BBC Verify examines international law to understand if the US has the authority to “take over” the Gaza Strip.
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BBC Verify: Can Trump really take ownership of Gaza?
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Following Trump, Argentina withdraws from World Health Organization | World Health Organization News
President Javier Milei echoed Trumpian criticisms of the UN agency, blaming it for economic shortfalls during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Argentina has declared it will withdraw from the World Health Organization, further imperilling an international…
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Trump has not committed to putting US troops in Gaza, White House says
White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt made it clear that the Republican president does not plan to use American tax dollars for his ambitious plan for the Gaza Strip; ‘It’s an outside-the-box idea,’ she said, stressing: ‘He is the best…
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New Vaccine Shows Promise For Kidney Cancer
A new personalized immunotherapy treatment called a cancer vaccine has shown promising results in a phase I trial in people with kidney…
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Witkoff passes on giving Israel bunker buster to strike Iran
US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff on Wednesday seemed to equivocate about providing Israel with 30,000-pound, bunker-buster bombs that could destroy Iran’s underground nuclear facility at Fordow. Israel “already has bunker busters,”…
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Palestinian Authority seeks Gazans in West Bank after Trump relocation plans
Senior Palestinian Authority (PA) officials are considering a response to the US president’s reported plan to deport Palestinians from the Gaza Strip: Proposing to PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas that residents of Gaza be resettled in the West…
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Neo-Nazi group founder convicted for Baltimore plot
A US court has convicted the founder of a neo-Nazi group who planned to destroy the Baltimore power grid in an attempt to accelerate racial violence, the US Justice Department said Tuesday.
Brandon Russell, 29, the founder of Atomwaffen…
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Israel almost defeated Hezbollah shortly after Hamas October 7 attack – Israel News
On October 7, 2023, when IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi went to IDF military headquarters from his house, it was not a foregone conclusion that his destination should be Tel Aviv.
Rather, Halevi had a strong inclination also to travel…
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PA's proposal: Gazans to relocate to Judea and Samaria
Senior PA officials will propose to Chairman Abbas to resettle Arabs from Gaza in a new city that would be built west of Jericho.
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‘Strictly prohibited’: UN officials denounce Trump’s Gaza plan as unlawful | Israel-Palestine conflict News
United Nations officials have condemned the idea of deporting people from Gaza, noting it’s strictly prohibited under international law, after President Donald Trump announced the US will seize the Palestinian territory and resettle its…
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