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‘Grounds to believe’ rapes committed October 7 attacks

‘Grounds to believe’ rapes committed October 7 attacks

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The Nova festival where people were killed and kidnapped during the October 7 attack by Hamas gunmen from Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Reim, southern Israel, on February 19, 2024. SUSANA VERA / REUTERS There are “reasonable grounds to believe” rapes were committed during Hamas’ October 7 attacks on Israel and that hostages subsequently taken to Gaza have also been raped, a UN report said Monday, March 4, 2024. UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Pramila Patten found “clear and convincing information” that some hostages had been raped, and believes “that such violence may be ongoing against those still held.” “In the context of the coordinated attack by Hamas and other armed groups against civilian and military targets throughout the Gaza periphery, the mission team found that there are reasonable grounds to believe that conflict-related sexual violence occurred in multiple locations during the October 7 attacks, including rape and gang-rape,” the report said. These happened in at least three locations – the Nova music …

John Kerry: US committed to tackling climate crisis despite fossil fuel growth | John Kerry

John Kerry: US committed to tackling climate crisis despite fossil fuel growth | John Kerry

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The US continues to be a force for good in tackling the climate crisis, despite its soaring fossil fuel production, the John Kerry has insisted. The outgoing US climate chief acknowledged, however, that strong safeguards were needed to dismantle oil and gas infrastructure before the switch to renewables could become permanent, as he prepared to leave his post as special presidential envoy. “I don’t agree that we are a force for ill,” he told the Guardian in an interview at the US embassy in London to mark his departure from government. “We are living up to our obligations to transition … we are in transition, and as our renewables come online they [fossil fuels] are going out at a very rapid rate.” The US, the world’s largest economy, is also the largest oil and gas producer, as fracking and exploration have burgeoned in response to rising fossil fuel prices. The US president, Joe Biden, called a pause on export permits in January, but experts say this will not be enough to halt the rapid expansion …

War crimes committed by all parties in Israel-Hamas conflict: UN rights chief

War crimes committed by all parties in Israel-Hamas conflict: UN rights chief

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Turk said Palestinian armed groups launching indiscriminate projectiles across southern Israel and the holding of hostages also violated international humanitarian law. Last month, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague ordered Israel to prevent acts of genocide against Palestinians and do more to help civilians, although it stopped short of ordering a ceasefire. Turk said the prospect of an Israeli ground assault in the southern border town of Rafah, where some 1.5 million people are estimated to be crammed after fleeing their homes further north to escape Israel’s offensive, “would take the nightmare being inflicted on people in Gaza into a new, dystopian, dimension”. “For my part, I fail to see how such an operation could be consistent with the binding provisional measures issued by the International Court of Justice,” he said. Turk added that such a ground offensive would incur massive loss of life, increase the risk of atrocity crimes, spur more displacement and “sign a death warrant for any hope of effective humanitarian aid”. Source link

Joe Biden Suggests Trump Talks Like He Should Be “Committed”

Joe Biden Suggests Trump Talks Like He Should Be “Committed”

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Joe Biden has spent the last several months laying out the reasons why it would be a terrible idea to give Donald Trump a second term in office—reasons that include everything from Trump’s assault on reproductive rights to his pledge to be a dictator only “on day one.” And on Wednesday, the president added another entry to the list: the fact that his opponent appears to have completely lost touch with reality. Speaking to supporters at a fundraiser in San Francisco, Biden reportedly referred to Trump’s claim that he and Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny—who recently died in an Arctic penal colony—had suffered similar treatment, with the president remarking, “Some of the things that this fellow’s been saying, like he’s comparing himself to Navalny and saying that—because our country’s become a communist country, he was persecuted, just like Navalny was persecuted. I don’t know where the hell this comes from.” Biden added: “I mean, if I stood here 10, 15 years ago and said any of this, you’d all think I should be committed. It …

