harm is a tragedy,” he mentioned. “For Hamas, it’s a technique. That’s the entire distinction.”
The Israeli navy mentioned that the strike had focused a Hamas compound and had killed two Hamas officers. However an Israeli official, talking on situation of anonymity, mentioned that an preliminary investigation had concluded that the strike, or shrapnel from it, may need unexpectedly ignited a flammable substance on the web site.
A minimum of 45 individuals had been killed, in line with the Gaza Well being Ministry, together with 23 ladies, kids and older individuals. The ministry mentioned that 249 individuals had been wounded. Witnesses and survivors described a terrifying scene of burn victims and tents in flames.
The strike got here two days after the Worldwide Courtroom of Justice, with a 13-2 ruling, appeared to order Israel to cease its Rafah offensive. President Emmanuel Macron of France mentioned that he was “outraged” by the airstrike in Rafah, including, “These operations should cease.”
Support: The stream of support into Gaza has shrunk a lot in Could that humanitarian officers say that the specter of widespread hunger is extra acute than ever.
The Papua New Guinea landslide buried hundreds
Greater than 2,000 individuals had been buried alive in a landslide that smothered a village and work camp on Friday in Papua New Guinea’s distant northern highlands, the authorities advised the U.N. The numbers, together with these reported Monday, couldn’t be independently verified.
The area, in Enga Province, is densely populated and close to the Porgera gold mine. It’s an space of distant and tough jungle terrain, and reaching survivors has proved to be an infinite problem.
How China got here to dominate clear power expertise
Western international locations have lengthy pursued inexperienced expertise — in 1970, Jimmy Carter, the U.S. president, put photo voltaic panels on the White Home. However no nation has come near matching the size and tenacity of China.
In 2022, China accounted for 85 p.c of the world’s clear power manufacturing funding, and the nation controls over 80 p.c of each step of photo voltaic panel manufacturing.
China’s unmatched manufacturing of unpolluted power expertise is constructed on an earlier cultivation of the chemical, metal, battery and electronics industries. That is the way it acquired there.
Within the U.S., President Biden is making an attempt to make Chinese language electrical autos prohibitively costly to guard the home business. However Donald Trump has promised that if he’s elected, he’ll slam the brakes on the E.V. transition.
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A wartime box-office success in Ukraine
The strains for the present snake down the block, with individuals ready as much as seven hours to purchase tickets on the theater in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine. There, theatergoers are flocking to see “The Witch of Konotop,” a dark play based mostly on a basic Nineteenth-century Ukrainian novel, to make sense of life throughout warfare.
The play dramatizes the story of a Cossack chief, as he tries to root out witches whom native townspeople imagine are chargeable for a drought. The motion takes place in opposition to the backdrop of a navy menace from czarist Russia.
The play’s success underlines a renewed curiosity in Ukraine’s cultural heritage since Russia’s invasion started, whereas capturing the worry underneath which individuals are residing. “Tragedy comes and takes the whole lot from you, your love and your own home,” Mykhailo Matiukhin, an actor within the manufacturing, mentioned.
That’s it for as we speak’s briefing. Thanks for spending a part of your morning with us, and see you tomorrow. — Justin
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