'The next stage of the Gaza genocide has begun' How important is the Rafah crossing reopening? US President Trump convenes inaugural'Board of Peace' meeting after decades of inaction on addressing core Palestinian demands to end the Israeli occupation. Al Jazeera takes a look at the international community's failures. Masked protesters arrested outside Trump's Board of Peace meeting Palestinians in Gaza say'Board of Peace' will further occupation OpenAI's Sam Altman: Global AI regulation'urgently' needed Gaza'stabilization force' commander outlines security plans Trump praises'magnificent' B-2 bombers that struck Iran in 2025 Jordan-Israel relationship'at its worst' after West Bank plans Trump's'Board of Peace' convenes for first time

Epstein's shadow: Why Bill Gates pulled out of Modi's AI summit Microsoft founder Bill Gates has cancelled his keynote speech at India's flagship AI summit just hours before he was due to take the stage on Thursday. Gates, who has faced renewed scrutiny over his past ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, withdrew to "ensure the focus remains on the AI Summit's key priorities", the Gates Foundation said in a statement. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi had billed the summit as an opportunity for India to shape the future of AI, drawing high-profile attendees, including French President Emmanuel Macron and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Instead, it has been dogged by controversy, from Gates's abrupt exit to an incident in which an Indian university tried to pass off a Chinese-made robotic dog as its own innovation. So, what exactly went wrong at India's flagship AI gathering and why has it drawn such intense scrutiny?

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani faces criticism after Brooklyn Navy Yard drops lease with Easy Aerial, a drone manufacturer that supplies Israel's military.

'The next stage of the Gaza genocide has begun' How important is the Rafah crossing reopening? Sheinbaum says Mexico declines Trump's'Board of Peace' invite NewsFeed Sheinbaum says Mexico declines Trump's'Board of Peace' invite Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said she has turned down an invitation from Donald Trump to join his "Board of Peace," citing a lack of Palestinian participation as a recognised state. She will "probably" be sending an observer to Thursday's meeting, however. US and Iran reach'guiding principles' in Geneva nuclear talks Why Israel's annexation threatens Jordan'I've heard nothing but great things,' LeBron James says of Israel Video: Humanoid robots take centre stage at China's Lunar New Year show

'The next stage of the Gaza genocide has begun' How important is the Rafah crossing reopening? Why Israel's annexation threatens Jordan NewsFeed Why Israel's annexation threatens Jordan Israel's plans to claim parts of the occupied West Bank as'state property' is raising concerns in neighbouring Jordan. Strategists warn that the move could be the final prelude to the'alternative homeland' scenario,' as Julide Ayger explains. US and Iran reach'guiding principles' in Geneva nuclear talks Sheinbaum says Mexico declines Trump's'Board of Peace' invite'I've heard nothing but great things,' LeBron James says of Israel Video: Humanoid robots take centre stage at China's Lunar New Year show

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How much is US support for Israel costing Trump? What is a Palestinian without olives? Why are Gaza's homes collapsing in winter? UK police to use AI facial recognition tech linked to Israel's war on Gaza The United Kingdom's controversial rollout of facial recognition technology will rely on software that appears to have already been deployed in Gaza, where it is used by the Israeli army to track, trace, and abduct thousands of Palestinian civilians passing through checkpoints. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced on Monday that British police would massively increase the use of facial recognition technology used for surveillance purposes.

Israeli strikes have killed two people in Lebanon, according to the Lebanese health ministry, in the latest violation of a ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah. In a statement on Friday, the Ministry of Public Health said an "Israeli enemy strike" on a vehicle in Mansuri in southern Lebanon had killed one person. Israel said the victim of that attack was a Hezbollah member who it alleged "took part in attempts to reestablish Hezbollah's infrastructure in the Zawtar al-Sharqiyah area". The Israeli military on Thursday also carried out several strikes in eastern Lebanon's Bekaa region, north of the Litani River, after issuing warnings to evacuate. United Nations peacekeepers deployed in southern Lebanon on Friday sent a stop-fire request to the Israeli army after a drone "dropped a grenade" on its troops.

Fifty years after her death in New York, Hannah Arendt has become the most popular philosopher of our time. For good reason: Her views are just as timely as ever. It must be so nice to play Hannah Arendt. No fewer than five actresses are on stage this evening at the Deutsches Theater Berlin to portray the philosopher. The piece is an adaptation of the graphic novel by American illustrator Ken Krimstein about the philosopher's life, called The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt," combined with scenes from the famous interview that journalist Günter Gaus conducted with Arendt in 1964 for German public broadcaster ZDF. The article you are reading originally appeared in German in issue 49/2025 (November 28th, 2025) of DER SPIEGEL. They play Arendt and a few of her contemporaries, the philosopher Martin Heidegger, the writer Walter Benjamin, her husband Heinrich Blücher. There is a great deal of speech in the play, especially from Arendt herself. The places of her life are ticked off, her ...