More than dozens of Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks at a hospital in southern Gaza, according to the Nasser Medical Complex, which includes journalists from multiple outlets.

The hospital said at least 14 people were killed and many more were injured in Monday’s attack, including many journalists.

The journalists killed were Mohammad Salama, a photographer from Al Jazeera, a Reuters contractor, and Mariam Abu Daga, who worked with the Associated Press and other outlets throughout the war. Freelance journalist Mores Abu Taha was also killed on the strike, the hospital added.

Gaza’s civil defense agency said one of its crew was also killed in the attack.

The first strike at the hospital hit the fourth floor of the Nasser Medical Complex on Monday morning, Palestinian Health Ministry said the second attack followed, which later collided with ambulance crews and emergency responders.

CNN contacted the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) for comment.

In the video of the scene, Dr. Mohammad Saqer, a hospital spokesman and nurse director, lifts a bloody cloth after the first strike as another explosion rocks the building, filling the air with smoke and running through the runners.

Live cameras from Al Ghad TV show paramedics on damaged stairs in the hospital when the second attack hit the building.

Vietnam has closed schools, airports and airports, evacuated thousands of people, and powerful typhoon swordfish landed on Monday, threatening the country’s northeast with destructive winds and storm surges.

The typhoon knocked down trees and immersed China’s South Hainan Island on Sunday before moving overnight through the Gulf of Tonkin at a sustained wind speed of 166 kph (103 mph) (103 mph).

More than 40,000 people were evacuated in a lowland coastal community on Monday morning. According to the state-run VN Express. The provincial Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reports that residents are being told not to leave their homes from 11am to 6pm local time.

The marlin is the fifth typhoon to hit Vietnam this year, and is the most powerful, maintaining a strong temper towards the coast.

Vietnam’s national media said ahead of the landfall, Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Ching warned that the storm could unleash heavy rains, flash floods and landslides.

“This is a very dangerous and fast storm,” the government said in a statement Sunday night, Reuters reported.

Marlins are expected to land in the central province of Tan Hua and nghe in the late afternoon evening local time either as a weak typhoon or a strong tropical storm. Thanh Hoa is approximately 166 kilometers (103 miles) south of Hanoi.

Officials compared the typhoon to Typhoon Yagi, the most powerful storm last year, devastated the north of Vietnam, killing about 300 people and causing extensive damage to infrastructure, factories and farmland. The goats made landfall, equivalent to a Category 4 hurricane. Marlins are weak, but are expected to pose destructive winds and flood threats.

Images posted by state media show residents and business owners boarded windows and stacked land outside their homes, restaurants and hotels.

On Monday, the country’s Civil Aviation Authority closed airports in two central Vietnam provinces, and Vietnam’s airlines cancelled or delayed dozens of flights as typhoons approached, provincial media reported. Thanh Hoa schools also reportedly closed for two days.

Authorities in the country’s central state on Sunday stimulated emergency measures, according to the VNA.

Typhoon Marlin forces mass evacuation in Vietnam, closing China’s Sanya

Typhoon Marlin forces mass evacuation in Vietnam, closing China’s Sanya

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More than 300,000 service members were mobilized on standby for the Navy, Coast Guard, Air Force and rescue operations, according to the press.

A storm surge of up to 1.5 metres is predicted at sea level in some areas, which are expected to reach over 3.5 metres, and there is concern for those living in the northeastern and many of the central coast of the lowlands.

Heavy rain and wind from marlins are fearful that storm paths will flood farms and villages, destroy crops and kill livestock.

China’s weather centre said storms will cause heavy rains in 13 provinces in central and northern Thailand as they move inland, increasing the risk of flash floods and landslides. Rain is forecast in some areas between 200 and 400 mm, with isolated areas exceeding 600 mm.

The Joint Typhoon Warning Centre predicts marlins will be weaker on the land and will fall to the intensity of tropical depression by early Tuesday.

Typhoon Marlin passed the southern coast of China’s Hainan Island and parts of Guangdong on Sunday evening. Sanya city on Hainan Island, known for its sandy beaches, luxury resorts and duty-free shopping, has suspended tourist attractions, closed businesses and public transport.

