Article 23

According to a report, Hongkong has passed a new security law that authorities say is necessary for stability. Reportedly, article 23 which was passed in under two weeks targets external interference and insurrection; it expands on a national security law earlier imposed by China.

According to the report, the law criminalises secession, subversion and collusion with foreign forces in Hongkong. Reportedly, Hongkong’s leader said article 23 is necessary to guard against ideas about an independent Hongkong.

Achieving peace with palestinians

According to a report, Chuck Schumer, the leader of the u.s. senate gave a speech saying he felt an obligation as a u.s. jew to speak about Israel achieving peace with the palestinians. Reportedly, Israel said that arab states should set up tents for palestinian refugees, but why don’t the israelis let them in to Israel?

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According to a report, deputy hamas leader Marwan Issa has died in an israeli airstrike. Reportedly, Mr Issa was killed in an attack on a tunnel complex under the Nuseirat refugee camp. According to the report, the eu have linked him to the October 7 attack on Israel.

Reportedly, he was imprisoned by Israel for five years during the first palestinian uprising in 1997, and detained by the palestinian authority at the start of the second palestinian uprising in 2000. According to the report, the u.s. national security adviser said other hamas leaders were believed to be hiding in tunnel networks.

Reportedly, the israeli prime minister has agreed to send a team composed of military, intelligence and humanitarian officials to Washington in the coming days to discuss u.s. concerns over an attack on Rafah. According to the report, the prime minister said his objectives were to eliminate hamas, free all remaining hostages and ensure that Gaza never again constitutes a threat, while providing the necessary humanitarian aid.

Reportedly, the u.s. secretary of state will travel to Saudi Arabia and Egypt in efforts to reach a ceasefire agreement that secures the release of all remaining hostages, israeli negotiators are in talks in Qatar on Tuesday.

360,000 displaced in Haiti

According to a report, the trip out of Port-au-Prince involves trying to avoid gunmen and gang checkpoints. Reportedly, more than 360,000 people have been displaced, many have come to Cap-Haitien in the north where there is no gang violence.

According to the report, Phanel Pierre made the journey by bus six months ago, leaving his seven bedroomed house he now lives in a tiny breeze block shack with his wife, two children and his mother in law. Reportedly, he was a business man which made him a target for the gangs. According to the report, they destroyed his business, ransacked his house and tried to kidnap him; his children haven’t been able to enrol in school in their new city.

Reportedly, he said, we need a long term intervention, not just one or two thousand police, referring to the planned deployment of a kenyan led security force in Haiti.

Airstrikes in retribution

According to a report, the president of Pakistan vowed to respond strongly to the killing of seven troops on Saturday. Reportedly, on Monday this was followed by airstrikes on Afghanistan that killed five women and three children.

According to the report, Saturday’s attack was on a military post near the border with Afghanistan. Reportedly, Pakistan’s military said Afghanistan had been a safe haven for militants, saying the attacks had the full support and assistance of the taliban; the taliban has claimed responsibility.

According to the report, tensions have risen since the taliban retook control of the country in 2021. Reportedly, last year Pakistan forced hundreds of thousands of afghans to leave, saying they didn’t have the correct paperwork.

7 file lawsuit against Alaska airlines, boeing and spirit aerosystems

According to a report, a man described holding on as he sat on a boeing plane inches away from a gaping hole which appeared when a door flew off midflight. Reportedly, his seatbelt saved him as his shoes were ripped off by decompression. According to the report, he suffered lacerations to his legs and is among seven people filing a lawsuit against Alaska airlines, boeing and spirit aerosystems.

Reportedly, in an investigation u.s. regulators found four bolts means to hold the door in place were missing. According to the report, the plans was able to make an emergency landing.

Presidentoal election Russia

According to a report, Vladimir Putin has won the presidential election. Reportedly, the result was always certain as all credible opponents are dead or in prison. According to reports, he has been president since 2000 apart from four years as prime minister because of a two term time limit imposed by the russian constitution, he has since changed the rules.

Reportedly, Vladimir Putin is unaffiliated and a political opponent was Nikolai Kharitonov representing the communist party; 33 years since the absolution of the soviet union it remains the second most popular party.

According to reports, Vladimir Putin worked as a kgb intelligence officer, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel before the absolution of the soviet union. Reportedly, he began his political career in 1996.

Israel raids al-Shifa hospital

According to a report, the israeli defence force have launched an overnight attack on al-Shifa hospital in Gaza city. Reportedly, Israel said hamas terrorists had regrouped inside the hospital and the idf were carrying out a high precision operation in limited areas of the hospital. According to the report, the israeli military said they were acting on intelligence reports and that the hospital would continue to function during the raid. Reportedly, patients and staff were told they didn’t have to evacuate, but hundreds of displaced people sheltering in the complex will be able to leave via an evacuation route.

According to the report, al-Shifa was Gaza’s main medical facility prior to the conflict but its operations have been disrupted. Reportedly, Israel has accused hamas of using medical facilities as cover for its operations. According to the report, in a raid in November the idf found weapons and a network of tunnels under the hospital.

Niger asks u.s. personnel to leave

According to a report, Niger’s military leadership has ended an agreement that allowed u.s. personnel to be in the country, there are around 650 deployed. Reportedly, this week the u.s. who have a base in Niger sent a delegation to Niamey for talks. According to the report, this was followed by a statement saying the u s. presence is illegal and violates the constitutional rules which require the people to be consulted on the installation of a foreign army on their territory.

Reportedly, in December the prime minister of Niger visited Moscow; referring to relations with Russia, Niger’s military spokesman said they are hoping to buy military equipment to fight against terrorists who have claimed thousands of victims under the indifferent eye of much of the international community. According to the report, an accusation by the u.s. that Niger made a secret deal to supply Iran with uranium was described as cynical.

Reportedly, there was a suggestion that the u.s. didn’t approve of Niger’s allies, and Niger has denounced their condescending attitude and threat of reprisals.

Aid Gaza

According to a report, a new u.n. mechanism for speeding up delivery of aid to Gaza haa been proposed. Reportedly, the proposal talks about the opening of a new inspection facility at Rafah, inspections for Rafah are carried out at the israeli Kerem shalom crossing or at the egyptian border. According to the report, it also talks about the tracking of aid throughout Gaza.

Reportedly, two u.n. coordinators will supervise the mechanisms for inspection and tracking which will see the opening of a new data base for all aid. According to the report, the scheme will cost $61.2 million. It is unclear why it will cost so much.

Reportedly, the scheme does not deal with security issues which have become important as desperate crowds and criminals have looted aid. According to the report, more aid would be able to enter Gaza if Israel opened up more crossings to a sustained flow of aid, especially in the north. Reportedly, aid has been rejected if it contains an item judged to be a security risk. According to the report, unicef say that 31% of gazan babies suffered from malnutrition in February, compared to 15.6% in January.