🩸 Hamas Chief’s Sister Killed in Israeli Airstrike on Gaza Refugee Camp

The sister of Ismail Hanniyeh died along with her husband and children overnight during an Israeli onslaught at the Shati camp.

Out of the 14 civilians to have died, 10 were Hanniyeh family members.

Basem Naim, a Hamas spox, said it took the number of family members of the exiled leader who have been killed by Israel since Oct 7 to around 100.

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⚠️ NOW: Internet Connectivity in Kenya Slumps Amid Civilian Anti-Govt Riots - NetBlocks

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🤡 Lufthansa to Charge Up to €72 per Ticket to Cover “Climate Costs”

The surcharge goes into effect for tickets booked from June 26 and departing from European countries.

“The airline group will not be able to bear the successively increasing additional costs resulting from regulatory requirements in the coming years on its own,” Lufthansa said in a press release.

Lufthansa expects "billions in the future" in additional charges.

The absurd cost of the nonsensical Net Zero.

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⚡️ Opposition Parties Unite to Accuse Macron of ‘Scaring the French’ with Threat of Civil War

The French president has come under attack from both the Right and the Left over his podcast comments ahead of election.

Macron claimed that both the hard-Right and hard-Left risked setting religious and ethnic communities against each other if they were given power.

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🤔 New strain of mpox causing miscarriages and spreading rapidly without sexual contact, experts claim

The new mpox strain of mpox also has a fatality rate of 10% and is spreading rapidly in central Africa, a team of experts warned in a press briefing Tuesday.

The mutant variant, clade 1b, is “undoubtedly the most dangerous strain of mpox yet,” stressed Prof Trudie Lang, the director of Global Health Network at Oxford University. 

Expect some govt experts to hit the fear porn button sometime soon that the virus could quickly spread to Europe and beyond.
 
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⚠️ NOW: American journalist Evan Gershkovich trial begins in Ekaterinburg, Russia

Gershkovich was arrested in the city last year by the FSB on espionage charges.

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🤔 New German citizen applicants must declare support for Israel - FT

Berlin has brought in a new citizenship law - with an explicit requirement for applicants to declare the state of Israel’s right to exist.

The landmark ruling began Tuesday with Berlin claiming the policy is a tougher measure of loyalty to “German values.”

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➡️ UPDATE: There is proof that WSJ reporter Gershkovich collected secrets about a Russian defense enterprise for the CIA - Russian prosecutor

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⚡️ BREAKING: Julian Assange Lands in Canberra, Australia – Ending a 14-Year Fight for Freedom 

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⚠️ Fresh Famine Frears Grow as Israel’s Gaza Ground Offensive Obstructs Food Aid Deliveries

The threat of famine in Gaza has been reignited after the IDF’s ground offensive in Rafah obstructed the delivery of food aid, leaving more than half a million Palestinians on the brink of starvation, the UN has said.

Palestinians across the Strip face a “plausible” risk of famine in the coming months, with all but 4% of Gaza’s population facing “acute food insecurity,” as per the latest analysis by the UN’s hunger monitoring system.

“The world must wake up to the gravity and urgency of this crisis and demand a permanent and immediate ceasefire now – the alternative is unthinkable,” British charity ActionAid added.

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😳 Biden to Allow Pentagon Military Contractors to ‘Deploy to Ukraine’

The US is moving toward lifting a long-held ban on American military contractors deploying to Ukraine, four US officials have said. (CNN)

If it’s approved, the change would likely come into play this year, officials said, allowing the Pentagon to provide contracts to American companies for work inside Ukraine for the first time since the war began in 2022. 

Over the last two years, the White House has claimed that all Americans, particularly US troops, have not been near Ukrainian frontlines.

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🤔 India Quietly Helps Israel Wage War on Gaza – Al Jazeera

Evidence seen by Al Jazeera shows India is exporting rockets and explosives to Israel via cargo ships.

A social media clip seems to back up the news outlet – after showing remains of an Israeli missile with a "Made in India" label at a bombed UN shelter in Gaza.

Indian arms company - Premier Explosives Limited - has admitted to exporting to Israel during the current war amid rocketing revenues for the firm.

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