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strikes carried out over the Houthi rebels' attacks on shipping.<\/p>\n<p>Three US officials, speaking on condition of anonymity to describe a then-ongoing attack, described the strikes on Thursday as hitting a wide range of underground facilities, missile launchers, command and control sites, a Houthi vessel and other facilities. They called it a response to a recent surge in attacks by the Iran-backed militia group on ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden over the Israel-Hamas war.<\/p>\n<p>The US F\/A-18 fighter jets involved in the strikes took off from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier in the Red Sea, officials said. Other US warships in the region also participated.<\/p>\n<p>But the Houthis focused on Friday morning on a strike they said struck a building housing Hodeida Radio and civilian homes in the port city on the Red Sea. Their Al Masirah satellite news channel aired images of one bloodied man being carried down stairs and others in the hospital, receiving aid. It said all the dead and nearly all the wounded from the strikes came from there.<\/p>\n<p>The Houthis described all those killed and hurt in Hodeida as civilians, something The Associated Press couldn't immediately confirm. The rebel force that's held Yemen's capital, Sanaa, since 2014 includes fighters who often aren't in uniform.<\/p>\n<p>Other strikes hit outside of Sanaa near its airport, and communication equipment in Taiz, the broadcaster said. Little other information was released on those sites \u2014 likely signaling that Houthi military sites had been struck. One person was wounded in Sanaa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe confirm this brutal aggression against Yemen as punishment for its position in support of Gaza, in support of Israel to continue its crimes of genocide against the wounded, besieged and steadfast Gaza Strip,\u201d Houthi spokesman Mohammed Abdulsalam posted on X.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammed al-Bukhaiti, a Houthi official, threatened both the US and UK with further retaliation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will meet escalation with escalation,\u201d he wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>Yemen's military spokesman, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, gave the casualty figures, then alleged without offering any evidence that the rebels targeted the Eisenhower in response with drones and ballistic missiles. Another US defence official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence matters, said that the aircraft carrier was fine.<\/p>\n<p>In the United Kingdom, the country's Defence Ministry said that Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4s conducted strikes on both Hodeida and further south in Ghulayfiqah. It described its targets as \u201cbuildings identified as housing drone ground control facilities and providing storage for very long-range drones, as well as surface-to-air weapons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe strikes were taken in self-defence in the face of an ongoing threat that the Houthis pose,\u201d UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said. \u201cThere's an ongoing threat that the Houthis pose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The US and the UK have launched strikes against the Houthis since January, with the US regularly carrying out its own in the time since as well. Abdul Malik al-Houthi, the Houthis\u2019 secretive supreme leader, offered an overall death toll for the strikes up to that point as 40 people killed and 35 others wounded. He didn't offer a breakdown between civilian and combatant casualties at the time.<\/p>\n<p>The Houthis have stepped up attacks on <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//05//29//red-sea-ship-hit-by-twin-missile-attacks-off-yemen/">shipping in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, demanding that Israel end the war in Gaza, which has killed more than 36,000 Palestinians there. The war began after Hamas-led militants attacked Israel on October 7, killing about 1,200 people and taking around 250 hostage.<\/p>\n<p>The Houthis have launched more than 50 attacks on shipping, killed three sailors, seized one vessel and sunk another since November, according to the US Maritime Administration. This week, they attacked a ship carrying grain to Iran, the rebels' main benefactor.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, another U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone apparently crashed in Yemen, with the Houthis claiming they fired a surface-to-air missile at it. The US Air Force didn\u2019t report any aircraft missing, leading to suspicion that the drone may have been piloted by the CIA. As many as three may have been lost in May alone.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1717225714,"updatedAt":1717226423,"publishedAt":1717226419,"firstPublishedAt":1717226423,"lastPublishedAt":1717226419,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/47\/29\/22\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_d1f77c63-7085-5c39-b03c-5c3d70a9b926-8472922.jpg","altText":"British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak issues a statement after British and US forces struck Houthi targets in Yemen, at 10 Downing Street, London, Friday May 31, 2024","caption":"British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak issues a statement after British and US forces struck Houthi targets in Yemen, at 10 Downing Street, London, Friday May 31, 2024","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Associated Press","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":683}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":12572,"slug":"houthis","urlSafeValue":"houthis","title":"Houthis","titleRaw":"Houthis"},{"id":304,"slug":"yemen","urlSafeValue":"yemen","title":"Yemen","titleRaw":"Yemen"},{"id":14550,"slug":"strikes","urlSafeValue":"strikes","title":"strikes","titleRaw":"strikes"},{"id":13363,"slug":"united-states","urlSafeValue":"united-states","title":"United States ","titleRaw":"United States "},{"id":7800,"slug":"united-kingdom","urlSafeValue":"united-kingdom","title":"United Kingdom","titleRaw":"United Kingdom"}],"widgets":[],"related":[{"id":2553708},{"id":2533562},{"id":2530798}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":"AP","additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"Euronews","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"world news","online":1,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":12,"urlSafeValue":"asia","title":"Asia"},"country":{"id":304,"urlSafeValue":"yemen","title":"Yemen","url":"\/news\/asia\/yemen"},"town":[],"grapeshot":"'neg_mobkoi_castrol','gb_death_injury_high_med','gb_death_injury_high_med_low','gb_death_injury_news-ent','gv_death_injury','neg_facebook_q4','gv_military','neg_facebook','neg_saudiaramco','pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_pmi','pos_ukraine-russia','gs_politics','neg_meta_oct23_eng','gs_science','gb_death_injury_edu','gs_science_geography','neg_facebook_neg1','gs_war_conflict','gt_negative','gb_death_injury_high','gb_death_injury_serious','gt_negative_anger'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"path":"\/2024\/06\/01\/houthi-rebels-say-at-least-16-killed-in-joint-us-british-airstrikes","lastModified":1717226419},{"id":2554292,"cid":8472892,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"240601_NWSU_55685056","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"EN INDIA ELECTIONS","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"India votes in final election round, as Modi seeks third term","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"India votes in final election round, as Modi seeks third term","titleListing2":"India votes in final election round, as Modi seeks third term","leadin":"Indians began voting on Saturday in the last round of a six-week-long national election that is a referendum on Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s decade in power.","summary":"Indians began voting on Saturday in the last round of a six-week-long national election that is a referendum on Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s decade in power.","keySentence":"","url":"india-votes-in-final-election-round-as-modi-seeks-third-term","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/06\/01\/india-votes-in-final-election-round-as-modi-seeks-third-term","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The election is considered one of the most consequential in India\u2019s history. If Modi wins, he\u2019ll be only the second Indian leader to retain power for a third term after Jawaharlal Nehru, the country\u2019s first prime minister.\n\nThe seventh round of voting in 57 constituencies across seven states and one union territory will complete polling for all 543 seats in the powerful lower house of parliament. Nearly 970 million voters \u2014 more than 10% of the world\u2019s population \u2014 were eligible to elect a new parliament for five years. More than 8,300 candidates ran for the office.\n\nMost polls show Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party leading over the broad opposition alliance that\u2019s challenging them, led by the Congress party. The votes will be counted Tuesday, with results expected by the end of the day.\n\nModi\u2019s campaign, vying for a third-straight term, began on a platform of economic progress. He has promised to uplift the poor and turn India into a developed nation by 2047. But the campaign has turned increasingly shrill in recent weeks as he escalated polarising rhetoric in back-to-back incendiary speeches that targeted the country\u2019s Muslim minority, who make up 14% of India\u2019s 1.4 billion people.\n\nAfter ending campaigning on Thursday, Modi went to meditate at a memorial site honouring a famous Hindu saint who is believed to have attained enlightenment there.\n\nWhen the election kicked off in April, Modi and his BJP were widely expected to clinch another term.\n\nSince first coming to power in 2014, Modi has enjoyed immense popularity. His supporters see him as a self-made, strong leader who has improved India\u2019s standing in the world, and credit his pro-business policies with making the economy the world\u2019s fifth-largest.\n\nAt the same time, his rule has seen brazen attacks and hate speech against minorities, particularly Muslims. India\u2019s democracy, his critics say, is faltering and Modi has increasingly blurred the line between religion and state.\n\nBut as the campaign ground on, his party has faced stiff resistance from the opposition alliance and its main face, Rahul Gandhi of the Congress party. They have attacked Modi over his Hindu nationalist politics and are hoping to benefit from growing economic discontent.\n\nPre-poll surveys showed that voters were increasingly worried about unemployment, the rise in food prices and an overall sentiment that only a small portion of Indians have benefitted despite brisk economic growth under Modi, making the contest appear closer than initially anticipated.\n\nIn Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal, voters lined up outside polling stations early on Saturday morning to avoid the scorching heat, with temperatures expected to reach 34 degrees Celsius. Modi is challenged there by the state\u2019s chief minister, Mamata Banerjee, who heads the regional Trinamool Congress party.\n\n\u201cThere is a crunch for jobs now in the present market. I will vote for the government that can uplift jobs. And I hope those who cannot get jobs, they will get jobs,\" said Ankit Samaddar.\n\nIn this election, Modi\u2019s BJP \u2014 which controls much of India\u2019s Hindi-speaking northern and central parts \u2014 sought to expand their influence by making inroads into the country\u2019s eastern and southern states, where regional parties hold greater sway.\n\nThe BJP also banked on consolidating votes among the Hindu majority, who make up 80% of the population, after Modi opened a long-demanded Hindu temple on the site of a razed mosque in January. Many saw it as the unofficial start of his campaign, but analysts said the excitement over the temple may not be enough to yield votes.\n\nInstead, Modi ramped up anti-Muslim rhetoric after voter turnout dipped slightly below 2019 figures in the first few rounds of the 2024 polls.\n\nThis was seen as a tactic to energise his core Hindu voter base. But analysts say it also reflected the lack of any big-ticket national issue to help Modi propel his BJP to electoral victory, as he has done previously.\n\nIn 2014, Modi\u2019s status as a political outsider cracking down on deep-rooted corruption won over voters disillusioned with decades of dynastic politics. And in 2019, he swept the polls on a wave of nationalism after his government launched airstrikes into rival Pakistan in response to a suicide bombing in Kashmir that killed 40 Indian soldiers.\n\nBut things are different this time, analysts say, giving Modi\u2019s political challengers a potential boost.\n\n\u201cThe opposition somehow managed to derail his plan by setting the narrative to local issues, like unemployment and the economy. This election, people are voting keeping various issues in mind,\u201d said Rasheed Kidwai, a political analyst.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The election is considered one of the most consequential in India\u2019s history. If Modi wins, he\u2019ll be only the second Indian leader to retain power for a third term after Jawaharlal Nehru, the country\u2019s first prime minister.<\/p>\n<p>The seventh round of voting in 57 constituencies across seven states and one union territory will complete polling for all 543 seats in the powerful lower house of parliament. Nearly 970 million voters \u2014 more than 10% of the world\u2019s population \u2014 were eligible to elect a new parliament for five years. More than 8,300 candidates ran for the office.<\/p>\n<p>Most <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//video//2024//04//19//watch-india-heads-to-the-polls/">polls show Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party leading over the broad opposition alliance that\u2019s challenging them, led by the Congress party. The votes will be counted Tuesday, with results expected by the end of the day.<\/p>\n<p>Modi\u2019s campaign, vying for a third-straight term, began on a platform of economic progress. He has promised to uplift the poor and turn India into a developed nation by 2047. But the campaign has turned increasingly shrill in recent weeks as he escalated polarising rhetoric in back-to-back incendiary speeches that targeted the country\u2019s Muslim minority, who make up 14% of India\u2019s 1.4 billion people.<\/p>\n<p>After ending campaigning on Thursday, Modi went to meditate at a memorial site honouring a famous Hindu saint who is believed to have attained enlightenment there.<\/p>\n<p>When the election kicked off in April, Modi and his BJP were widely expected to clinch another term.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//47//28//92//808x539_cmsv2_6cbddd7e-340e-5388-a80e-0ecf746874b4-8472892.jpg/" alt=\"A polling official looks at his device for confirmation as a voter casts her vote in a bye-election in Dharamshala, Saturday, June 1, 2024. \" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/47\/28\/92\/384x256_cmsv2_6cbddd7e-340e-5388-a80e-0ecf746874b4-8472892.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/47\/28\/92\/640x427_cmsv2_6cbddd7e-340e-5388-a80e-0ecf746874b4-8472892.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/47\/28\/92\/750x500_cmsv2_6cbddd7e-340e-5388-a80e-0ecf746874b4-8472892.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/47\/28\/92\/828x552_cmsv2_6cbddd7e-340e-5388-a80e-0ecf746874b4-8472892.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/47\/28\/92\/1080x720_cmsv2_6cbddd7e-340e-5388-a80e-0ecf746874b4-8472892.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/47\/28\/92\/1200x800_cmsv2_6cbddd7e-340e-5388-a80e-0ecf746874b4-8472892.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/47\/28\/92\/1920x1281_cmsv2_6cbddd7e-340e-5388-a80e-0ecf746874b4-8472892.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A polling official looks at his device for confirmation as a voter casts her vote in a bye-election in Dharamshala, Saturday, June 1, 2024. <\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Associated Press<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Since first coming to power in 2014, Modi has enjoyed immense popularity. His supporters see him as a self-made, strong leader who has improved India\u2019s standing in the world, and credit his pro-business policies with making the economy the world\u2019s fifth-largest.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, his rule has seen brazen attacks and hate speech against minorities, particularly Muslims. India\u2019s democracy, his critics say, is faltering and Modi has increasingly blurred the line between religion and state.<\/p>\n<p>But as the campaign ground on, his party has faced stiff resistance from the opposition alliance and its main face, Rahul Gandhi of the Congress party. They have attacked Modi over his Hindu nationalist politics and are hoping to benefit from growing economic discontent.