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Israeli airstrikes in Gaza have killed at least 35 Palestinians, including 12 individuals guarding aid trucks, according to medics and Gaza’s Hamas-run Civil Defence authority. The guards were reportedly protecting lorries carrying flour to UN warehouses in southern Gaza, which have been targeted by violent theft amid severe food shortages.

Saint Lucia’s, according to a popular saying, is the “shortest day there is”. That’s not really the case: of course, there are not only many hours of light in mid-December, but the shortest day of the year is the winter solstice, which falls around December 21st. The saying, however, has a kernel of truth: December 13th was in the past the date of the “shortest day there is”. However, things changed about 450 years ago. Because it’s not the shortest day The saying refers to when the Julian calendar was in force, replaced by the Gregorian one in 1582. Before…

Sean “Diddy” Combs faces new allegations of rape and sexual assault, as three men have filed separate lawsuits in New York Supreme Court. The lawsuits, submitted Thursday, allege incidents between 2019 and 2022 in which the rapper is accused of drugging and assaulting the plaintiffs.

President Joe Biden has issued pardons to 39 Americans convicted of non-violent crimes and commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 others, marking the most acts of presidential clemency in a single day, according to the White House.

pisa – «We don’t meet much with Emiliano, when he works I sleep and vice versa – begins Ilenia Braccini, the wife of the lorry driver injured in Calenzano – even last Monday he left at two in the morning to go to the depot, I saw him on Sunday evening . Calenzano massacre, the wife of the transporter Emiliano Braccini: “I hope my husband is safe” https://firenze.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/12/13/news/calenzano_eni_moglie_emiliano_braccini-423883403/?rss

Summary of The Guardian Newspaper The Guardian page this morning – summarisedThe front page of The Guardian this morning leads with a report that some jury trials may be axed under new plans to ease the court backlog. The front page features an image of a funeral for a victim of the Assad regime. Jury trials could be abandoned for some criminal cases in England and Wales under a radical overhaul proposed by ministers as the crown courts backlog hit a record high.A review, to be led by the former high court judge Sir Brian Leveson, will consider creating “intermediate courts”…

Summary of the Metro Newspaper Metro front page this morning – summarised The Metro’s front page leads on a truly bizarre story as the prime minister and leader of the opposition appear to get into a spat regarding sandwiches. The paper’s headline notes as the pair continue their ridiculous jibes, the country’s problems are mounting up. Ed Miliband has hit back at Kemi Badenoch for her anti-sandwich stance, ten years after he was notoriously photographed struggling to eat one. In a recent interview, the leader of the opposition hit out at the idea of sandwiches, saying she doesn’t consider them…

What’s on the front page of El Pais?  The former Minister of Transport and former Secretary of Organization of the PSOE José Luis Abalos denied yesterday in the Supreme Court the accusations that link him with a corrupt plot during his administration.  Abalos, investigated for influence peddling, bribery, embezzlement and criminal organization, stated that he did not receive commissions or favor contracts. He attributed any relationship with businessmen to his former advisor Koldo García, including Victor de Aldama, the main person involved. The National Cancer Research Center (CNIO) is going through a critical situation: only one of its four confocal…

What’s on the front page of Le Monde? The first steps of the new regime are closely scrutinized by foreign capitals. Westerners are cautious, whilst Qatar and Turkey are opening channels of communication with the new authorities. In the buffer zone of the Golan Heights invested by Israel, Druze families are worried. In Damascus, the curious visit the palaces and abandoned residences of the Al-Assad family

Summary of The Irish News Newspaper The Irish News front page this morning – summarisedThe front page of The Irish News reports an investigation is underway over footage showing a cop kicking a restrained teenager in the head. An investigation is underway over footage which appears to show a police officer kicking a Co Tyrone teenager about the head while he lies restrained on the ground. The short clip shows a uniformed PSNI officer kick Shea Somerville in the head during an arrest operation in Cookstown in the early hours of Sunday.DUP minister Paul Givan has “serious questions to answer over…