Bowen: US set to veto ceasefire call but pressure is building

53 minutes ago About sharing By Jeremy Bowen BBC International editor, Jerusalem UN secretary general António Guterres spoke this afternoon about the “serious risk to the maintenance of international peace and security”, citing the spillover of hostilities in “the occupied West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Yemen”. He has triggered Article 99, prompting a UN…

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Israel Is Losing this War

World / December 8, 2023 Israel Is Losing this War Despite the violence it has unleashed on Palestinians, Israel is failing to achieve its political goals. Tony Karon and Daniel Levy Ad Policy Israeli forces invade Gaza. (IDF) It may sound daft to suggest that a group of armed irregulars, numbering in the low tens…

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The Catastrophe of a Second Trump Presidency

December 8, 2023 The Catastrophe of a Second Trump Presidency Should he somehow, despite four criminal indictments and multiple trials, return to the White House, we can’t say we weren’t warned. Clarence Lusane Ad Policy Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016, in Cleveland, Ohio. (Dennis Van Tine / STAR MAX…

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