<\/p>\n<p>Pre-poll surveys showed that voters were increasingly worried about unemployment, the rise in food prices and an overall sentiment that only a small portion of Indians have benefitted despite brisk economic growth under Modi, making the contest appear closer than initially anticipated.<\/p>\n<p>In Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal, voters lined up outside polling stations early on Saturday morning to avoid the scorching heat, with <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//05//29//indias-capital-city-records-its-hottest-ever-day-as-temperatures-soar-to-nearly-50c/">temperatures expected to reach 34 degrees Celsius. Modi is challenged there by the state\u2019s chief minister, Mamata Banerjee, who heads the regional Trinamool Congress party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a crunch for jobs now in the present market. I will vote for the government that can uplift jobs. And I hope those who cannot get jobs, they will get jobs,\" said Ankit Samaddar.<\/p>\n<p>In this election, Modi\u2019s BJP \u2014 which controls much of India\u2019s Hindi-speaking northern and central parts \u2014 sought to expand their influence by making inroads into the country\u2019s eastern and southern states, where regional parties hold greater sway.<\/p>\n<p>The BJP also banked on consolidating votes among the Hindu majority, who make up 80% of the population, after Modi opened a long-demanded Hindu temple on the site of a razed mosque in January. Many saw it as the unofficial start of his campaign, but analysts said the excitement over the temple may not be enough to yield votes.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Modi ramped up anti-Muslim rhetoric after voter turnout dipped slightly below 2019 figures in the first few rounds of the 2024 polls.<\/p>\n<p>This was seen as a tactic to energise his core Hindu voter base. But analysts say it also reflected the lack of any big-ticket national issue to help Modi propel his BJP to electoral victory, as he has done previously.<\/p>\n<p>In 2014, Modi\u2019s status as a political outsider cracking down on deep-rooted corruption won over voters disillusioned with decades of dynastic politics. And in 2019, he swept the polls on a wave of nationalism after his government launched airstrikes into rival Pakistan in response to a suicide bombing in Kashmir that killed 40 Indian soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>But things are different this time, analysts say, giving Modi\u2019s political challengers a potential boost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe opposition somehow managed to derail his plan by setting the narrative to local issues, like unemployment and the economy. This election, people are voting keeping various issues in mind,\u201d said Rasheed Kidwai, a political analyst.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1717223461,"updatedAt":1717224712,"publishedAt":1717224704,"firstPublishedAt":1717224712,"lastPublishedAt":1717224704,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/47\/28\/92\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_b25d83bf-de51-5c6f-8bac-b02d3ea4f897-8472892.jpg","altText":"Polling officials check and seal an electronic voting machine before they allow voters to cast their votes at a polling station, India, Saturday, June 1, 2024. ","caption":"Polling officials check and seal an electronic voting machine before they allow voters to cast their votes at a polling station, India, Saturday, June 1, 2024. 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Cigarette butts. Scraps of cloth. Waste batteries. Even, reportedly, diapers. This week, North Korea floated hundreds of large balloons to dump all of that trash across rival South Korea \u2014 an old-fashioned, Cold War-style provocation of a sort the isolated dictatorship has rarely used in recent years.\n\nThe powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un confirmed Wednesday that North Korea sent the balloons and attached trash sacks, saying they were deployed to make good on her country's recent threat to \"scatter mounds of wastepaper and filth\" in South Korea in response to aerial leafleting campaigns launched by South Korean activists.\n\nExperts say the trash balloon campaign is meant to stoke division in South Korea over the conservative Seoul government's hardline policy toward the North. They also say new types of provocations should be expected in the coming months as the North seeks to meddle in the US presidential election.\n\nHere's a look at what North Korea's balloon launches are all about.\n\nWhat happened?\n\nSince Tuesday night, about 260 balloons flown from North Korea have been discovered across South Korea. \n\nThere's no apparent danger, though: The military said an initial investigation showed that the trash tied to the balloons doesn't contain any dangerous substances like chemical, biological or radioactive materials. There have been no reports of damage on the ground.\n\nIn 2016, North Korean balloons carrying trash, compact discs, and propaganda leaflets damaged cars and other property in South Korea. In 2017, South Korea found a suspected North Korean balloon again with leaflets. This week, no leaflets were found from the North Korean balloons.\n\nBalloons carrying propaganda leaflets and other items were among the most common tools of psychological warfare the two Koreas launched at each other during the Cold War.\n\nOthers have included blaring loudspeakers, giant electronic billboards and signboards set up on the countries' fortified border, and propaganda radio broadcasts. In recent years, the two Koreas have agreed to halt such activities, but they sometimes resume them when tensions spike.\n\nWhat does the North want?\n\nThe North's balloon launches are part of a recent series of provocative steps, among them a failed spy satellite launch and test-firings of about 10 suspected short-range missiles this week.\n\nExperts say the North's leader, Kim Jong Un, will seek to dial up tensions ahead of the US election to try to help former President Donald Trump return to the White House and revive the high-stakes diplomacy they briefly enjoyed during the latter's term in office.\n\n\"The balloon launches aren't weak action at all,\" said Kim Taewoo, a former president of South Korea's government-funded Institute for National Unification. \"It's like North Korea sending a message that next time, it can send balloons carrying powder forms of biological and chemical weapons.\"\n\nKoh Yu-hwan, an emeritus professor at Seoul's Dongguk University, said North Korea likely determined that the balloon campaign is a more effective way to force South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's government to clamp down on the South's civilian leafleting.\n\n\"The point is to make the South Korean people uncomfortable, and build a public voice that the government's policy toward North Korea is wrong,\" Koh said.\n\nNorth Korea is extremely sensitive to leaflets that South Korean activists occasionally float across the border via their own balloons, because they carry information about the outside world and criticism of the Kim dynasty's authoritarian rule. Most of the North's 26 million people have little access to foreign news.\n\nIn 2020, North Korea's patience with the civilian leafleting campaigns ran so low that it blew up an empty South Korean-built liaison office on its territory.\n\nReading the rubbish\n\nNorth Korea is one of the world's most secretive countries, and foreign experts are keen on collecting any fragmentary information coming from the country.\n\nBut Koh said that there won't be much meaningful information in the trash dumps because North Korea would not have sent any important items away tied to balloons.\n\nIf the manure is indeed made of animal dung, its examination may show what fodder is given to livestock in North Korea, while general household refuse can provide a glimpse into the circulation of consumer products in North Korea.\n\nBut observers say outside experts can get such information more easily from North Korean defectors, their contacts in North Korea and Chinese border towns, and North Korean state publications.\n\nWhat are the implications?\n\nWhile the North's balloon activities may deepen public calls in South Korea to stop anti-North Korean leafleting to avoid unnecessary tension, it's unclear whether and how aggressively the South Korean government can urge civil groups to refrain from sending balloons toward North Korea.\n\nIn 2023, South Korea's Constitutional Court struck down a contentious law that criminalised the sending of anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets, calling it an excessive restriction on free speech.\n\n\"From Pyongyang's perspective, this is a tit-for-tat and even restrained action to get Seoul to stop anti-Kim regime leaflets from being sent North.\" \n\nHowever, it will be difficult for democratic South Korea to comply, given ongoing legal disputes over the freedom of citizens and NGOs to send information into North Korea,\" said Leif-Eric Easley, a professor at Ewha University in Seoul.\n\n\"The immediate danger of military escalation is not high,\" he said, \"but recent developments show how sensitive and potentially vulnerable the Kim regime is to information operations.\"\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Manure. Cigarette butts. Scraps of cloth. Waste batteries. Even, reportedly, diapers. This week, North Korea floated hundreds of large balloons to dump all of that trash across rival South Korea \u2014 an old-fashioned, Cold War-style provocation of a sort the isolated dictatorship has rarely used in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un confirmed Wednesday that North Korea sent the balloons and attached trash sacks, saying they were deployed to make good on her country's recent threat to \"scatter mounds of wastepaper and filth\" in South Korea in response to aerial leafleting campaigns launched by South Korean activists.<\/p>\n<p>Experts say the trash balloon campaign is meant to stoke division in South Korea over the conservative Seoul government's hardline policy toward the North. They also say new types of provocations should be expected in the coming months as the North seeks to meddle in the US presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Here's a look at what North Korea's balloon launches are all about.<\/p>\n<h2>What happened?<\/h2><p>Since Tuesday night, about 260 balloons flown from North Korea have been discovered across South Korea. <\/p>\n<p>There's no apparent danger, though: The military said an initial investigation showed that the trash tied to the balloons doesn't contain any dangerous substances like chemical, biological or radioactive materials. There have been no reports of damage on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, North Korean balloons carrying trash, compact discs, and propaganda leaflets damaged cars and other property in South Korea. In 2017, South Korea found a suspected North Korean balloon again with leaflets. This week, no leaflets were found from the North Korean balloons.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1796149965045059593\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Balloons carrying propaganda leaflets and other items were among the most common tools of psychological warfare the two Koreas launched at each other during the Cold War.<\/p>\n<p>Others have included blaring loudspeakers, giant electronic billboards and signboards set up on the countries' fortified border, and propaganda radio broadcasts. In recent years, the two Koreas have agreed to halt such activities, but they sometimes resume them when tensions spike.<\/p>\n<h2>What does the North want?<\/h2><p>The North's balloon launches are part of a recent series of provocative steps, among them a failed spy satellite launch and test-firings of about 10 suspected short-range missiles this week.<\/p>\n<p>Experts say the North's leader, Kim Jong Un, will seek to dial up tensions ahead of the US election to try to help former President Donald Trump return to the White House and revive the high-stakes diplomacy they briefly enjoyed during the latter's term in office.<\/p>\n<p>\"The balloon launches aren't weak action at all,\" said Kim Taewoo, a former president of South Korea's government-funded Institute for National Unification. \"It's like North Korea sending a message that next time, it can send balloons carrying powder forms of biological and chemical weapons.\"<\/p>\n<p>Koh Yu-hwan, an emeritus professor at Seoul's Dongguk University, said North Korea likely determined that the balloon campaign is a more effective way to force South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's government to clamp down on the South's civilian leafleting.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.666015625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//47//18//36//808x539_cmsv2_ece06602-97e4-534f-8852-65714cbb742d-8471836.jpg/" alt=\"Kim Yo-jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, delivers a speech in Pyongyang.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/47\/18\/36\/384x256_cmsv2_ece06602-97e4-534f-8852-65714cbb742d-8471836.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/47\/18\/36\/640x426_cmsv2_ece06602-97e4-534f-8852-65714cbb742d-8471836.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/47\/18\/36\/750x500_cmsv2_ece06602-97e4-534f-8852-65714cbb742d-8471836.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/47\/18\/36\/828x551_cmsv2_ece06602-97e4-534f-8852-65714cbb742d-8471836.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/47\/18\/36\/1080x719_cmsv2_ece06602-97e4-534f-8852-65714cbb742d-8471836.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/47\/18\/36\/1200x799_cmsv2_ece06602-97e4-534f-8852-65714cbb742d-8471836.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/47\/18\/36\/1920x1279_cmsv2_ece06602-97e4-534f-8852-65714cbb742d-8471836.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Kim Yo-jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, delivers a speech in Pyongyang.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">\u671d\u9bae\u901a\u4fe1\u793e\/KCNA via KNS<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"The point is to make the South Korean people uncomfortable, and build a public voice that the government's policy toward North Korea is wrong,\" Koh said.<\/p>\n<p>North Korea is extremely sensitive to leaflets that South Korean activists occasionally float across the border via their own balloons, because they carry information about the outside world and criticism of the Kim dynasty's authoritarian rule. Most of the North's 26 million people have little access to foreign news.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, North Korea's patience with the civilian leafleting campaigns ran so low that it blew up an empty South Korean-built liaison office on its territory.<\/p>\n<h2>Reading the rubbish<\/h2><p>North Korea is one of the world's most secretive countries, and foreign experts are keen on collecting any fragmentary information coming from the country.<\/p>\n<p>But Koh said that there won't be much meaningful information in the trash dumps because North Korea would not have sent any important items away tied to balloons.<\/p>\n<p>If the manure is indeed made of animal dung, its examination may show what fodder is given to livestock in North Korea, while general household refuse can provide a glimpse into the circulation of consumer products in North Korea.<\/p>\n<p>But observers say outside experts can get such information more easily from North Korean defectors, their contacts in North Korea and Chinese border towns, and North Korean state publications.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//47//18//36//808x539_cmsv2_64a97d10-a910-5eca-a6ef-08a19750955c-8471836.jpg/" alt=\"North Korean defectors prepare to release balloons carrying leaflets and a banner denouncing North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/47\/18\/36\/384x256_cmsv2_64a97d10-a910-5eca-a6ef-08a19750955c-8471836.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/47\/18\/36\/640x427_cmsv2_64a97d10-a910-5eca-a6ef-08a19750955c-8471836.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/47\/18\/36\/750x500_cmsv2_64a97d10-a910-5eca-a6ef-08a19750955c-8471836.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/47\/18\/36\/828x552_cmsv2_64a97d10-a910-5eca-a6ef-08a19750955c-8471836.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/47\/18\/36\/1080x720_cmsv2_64a97d10-a910-5eca-a6ef-08a19750955c-8471836.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/47\/18\/36\/1200x800_cmsv2_64a97d10-a910-5eca-a6ef-08a19750955c-8471836.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/47\/18\/36\/1920x1281_cmsv2_64a97d10-a910-5eca-a6ef-08a19750955c-8471836.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">North Korean defectors prepare to release balloons carrying leaflets and a banner denouncing North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Ahn Young-joon\/Copyright 2017 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>What are the implications?