Authorities have energized emergency response as heavy rains and strong winds hit the city and surrounding areas. The video posted on Sanya’s social media showed people falling on a tree, falling across the road in a strong wind, struggling to stand, and in one clip, people on mopeds could be seen trapped under the fallen tree.

Sanya issued the Red Typhoon Alert on Sunday morning – the best in China’s color-coded warning system – and raised emergency response to the most serious levels. The alert was downgraded Monday morning, but heavy rain and storms are expected to continue in the southern South Sea, Reuters reported.

Melbourne, Australia
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The only survivor of the deadly lunch mixed with toxic mushrooms felt that he was only half alive on Monday after the death of his wife, and he said he continued to grieve over the loss of his two closest friends.

Ian Wilkinson read the first victim impact statement in the Victoria Supreme Court at the hearing of Erin Patterson’s ruling.

Ju-dean killed 50-year-old Patterson in July, in July 2023, during lunch with Death Mushroom, who foraged Wilkinson’s wife Heather Wilkinson, sister Gail Patterson, and husband Don Patterson.

Erin Patterson was also found guilty of spending several weeks in the hospital and attempting to kill Ian Wilkinson, who survived after receiving a liver transplant.

Wilkinson, a Baptist pastor, described his wife as a woman who takes faith seriously and is full of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, kindness, faithfulness and self-control.

“I feel like I’m only half alive without her,” Wilkinson said before crying.

“It’s one of the tragic shortcomings of our society, with very little attention being paid to those who do evil and those who do good,” he added.

He described Gale and Don Patterson, parents of Simon Patterson, Erin Patterson’s estranged husband, as the people closest to him after his wife and family.

“My life is greatly impoverished without them,” Wilkinson said.

“I suffer from Erin acting in merciless and calculated neglect of my life and the lives of those I love. Do you have the stupidity to think that murder is the solution to her own problems, especially the murder of those who have nothing but good intentions towards her?” he added.

Wilkinson offered Patterson his forgiveness for the harm she had done to him.

“I say, ‘The harm that was inflicted on me.’ We have no power or responsibility to forgive the harm caused to others,” Wilkinson said.

“My prayer for her is that she should use her time wisely in prison to become a better person,” he added.

Erin Patterson attended Melbourne Court in person on Monday, rather than watching it via video links from the prison that he attended at the hearing earlier this month. She wore a light brown jacket and a paisley top.

The relatives of seven victims either read the impact statement or asked the court to read it on their behalf on Monday.

The sentencing hearing is scheduled to continue on Tuesday.

She faces a potential life sentence for each of the murders and 25 years of attempted murder.

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Almost a week after Hamas accepted the latest Gaza ceasefire proposal from Qatar and Egyptian mediators, Israel has yet to respond – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims that it is “quickly” starting negotiations to free all hostages and end the war.

The silence reflects a fundamental shift in Israel’s approach that has baffled the remaining hostage families and families who accused Netanyahu of abandoning and sacrificing their loved ones.

After agreeing only to a partial, gradual ceasefire deal for 18 months, Netanyahu is now calling for a comprehensive agreement to secure the release of all hostages and end the war on Israeli terms in full. The policy reversal comes when the Prime Minister simultaneously accelerates his plans for a massive military attack in Gaza city and pursues a dual strategy of negotiations while engaging in war to “fall over Hamas.”

On Thursday, Netanyahu declared that he had instructed his team to immediately begin negotiations for the return of all hostages and end the war in Gaza. But he did so now without mentioning the proposal on the table. This calls for a temporary ceasefire in exchange for half the hostage release. The latest proposal is similar to the 60-day ceasefire agreed last month, only in terms of more favorable to Israel after Hamas showed flexibility in the number of prisoners to be released and the size of security perimeters.

At the same time, Netanyahu emphasized that he would continue to advance the Israeli Defence Forces’ plans (IDF) on a massive attack and acquisition of Gaza city. Israel says Hamas’ concessions stem from the threat of an imminent attack on Gaza, and Israeli officials believe that a new threat of heavy military pressure will make Hamas more flexible to accept Israeli conditions.