NATO’s Stoltenberg expects US to remain ‘committed ally’, even if Trump returns

NATO’s Stoltenberg expects US to remain ‘committed ally’, even if Trump returns

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Issued on: 19/02/2024 – 15:08Modified: 19/02/2024 – 15:17 In an interview with FRANCE 24, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said he expected that “regardless of the outcome of the US elections”, Washington “will continue to be a committed NATO ally”. “It is in the security interest of the United States to have a strong NATO,” Stoltenberg noted. The NATO chief also said he “expects” the US Congress “to find a way to agree sustained support to Ukraine”. Further aid for Kyiv is currently stalled in the Republican-controlled US House of Representatives. Almost exactly two years after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Norway’s intelligence service recently said it believes Moscow is gaining the advantage in the war. In a blow to Kyiv, Russia claimed this weekend that it had taken control of the city of Avdiivka after the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops. “The situation on the battlefield is difficult and we have seen some Russian advances,” Stoltenberg conceded, speaking on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference (MSC).  He went on: “Wars are unpredictable; they move in phases. But I continue to be extremely impressed by the courage …

IMF sees Japan committed to flexible exchange rate

IMF sees Japan committed to flexible exchange rate

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TOKYO : Japanese authorities are committed to a flexible exchange rate, which acts as a shock absorber and supports the Bank of Japan’s monetary policy objective, a senior International Monetary Fund (IMF) official said on Wednesday. “We’ve had very good discussions with Japanese authorities on exchange rate issues. Let me emphasize, I see no fundamental divergence in views between the Fund and Japanese authorities about exchange rate policies,” Krishna Srinivasan, director of the IMF’s Asia and Pacific Department, told a news conference. “Japanese authorities are committed to a flexible exchange rate which acts as a shock absorber, and supports the monetary policy objective of price stability,” Srinivasan said. Source link

3 Tiny Habits That Will Make You More Committed Than 99% Of Couples | Debby Gullery

3 Tiny Habits That Will Make You More Committed Than 99% Of Couples | Debby Gullery

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Our committed love relationships are the greatest tools of spirituality we have. As a relationship coach who is also married, I believe that our most important relationships can be the greatest tools we have to help us become our best selves. Doesn’t it make sense that in committed relationships, where trust and loyalty are central, endless opportunities for genuine growth would naturally emerge? RELATED: Want A Strong Relationship? Science Says You Need To Do This The real measure of our spiritual life is most evident in how we love and commit to our partners in our healthy relationships. We all like to see ourselves as loving people, who care about the environment and the future of the planet. We can convince ourselves that we are doing well, emotionally and spiritually, because we pray, meditate regularly, or volunteer at the local soup kitchen. But, the real measure of our emotional and spiritual health lies in the way we treat and love the people in our most important relationships. Let’s face it, it is so much easier to …

Blinken says Abbas ‘committed’ to reform as Gaza war rages

Blinken says Abbas ‘committed’ to reform as Gaza war rages

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to members of the media as he prepares to depart from Manama for Tel Aviv during his week-long trip across the Middle East, on January 10, 2024. EVELYN HOCKSTEIN / AFP US top diplomat Antony Blinken on Wednesday, January 10, said Mahmud Abbas was committed to reforming the Palestinian Authority to potentially reunite war-torn Gaza and the occupied West Bank under its leadership. Blinken laid out Gaza’s possible future after meeting Palestinian president Abbas in Ramallah and Bahrain’s King Hamad in his fourth Middle East tour aimed at preventing the Israel-Hamas war from escalating. The bloodiest-ever Gaza war has raged since the unprecedented Hamas attacks against Israel on October 7 and killed more than 23,000 people in the besieged Palestinian territory, according to its health ministry. Abbas raised with Blinken the need “to stop the Israeli aggression against Palestinian people” in Hamas-ruled Gaza and the occupied West Bank, where deadly unrest has also surged, said the official Palestinian news agency Wafa. Read more Article réservé à nos abonnés …

Israel-Gaza war live: Netanyahu says government ‘committed as ever’ to war in Gaza as UK and Germany call for ceasefire | Israel-Gaza war

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Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature UK and Germany call for ‘sustainable’ ceasefire in significant tonal shift UK foreign minister David Cameron and his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock have published a joint article calling for a “sustainable” ceasefire, saying the goal must be peace lasting “generations”. In a significant shift in tone by the UK government, the article reads: “Our goal cannot simply be an end to fighting today. It must be peace lasting for days, years, generations. We therefore support a ceasefire, but only if it is sustainable. “We know many in the region and beyond have been calling for an immediate ceasefire. We recognise what motivates these heartfelt calls. “It is an understandable reaction to such intense suffering, and we share the view that this conflict cannot drag on and on. That is why we supported the recent humanitarian pauses.” The article was published in The Sunday Times and Welt am Sonntag in Germany. It further said: “Israel will not win this war if their …