August 17, 2024

Daily News Brief

*) Gaza ceasefire talks fail to uphold July 2 agreement: Hamas A senior Hamas official has said that the outcome of the latest Gaza ceasefire talks in Qatar’s capital Doha does not include commitment to what was previously agreed upon on July 2 and is not based on US President Joe Biden's proposal. A Hamas official said that the information relayed to Hamas leadership from the Doha meetings did not include adherence to the prior agreement. Another well-placed Palestinian source has said that the new proposal discussed in Doha did not address the status of the Netzarim Crossing or the Philadelphi Corridor. *) Pro-Palestinian activists to march on US democratic convention US Vice president Kamala Haaris is scheduled to accept her party’s nomination for the presidency next week at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago but will meet voters protesting one of her thorniest electoral issues, the Biden administration's aid to Israel. A coalition of some 200 social justice organisations is going forward with their plan to march at the Democratic National Convention on Monday. *) DRC village in shock as 'ADF militants' kill 16 and abduct 20 A local civil society group has said that at least 16 villagers have been killed and 20 others abducted in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo during attacks by militants of Allied Democratic Forces. The assailants staged a series of attacks on locals, some while working on their farmlands. The death toll remains provisional, as the fate of 20 others kidnapped remains unknown. *) More protests rock India after rape and murder of medic Police in the Indian state of West Bengal have arrested hundreds of protesters angry over the rape and murder of a medic last week, while a doctors' association urged more than a million colleagues nationwide to stop work for a day. Local officials said blockades by the protesters disrupted public transport in several parts of the state. More than 1,500 people were detained. *) ICJ to address climate justice and obligations in December ICJ has announced hearings over a key climate justice case outlining countries' obligations regarding global warming and legal consequences for failing to address the climate emergency. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has said that it would start the hearings on December 2, as it weighs an advisory opinion on the global climate crisis.