Israel has long argued that military pressure would push Hamas up to the table, but terrorist groups have denied defeat despite nearly two years of fighting.

Netanyahu does not explain what caused this dramatic change from this partial replacement to a comprehensive negotiation framework. His mixed message has confused many people in Israel and abroad. The government refused to discuss the end of the war and agreed to negotiate a gradual and partial ceasefire agreement. Currently, he has only chosen comprehensive deals and has been reluctant to respond to the latest proposals of the mediators that Hamas has accepted.

Basem Naim, a senior member of Hamas Political Bureau, said in a statement: Naim said Netanyahu has a “green light” from the Trump administration.

According to senior Israeli sources, the answer to Netanyahu’s new negotiation strategy lies in Washington, not Jerusalem. In recent weeks, US President Donald Trump has expressed his explicit public support for Israel’s new assault in Gaza, and has adopted Israeli rhetoric with the aim of destroying Hamas, instead of pushing for a temporary ceasefire.

“We can see the rest of the hostages return when Hamas faces and is destroyed!!! The more this happens, the better your chances of success.”

According to senior Israeli sources, after Hamas raised obstacles during its final negotiations in Qatar in July, Trump “losts patience and trust in the partial process and doesn’t think Hamas actually wants to trade.”

The echo says that after the latest speech collapses, his envoy Steve Witkov has collapsed, accusing Hamas of not being coordinated, and that he has not acted in good faith, and that the US will explore alternative options to ensure hostage release and stabilize Gaza.

“It’s so bad. Hamas really didn’t want to make a deal. They want to die,” Trump told reporters outside the White House at the time. Shortly after the comment, Netanyahu’s office moved on to a “all or nothing” approach, demanding a comprehensive deal.

At the latest Israeli Security Cabinet meeting, which approved the Netanyahu government’s decision to expand and deepen its operations in Gaza, five conditions were set to end the war. It is not the disarmament of Hamas, the release of all hostages, the demilitarization of Gaza while maintaining Israel’s security controls, and the establishment of Ham-no-Ham-no-Palestonian authority.

But Hamas draws a red line with the concept of disarming. According to Israeli analysts, Netanyahu’s double recall – pursuing war and peace is a political tactic to buy time. It extends the war and his own rules.

“Netanyahu is fully aware that Hamas will never accept his terms to end the war, and that’s exactly what he is saying,” Chime Levinson, a senior diplomatic commentator at the Israeli Harletz newspaper, told CNN. Netanyahu’s demand for territorial control over Gaza’s massive Swas “is likely to derail the potential agreement.”

Netanyahu called for full Israeli security control over Gaza in a postwar scenario, a scenario in which Israel reserves the right to carry out a strike in Gaza. “Under these conditions, no one will invest in Gaza as the territory remains trapped in a state of ongoing conflict,” Levinson said.

Repeated polls have shown that the majority of Israeli people support all deals that will bring back hostages – Netanyahu’s far-right coalition partners Itamaru Ben Gwil and Bezalel Smotrich warned that they could be opposed to ceasefires and warfares, which could lead to the collapse of his government.

Because of that obvious threat, all previous hostage trades were designed as incremental and progressive, according to Israeli sources with knowledge of negotiations. A partial approach allowed Netanyahu to promise his allied partners that Israel would eventually resume the war.

Netanyahu’s far-right allies are pressing Israeli leaders to expand the war and to intensify the bombardment of the devastated enclave until Hamas surrenders.

Matthew Miller, a former State Department spokesman, said the Biden administration believes Netanyahu is shaking obstacles to the ceasefire agreement. “We wanted to make it public and make it clear that the Prime Minister thought it was totally condemned and difficult to make a deal,” he told Israeli Channel 13.

The perceived dual message of the Prime Minister’s latest maneuvering escalated tensions between his government and the rest of the hostage families in Gaza. Families, who have been increasing public pressure since the Cabinet approved the attack on Gaza City, have accused the government of sacrificing hostages by delaying or rejecting partial agreements at the table.

Hostage families are scheduled another protest Tuesday night after Israel launched its biggest anti-war protest since the start of the conflict nearly two years ago, trying to maintain pressure on the government where they find deaf to their cry of pain.

