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Macron’s office downplays viral video of wife pushing his face during Vietnam arrival

HANOI — French President Emmanuel Macron’s office on Monday downplayed a viral video showing his wife, Brigitte Macron, appearing to push his face as the couple disembarked from a plane in Vietnam, the first stop of his tour of Southeast Asia.Footage captured by the Associated Press on Sunday evening in Hanoi shows the aircraft door opening and Macron appearing at the threshold.Brigitte Macron’s arms reach from the side of the doorway, placing both hands on the president’s face in what appears to be a shove.Macron looks momentarily surprised but quickly recovers and waves. Brigitte remains partially hidden behind the aircraft door, and her expression is not visible.As they descended the staircase for an official welcome by Vietnamese officials, Brigitte Macron declined to take her...

May 26, 2025

Macron’s office downplays viral video of wife pushing his face during Vietnam arrival

Some aid trucks have entered Gaza in recent days, after Israel eased an 11-week blockade

Head of controversial Israel-backed Gaza aid group resigns

JERUSALEM — The head of an organization set up to distribute aid in Gaza as part of a controversial Israel-backed plan has resigned, saying it could not work in a way that adhered to "humanitarian principles".Jake Wood quit the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) late on Sunday, saying it would not be able to fulfill the principles of "humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and independence".The plan, also backed by the US, envisions private contractors delivering aid to Palestinians via Israel-designated distribution sites. It was heavily criticised by the United Nations, which says it will not participate.Israel insists the plan is needed to stop Hamas stealing aid, which the armed group denies doing.Under the GHF plan, Palestinians would be expected to collect boxes...

May 26, 2025

Head of controversial Israel-backed Gaza aid group resigns

A girl stands in the ruins of the school building in Gaza City that was hit by an air strike

Children among dead as Israel strikes Gaza school housing displaced Palestinians

GAZA — At least 54 Palestinians have been killed in two separate Israeli air strikes overnight, including a strike on a school sheltering displaced families in central Gaza, two hospital directors have told the BBC.Fahmi Al-Jargawi School in Gaza City had been housing hundreds of displaced people from the town of Beit Lahia, currently under intense Israeli military assault.A spokesperson for Gaza's Hamas-run Civil Defence said 20 bodies, including those of children, were recovered – many were severely burned after fires engulfed two classrooms turned into living quarters.The Israeli military (IDF) said it had targeted "a Hamas and Islamic Jihad command and control center".The IDF said the area was being used "by the terrorists to plan... attacks against Israeli...

May 26, 2025

Children among dead as Israel strikes Gaza school housing displaced Palestinians

Na’ama Levy made the comments after Benjamin Netanyahu said earlier this month that defeating Israel’s enemies is the supreme objective and more important than securing the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza

Former IDF hostage in Gaza says one of her biggest fears was Israeli strikes

TEL AVIV — An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier released during a ceasefire-hostage deal has said one of her biggest fears during captivity were strikes carried out by Israel.Na’ama Levy, one of five IDF female soldiers released in January, made the comments during a weekly rally at Tel Aviv’s Hostage Square on Sunday demanding the return of hostages.“They (strikes) come unexpectedly. At first you hear the whistles, you pray that it won’t fall on us, and then – the explosions, a noise so loud that it paralyzes the body, and the ground shakes,” Levy told a crowd of thousands.“Every time, I was sure that this was the end of me. It was one of the scariest things I experienced there and that’s also what endangered me more than anything,” she continued, describing an...

May 26, 2025

Former IDF hostage in Gaza says one of her biggest fears was Israeli strikes

The Madrid meeting comes as Israel’s aid blockade fuels a looming famine amid relentless bombing of Gaza

Spain hosts European and Arab nations to discuss Israel's Gaza assault

MADRID — Spain hosted European and Arab countries for high-level talks in Madrid on Sunday, in an effort to pressure Israel to stop its military offensive in Gaza and move forward with a two-state solution.“The only interest that all of us who are gathered here today... is to stop this unjust, cruel, inhumane war by Israel in Gaza, to break the blockade of humanitarian aid and to move definitively towards a two-state solution," Spain's Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, told media ahead of the meeting of 20 countries.Albares referred to Gaza as an "open wound in humanity," that is claiming victims every day, and warned that silence is an "accomplice to this massacre."The Madrid Group, also known as the G5+, is made up of European and Arab...