<\/h2><p>While the North's balloon activities may deepen public calls in South Korea to stop anti-North Korean leafleting to avoid unnecessary tension, it's unclear whether and how aggressively the South Korean government can urge civil groups to refrain from sending balloons toward North Korea.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, South Korea's Constitutional Court struck down a contentious law that criminalised the sending of anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets, calling it an excessive restriction on free speech.<\/p>\n<p>\"From Pyongyang's perspective, this is a tit-for-tat and even restrained action to get Seoul to stop anti-Kim regime leaflets from being sent North.\" <\/p>\n<p>However, it will be difficult for democratic South Korea to comply, given ongoing legal disputes over the freedom of citizens and NGOs to send information into North Korea,\" said Leif-Eric Easley, a professor at Ewha University in Seoul.<\/p>\n<p>\"The immediate danger of military escalation is not high,\" he said, \"but recent developments show how sensitive and potentially vulnerable the Kim regime is to information operations.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1717160595,"updatedAt":1717164736,"publishedAt":1717163919,"firstPublishedAt":1717163923,"lastPublishedAt":1717163919,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Jeonbuk Fire Headquarters via AP","altText":"Balloons with trash presumably sent by North Korea, hang on electric wires as soldiers stand guard in Muju, South Korea.","callToActionText":null,"width":3000,"caption":"Balloons with trash presumably sent by North Korea, hang on electric wires as soldiers stand guard in Muju, South 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UK HOUTHI","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"UK and US strike Houthi rebel targets in Yemen after surge in shipping attacks","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"UK and US strike Houthis in Yemen after surge in shipping attacks","titleListing2":"US and UK strike Houthi rebel targets in Yemen after surge in shipping attacks","leadin":"According to Houthi officials, the airstrikes killed at least 16 people and wounded 35.","summary":"According to Houthi officials, the airstrikes killed at least 16 people and wounded 35.","keySentence":"","url":"us-and-uk-strike-houthi-rebel-targets-in-yemen-after-surge-in-shipping-attacks","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/05\/31\/us-and-uk-strike-houthi-rebel-targets-in-yemen-after-surge-in-shipping-attacks","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The UK and the US struck 13 Houthi targets in several locations in Yemen on Thursday in response to a recent surge in attacks by the Iran-backed militia group on ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, three US officials said.\n\nThe Houthi rebels said the airstrikes killed at least 16 people and wounded 35.\n\nAmerican and British fighter jets and US ships hit a wide range of underground facilities, missile launchers, command and control sites, a Houthi vessel and other facilities, according to US sources.\n\nThe officials spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity to provide early details of an ongoing military operation.\n\nAlso struck were eight uncrewed aerial vehicles in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen that were determined to present a threat to coalition forces.\n\n\u201cWe confirm this brutal aggression against Yemen as punishment for its position in support of Gaza, in support of Israel to continue its crimes of genocide against the wounded, besieged and steadfast Gaza Strip,\u201d Houthi spokesman Mohammed Abdulsalam wrote on the social platform X.\n\nThe strikes came a day after a US drone went down in Yemen. The Houthis released footage they said showed the aircraft being targeted with a surface-to-air missile in a desert region of Yemen\u2019s central Marib province. It was the third such downing in May.\n\nAlso earlier this week, missile attacks twice damaged a Marshall Islands-flagged, Greek-owned ship in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen. The Houthis have claimed responsibility for the attack.\n\nThursday's attack is the fifth the UK and US militaries have conducted jointly against the Houthis since 12 January. The US also has been carrying out almost daily strikes to take out Houthi targets, including incoming missiles and drones aimed at ships, as well as weapons that were prepared to launch.\n\nIn recent months, the Houthis have stepped up attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, demanding that Israel end the war in Gaza, which has killed more than 36,000 Palestinians.\n\nThe Houthis have launched more than 50 attacks on shipping, seized one vessel and sunk another since November, according to the US Maritime Administration.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The UK and the US struck 13 Houthi targets in several locations in Yemen on Thursday in response to a recent surge in attacks by the Iran-backed militia group on ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, three US officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The Houthi rebels said the airstrikes killed at least 16 people and wounded 35.<\/p>\n<p>American and British fighter jets and US ships hit a wide range of underground facilities, missile launchers, command and control sites, a Houthi vessel and other facilities, according to US sources.<\/p>\n<p>The officials spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity to provide early details of an ongoing military operation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//47//11//00//808x539_cmsv2_a6ca9f7a-08eb-5eab-8299-ccaff105d65e-8471100.jpg/" alt=\"A Houthi soldier stands alert on board of the Israeli Galaxy ship which was seized by the Houthis, in the port of Saleef, near Hodeidah, Yemen, Sunday, May. 12, 2024. \" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/47\/11\/00\/384x256_cmsv2_a6ca9f7a-08eb-5eab-8299-ccaff105d65e-8471100.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/47\/11\/00\/640x427_cmsv2_a6ca9f7a-08eb-5eab-8299-ccaff105d65e-8471100.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/47\/11\/00\/750x500_cmsv2_a6ca9f7a-08eb-5eab-8299-ccaff105d65e-8471100.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/47\/11\/00\/828x552_cmsv2_a6ca9f7a-08eb-5eab-8299-ccaff105d65e-8471100.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/47\/11\/00\/1080x720_cmsv2_a6ca9f7a-08eb-5eab-8299-ccaff105d65e-8471100.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/47\/11\/00\/1200x800_cmsv2_a6ca9f7a-08eb-5eab-8299-ccaff105d65e-8471100.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/47\/11\/00\/1920x1281_cmsv2_a6ca9f7a-08eb-5eab-8299-ccaff105d65e-8471100.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A Houthi soldier stands alert on board of the Israeli Galaxy ship which was seized by the Houthis, in the port of Saleef, near Hodeidah, Yemen, Sunday, May. 12, 2024. <\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Also struck were eight uncrewed aerial vehicles in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen that were determined to present a threat to coalition forces.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe confirm this brutal aggression against Yemen as punishment for its position in support of Gaza, in support of Israel to continue its crimes of genocide against the wounded, besieged and steadfast Gaza Strip,\u201d Houthi spokesman Mohammed Abdulsalam <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////x.com//abdusalamsalah//status//1796438462377455940/">wrote on the social platform X<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The strikes came a day after a US drone went down in Yemen. The Houthis released footage they said showed the aircraft being targeted with a surface-to-air missile in a desert region of Yemen\u2019s central Marib province. It was the third such downing in May.<\/p>\n<p>Also earlier this week, missile attacks twice damaged a Marshall Islands-flagged, Greek-owned ship in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen. The Houthis have claimed responsibility for the attack.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8174594,8196174\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//01//23//who-are-yemens-houthi-rebels-who-are-attacking-red-sea-ships/">Who are Yemen\u2019s Houthi rebels who are attacking Red Sea ships?<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//01//25//the-houthis-are-the-epitome-of-21st-century-non-state-actors/">The Houthis are the epitome of 21st-century non-state actors<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Thursday's attack is the fifth the UK and US militaries have conducted jointly against the Houthis since 12 January. 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I'm not going to categorise it, into one box or another. This is obviously a very dynamic and fluid situation. We're going to continue to consult with our partners in Israel and engage on these issues,\" said State Department Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel.\n\nMeanwhile, families continue to stream out of Rafah in search of safer areas elsewhere in the enclave. The UN estimates that around 900,000 people have fled the city since the start of Israel\u2019s 'limited' military operation.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Palestinians in Gaza's Jabaliya refugee camp have been left to search through the rubble, trying to retrieve their belongings after the Israeli military withdrew from the area following a three-week operation.<\/p>\n<p>Gaza's largest refugee camp, once home to more than 100,000 people, has been all but destroyed in an IDF mission to root out Hamas cells.<\/p>\n<p>The health ministry in Gaza says 53 Palestinians were killed and 357 others wounded in fighting across the strip in the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry says the total death toll in Gaza since 7 October now stands at 36,224, although officials don't distinguish between civilians and combatants.<\/p>\n<p>Aid was airdropped into Gaza again on Thursday, with people rushing to landing areas to try to access food and other supplies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//47//04//62//808x539_cmsv2_e31310fd-6ea9-5bff-ab55-861005e71a49-8470462.jpg/" alt=\"An aircraft airdrops humanitarian aid over Khan Younis, May 30, 2024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/47\/04\/62\/384x256_cmsv2_e31310fd-6ea9-5bff-ab55-861005e71a49-8470462.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/47\/04\/62\/640x427_cmsv2_e31310fd-6ea9-5bff-ab55-861005e71a49-8470462.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/47\/04\/62\/750x500_cmsv2_e31310fd-6ea9-5bff-ab55-861005e71a49-8470462.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/47\/04\/62\/828x552_cmsv2_e31310fd-6ea9-5bff-ab55-861005e71a49-8470462.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/47\/04\/62\/1080x720_cmsv2_e31310fd-6ea9-5bff-ab55-861005e71a49-8470462.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/47\/04\/62\/1200x800_cmsv2_e31310fd-6ea9-5bff-ab55-861005e71a49-8470462.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/47\/04\/62\/1920x1280_cmsv2_e31310fd-6ea9-5bff-ab55-861005e71a49-8470462.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">An aircraft airdrops humanitarian aid over Khan Younis, May 30, 2024<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Abdel Kareem Hana\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>At a press conference in New York, the UN Secretary General\u2019s spokesperson, St\u00e9phane Dujarric, said he had several humanitarian updates, \"none of them good\".<\/p>\n<p>\"Intensifying hostilities and severe access constraints continue to impede aid operations in Gaza at a time when hundreds of thousands of people need life-saving aid,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>\"Humanitarian workers face movement restrictions, including to border areas and repeated denials of access and delays.\"<\/p>\n<p>But the Biden administration insists that Israel's military action in Rafah is not the major operation officials have been threatening for weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\"We have been clear about what this isn't, which is not a major military operation. I'm not going to categorise it, into one box or another. This is obviously a very dynamic and fluid situation. 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Add to that LiquidCool Technology 4.0 with IceLoop, a CrystalRes 120Hz Flow AMOLED display, and 50MP camera system with OIS and 20MP front with AON.\n\nAccording to Ng, these features enable smoother gameplay and instant touch accuracy with higher control and faster screen response speeds, while AI capabilities give more detailed and realistic visual effects for action role-playing games.\u00a0\n\nIn a short video address, Enrico Salvatori, Senior VP and President of Qualcomm Europe, said: \u201cThe power of F6 is a gateway to a world of limitless possibilities\u2026 not just about capturing memories, it\u2019s about enhancing users\u2019 everyday life.\u201d\n\nThe executive said Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 \u201cinfuses intelligence\u201d into every moment, making the\u00a0smartphone\u00a0\u201can AI power house, AI assistant that can understand your needs, and help you stay productive\u201d.\n\n\u201cWhen it is time to be entertained, Snapdragon 8s fuels an AMOLED display to captivate users from razor sharp resolution and smooth graphic or mobile games to flawless streaming of your favourite movies,\u201d he said.\n\nAll that action can generate heat, so the F6\u2019s\u00a0LiquidCool\u00a0technology 4.0 allows continued top performance during long gaming sessions.\u00a0\n\n\u201cAnd because our smartphone is our companion, the user needs a battery that can keep up,\u201d continued Salvatori. \u201cThe Snapdragon 8 platform offers incredible performance and power savings. 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He goes on to outline the BIMC\u2019s mission to preserve and promote this diversity through education and global projects aimed at fostering intercultural and interreligious dialogue. <\/p>\n<p>The centre operates internationally with nine branches worldwide and has seen multiculturalism courses adopted at all Azerbaijani universities, as well as at 26 universities globally. These efforts are part of broader initiatives to counter global trends like Islamophobia, antisemitism, and extremism. The BIMC organised the \u201cEmbracing Diversity: Tackling Islamophobia in 2024\u201d conference in March 2024. <\/p>\n<p>Hasanov highlights the importance of peaceful coexistence and mutual respect among communities, noting that Azerbaijan successfully implements policies that allow all citizens to maintain their cultural identities and celebrate their traditions together. He says this is exemplified by interfaith participation in various religious celebrations. 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As the planet grows warmer, we face more frequent outbreaks of infectious disease, and, as our societies get older, we are increasingly burdened by chronic disease. While tackling these new problems, we continue to grapple with persisting ones such as access, equity and overstretched services.\n\nLuckily, deep tech is stepping in with some answers.\n\nThe future of health is here\n\nOptimism for the future of healthcare was alive and well at the inaugural Abu Dhabi Global Healthcare Week this month, as a futuristic scene of sleek robotics, VR booths and precision tool demonstrations wowed attending health leaders, investors and policymakers.\n\n\u201cHealthcare is undergoing a major transformation as we speak.\u201d Raymond Fryrear II, Global Head of Digital Solutions at Johnson & Johnson told us at the event. \u201c[But] it\u2019s going to take a mind shift to how we've thought about innovation in the past.\u201d \n\n\u201cMoving from reactive healthcare to preventative health management requires biology and technology to come together to create smarter technology tools, less invasive procedures and more personalised approaches.\u201d\n\nBelow we outline some of the most exciting smart technologies discussed at Abu Dhabi Global Healthcare Week and how they\u2019re helping solve the biggest problems in health.\n\n1. AI\/deep learning\n\nOrchestrating internet algorithms, streamlining manufacturing and automating no end of services, artificial intelligence is fast changing the way the world works.\n\nWithin healthcare, the use of deep-learning algorithms and Large Language Models (LLMs) is becoming more and more widespread, helping scientists, technicians and healthcare professionals unpack their patient data and search for solutions to even the most complex of problems. \n\nEstablished companies such as Johnson & Johnson were joined by early stage startups and academic enterprises at the cutting-edge of healthcare AI, showcasing their latest developments to investors, policymakers and business leaders at Abu Dhabi Global Healthcare Week. \n\nAmong them was personalised medicine app Fava Health, whose co-founder Videha Sharma, Clinical Innovation Lead for the University of Manchester\u2019s Pankhurst Institute for Health Technology, was a guest speaker. \u201cIt's about making medicines safer and avoiding adverse events, but it\u2019s also about making them more effective,\u201d he said on the event\u2019s HealthBeats podcast.