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The first phase of the long-awaited Gaza ceasefire deal has begun after an almost three-hour delay, with Hamas set to release three Israeli hostages later on Sunday.The ceasefire was due to start at 08:30 (06:30 GMT), but Israel said Hamas had not delivered the names of the first hostages to be freed in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. Hamas blamed “technical reasons”.Nineteen Palestinians were reportedly killed as the Israeli military struck what it called “terror targets” in Gaza after the initial deadline passed.The ceasefire eventually took effect at 11:15, after Israel received the hostages’ names. Mediator Qatar said they included British-Israeli…

Mayor Adams on Saturday doubled down on defending his meeting with soon-to-be president Donald Trump, claiming he was “fighting for” New Yorkers, as fellow Democrats accused him of cozying up to Trump in efforts to get a presidential pardon for his federal corruption case.“I don’t care if it’s a Democrat, Republican, Socialist. I don’t care who’s the president,” Adams told a crowd gathered at National Action Network’s Martin Luther King Day at their Harlem headquarters.The mayor implied he discussed the $6.9 billion spent on the city’s migrant crisis with Trump at their Friday meeting in Florida.“I’m [going to] defend this…

SpaceX launched its seventh test flight of its Starship rocket on Thursday, but the spacecraft was destroyed following a booster catch back at the pad. Elon Musk‘s company said Starship broke apart, calling it a “rapid unscheduled disassembly.” The rocket appeared to lift off from SpaceX’s launchpad at its Starbase facility near Brownsville, Texas, but eight and a half minutes into the mission, ground control announced that it had lost all communication with the ship.Flights near the Turks and Caicos Islands were spotted diverting to avoid the debris from the explosion on Thursday and footage was shared of debris falling…

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Ministers are to safeguard the Marcus Rashford-inspired scheme providing food and activities to vulnerable children during school holidays for another year, following concerns it could fall victim to a desperate search for savings across Whitehall.More than a million people signed a petition from the Manchester United star calling for the scheme after a huge grassroots campaign in 2020.The previous government eventually rolled out the £200m-a-year holiday activities and food (HAF) programme after pressure from Keir Starmer and his shadow ministers.Concerns over its future had been escalating in recent weeks. Funding was set to expire this spring, with local authorities left…

TALK TO EUROPEAN bosses about their continent and the responses are as varied as the languages they speak. Katastrophe, bark the Germans. The Italians wave their hands in exasperation. The French offer a resigned Gallic shrug. The British change the subject to the weather (which isn’t exactly fabulous, either). With governments collapsing centre-left (in Germany last month) and centre-right (in France on December 4th), plus war raging in next-door Ukraine, chaos is the political watchword.

Israel is due to release more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners over the course of the 42-day initial cease-fire, according to the terms of the agreement, beginning with at least 90 on Sunday in exchange for three Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.Israelis say that many of the prisoners are terrorists and murderers. Many Palestinians see the imprisoned militants as freedom fighters against Israeli rule, and they argue that others were jailed by an unfair Israeli military justice system.Here are several of the most prominent Palestinian prisoners set to be released under the cease-fire, according to the Israeli Justice Ministry.Zakaria…

AFPOron Shaul was one of four Israelis being held by Hamas before the group’s 7 October 2023 attackThe Israeli military says special forces have recovered the body of a soldier killed in the 2014 Gaza war, which had been held hostage by Hamas since then.Staff Sgt Oron Shaul’s remains were found during a “covert, special operation” by the Israeli military and Shin Bet security service in Gaza, according to a statement.His family was informed following an identification procedure carried out by the National Institute of Forensic Medicine and the Military Rabbinate, it added.Hamas had been expected to hand over Shaul’s…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a security situation assessment over the delay in receiving the list of hostages who are expected to be released Sunday morning as part of a cease-fire agreement with Hamas.Netanyahu told the Israeli Defense Forces that the cease-fire would not begin until Israel has the list of hostages expected to be freed. Since Hamas has not yet given the names of the hostages, the IDF will continue to operate, as it is still striking inside Gaza. At least eight Gazans have been killed in IDF strikes since the cease-fire was set to begin, according to…

IDF ‘continues to attack’ in Gaza amid dispute as truce start delayedThe Israeli military says it “continues to attack” inside the Gaza Strip as a dispute with Hamas delayed the start of a planned ceasefire, the Associated Press is reporting.Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Daniel Hagari said the truce would not begin until Hamas handed over the names of three hostages to be released later on Sunday, echoing an earlier statement from prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Lorenzo Tondo reports that it was unclear if the dispute had been resolved when the deadline for the truce to begin passed at 8.30am local time.Hagari…