Einav Zangarkar, Matan’s mother, who is being held hostage in Gaza, has accused Netanyahu of a torpedo in negotiations. “You will set unattainable conditions to end the war and lead soldiers to a death trap as the army prepares to conquer Gaza,” she said at a demonstration outside the prime minister’s settlement on Friday night. “You will put Matan to death, you will disappear forever!”

In an attempt to dispel public criticism, Netanyahu’s office explained to Israeli reporters over the weekend that it would send a negotiation team as soon as a meeting place was set up.

However, if there is no site selected for the next attempt at ceasefire negotiations, and as the US team is tied up with Ukraine and Russia, Netanyahu can pursue his dual strategy.

The French Foreign Ministry summoned the country’s US ambassador, Charles Kushner, after writing a letter to the French government accusing them of “lack of sufficient action” to stand up against anti-Semitism.

France strongly rejected Kushner’s letter’s “unacceptable” allegations. The department said it “does not reach the quality of the transatlantic relations between the US and France.”

“The rise in anti-Semitism practices in France since October 7, 2023 is a reality that we are grieving and the French authorities are fully committed to given the tolerance of these practices,” the ministry said in a statement.

On Monday, Kushner will be summoned to the headquarters of the provincial in Paris, the statement added.

State Department spokesman Tommy Piggott asked if the Trump administration was standing in Kushner’s comments. “Yes, we support his comments. Ambassador Kushner is a representative of the US government in France and does an incredible job of advancing the national interests in that role.” CNN reached out to the White House for comment.

According to a copy of a letter shared with CNN by the US Embassy, ​​Kushner said he wrote it out of “deep concern” over the situation in France.

“Anti-Semitism has long been hurting French life, but it exploded since the wild attack in Hamas on October 7, 2023,” writes Ivanka Trump’s stepfather, Kushner. “Since then, Prohama extremists and radical activists have been campaigning for threats and violence across Europe.”

The letter dated Monday, August 25th was issued to French President Emmanuel Macron.

Confirmed in his post in May, Kushner urged Macron to “without exception” enforce the hate crimes law and make more effort to ensure the safety of the Jewish community.

“In France, there is no day when Jews attacked on the streets, synagogues and schools have not been tainted, or Jewish-owned businesses have not been destroyed,” he said.

“A public statement gestures towards recognizing the brave extremists, fuel violence and the lives of French Jews in Israel and Palestinian states to endanger the lives of French Jews,” Kushner wrote in response to his announcement of plans to acknowledge the Palestinian state in September.

He also advised the French president to “waive any measures that would justify Hamas and its allies,” pointing to President Donald Trump’s actions in the United States.

“President Trump and I have Jewish children and share Jewish grandchildren. Like all Americans, I know how he feels about anti-Semitism,” he said in the letter.

Last week, Israel launched a series of diplomatic attacks in September against some of its Western allies preparing to recognize the Palestinian state.

This included a strong-worded letter from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Macron, accusing France of making the decision to “reward Hamas terrorist attacks.”

“The Palestinian national call will fuel this anti-Semitic fire,” Netanyahu wrote in a letter obtained by CNN.

France says the move is intended to revive the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and bring peace to the region, but Israel and the US call Hamas’ terrifying rewards that retreat only efforts for peace.

Macron says France’s plan to recognize the Palestinian state is consistent with “a historic commitment to just and lasting peace in the Middle East.”

Australia and France are two of the latest Western countries to announce plans to recognize the Palestinian state. Canada and Portugal have also announced similar intentions. Next month, they will join more than 140 other countries already recognizing the Palestinian state.

The UK has conditionally stated that it will recognize the Palestinian state if Israel fails to meet the criteria that includes agreeing to a ceasefire in Gaza.

CNN’s Betsy Klein contributed to this report.

This story has been updated with additional information.

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Vietnam announced plans to evacuate more than half a million people and ordered boats to be kept on land. Meanwhile, the southern Chinese city of Sanya closed businesses and public transport on Sunday as it had a heavy typhoon, swordfish.