\n\nFurther applications of AI include enhancing diagnostic accuracy, personalising treatment plans, and improving patient outcomes through data-driven insights. \n\nAt the University of Virginia in the US, AI is being used to help identify drugs that minimise scarring while researchers at Imperial College London are rolling out AI-powered stethoscopes to GPs across the country. On the industry side, ventures are pushing into exclusively AI-led services, such as Qure.ai, a global healthcare AI built to enable the early detection of lung cancer. \n\nWe also discussed the revolutionary intersection of AI and genetics with Dr. Alireza Haghighi, Founding Director of the Harvard International Center for Genetic Disease. \u201cAI has significantly helped us to better understand genomic information and helps us to devise new diagnostic, preventive and therapeutic strategies or interventions.\u201d See number five for more details.\n\n2. Mixed reality and wearables\n\nTying AI in with other technologies such as mixed reality can also help bring greater equity to healthcare users. \u201cWe've heard a lot about artificial intelligence; about big datasets and classification systems. But now we\u2019re starting to move into the second phase, which is the generative side,\u201d J&J\u2019s Fryrear told us on the ground.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019re seeing biometrics, immersive environments and wearables being used. When we start pulling all this together, we enhance the patient experience, the provider experience and we increase productivity. If we can do this, we can bring down costs, knock down geographical and economic barriers, and open up access across the world.\u201d \n\nImmersive technologies are transforming how patients access care, such as mental health therapy through Oregon Reality Lab, but also, how medical professionals are trained and operate. US-based Immersive medical training platform HintVR is a leading example of how clinicians will be trained in the future.\n\n\u201cAt a high level, wearables and mixed reality allow you to have a more immersive experience disconnected from geographical location,\u201d Fryrear said. \u201cVR breaks down those past barriers, without losing the immersiveness. The newer technology can put you both in the same room, even though physically you are [apart].\u201d\n\nLeaders in immersive therapeutics were present at Abu Dhabi Healthcare Week, including Co-Founder and CEO of AppliedVR, Matthew Stoudt, who spoke at the event about how VR is changing the game in chronic pain management.\n\n3. Robotics\n\nTrained on the deep-learning algorithms already mentioned, robotics have increasing power in the medical world. \n\nService robots such as the Camello+ robot built by Singaporean company OTSAW, are busy automating hospital duties while robotic biobanks are becoming the smart way to secure biological samples and advance medical research. \n\nRobotics can also bring about more effective treatments in the most unexpected of ways. \n\n\u201cWe have a platform called Monarch which is a flexible robotic system designed to help us analyse potential cancer lesions to be able to intervene much earlier,\u201d Fryrear told us about Johnson & Johnson\u2019s latest robotics innovation. \u201cIt enables us to diagnose and treat, often in the same setting, so it's cost efficient.\u201d\n\nIt seems that the most groundbreaking innovations will be a synchronous blend of all these new technologies; robotics, wearables, AI and AR. \u201cFrom a medtech standpoint, we believe innovation is going to have a multifaceted approach.\u201d Fryrear told us.\n\n\u201cWhen we think about it through a surgeon\u2019s lens, it's really about how we provide more advancements in terms of in-situ diagnostics and data driven insights in an effort to get more intuitive technologies or tools to use during surgery and more personalised care,\u201d he explained.\n\n4. App technology\/ telehealth services\n\nThe smartphone revolution has made personalised healthcare a reality for millions, going some way in democratising healthcare access across the globe.\n\nTelehealth services, supported by wearable technology and Clinical LLMs that give automated health advice, are booming. During the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth quickly became a shining example for how to better deal with infectious outbreaks, ensuring risk-free healthcare services for all those who needed it. \n\nBy 2025, the telehealth sector is estimated to be worth $520.8 billion worldwide, with leaders such as US-based Hims & Hers which offers remote weight loss and mental health services. UAE field leader, Alma Health, was one of a handful of telehealth operators showcasing its patient-centred model at Abu Dhabi Global Healthcare Week.\n\nBy breaking down geographical barriers, and improving access to quality care among vulnerable communities and in remote areas, telemedicine is revolutionising the approach to healthcare management while also tackling long-standing challenges of global equity and access.\n\n5. Cell and gene therapies (and their automation)\n\nBeyond what is generally thought of as deep tech, burgeoning biotechnologies go deeper still. Enhanced understanding of genetics and genomics, combined with data-driven technologies, is radically transforming how we diagnose, treat and prevent illness.\n\nExamples include CARVYKTI which utilises immune system responses to fight cancers and CRISPR Therapies which uses gene editing to cure rare blood disorders such as sickle cell disease. Meanwhile, Berkeley start-up Profluent recently released the world\u2019s first open-source, AI-generated gene editor, in an effort to automate the development of CRISPR medicines and speed up innovations that tackle a range of diseases.\n\nDr. Alireza Haghighi talked to us about how the Harvard International Center for Genetic Disease is driving forward genetic innovation. \u201cOur aim is to enhance genomic medicine and live science globally, through partnerships with governments, academic institutions and industry leaders,\u201d Dr. Haghighi told us. \u201cWe analyse data from populations around the world, in order to make discoveries and develop new preventive and diagnostic opportunities in medicine.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe science and the research of genetics and genomics is well ahead of the clinical applications. This is cutting-edge science, and you need infrastructure to be able to implement the findings. So, we work with governments to help them establish their infrastructure.\u201d\n\nFor more on this topic, see our article: From genomics to big data: the evolution of precision healthcare. \n\nThe future of deep health\n\nWhile issues of equity and accessibility won\u2019t disappear overnight, it\u2019s clear that deep-tech technology has potential to put power back in patients\u2019 hands all while furthering medical progress.\n\n\u201cIt is in everyone's interests that we create equitable healthcare outcomes,\u201d Tony O Elumelu, Chairman of the United Bank for Africa Group, and Founder, Tony Elumelu Foundation, told us when asked about the role of platforms such as Abu Dhabi Global Healthcare Week.\n\n\u201cWhen opportunities like this come, for policymakers, healthcare practitioners, philanthropists and the private sector to work together to formulate or restrategise on the health-for-all agenda, they should be welcomed by everyone.\u201d\n\nThis sentiment was supported by Dr. Haghighi of the Harvard International Center for Genetic Disease. \u201cIf we want to make any advances in medicine, with the ultimate aim of making people healthier,\u201d he concluded. \u201cIt's not possible to neglect one part of [the world]. We believe that, without global collaboration, it's not possible to promote health globally.\u201d\n\nA key role of Abu Dhabi Global Healthcare Week is to enable this collaboration, by exposing healthtech innovators to potential partners, including foundations and development agencies, as well as traditional industry. This year\u2019s inaugural event marked an important milestone for the global healthcare community, empowering all players to tackle the healthcare challenges of today, yesterday and tomorrow, as one.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Radiography, electrocardiograms, penicillin; medical technologies are among humanity\u2019s best innovations saving countless lives over the last century.<\/p>\n<p>Despite historic breakthroughs, technology is having to constantly evolve to confront humanity\u2019s latest challenges. As the planet grows warmer, we face more frequent outbreaks of infectious disease, and, as our societies get older, we are increasingly burdened by chronic disease. While tackling these new problems, we continue to grapple with persisting ones such as access, equity and overstretched services.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, deep tech is stepping in with some answers.<\/p>\n<h2>The future of health is here<\/h2><p>Optimism for the future of healthcare was alive and well at the inaugural Abu Dhabi Global Healthcare Week this month, as a futuristic scene of sleek robotics, VR booths and precision tool demonstrations wowed attending health leaders, investors and policymakers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHealthcare is undergoing a major transformation as we speak.\u201d Raymond Fryrear II, Global Head of Digital Solutions at Johnson & Johnson told us at the event. \u201c[But] it\u2019s going to take a mind shift to how we've thought about innovation in the past.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMoving from reactive healthcare to preventative health management requires biology and technology to come together to create smarter technology tools, less invasive procedures and more personalised approaches.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Below we outline some of the most exciting smart technologies discussed at Abu Dhabi Global Healthcare Week and how they\u2019re helping solve the biggest problems in health.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665714285714286\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//46//70//06//808x539_cmsv2_36e7992c-e142-5433-aa89-27bed43be90f-8467006.jpg/" alt=\"\u00a9\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/70\/06\/384x256_cmsv2_36e7992c-e142-5433-aa89-27bed43be90f-8467006.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/70\/06\/640x427_cmsv2_36e7992c-e142-5433-aa89-27bed43be90f-8467006.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/70\/06\/750x500_cmsv2_36e7992c-e142-5433-aa89-27bed43be90f-8467006.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/70\/06\/828x552_cmsv2_36e7992c-e142-5433-aa89-27bed43be90f-8467006.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/70\/06\/1080x720_cmsv2_36e7992c-e142-5433-aa89-27bed43be90f-8467006.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/70\/06\/1200x800_cmsv2_36e7992c-e142-5433-aa89-27bed43be90f-8467006.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/70\/06\/1920x1280_cmsv2_36e7992c-e142-5433-aa89-27bed43be90f-8467006.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">\u00a9<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Getty Images<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>1. AI\/deep learning<\/h2><p>Orchestrating internet algorithms, streamlining manufacturing and automating no end of services, artificial intelligence is fast changing the way the world works.<\/p>\n<p>Within healthcare, the use of deep-learning algorithms and Large Language Models (LLMs) is becoming more and more widespread, helping scientists, technicians and healthcare professionals unpack their patient data and search for solutions to even the most complex of problems. <\/p>\n<p>Established companies such as Johnson & Johnson were joined by early stage startups and academic enterprises at the cutting-edge of healthcare AI, showcasing their latest developments to investors, policymakers and business leaders at Abu Dhabi Global Healthcare Week. <\/p>\n<p>Among them was personalised medicine app Fava Health, whose co-founder Videha Sharma, Clinical Innovation Lead for the University of Manchester\u2019s Pankhurst Institute for Health Technology, was a guest speaker. \u201cIt's about making medicines safer and avoiding adverse events, but it\u2019s also about making them more effective,\u201d he said on the event\u2019s <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.adghw.com//healthbeats-podcast//listen-watch//2024//january//precision-medicine-from-hype-to-reality///">HealthBeats podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Further applications of AI include enhancing diagnostic accuracy, personalising treatment plans, and improving patient outcomes through data-driven insights. <\/p>\n<p>At the University of Virginia in the US, AI is being used to help <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////news.med.virginia.edu//research//uva-uses-machine-learning-to-identify-promising-heart-repair-drug//?utm_source=Twitter&&utm_medium=Social&&utm_term=&&utm_content=&&utm_campaign=InTheNews\%22>identify drugs that minimise scarring<\/a> while researchers at Imperial College London are rolling out <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.imperial.ac.uk//news//249316//ai-stethoscope-rolled-100-gp-clinics///">AI-powered stethoscopes to GPs<\/a> across the country. On the industry side, ventures are pushing into exclusively AI-led services, such as <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////Qure.ai/">Qure.ai, a global healthcare AI built to enable the early detection of lung cancer. <\/p>\n<p>We also discussed the revolutionary intersection of AI and genetics with Dr. Alireza Haghighi, Founding Director of the Harvard International Center for Genetic Disease. \u201cAI has significantly helped us to better understand genomic information and helps us to devise new diagnostic, preventive and therapeutic strategies or interventions.\u201d See number five for more details.<\/p>\n<h2>2. Mixed reality and wearables<\/h2><p>Tying AI in with other technologies such as mixed reality can also help bring greater equity to healthcare users. \u201cWe've heard a lot about artificial intelligence; about big datasets and classification systems. But now we\u2019re starting to move into the second phase, which is the generative side,\u201d J&J\u2019s Fryrear told us on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re seeing biometrics, immersive environments and wearables being used. When we start pulling all this together, we enhance the patient experience, the provider experience and we increase productivity. If we can do this, we can bring down costs, knock down geographical and economic barriers, and open up access across the world.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Immersive technologies are transforming how patients access care, such as mental health therapy through <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.oregonrealitylab.com///">Oregon Reality Lab<\/a>, but also, how medical professionals are trained and operate. US-based Immersive medical training platform <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.8chili.com///">HintVR is a leading example of how clinicians will be trained in the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt a high level, wearables and mixed reality allow you to have a more immersive experience disconnected from geographical location,\u201d Fryrear said. \u201cVR breaks down those past barriers, without losing the immersiveness. The newer technology can put you both in the same room, even though physically you are [apart].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leaders in immersive therapeutics were present at Abu Dhabi Healthcare Week, including Co-Founder and CEO of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.appliedvr.io///">AppliedVR, Matthew Stoudt, who spoke at the event about how VR is changing the game in chronic pain management.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6814545454545454\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//46//70//06//808x550_cmsv2_400a22e0-8447-503b-84b3-19ed90e48a52-8467006.jpg/" alt=\"\u00a9\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/70\/06\/384x262_cmsv2_400a22e0-8447-503b-84b3-19ed90e48a52-8467006.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/70\/06\/640x436_cmsv2_400a22e0-8447-503b-84b3-19ed90e48a52-8467006.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/70\/06\/750x511_cmsv2_400a22e0-8447-503b-84b3-19ed90e48a52-8467006.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/70\/06\/828x564_cmsv2_400a22e0-8447-503b-84b3-19ed90e48a52-8467006.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/70\/06\/1080x736_cmsv2_400a22e0-8447-503b-84b3-19ed90e48a52-8467006.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/70\/06\/1200x818_cmsv2_400a22e0-8447-503b-84b3-19ed90e48a52-8467006.