Rafah border crossing will be allowed to open, say reports, after Hamas hands over remains of more hostages * Gaza ceasefire – live updates Israel will allow Gaza’s Rafah border crossing with Egypt to open and will not cut the amount of humanitarian aid entering the devastated Palestinian territory as threatened, Israel’s public broadcaster, Kan, has reported, after Hamas handed over more remains of hostages. The fragile ceasefire in Gaza had faced its first test when Israel said on Tuesday the flow of vital humanitarian assistance into Gaza would be cut by half and the crucial Rafah border crossing with Egypt would not open on Wednesday as planned, accusing Hamas of failing to comply with the deal agreed last week by delaying the return the bodies of hostages. Continue reading...

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Hamas accused of breaching agreement by withholding bodies of hostages but Palestinian militants say they face obstacles in retrieving them

Men who were held in Nafha prison say they were brutally beaten, bound at the hands and feet, verbally abused, allowed to contract fungal and skin diseases, and assaulted with loud music for up to two...

US president says ‘we will not be generous’ if leader fails to win key midterms after promising $20bn to prop up struggling economy

UN has condemned US strikes on small boats it believes to be trafficking drugs as extrajudicial executions

Attorneys for Debbie Brockman, released with no charges, deny agent’s claim she ‘threw objects’ at border patrol car

Self-styled world’s greatest peacemaker calls Meloni ‘beautiful’ and Erdoğan a ‘friend’, but takes jab at Iraqi and Canadian leaders

Curtis Sliwa is unlikely to run the overwhelmingly Democratic city. But his willingness to defy Trump and billionaires could leave a big impact

As he conducts the symphony of applause for his peace deal, the key to understanding him is this: he’s not a politician, not even close – he’s a star, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

State department says it has ‘no obligation’ to host foreign nationals who ‘celebrate heinous’ death of far-right activist

It took an American president unbound by traditional domestic constraints to get this done and provide the parties with what they could accept

History shows the crimes of empire were later mirrored on European soil. Dehumanisation and militarised terror both seem normalised now, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The US president’s Gulf allies and supporters at home might just persuade him to pursue lasting peace. And then there’s always next year’s Nobel prize, says writer and academic Kenneth Roth

Campaigners ‘deeply concerned’ about response to prompts about suicide, self-harm and eating disorders

For decades, the military treated the climate crisis as a threat. Now it’s backing away from plans to protect people and bases from extreme weather

Donald Trump’s approach risks repeating the failure of the Oslo accords if questions are left unanswered

Hamas fighters carried out public executions, defying Israel's assertion that war cannot end under President Donald Trump's plan until the militants are disarmed.

Israel's military said it opened fire on Tuesday to remove a threat posed by suspects who approached its forces in the northern Gaza Strip, and health authorities in the enclave said at least six Palestinians had been killed by Israeli fire.

A major ramp-up of aid needed to ease famine and suffering in Gaza after two years of war has yet to happen, the Red Cross and U.N. agencies said on Tuesday, as Israeli authorities warned of slower aid flows as the southern Rafah crossing remained shut.

President Donald Trump's administration fired almost all 60 staff at a college-preparation program for low-income students in a wave of shutdown layoffs, two people familiar with the cuts told Reuters, targeting a service Republican lawmakers defended earlier this year.

イスラエル当局は１４日までに、パレスチナ自治区ガザ地区への人道支援物資の搬入を制限、あるいは延期すると国連に通告した。イスラム組織ハマスによる人質の遺体の引き渡しが遅れていることへの対抗措置としている。

イスラエルからパレスチナ自治区ガザ地区に返還されたパレスチナ人４５人の遺体が、南部ハンユニスのナセル病院に到着した。身元は現時点で特定されていない。同病院の関係者が１４日、ＣＮＮに明らかにした。

トランプ米政権が国内最大規模の太陽光発電プロジェクトを中止したことで、共和党・民主党の双方に混乱と懸念が生じている。