Tens of thousands of demonstrators filled the streets of Tel Aviv on Sunday evening in one of the largest rallies in Israel since the war in Gaza began in October 2023, demanding both an end to the conflict and the release of hostages. The protest, which organisers said drew around 500,000 people, followed a day of nationwide strikes and demonstrations intended to pressure the government into halting its military campaign.…

The former head of Israel’s military intelligence has been recorded saying that 50 Palestinians should be killed for every Israeli who died during Hamas’s 7 October 2023 attacks, adding that it “does not matter now if they are children”. In recordings broadcast by Israel’s Channel 12, Aharon Haliva described the death toll in Gaza, which he put at more than 50,000, as “necessary” and a “message to future generations” of…

Russia has agreed in principle to allow the United States and European allies to extend a security guarantee to Ukraine modelled on NATO’s collective defence clause, according to Washington’s special envoy Steve Witkoff. Speaking on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday, Witkoff said the breakthrough came during last week’s Alaska summit between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. “We got to an agreement that the United States and other European…

BoliviansBolivians are voting in an election that could bring an end to almost two decades of dominance by the leftist Movimiento al Socialismo (Mas). The party, founded by Evo Morales, risks losing its legal status if it fails to reach 3% of the vote, according to electoral law. Morales, facing an arrest warrant and barred from standing, has urged his supporters to cast null votes in protest. President Luis Arce,…

The Canadian government has forced flight attendants at Air Canada back to work less than 12 hours after they began strike action, ordering binding arbitration in a dispute that has disrupted the travel plans of more than 100,000 passengers at the height of the summer holiday season. Canada’s largest airline and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), which represents cabin crew, have been in talks since March over pay…

European leaders will gather with Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, at the White House on Monday for talks with Donald Trump, in an effort to challenge a proposed US-backed peace plan that would see Russia claim further Ukrainian territory. Britain’s prime minister, Keir Starmer, France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, Finland’s president, Alexander Stubb, and Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, will…

Three US states have announced plans to send hundreds of national guard troops to Washington DC as part of the Trump administration’s effort to tighten federal control over policing in the capital.

Thousands of people are expected to take to the streets in towns and cities across 34 states on Saturday in a national day of protest against Republican redistricting efforts in Texas and other states.

Donald Trump has said the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, assured him that Beijing would not attempt to invade Taiwan while he remained in office.

President Donald Trump will personally greet Russian President Vladimir Putin with a red-carpet welcome at Elmendorf-Richardson military base in Alaska on Friday, in what the White House is billing as a crucial first step toward ending the war in Ukraine. According to BBC News, two senior administration officials confirmed that Trump is determined to meet Putin on the tarmac upon his arrival. The encounter, the first direct talks between the…

Mali’s military government has announced the arrest of several military officers and civilians, including two generals and an alleged French agent, accusing them of plotting to destabilise the country. Security minister General Daouda Aly Mohammedine confirmed the arrests on national television on Thursday, stating that an investigation was under way and the situation was “completely under control”. According to sources cited by Reuters and AFP earlier this week, dozens of…

The UK’s human rights watchdog has raised concerns over what it described as a potentially “heavy-handed” approach to Gaza protests and has called for clearer guidance for police officers. In a letter to the Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, and Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said the perception that peaceful protest could attract disproportionate police attention “undermines confidence in our human rights protections”.…