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/70\/06\/1920x1308_cmsv2_400a22e0-8447-503b-84b3-19ed90e48a52-8467006.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">\u00a9<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Getty Images<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>3. Robotics<\/h2><p>Trained on the deep-learning algorithms already mentioned, robotics have increasing power in the medical world. <\/p>\n<p>Service robots such as the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////otsaw.com//camelloplus///">Camello+ robot<\/a> built by Singaporean company OTSAW, are busy automating hospital duties while <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.biobanking.com//biobanks-a-platform-for-modern-biomedical-research///">robotic biobanks<\/a> are becoming the smart way to secure biological samples and advance medical research. <\/p>\n<p>Robotics can also bring about more effective treatments in the most unexpected of ways. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a platform called Monarch which is a flexible robotic system designed to help us analyse potential cancer lesions to be able to intervene much earlier,\u201d Fryrear told us about Johnson & Johnson\u2019s latest robotics innovation. \u201cIt enables us to diagnose and treat, often in the same setting, so it's cost efficient.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It seems that the most groundbreaking innovations will be a synchronous blend of all these new technologies; robotics, wearables, AI and AR. \u201cFrom a medtech standpoint, we believe innovation is going to have a multifaceted approach.\u201d Fryrear told us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we think about it through a surgeon\u2019s lens, it's really about how we provide more advancements in terms of in-situ diagnostics and data driven insights in an effort to get more intuitive technologies or tools to use during surgery and more personalised care,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<h2>4. App technology\/ telehealth services<\/h2><p>The smartphone revolution has made personalised healthcare a reality for millions, going some way in democratising healthcare access across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>Telehealth services, supported by wearable technology and Clinical LLMs that give automated health advice, are booming. During the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth quickly became a shining example for how to better deal with infectious outbreaks, ensuring risk-free healthcare services for all those who needed it. <\/p>\n<p>By 2025, the telehealth sector is estimated to be worth $520.8 billion worldwide, with leaders such as US-based <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.hims.com//blog//hims-hers-a-model-for-better-care-through-patient-engagement-and-telemedicine/">Hims & Hers<\/a> which offers remote weight loss and mental health services. UAE field leader, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////almahealth.io///">Alma Health<\/a>, was one of a handful of telehealth operators showcasing its patient-centred model at Abu Dhabi Global Healthcare Week.<\/p>\n<p>By breaking down geographical barriers, and improving access to quality care among vulnerable communities and in remote areas, telemedicine is revolutionising the approach to healthcare management while also tackling long-standing challenges of global equity and access.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6673333333333333\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//46//70//06//808x539_cmsv2_a8808bd7-a1b4-5e27-afd1-479add4d6e70-8467006.jpg/" alt=\"\u00a9\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/70\/06\/384x256_cmsv2_a8808bd7-a1b4-5e27-afd1-479add4d6e70-8467006.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/70\/06\/640x427_cmsv2_a8808bd7-a1b4-5e27-afd1-479add4d6e70-8467006.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/70\/06\/750x501_cmsv2_a8808bd7-a1b4-5e27-afd1-479add4d6e70-8467006.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/70\/06\/828x553_cmsv2_a8808bd7-a1b4-5e27-afd1-479add4d6e70-8467006.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/70\/06\/1080x721_cmsv2_a8808bd7-a1b4-5e27-afd1-479add4d6e70-8467006.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/70\/06\/1200x801_cmsv2_a8808bd7-a1b4-5e27-afd1-479add4d6e70-8467006.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/70\/06\/1920x1281_cmsv2_a8808bd7-a1b4-5e27-afd1-479add4d6e70-8467006.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">\u00a9<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Getty Images<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>5. Cell and gene therapies (and their automation)<\/h2><p>Beyond what is generally thought of as deep tech, burgeoning biotechnologies go deeper still. Enhanced understanding of genetics and genomics, combined with data-driven technologies, is radically transforming how we diagnose, treat and prevent illness.<\/p>\n<p>Examples include <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.carvykti.com//about-carvykti/">CARVYKTI which utilises immune system responses to fight cancers and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////crisprtx.com///">CRISPR Therapies<\/a> which uses gene editing to cure rare blood disorders such as sickle cell disease. Meanwhile, Berkeley start-up <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////bakarlabs.berkeley.edu//the-search-for-useful-proteins-berkeley-startup-aims-to-turn-generative-ai-into-a-gene-fixing-tool///">Profluent recently released the world\u2019s first open-source, AI-generated gene editor, in an effort to automate the development of CRISPR medicines and speed up innovations that tackle a range of diseases.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Alireza Haghighi talked to us about how the Harvard International Center for Genetic Disease is driving forward genetic innovation. \u201cOur aim is to enhance genomic medicine and live science globally, through partnerships with governments, academic institutions and industry leaders,\u201d Dr. Haghighi told us. \u201cWe analyse data from populations around the world, in order to make discoveries and develop new preventive and diagnostic opportunities in medicine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe science and the research of genetics and genomics is well ahead of the clinical applications. This is cutting-edge science, and you need infrastructure to be able to implement the findings. So, we work with governments to help them establish their infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more on this topic, see our article: <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2024//05//23//from-genomics-to-big-data-the-evolution-of-precision-healthcare/">From genomics to big data: the evolution of precision healthcare<\/a>. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6063936063936064\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//46//70//06//808x490_cmsv2_601cf674-46ea-5d2a-ba6a-a3c79d75f3d2-8467006.jpg/" alt=\"\u00a9\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/70\/06\/384x233_cmsv2_601cf674-46ea-5d2a-ba6a-a3c79d75f3d2-8467006.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/70\/06\/640x388_cmsv2_601cf674-46ea-5d2a-ba6a-a3c79d75f3d2-8467006.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/70\/06\/750x455_cmsv2_601cf674-46ea-5d2a-ba6a-a3c79d75f3d2-8467006.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/70\/06\/828x502_cmsv2_601cf674-46ea-5d2a-ba6a-a3c79d75f3d2-8467006.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/70\/06\/1080x655_cmsv2_601cf674-46ea-5d2a-ba6a-a3c79d75f3d2-8467006.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/70\/06\/1200x728_cmsv2_601cf674-46ea-5d2a-ba6a-a3c79d75f3d2-8467006.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/70\/06\/1920x1164_cmsv2_601cf674-46ea-5d2a-ba6a-a3c79d75f3d2-8467006.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">\u00a9<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Getty Images<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>The future of deep health<\/h2><p>While issues of equity and accessibility won\u2019t disappear overnight, it\u2019s clear that deep-tech technology has potential to put power back in patients\u2019 hands all while furthering medical progress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is in everyone's interests that we create equitable healthcare outcomes,\u201d Tony O Elumelu, Chairman of the United Bank for Africa Group, and Founder, Tony Elumelu Foundation, told us when asked about the role of platforms such as Abu Dhabi Global Healthcare Week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen opportunities like this come, for policymakers, healthcare practitioners, philanthropists and the private sector to work together to formulate or restrategise on the health-for-all agenda, they should be welcomed by everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This sentiment was supported by Dr. Haghighi of the Harvard International Center for Genetic Disease. \u201cIf we want to make any advances in medicine, with the ultimate aim of making people healthier,\u201d he concluded. \u201cIt's not possible to neglect one part of [the world]. We believe that, without global collaboration, it's not possible to promote health globally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A key role of Abu Dhabi Global Healthcare Week is to enable this collaboration, by exposing healthtech innovators to potential partners, including foundations and development agencies, as well as traditional industry. This year\u2019s inaugural event marked an important milestone for the global healthcare community, empowering all players to tackle the healthcare challenges of today, yesterday and tomorrow, as one.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1716992076,"updatedAt":1717070461,"publishedAt":1717070404,"firstPublishedAt":1716993967,"lastPublishedAt":1717070404,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/70\/06\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_b450066d-e09f-5e32-a8d4-be5b5b8eaf3b-8467006.jpg","altText":"\u00a9","caption":"\u00a9","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Getty 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WAR UPDATE","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Israel seizes Egypt-Gaza border area as IDF soldiers killed in West Bank","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Israel seizes Egypt border area as IDF soldiers killed in West Bank","titleListing2":"Gaza update: Israel seizes Egypt border area as IDF soldiers killed in West Bank","leadin":"Updates from Israel's campaign against Hamas in Gaza","summary":"Updates from Israel's campaign against Hamas in Gaza","keySentence":"","url":"car-ramming-attack-in-west-bank-kills-two-soldiers-says-israeli-army","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/05\/30\/car-ramming-attack-in-west-bank-kills-two-soldiers-says-israeli-army","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The Israeli military has said two of its soldiers have been killed in a car-ramming attack in the occupied West Bank. \n\nAccording to the Israel Defence Forces, or IDF, a report was received late on Wednesday about the incident near the Palestinian city of Nablus. The military said the attacker fled the scene and that soldiers had launched a search for him. \n\nOn Thursday, the military said the soldiers who were struck had died and that top military officials conducted an initial inquiry into the attack. \n\nIsraeli Army Radio reported that the attacker had turned himself in to Palestinian security forces, but the report could not immediately be confirmed. \n\nViolence in the West Bank has surged since the war in Gaza began. Israel has been conducting raids into Palestinian cities and towns in the territory to crack down on militant resistance, and the incursions have led to the deaths of more than 500 Palestinians. \n\nMost of the deaths have\u00a0occurred in clashes with the military, but some Palestinians have\u00a0been shot after throwing stones, while others have been killed without being involved in any confrontations. \n\nPalestinian attacks against Israelis have also been on the rise in the territory. \n\nIsrael seizes key area on Gaza-Egypt border \n\nThe IDF said on Wednesday it had seized control of a strategic corridor along Gaza\u2019s border with Egypt to cut off smuggling tunnels as it tries to destroy Hamas. \n\nThe capture of the Philadelphi Corridor could complicate Israel\u2019s relations with Egypt, which has complained about Israel\u2019s advance toward its border. Israel says the corridor is riddled with tunnels that have been used to funnel weapons and other goods to Hamas despite a years-long blockade imposed by Israel and Egypt. \n\nIsrael has also deepened its incursion into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where hundreds of thousands have been seeking shelter from fighting, and where intensifying violence in recent days has killed dozens of Palestinians. \n\nThe IDF said that a fifth brigade \u2013 up to several thousand soldiers \u2013 joined troops operating in the city on Tuesday. \n\nEgypt says any increase in troops in the strategic border area would violate the countries\u2019 1979 peace accord. It already has complained about Israel taking over the Rafah border crossing, the only crossing between Gaza and Egypt. \n\n\u201cThe Philadelphi Corridor served as the oxygen line of Hamas through which Hamas carried out weapons smuggling into Gaza on a regular basis,\u201d said Israel's military chief spokesperson, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari. \n\nChina pledges more Gaza aid at Sino-Arab summit \n\nChinese President Xi Jinping reiterated calls for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state and promised more humanitarian aid for people in Gaza as he opened a summit with leaders of Arab states on Thursday. \n\n\u201cSince last October, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has escalated drastically, throwing people into tremendous suffering,\u201d Xi said in a speech opening the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum in Beijing. \u201cWar should not continue indefinitely.\u201d \n\nHe restated China\u2019s backing for a two-state solution and pledged 500 million yuan (\u20ac65.1 million) in humanitarian aid for Gaza. He also promised to donate \u20ac2.7 million to a UN agency that provides assistance and relief to refugees of the Israel-Hamas war. \n\nBeijing and the Arab states have backed the Palestinians in the conflict. Israel is facing growing international condemnation after an IDF strike in the southern Gaza city of Rafah killed at least 45 civilians over the weekend. \n\nThe overall Palestinian death toll in the war has surpassed 36,000, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The Israeli military has said two of its soldiers have been killed in a car-ramming attack in the occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Israel Defence Forces, or IDF, a report was received late on Wednesday about the incident near the Palestinian city of Nablus. The military said the attacker fled the scene and that soldiers had launched a search for him.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the military said the soldiers who were struck had died and that top military officials conducted an initial inquiry into the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Army Radio reported that the attacker had turned himself in to Palestinian security forces, but the report could not immediately be confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Violence in the West Bank has surged since the war in Gaza began. Israel has been conducting raids into Palestinian cities and towns in the territory to crack down on militant resistance, and the incursions have led to the deaths of more than 500 Palestinians.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the deaths have\u00a0occurred in clashes with the military, but some Palestinians have\u00a0been shot after throwing stones, while others have been killed without being involved in any confrontations.<\/p>\n<p>Palestinian attacks against Israelis have also been on the rise in the territory.<\/p>\n<h2>Israel seizes key area on Gaza-Egypt border<\/h2><p>The IDF said on Wednesday it had seized control of a strategic corridor along Gaza\u2019s border with Egypt to cut off smuggling tunnels as it tries to destroy Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>The capture of the Philadelphi Corridor could complicate Israel\u2019s relations with Egypt, which has complained about Israel\u2019s advance toward its border. Israel says the corridor is riddled with tunnels that have been used to funnel weapons and other goods to Hamas despite a years-long blockade imposed by Israel and Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>Israel has also deepened its incursion into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where hundreds of thousands have been seeking shelter from fighting, and where intensifying violence in recent days has killed dozens of Palestinians.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//46//79//98//808x539_cmsv2_6b77cfd6-3cef-5bc7-aece-6ffdc18ba0a3-8467998.jpg/" alt=\"An Israeli fighter jet and a drone seen from Rafah, Gaza Strip.