The storm is projected to have “bygo” the southern coast of the Chinese island coastal province from Sunday evening before heading to Vietnam, China’s National Weather Centre said.

At the time of 0900 GMT, the storm gained strength, with winds reaching 166 kph (103 mph), according to Vietnam’s National Weather Forecasting Agency.

A Chinese weather forecaster said it is likely to further strengthen the wind speed at 180 kph.

Vietnamese authorities plan to evacuate more than 586,000 people from the central provinces of Thanh Hoa, Quang Tri, Hue and Da Nang.

Those on the projected path should not go outside after 1400 GMT on Sunday, and soldiers will stand up to help, the government said.

Vietnam’s seven coastal provinces banned them from leaving the coast early on Sunday, Tien Huong newspaper reported.

Vietnam Airlines cancelled at least 22 flights between Central City on Sunday and Monday. Vietjet Aviation said it would cancel or delay the flight, but did not provide details.

China’s Sanya, famous for its beach resorts and sandy beaches, closed tourist attractions, closed businesses and public transport have been suspended.

China’s weather agency is forecasting heavy rain and strong winds in Hainan and nearby Guangdong and Guangzhou regions, with the Hainan region expected to receive 320 mm (12.6 inches) of rain from Sunday to Monday.

Sanya issued a red typen alert on Sunday morning (the highest in China’s color-coded warning system) and raised emergency response to the most serious levels, according to a post on the local government’s WeChat account.

City officials convened a meeting on Saturday evening to encourage preparation for a “worst scenario,” the government said.

All classes and construction have been suspended, and shopping centres, restaurants and supermarkets have been closed from Sunday. The vessel is ordered to halt operations in the waters of Sanya.

Record rainfall since July has hit the north and south of China, as meteorologists have described it as extreme weather related to climate change.

Natural disasters, including floods and droughts, caused China’s direct economic losses to 521.5 billion yuan ($7.28 billion) last month, affecting millions of people, leaving 295 deaths or shortages, data from the Ministry of Emergency Management showed.

The Vietnamese government compared the strength of a marlin to the strength of a goat. It struck the country a year ago, killing about 300 people and causing $3.3 billion in property damage.

London
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Anti-immigrant protests continued across the UK on Sunday outside a hotel that houses asylum seekers. A day after police were forced to separate protesters and rebels in multiple cities as tensions over immigration policies erupted.

The immigration vote, the biggest concern among the public, has pressured Britain’s Labor Prime Minister Kiel Starmer to fulfill his pledge to end the use of hotels, which cost billions of dollars a year.

The UK has seen regular protests in recent weeks outside of asylum seekers, spurring public safety concerns in part after migrants housed in a hotel east of London were charged with sexual assault.

The demonstrations took place on Sundays nationwide, including Epping in East London, Bristol and Birmingham.

A court ruling on Tuesday ordered the removal of asylum seekers from a hotel in Epping, which became a flashpoint for anti-immigration protests. The government is planning to appeal.

Protesters gathered there again on Sunday, carrying placards waving British flags and saying “Epping Says No” and “Stop the boat.”

On Saturday, anti-immigrant protesters gathered at small gatherings in towns and cities in England, Scotland and Welsh.

Official figures on Thursday showed that asylum claims were record highs, with more immigrants being housed in hotels compared to a year ago.

Populist Reform UK Party leader, Nigel Farage, who surpassed the recent vote, has planned a massive deportation of immigrants who have crossed from mainland Europe in small boats if his party forms the next government.

He told The Times that the UK will withdraw from the European Human Rights Treaty, attack repatriation contracts with countries such as Afghanistan and Eritrea, and build sites with 24,000 migrants.

On Sunday, the government said it would reform the asylum appeal process to accelerate decisions, reduce the backlog of cases and phase out the use of hotels to accommodate asylum seekers.

Under the plan, an independent body of judges will be created to process asylum appeals and reduce the backlog of 106,000, including 51,000 appeals, which have an average waiting time of more than a year.

Home Minister Yvette Cooper said the change was part of an effort to “restore control and order” to a system that he described as “complete disruption” when Labour took office last year.

“We can’t continue these completely unacceptable delays,” Cooper said.