May 26, 2025

Spain hosts European and Arab nations to discuss Israel's Gaza assault

Palestinian doctor Alaa al-Najjar visits her injured husband Hamdi in the intensive care unit at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza, after an Israeli airstrike hit their home

Nine out of Gaza doctor’s 10 children killed in Israeli airstrike

GAZA — Dr. Alaa al-Najjar left her ten children at home on Friday when she went to work in the emergency room at the Nasser Medical Complex in southern Gaza.Hours later, the bodies of seven children — most of them badly burned — arrived at the hospital, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza. They were Dr. Najjar’s own children, killed in an Israeli airstrike on her family’s home, Gaza Civil Defense said. The bodies of two more of her children – a 7-month-old and a 12-year-old who authorities presume to be dead – remain missing.Only one of her ten children, 11-year-old Adam, survived. Dr. Najjar’s husband Hamdi, himself a doctor, was also badly injured in the strike.Civil defense and the health ministry say that the family’s home, in a neighborhood of Khan Younis in...

May 26, 2025

Nine out of Gaza doctor’s 10 children killed in Israeli airstrike

Attendees of a morning church service embrace each other

Thousands remember George Floyd on fifth anniversary of death

HOUSTON — Americans across the country remembered George Floyd five years after he was killed by police, with special gatherings in the city where he grew up and the one where he died.The murder of Floyd, a black man, in Minneapolis by police officer Derek Chauvin led to nationwide protests against racism and police brutality.On Sunday, Floyd's family gathered in their hometown of Houston near Floyd's gravesite for a service led by the Rev Al Sharpton, while Minneapolis held several commemorations.What many hailed as a national "reckoning" with racism after Floyd's death, though, seems to be fading as President Donald Trump starts to roll back police reforms in Minneapolis and other cities.The Associated Press reported that thousands of people, including police...

May 26, 2025

Thousands remember George Floyd on fifth anniversary of death

Mark Carney won an election campaign promising to stand up to the US president

King Charles travels to support Canada as it fends off Trump

OTTAWA — King Charles III and Queen Camilla will arrive in Canada for a two-day visit seen as bringing a message of support for the country in the face of threats and taunts from US President Donald Trump.Prime Minister Mark Carney, who recently won a general election on a wave of anti-Trump sentiment, invited the royal couple and will hold a meeting with them during their stay in Ottawa.The King will read the "Speech from the Throne" to Canada's Parliament on Tuesday, the first time a monarch has delivered this for almost 50 years.It is expected to include a defense of Canada's sovereignty and to reject claims it should be taken over by the US.There will be a ceremonial welcome at the airport in Ottawa on Monday and meetings with community groups, which are expected to...

May 26, 2025

King Charles travels to support Canada as it fends off Trump

Rubble pictured in a separate area of central Gaza on Sunday

Israeli strikes across Gaza kill 24, medics and officials say

GAZA — At least 24 Palestinians have been killed in two separate Israeli air strikes overnight, including a strike on a school sheltering displaced families in central Gaza, according to medics and civil defense officials.The strike targeted Fahmi Al-Jargawi School in Gaza City, which had been housing hundreds of displaced people who fled the northern town of Beit Lahia, currently under intense Israeli military assault.A spokesperson for Gaza's Hamas-run Civil Defence agency said 20 bodies, including those of children, were recovered from the school – many were severely burned, after fires engulfed two classrooms turned into living quarters.The Israeli military has been contacted for comment."Flames were everywhere. I saw charred bodies lying on the ground," said Rami...

May 26, 2025

Israeli strikes across Gaza kill 24, medics and officials say

This satellite image shows North Korea’s newly launched destroyer lying on its side at Chongjin on May 25, 2025

North Korea arrests four over failed warship launch

SEOUL — North Korea has arrested four people it claims bear responsibility for a launch accident last week that left leader Kim Jong Un’s newest warship lying on its side and partially submerged in a shipyard, state-run media has reported.The four people detained included Ri Hyong Son, vice department director of the Munitions Industry Department of the Party Central Committee, “who was greatly responsible for the occurrence of the serious accident,” a report from the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Monday said.On Sunday, KCNA said three others had been detained: Kang Jong Chol, chief engineer of the Chongjin Shipyard where the accident occurred, Han Kyong Hak, head of the hull construction workshop, and Kim Yong Hak, deputy manager for administrative affairs.Kim last week...

May 26, 2025

North Korea arrests four over failed warship launch

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