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/79\/98\/384x256_cmsv2_6b77cfd6-3cef-5bc7-aece-6ffdc18ba0a3-8467998.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/79\/98\/640x427_cmsv2_6b77cfd6-3cef-5bc7-aece-6ffdc18ba0a3-8467998.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/79\/98\/750x500_cmsv2_6b77cfd6-3cef-5bc7-aece-6ffdc18ba0a3-8467998.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/79\/98\/828x552_cmsv2_6b77cfd6-3cef-5bc7-aece-6ffdc18ba0a3-8467998.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/79\/98\/1080x720_cmsv2_6b77cfd6-3cef-5bc7-aece-6ffdc18ba0a3-8467998.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/79\/98\/1200x800_cmsv2_6b77cfd6-3cef-5bc7-aece-6ffdc18ba0a3-8467998.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/79\/98\/1920x1281_cmsv2_6b77cfd6-3cef-5bc7-aece-6ffdc18ba0a3-8467998.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">An Israeli fighter jet and a drone seen from Rafah, Gaza Strip.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Abdel Kareem Hana\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The IDF said that a fifth brigade \u2013 up to several thousand soldiers \u2013 joined troops operating in the city on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Egypt says any increase in troops in the strategic border area would violate the countries\u2019 1979 peace accord. It already has complained about Israel taking over the Rafah border crossing, the only crossing between Gaza and Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Philadelphi Corridor served as the oxygen line of Hamas through which Hamas carried out weapons smuggling into Gaza on a regular basis,\u201d said Israel's military chief spokesperson, Rear Adm. 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He also promised to donate \u20ac2.7 million to a UN agency that provides assistance and relief to refugees of the Israel-Hamas war.<\/p>\n<p>Beijing and the Arab states have backed the Palestinians in the conflict. Israel is facing growing international condemnation after an IDF strike in the southern Gaza city of Rafah killed at least 45 civilians over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The overall Palestinian death toll in the war has surpassed 36,000, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1717035447,"updatedAt":1717057990,"publishedAt":1717052890,"firstPublishedAt":1717052893,"lastPublishedAt":1717052890,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Amr Nabil\/Copyright 2024 The AP. 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The decision to buy Chinese sovereign bonds should reside with informed investors, Elaine Dezenski and Joshua Birenbaum write.","leadin":"No one is obligated to help China fund its war machine. The decision to buy Chinese sovereign bonds should reside with informed investors, Elaine Dezenski and Joshua Birenbaum write.","summary":"No one is obligated to help China fund its war machine. The decision to buy Chinese sovereign bonds should reside with informed investors, Elaine Dezenski and Joshua Birenbaum write.","keySentence":"","url":"the-bonds-that-bind-our-adversarial-sovereign-bond-habit","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/05\/29\/the-bonds-that-bind-our-adversarial-sovereign-bond-habit","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"In Chinese President Xi Jinping\u2019s recent visit to Serbia, he extolled bonds \u201cforged with blood\u201d between the two countries from NATO\u2019s bombing of Belgrade.\u00a0 \n\nYet, it is concerns over future aggression, not past wars, that have the world focused on China.\u00a0 \n\nThe Biden administration, the US Congress, and other governments have raised alarms about China\u2019s military build-up, arguing that Western investors should not be sending money to Chinese companies that are helping to support the People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA).\u00a0 \n\nAs the UK non-profit Hong Kong Watch explained in a statement before the House of Lords: \u201cChina\u2019s strategy of military-civil fusion ensures that unchecked institutional investment could directly counter Britain\u2019s national security interests if British pensions funds and other major players are funding firms in partnership with the Chinese military.\u201d \n\nDirect investment in private Chinese companies supporting the PLA is a serious risk. Yet a far larger pool of Western investments is flowing directly to the state budget of the People\u2019s Republic of China (PRC) through the purchase of Chinese sovereign bonds, funding whatever the PRC budget may prioritise \u2014 from Chinese battleships and EV subsidies to concentration camps. \n\nHow do sovereign bonds contribute to China's defence spending? \n\nChinese defence spending, which has doubled since 2015, is paid for from the state budget, which is, in turn, funded by numerous sources, including the issuance of sovereign bonds.\u00a0 \n\nThose bonds are often passively purchased by global investors based upon their default inclusion in funds that follow key benchmarks, sending vast quantities of money to China with little oversight or awareness of China\u2019s military benefits. \n\nChinese sovereign bonds are bought by major institutional investors and individual mutual fund owners alike. These investors are rarely making an intentional choice to invest in China.\u00a0Rather, huge swaths of the market passively base their portfolio composition on aggregated benchmarks.\u00a0 \n\nThe default options on many retirement plans, for instance, are target date plans based upon predetermined mixes from established indexes \u2014 one of the risks of what The Wall Street Journal has described as \u201cretirement funds on autopilot\u201d. Indeed, one of the purported benefits of so-called \u201cpassive investing\u201d \u2014 which now makes up the majority of the market \u2014 is its strict adherence to the benchmarks. \n\nUntil relatively recently, China\u2019s sovereign bonds were excluded from the global indexes. Then, starting in 2017, a handful of index providers began adding Chinese government bonds to their bond benchmarks. In 2018, MSCI changed its equities index to include Chinese stocks.\u00a0 \n\nAs The Wall Street Journal noted at the time, \u201cIn 2018, more than $13.9 trillion (\u20ac12.85tr) in investment funds had stock portfolios that mimic the composition of MSCI indexes or used them as performance yardsticks, and nearly all investments by US pension funds in global stocks are benchmarked against MSCI indexes.\u201d \n\nBenchmarks, which are designed to give a representative and diversified slice of the market, have become the unelected arbiters of whether given stocks or bonds are held by all funds that are pegged to the index.\u00a0 \n\nThis decision to add Chinese investments to global benchmarks caused a cascade effect as passive investment funds and others who tied their portfolio to the benchmark followed suit, sending billions of dollars directly to the Chinese state.\u00a0 \n\nFTSE Russell, a global provider of benchmarks, explained the issue this way: \u201cFund managers seeking to match, or outperform, benchmark indexes are therefore obliged to increase the weightings in Chinese bonds.\u201d \n\nWhat is the role of index providers in all of this? \n\nIndex providers are for-profit companies, with those profits inextricably linked to the decision of what to include in the benchmarks.\u00a0 \n\nWhen MSCI, one of the world\u2019s largest index providers, initially resisted adding Chinese stocks to its benchmark, Beijing threatened to cut off MSCI\u2019s access to critical pricing data in a move described as \u201cbusiness blackmail.\u201d MSCI relented and included the Chinese stocks. \n\nIndex providers aren\u2019t motivated only by threats. Bloomberg, Citigroup, and others garnered benefits for adding Chinese bonds to their benchmarks, including receiving a bond settlement license from China.\u00a0 \n\nThat pivot, made on behalf of millions of investors, fundamentally realigned capital toward authoritarian regimes.\u00a0As The New York Times said at the time about Citigroup\u2019s decision to lead the pack into the Chinese sovereign bond market, \u201cThat is a propaganda victory for Beijing, which has struggled to entice foreign investors. For Citigroup, it is a relatively low-risk diplomatic win.\u201d \n\nWhen Bloomberg and other companies added Chinese bonds to their indexes, it was estimated that Chinese securities would account for just over 5% of Bloomberg\u2019s $53tr (\u20ac49tr) Global Aggregates bond index, but those numbers have substantially increased since then.\u00a0 \n\nToday, the Bloomberg index allocates nearly 10% of its $65 trillion Global Aggregates benchmark to Chinese bonds. \n\nNo one is obligated to fund Beijing's war machine \n\nThe adversarial bond issue is a market problem with market solutions. Numerous indexes already exclude Chinese bonds (called \u201cex-China\u201d indexes), but those are limited products that are marketed to clients who must proactively direct their fund managers to include them. Rather, ex-China benchmarks should be the default. \n\nClients could be permitted, consistent with sanctions and other restrictions, to add those bonds in, but passive investment flows should not be blindly directed to adversarial regimes. Similarly, default options for retirement plans and passive investments should not be funnelled to the Chinese war machine. \n\nImproving the hygiene of financial markets is a necessity, starting with a much deeper discussion about how key decisions \u2014 like the inclusion of adversarial bonds in benchmark indexes \u2014 impact investors, the global financial system, and the economic security of democratic governments. \n\nNo one is obligated to help China fund its war machine. The decision to buy Chinese sovereign bonds should reside with informed investors. \n\nElaine Dezenski is Senior Director and Head of the Center on Economic and Financial Power at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD). She was formerly an acting and deputy assistant secretary for policy at the US Department of Homeland Security.\u00a0Joshua Birenbaum is Deputy Director of the Center on Economic and Financial Power at the FDD. \n\nAt Euronews, we believe all views matter. Contact us at view@euronews.com to send pitches or submissions and be part of the conversation. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>In Chinese President Xi Jinping\u2019s recent visit to Serbia, he extolled bonds \u201cforged with blood\u201d between the two countries from NATO\u2019s bombing of Belgrade.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yet, it is concerns over future aggression, not past wars, that have the world focused on China.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration, the US Congress, and other governments have raised alarms about China\u2019s military build-up, arguing that Western investors should not be sending money to Chinese companies that are helping to support the People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As the UK non-profit Hong Kong Watch explained in a statement before the House of Lords: \u201cChina\u2019s strategy of military-civil fusion ensures that unchecked institutional investment could directly counter Britain\u2019s national security interests if British pensions funds and other major players are funding firms in partnership with the Chinese military.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Direct investment in private Chinese companies supporting the PLA is a serious risk. Yet a far larger pool of Western investments is flowing directly to the state budget of the People\u2019s Republic of China (PRC) through the purchase of Chinese sovereign bonds, funding whatever the PRC budget may prioritise \u2014 from Chinese battleships and EV subsidies to concentration camps.<\/p>\n<h2>How do sovereign bonds contribute to China's defence spending?<\/h2><p>Chinese defence spending, which has doubled since 2015, is paid for from the state budget, which is, in turn, funded by numerous sources, including the issuance of sovereign bonds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Those bonds are often passively purchased by global investors based upon their default inclusion in funds that follow key benchmarks, sending vast quantities of money to China with little oversight or awareness of China\u2019s military benefits.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese sovereign bonds are bought by major institutional investors and individual mutual fund owners alike. These investors are rarely making an intentional choice to invest in China.\u00a0Rather, huge swaths of the market passively base their portfolio composition on aggregated benchmarks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The default options on many retirement plans, for instance, are target date plans based upon predetermined mixes from established indexes \u2014 one of the risks of what The Wall Street Journal has described as \u201cretirement funds on autopilot\u201d. Indeed, one of the purported benefits of so-called \u201cpassive investing\u201d \u2014 which now makes up the majority of the market \u2014 is its strict adherence to the benchmarks.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">This decision to add Chinese investments to global benchmarks caused a cascade effect as passive investment funds and others who tied their portfolio to the benchmark followed suit, sending billions of dollars directly to the Chinese state.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//08//73//16//808x539_cmsv2_f085c40f-20ad-5053-8237-8ea60dbe98ef-8087316.jpg/" alt=\"Cyclists take rest against the sunrise skylines in Pudong, China's financial and commercial hub, in Shanghai, November 2023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/08\/73\/16\/384x256_cmsv2_f085c40f-20ad-5053-8237-8ea60dbe98ef-8087316.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/08\/73\/16\/640x427_cmsv2_f085c40f-20ad-5053-8237-8ea60dbe98ef-8087316.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/08\/73\/16\/750x500_cmsv2_f085c40f-20ad-5053-8237-8ea60dbe98ef-8087316.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/08\/73\/16\/828x552_cmsv2_f085c40f-20ad-5053-8237-8ea60dbe98ef-8087316.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/08\/73\/16\/1080x720_cmsv2_f085c40f-20ad-5053-8237-8ea60dbe98ef-8087316.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/08\/73\/16\/1200x800_cmsv2_f085c40f-20ad-5053-8237-8ea60dbe98ef-8087316.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/08\/73\/16\/1920x1281_cmsv2_f085c40f-20ad-5053-8237-8ea60dbe98ef-8087316.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Cyclists take rest against the sunrise skylines in Pudong, China's financial and commercial hub, in Shanghai, November 2023<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Wang Xiang\/Xinhua via AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Until relatively recently, China\u2019s sovereign bonds were excluded from the global indexes. Then, starting in 2017, a handful of index providers began adding Chinese government bonds to their bond benchmarks. In 2018, MSCI changed its equities index to include Chinese stocks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As The Wall Street Journal noted at the time, \u201cIn 2018, more than $13.9 trillion (\u20ac12.85tr) in investment funds had stock portfolios that mimic the composition of MSCI indexes or used them as performance yardsticks, and nearly all investments by US pension funds in global stocks are benchmarked against MSCI indexes.\u201d<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8466430,8424816\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//05//29//imf-upbeat-on-chinas-economic-forecast-but-warns-reforms-still-needed/">IMF upbeat on China's economic forecast but warns reform still needed<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//05//09//is-china-using-hungary-as-bridgehead-in-europe/">Is China using Hungary as its bridgehead in Europe?<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Benchmarks, which are designed to give a representative and diversified slice of the market, have become the unelected arbiters of whether given stocks or bonds are held by all funds that are pegged to the index.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This decision to add Chinese investments to global benchmarks caused a cascade effect as passive investment funds and others who tied their portfolio to the benchmark followed suit, sending billions of dollars directly to the Chinese state.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>FTSE Russell, a global provider of benchmarks, explained the issue this way: \u201cFund managers seeking to match, or outperform, benchmark indexes are therefore obliged to increase the weightings in Chinese bonds.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>What is the role of index providers in all of this?