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IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.Now PlayingNetanyahu announces return to Gaza ceasefire negotiations00:43UP NEXTFunerals held in Gaza City as Israel begins new offensive00:51’Monstrous’: Trump caves to Laura Loomer, cuts off medical lifeline for Gazan kids08:27Israel takes first steps in new offensive against Hamas in Gaza01:28Israel enters first stages of Gaza City assault02:05‘Let us die here’: Palestinians in Gaza City reject Israel’s relocation plan01:36’It’s more than a title’: Nadeen Ayoub to be first Miss Universe contestant for Palestine00:25Israeli protesters demand release of hostages in Gaza01:54Smotrich says new Israeli settlement ‘definitively buries the…

David Lammy has joined 20 other foreign ministers around the world in condemning Israeli plans to build an illegal settlement on the West Bank, with the Foreign Office summoning the Israeli ambassador to communicate the government’s displeasure.The foreign secretary co-signed a joint statement on Thursday criticising the so-called E1 plan, a 3,400-home settlement that critics say would divide the West Bank in half.Officials then summoned Tzipi Hotovely to the Foreign Office in a rare public rebuke for the Israeli ambassador. The actions marked a further intensification of recent international criticism for Israel over its tactics in Gaza and the West…

New Delhi: The sound of drums, the fragrance of flowers and the arrival of Ganpati Bappa. The festival season has begun. And therefore, the Indian Railways has rolled out its largest ever plan for the festival season. A record 380 Ganpati Special train trips will be operated in 2025, as announced by ministry on August 21. The festival season always brings a heavy rush on trains, and Ganpati travel in Maharashtra and the Konkan belt has long remained a challenge. In 2023, Indian Railways managed 305 special trips. In 2024, the number increased to 358. This year, the count has…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Pentagon is encouraging its civilian employees to join a “volunteer force” assisting the Department of Homeland Security’s immigration efforts, Fox News has learned.The Defense Department notified its roughly 950,000 civilian employees in a Wednesday email, saying they can apply to work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as well as Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on a temporary basis.”DHS and the DOD officially signed a [memorandum of agreement] that allows DOD civilians to participate in the detail,” a U.S. defense official told Fox News. “DOD civilian employees are now able to…

Earlier this month, another cloudburst hit India, this time in the northern state of Uttarakhand, where floodwaters poured into the Himalayan village of Dharali. Meanwhile, Pakistan has already received 50% more rainfall than in the same period last year, Lt. Gen. Inam Haider, chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority, told reporters in Islamabad last week. “We can tell whether it’s going to be heavy rain or light rain, but at that smallest scale, I don’t think anybody can forecast a cloudburst,” Bala, the professor, said. Pakistan, which is responsible for less than 1% of global greenhouse gas emissions, is…

Remember Jacob Rees-Mogg, Brexit opportunities and government efficiency minister, lurking round Whitehall offices to leave sarcastic printed cards on any empty desk: “Sorry you were out when I visited. I look forward to seeing you in the office very soon. With every good wish”? The following year his government ordered the entire civil service to attend the office a minimum of 60% of the time. That has led to strikes and disputes over hybrid working, including at the Land Registry, among Metropolitan police civilians and at the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Covid taught many lessons: one of the best…

New Delhi: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has rolled out a new framework to onboard Cooperative Banks and enable them to deliver Aadhaar-based authentication services, giving a strong push to last-mile banking and digital inclusion, Ministry of Electronics & IT said in a release on Thursday. The framework has been developed in close consultation with the Ministry of Cooperation, NABARD, NPCI and cooperative banks. It will cover all 34 State Cooperative Banks (SCBs) and 352 District Central Cooperative Banks (DCCBs) across the country. Under the new system, the process of adopting Aadhaar services has been made simpler and…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FOX DIGITAL REVIEW: New York City socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s growing circle of influence is littered with activists who have espoused anti-Israel views and socialist principles as he attempts to dispel the narrative that he is too “radical” to run the nation’s largest city.Mamdani, who has been a fierce critic of President Trump’s immigration policies, employs the help of several advisers as part of his “brain trust”, New York Times reported, which includes New York Immigration Coalition president Murad Awawdeh, an activist for a group with a long history of seeking to end “state support…

Hospitals and aid groups say they are under increasing pressure. “The humanitarian system is collapsing day by day,” Ahmad al-Shawa, the director of the umbrella group Palestinian NGO Network, told NBC News. “We have almost nothing in our warehouses to deliver to the people,” he said.The United Nations body for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, said that nearly one in three children in Gaza City is now malnourished.UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini told reporters in Geneva that children in Gaza are “extremely weak” and that “many will simply not have the strength to undergo a new displacement.”He criticized Israel’s restrictions on aid. “It…

Hero Glamour X Vs Glamour XTEC: The Hero Glamour has been a strong player in the 125cc commuter bike segment. With the Glamour XTEC, Hero brought in Bluetooth connectivity to this category. Now, the new Glamour X steps in with even more segment-first features. While both bikes share the ‘Glamour’ name, they’re quite different. Design The Glamour X looks more muscular and sporty. It has sharper bodywork, a taller tinted windscreen, and a tank shroud that forms an ‘X’ design on the fuel tank. It even borrows its taillamp from the bigger Xtreme 250R. It also gets a redesigned headlight.…