<\/h2><p>Index providers are for-profit companies, with those profits inextricably linked to the decision of what to include in the benchmarks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When MSCI, one of the world\u2019s largest index providers, initially resisted adding Chinese stocks to its benchmark, Beijing threatened to cut off MSCI\u2019s access to critical pricing data in a move described as \u201cbusiness blackmail.\u201d MSCI relented and included the Chinese stocks.<\/p>\n<p>Index providers aren\u2019t motivated only by threats. Bloomberg, Citigroup, and others garnered benefits for adding Chinese bonds to their benchmarks, including receiving a bond settlement license from China.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">Improving the hygiene of financial markets is a necessity, starting with a much deeper discussion about how key decisions ... impact investors, the global financial system, and the economic security of democratic governments.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.662109375\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//46//55//70//808x535_cmsv2_2de01dc1-c053-5503-b84a-5556a6d97b92-8465570.jpg/" alt=\"A soldier fires a weapon during a combat training of the 42nd fleet of the China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy at an unspecified location, January 2023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/55\/70\/384x254_cmsv2_2de01dc1-c053-5503-b84a-5556a6d97b92-8465570.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/55\/70\/640x424_cmsv2_2de01dc1-c053-5503-b84a-5556a6d97b92-8465570.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/55\/70\/750x497_cmsv2_2de01dc1-c053-5503-b84a-5556a6d97b92-8465570.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/55\/70\/828x548_cmsv2_2de01dc1-c053-5503-b84a-5556a6d97b92-8465570.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/55\/70\/1080x715_cmsv2_2de01dc1-c053-5503-b84a-5556a6d97b92-8465570.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/55\/70\/1200x795_cmsv2_2de01dc1-c053-5503-b84a-5556a6d97b92-8465570.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/55\/70\/1920x1271_cmsv2_2de01dc1-c053-5503-b84a-5556a6d97b92-8465570.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A soldier fires a weapon during a combat training of the 42nd fleet of the China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy at an unspecified location, January 2023<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Ma Yubin\/Xinhua via AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>That pivot, made on behalf of millions of investors, fundamentally realigned capital toward authoritarian regimes.\u00a0As The New York Times said at the time about Citigroup\u2019s decision to lead the pack into the Chinese sovereign bond market, \u201cThat is a propaganda victory for Beijing, which has struggled to entice foreign investors. For Citigroup, it is a relatively low-risk diplomatic win.\u201d<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8272800,7973594\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//10//17//cash-corruption-crumbling-dams-thats-chinas-belt-and-road-initiative-10-years-in/">Cash, corruption, crumbling dams \u2014 that's China's Belt and Road Initiative, 10 years in<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//02//28//chinas-belt-and-road-initiative-is-bringing-new-risks-to-europe/">China's Belt and Road Initiative is bringing new risks to Europe<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>When Bloomberg and other companies added Chinese bonds to their indexes, it was estimated that Chinese securities would account for just over 5% of Bloomberg\u2019s $53tr (\u20ac49tr) Global Aggregates bond index, but those numbers have substantially increased since then.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Today, the Bloomberg index allocates nearly 10% of its $65 trillion Global Aggregates benchmark to Chinese bonds.<\/p>\n<h2>No one is obligated to fund Beijing's war machine<\/h2><p>The adversarial bond issue is a market problem with market solutions. Numerous indexes already exclude Chinese bonds (called \u201cex-China\u201d indexes), but those are limited products that are marketed to clients who must proactively direct their fund managers to include them. Rather, ex-China benchmarks should be the default.<\/p>\n<p>Clients could be permitted, consistent with sanctions and other restrictions, to add those bonds in, but passive investment flows should not be blindly directed to adversarial regimes. Similarly, default options for retirement plans and passive investments should not be funnelled to the Chinese war machine.<\/p>\n<p>Improving the hygiene of financial markets is a necessity, starting with a much deeper discussion about how key decisions \u2014 like the inclusion of adversarial bonds in benchmark indexes \u2014 impact investors, the global financial system, and the economic security of democratic governments.<\/p>\n<p>No one is obligated to help China fund its war machine. The decision to buy Chinese sovereign bonds should reside with informed investors.<\/p>\n<p><em>Elaine Dezenski is Senior Director and Head of the Center on Economic and Financial Power at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD). She was formerly an acting and deputy assistant secretary for policy at the US Department of Homeland Security.\u00a0Joshua Birenbaum is Deputy Director of the Center on Economic and Financial Power at the FDD.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>At Euronews, we believe all views matter. Contact us at <a href=https://www.euronews.com/news/\"mailto:view@euronews.com\">view@euronews.com to send pitches or submissions and be part of the conversation.<\/em><\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1716967274,"updatedAt":1717000091,"publishedAt":1717000088,"firstPublishedAt":1717000091,"lastPublishedAt":1717000088,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/55\/70\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_d3958525-5e48-5a60-be1a-d033d37c0ed6-8465570.jpg","altText":"Chinese sailors visit the Chinese People's Liberation Army Naval Museum in Qingdao in eastern China's Shandong province, April 2024","caption":"Chinese sailors visit the Chinese People's Liberation Army Naval Museum in Qingdao in eastern China's Shandong province, April 2024","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP 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India\u2019s capital city records its hottest-ever day as temperatures soar to nearly 50C","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"India\u2019s capital city records its hottest-ever day as temperatures soar to nearly 50C","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Temperatures in Delhi soar to nearly 50C amid brutal heatwave","titleListing2":"India\u2019s capital city records its hottest-ever day as temperatures soar to nearly 50C","leadin":"The intense heat has come with warnings about heatstroke and water rationing in some areas.","summary":"The intense heat has come with warnings about heatstroke and water rationing in some areas.","keySentence":"","url":"indias-capital-city-records-its-hottest-ever-day-as-temperatures-soar-to-nearly-50c","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2024\/05\/29\/indias-capital-city-records-its-hottest-ever-day-as-temperatures-soar-to-nearly-50c","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Temperatures of more than 50C have been recorded in parts of northern and central India. \n\nOn Tuesday, a record-breaking 49.9C was seen in the Mungeshpur and Narela suburbs of the capital city Delhi, breaking the previous high of 49.2C seen in 2022. Some reports suggest that the capital city may have been even hotter on Wednesday afternoon, breaching 50C. \n\nThe India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that temperatures were around 9C higher than expected for this time of year. \n\nNorth Indian states like Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, and Delhi have been gripped by intense heat. On Tuesday, the city of Churu in Rajasthan topped 50.5C. \n\nThe city of Sirsa in Haryana reached 50.3C with energy infrastructure struggling under the load as people attempted to keep cool. In Delhi, electricity department officials also said that increased use of air conditioning has caused energy demand to soar to an all-time high. \n\nAuthorities warn of heatstroke and water shortages\n\nThe IMD has warned that the extreme heat could have an impact on health, particularly for children, the elderly and people with chronic health conditions.\n\nIt warned that there is a \u201cvery high likelihood\u201d for people of all ages to develop heatstroke with particular care needed for people in vulnerable groups. \n\nIn Jaipur, the health department confirmed that there have been four deaths from heatstroke so far. \n\nExtreme heat is also accompanied by severe water shortages with tens of millions of people in India lacking running water. Some areas of Delhi have struggled to access water while others have none at all, according to Atishi Marlena Singh, a senior minister in the city\u2019s government.\n\nThe \u201cacute heatwave\u201d and a lack of water deliveries from the northern state of Haryana mean authorities have had to bring in rationing, she said at a news conference on Wednesday.\n\n\u201cTo address the problem of water scarcity, we have taken a slew of measures such as reducing water supply from twice a day to once a day in many areas,\u201d Atishi said, the Indian Express reported.\n\n\u201cThe water thus saved will be rationed and supplied to the water-deficient areas where supply lasts only 15 to 20 minutes a day,\u201d she added.\n\nThe IMD says heatwave and severe heatwave conditions are likely to gradually reduce from 30 May. \n\nAre heatwaves becoming longer and more intense in India?\n\nThe weather office has said that while India frequently experiences hot humid summers from March to September, it is likely to experience longer and more intense heatwaves this year. \n\nThe country has been suffering under a brutal heatwave for a number of weeks. The states of Rajasthan and Gujarat saw from nine to 12 days of temperatures between 45C and 50C this month. \n\nResearch has found that this heat has become more intense over the last decade because of climate change. The heatwave that hit Asia in April was at least 45 times more likely due to climate change, according to the academic group World Weather Attribution. \n\nClimate experts also say temperatures in the region are around 0.85C hotter on average. One 2023 study from researchers at the University of Cambridge estimates that 24,000 people have died because of heatwaves in India since 1992. They say parts of the country could push the limits of human survivability by 2050. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Temperatures of more than 50C have been recorded in parts of northern and central India. <\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, a record-breaking 49.9C was seen in the Mungeshpur and Narela suburbs of the capital city Delhi, breaking the previous high of 49.2C seen in 2022. Some reports suggest that the capital city may have been even hotter on Wednesday afternoon, breaching 50C. <\/p>\n<p>The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that temperatures were around 9C higher than expected for this time of year. <\/p>\n<p>North Indian states like Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, and Delhi have been gripped by intense heat. On Tuesday, the city of Churu in Rajasthan topped 50.5C. <\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8463284,5819776\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//05//28//mexico-is-so-hot-that-monkeys-birds-and-bats-are-falling-dead-from-trees/">Mexico is so hot that monkeys, birds and bats are falling dead from trees<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//05//24//what-is-a-heat-dome-how-to-cool-down-in-a-heatwave-and-what-s-needed-from-governments/">What is a heat dome? Mexico, Central America and US swelter in extreme temperatures <\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The city of Sirsa in Haryana reached 50.3C with energy infrastructure struggling under the load as people attempted to keep cool. In Delhi, electricity department officials also said that increased use of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//28//air-conditioning-use-has-more-than-doubled-in-europe-since-1990/">air conditioning<\/strong><\/a> has caused energy demand to soar to an all-time high. <\/p>\n<h2>Authorities warn of heatstroke and water shortages<\/h2><p>The IMD has warned that the extreme heat could have an impact on health, particularly for children, the elderly and people with chronic health conditions.<\/p>\n<p>It warned that there is a \u201cvery high likelihood\u201d for people of all ages to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//05//28//pakistan-heatwave-hundreds-treated-for-heatstroke-as-temperatures-soar-to-over-50c/">develop heatstroke<\/strong><\/a> with particular care needed for people in vulnerable groups. <\/p>\n<p>In Jaipur, the health department confirmed that there have been four deaths from heatstroke so far. <\/p>\n<p>Extreme heat is also accompanied by <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//05//29//the-impact-is-enormous-farmers-in-sicily-struggle-to-survive-amid-worst-drought-in-30-year/">severe water shortages<\/strong><\/a> with tens of millions of people in India lacking running water. Some areas of Delhi have struggled to access water while others have none at all, according to Atishi Marlena Singh, a senior minister in the city\u2019s government.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6617154811715481\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//46//67//28//808x535_cmsv2_f4b8f3f5-cdfe-5c97-ad68-d52bad256f36-8466728.jpg/" alt=\"A man covers his face with cloth to protect from the heat as he rides a bicycle through a busy street in Jammu, India.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/67\/28\/384x254_cmsv2_f4b8f3f5-cdfe-5c97-ad68-d52bad256f36-8466728.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/67\/28\/640x423_cmsv2_f4b8f3f5-cdfe-5c97-ad68-d52bad256f36-8466728.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/67\/28\/750x496_cmsv2_f4b8f3f5-cdfe-5c97-ad68-d52bad256f36-8466728.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/67\/28\/828x548_cmsv2_f4b8f3f5-cdfe-5c97-ad68-d52bad256f36-8466728.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/67\/28\/1080x715_cmsv2_f4b8f3f5-cdfe-5c97-ad68-d52bad256f36-8466728.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/67\/28\/1200x794_cmsv2_f4b8f3f5-cdfe-5c97-ad68-d52bad256f36-8466728.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/67\/28\/1920x1270_cmsv2_f4b8f3f5-cdfe-5c97-ad68-d52bad256f36-8466728.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A man covers his face with cloth to protect from the heat as he rides a bicycle through a busy street in Jammu, India.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Channi Anand<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The \u201cacute heatwave\u201d and a lack of water deliveries from the northern state of Haryana mean authorities have had to bring in rationing, she said at a news conference on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo address the problem of water scarcity, we have taken a slew of measures such as reducing water supply from twice a day to once a day in many areas,\u201d Atishi said, the Indian Express reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe water thus saved will be rationed and supplied to the water-deficient areas where supply lasts only 15 to 20 minutes a day,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>The IMD says heatwave and severe heatwave conditions are likely to gradually reduce from 30 May. <\/p>\n<h2>Are heatwaves becoming longer and more intense in India?<\/h2><p>The weather office has said that while India frequently experiences hot humid <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//05//27//hottest-summer-ever-experts-reveal-what-could-be-in-store-for-europe-in-the-next-few-month/">summers from March to September, it is likely to experience longer and more intense heatwaves this year. <\/p>\n<p>The country has been suffering under a brutal heatwave for a number of weeks. The states of Rajasthan and Gujarat saw from nine to 12 days of temperatures between 45C and 50C this month. <\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8464394,8456984\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//05//27//hottest-summer-ever-experts-reveal-what-could-be-in-store-for-europe-in-the-next-few-month/">Hottest summer ever? Experts reveal what could be in store for Europe in the next few months<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//05//28//pakistan-heatwave-hundreds-treated-for-heatstroke-as-temperatures-soar-to-over-50c/">Pakistan heatwave: Hundreds treated for heatstroke as temperatures soar to over 50C<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Research has found that this heat has become <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//05//20//are-indias-heatwaves-getting-worse-with-climate-change-delhi-district-records-478c-heat/">more intense over the last decade because of climate change.<\/strong><\/a> The heatwave that <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//05//03//school-closures-and-health-warnings-south-and-southeast-asia-swelter-under-record-breaking/">hit Asia in April<\/strong><\/a> was at least 45 times more likely due to climate change, according to the academic group World Weather Attribution. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//46//67//28//808x539_cmsv2_2b1c8a92-5bc4-57aa-adc4-5e7f2ddafdb3-8466728.jpg/" alt=\"Workers take refuge beneath a parked truck from the scorching heat, in Guwahati, India.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/67\/28\/384x256_cmsv2_2b1c8a92-5bc4-57aa-adc4-5e7f2ddafdb3-8466728.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/67\/28\/640x427_cmsv2_2b1c8a92-5bc4-57aa-adc4-5e7f2ddafdb3-8466728.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/67\/28\/750x500_cmsv2_2b1c8a92-5bc4-57aa-adc4-5e7f2ddafdb3-8466728.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/67\/28\/828x552_cmsv2_2b1c8a92-5bc4-57aa-adc4-5e7f2ddafdb3-8466728.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/67\/28\/1080x720_cmsv2_2b1c8a92-5bc4-57aa-adc4-5e7f2ddafdb3-8466728.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/67\/28\/1200x800_cmsv2_2b1c8a92-5bc4-57aa-adc4-5e7f2ddafdb3-8466728.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/67\/28\/1920x1281_cmsv2_2b1c8a92-5bc4-57aa-adc4-5e7f2ddafdb3-8466728.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Workers take refuge beneath a parked truck from the scorching heat, in Guwahati, India.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Anupam Nath<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Climate experts also say temperatures in the region are around 0.85C hotter on average. 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The vessel reported being headed to Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates. \n\nCentral Command separately said it destroyed five Houthi drones over the Red Sea amid the attacks. \n\nThe Houthis did not immediately acknowledge the incident, though it can take the rebels hours or even days to claim their assaults. \n\nHouthi attacks continue \n\nThe Houthis have launched attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden in recent months, demanding that Israel ends the war in Gaza, in which more than 36,000 Palestinians have reportedly been killed. \n\nThe rebels have launched more than 50 attacks on shipping, seized one vessel and sunk another since November, according to the United States Maritime Administration. \n\nShipping through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden has declined because of the threat. In recent weeks, the tempo of Houthi attacks has dropped, though the rebels claim to have shot down US surveillance drones. \n\nYemen has been wracked by conflict since the rebels seized the capital, Sanaa, in 2014. A Saudi-led coalition entered the war on the side of Yemen's exiled government in 2015, but the conflict has been stalemated for years as Riyadh tries to reach a peace deal with the Houthis. \n\nSpeaking on Tuesday in Dubai, the prime minister of Yemen's exiled, internationally recognised government urged the world to see past the Houthis' claims that their attacks are purely in support of the Palestinians. \n\n\"The Houthis' exploitation of a very just cause such as the cause of our people in Palestine and what is happening in Gaza is to escape the benefits of peace and lead us to major complications that exist,\" Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak told the Arab Media Forum. \n\n\"Peace is a strategic choice. We must reach peace. The war must stop. This is a must. Our people need security and stability. The region itself needs stability.\" \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Missile attacks twice damaged a Marshall Islands-flagged, Greek-owned ship Tuesday in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen, with a private security firm saying radio traffic suggested the vessel took on water after being struck.<\/p>\n<p>No group claimed responsibility, but suspicion fell on Yemen's Houthi rebels, who have launched a number of attacks targeting ships over Israel's war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<p>The first attack on the bulk carrier Laax happened off the port city of Hodeida in the southern Red Sea, near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait that links it to the Gulf of Aden, according to the UK military's Maritime Trade Operations centre (UKMTO).<\/p>\n<p>The vessel \"sustained damage\" in the assault and later reported an \"impact in the water in close proximity to the vessel,\" the UKMTO said.<\/p>\n<p>\"The crew are reported safe and the vessel is proceeding to its next port of call,\" the center said.<\/p>\n<p>The private security firm Ambrey said the vessel was reported by radio as having \"sustained damage to the cargo hold and was taking on water.\"<\/p>\n<p>Late on Tuesday night, the UKMTO reported the Laax \"sustained further damage\" in a second missile attack near Mokha in the Bab el-Mandeb.<\/p>\n<p>The US military's Central Command also identified the targeted ship as the Laax. The vessel reported being headed to Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n<p>Central Command separately said it destroyed five Houthi drones over the Red Sea amid the attacks.<\/p>\n<p>The Houthis did not immediately acknowledge the incident, though it can take the rebels hours or even days to claim their assaults.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1795599983489524175\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Houthi attacks continue<\/h2><p>The Houthis have launched attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden in recent months, demanding that Israel ends the war in Gaza, in which more than 36,000 Palestinians have reportedly been killed.<\/p>\n<p>The rebels have launched more than 50 attacks on shipping, seized one vessel and sunk another since November, according to the United States Maritime Administration.<\/p>\n<p>Shipping through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden has declined because of the threat. In recent weeks, the tempo of Houthi attacks has dropped, though the rebels claim to have shot down US surveillance drones.<\/p>\n<p>Yemen has been wracked by conflict since the rebels seized the capital, Sanaa, in 2014. A Saudi-led coalition entered the war on the side of Yemen's exiled government in 2015, but the conflict has been stalemated for years as Riyadh tries to reach a peace deal with the Houthis.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8409898,8196174\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//05//01//long-range-houthi-strike-in-arabian-sea-raises-concerns-over-rebel-capabilities/">Long-range Houthi strike in Arabian Sea raises concerns over rebel capabilities<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//01//25//the-houthis-are-the-epitome-of-21st-century-non-state-actors/">The Houthis are the epitome of 21st-century non-state actors<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Speaking on Tuesday in Dubai, the prime minister of Yemen's exiled, internationally recognised government urged the world to see past the Houthis' claims that their attacks are purely in support of the Palestinians.<\/p>\n<p>\"The Houthis' exploitation of a very just cause such as the cause of our people in Palestine and what is happening in Gaza is to escape the benefits of peace and lead us to major complications that exist,\" Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak told the Arab Media Forum.<\/p>\n<p>\"Peace is a strategic choice. We must reach peace. The war must stop. This is a must. Our people need security and stability. The region itself needs stability.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1716962066,"updatedAt":1716986909,"publishedAt":1716986449,"firstPublishedAt":1716986454,"lastPublishedAt":1716986449,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Bernat Armangue","altText":"An MH-60S Seahawk helicopter flies back to the U.S.S. aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower, also known as the 'IKE', in the south Red Sea","callToActionText":null,"width":3994,"caption":"An MH-60S Seahawk helicopter flies back to the U.S.S. aircraft carrier Dwight D. 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All rights reserved.","altText":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1620,"caption":null,"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/53\/86\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_9f8e247f-6219-5526-a0ad-77bd1a1e5bcd-8465386.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":1080}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"urlSafeValue":"yemen","titleRaw":"Yemen","id":304,"title":"Yemen","slug":"yemen"},{"urlSafeValue":"houthis","titleRaw":"Houthis","id":12572,"title":"Houthis","slug":"houthis"},{"urlSafeValue":"israel-hamas-war","titleRaw":"Israel Hamas war","id":29226,"title":"Israel Hamas war","slug":"israel-hamas-war"},{"urlSafeValue":"greece","titleRaw":"Greece","id":128,"title":"Greece","slug":"greece"},{"urlSafeValue":"attack","titleRaw":"Attack","id":7815,"title":"Attack","slug":"attack"},{"urlSafeValue":"sea-transport","titleRaw":"Sea transport","id":11023,"title":"Sea transport","slug":"sea-transport"}],"widgets":[{"count":1,"slug":"twitter"},{"count":1,"slug":"related"}],"related":[{"id":2533562},{"id":2529466},{"id":2528716}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"endDate":0,"startDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":"AP","additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"Euronews","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"world news","online":1,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"urlSafeValue":"news","id":1,"title":"News","slug":"news"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"urlSafeValue":"news","id":"news","title":"World","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"urlSafeValue":"asia","id":12,"title":"Asia"},"country":{"urlSafeValue":"yemen","id":304,"title":"Yemen","url":"\/news\/asia\/yemen"},"town":[],"grapeshot":"'gb_safe_from_high','gs_science','gs_science_geography','gb_death_injury_high_med','gb_death_injury_high_med_low','gb_death_injury_news-ent','gv_military'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"path":"\/2024\/05\/29\/red-sea-ship-hit-by-twin-missile-attacks-off-yemen","lastModified":1716986449},{"id":2552318,"cid":8466430,"versionId":5,"archive":0,"housenumber":"240529_ECSU_55660744","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"Euronews IMF China\u2019s economic forecast","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"IMF upbeat on China's economic forecast but warns reform still needed","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"IMF upbeat on China's economic forecast but warns reform still needed","titleListing2":"The International Monetary Fund has upgraded its forecast for China's economy, while warning that consumer-friendly reforms are needed to sustain strong, high-quality growth.","leadin":"The projections come as Beijing powers ahead with recovery efforts to lift itself from a prolonged property crisis.","summary":"The projections come as Beijing powers ahead with recovery efforts to lift itself from a prolonged property crisis.","keySentence":"","url":"imf-upbeat-on-chinas-economic-forecast-but-warns-reforms-still-needed","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2024\/05\/29\/imf-upbeat-on-chinas-economic-forecast-but-warns-reforms-still-needed","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), released late on Tuesday, said the world\u2019s second-largest economy will likely expand at a 5% annual rate this year. \n\nThat\u2019s 0.4 of a percentage point above the IMF\u2019s earlier estimate, based on China\u2019s growth in the first quarter and recent moves to support the property sector. \n\nThe group nonetheless warned that in order to attain sustainable growth, China must build stronger social safety nets and increase workers\u2019 incomes to boost spending. \n\nThe IMF also said that Beijing should scale back subsidies and other \"distortive\" policies that support manufacturing at the expense of other industries - such as services. \n\nThe ruling Communist Party has set its annual growth target at around 5%, and the economy grew at a faster-than-expected 5.3% in the first quarter of the year. \n\nThe IMF said its upgraded forecast also reflects recent moves to boost growth, including fresh help for the property industry such as lower interest rates and smaller down-payment requirements on home loans. \n\nLooking further ahead, the IMF forecasts growth in 2025 to be slightly slower at 4.5%, although this is also up 0.4% from an earlier forecast. \n\nThe group praised the Chinese government\u2019s focus on what it calls \u201chigh quality\u201d growth, including increased investment in clean energy and advanced technology, along with improved regulation of financial industries. \n\nIt nonetheless added that \"a more comprehensive and balanced policy approach would help China navigate the headwinds facing the economy.\" \n\nJob losses, especially during the pandemic, and falling housing prices have hit the finances of many in the country. \n\nThe report echoes the opinions of many economists who say more must be done to provide a social safety net and increase incomes for workers so that Chinese families can afford to save less and spend more. \n\nConcerning projections for 2029, the IMF was more pessimistic, suggesting that annual economic growth in China will fall to 3.3% \n\nThis is due to the rapid aging of its population and slower growth in productivity as well as the protracted difficulties in the housing sector. \n\nUse of industrial policies to support various industries such as car manufacture and computer chip development may equally waste resources and affect China\u2019s trading partners, it said, alluding to a key point of contention between Washington and Beijing. \n\nUS officials contend that China is providing unfair support to its own industries and creating excessive manufacturing capacity that can only be absorbed by exporting whatever cannot be used or sold at home. \n\nChina rejects that stance, while protesting that the US and other wealthy nations have invoked false national security concerns to impose unfair restrictions on exports of technology to China. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>A report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), released late on Tuesday, said the world\u2019s second-largest economy will likely expand at a 5% annual rate this year.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s 0.4 of a percentage point above the IMF\u2019s earlier estimate, based on China\u2019s growth in the first quarter and recent moves to support the property sector.<\/p>\n<p>The group nonetheless warned that in order to attain sustainable growth, China must build stronger social safety nets and increase workers\u2019 incomes to boost spending.<\/p>\n<p>The IMF also said that Beijing should scale back subsidies and other \"distortive\" policies that support manufacturing at the expense of other industries - such as services.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8447210,8426952\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//05//20//eu-hit-as-china-launches-tit-for-tat-anti-dumping-probe-amid-rising-trade-tensions/">EU hit as China launches tit-for-tat anti-dumping probe amid rising trade tensions<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//05//10//european-companies-in-china-finding-it-harder-to-make-money-as-growth-slows/">European companies in China finding it harder to make money as growth slows<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The ruling Communist Party has set its annual growth target at around 5%, and the economy grew at a faster-than-expected 5.3% in the first quarter of the year.<\/p>\n<p>The IMF said its upgraded forecast also reflects recent moves to boost growth, including fresh help for the property industry such as lower interest rates and smaller down-payment requirements on home loans.<\/p>\n<p>Looking further ahead, the IMF forecasts growth in 2025 to be slightly slower at 4.5%, although this is also up 0.4% from an earlier forecast.<\/p>\n<p>The group praised the Chinese government\u2019s focus on what it calls \u201chigh quality\u201d growth, including increased investment in clean energy and advanced technology, along with improved regulation of financial industries.<\/p>\n<p>It nonetheless added that \"a more comprehensive and balanced policy approach would help China navigate the headwinds facing the economy.\"<\/p>\n<p>Job losses, especially during the pandemic, and falling housing prices have hit the finances of many in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The report echoes the opinions of many economists who say more must be done to provide a social safety net and increase incomes for workers so that Chinese families can afford to save less and spend more.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8448742,8310190\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//03//15//imf-emerging-european-economies-need-high-interest-rates-for-longer/">IMF: Emerging European economies need high interest rates for longer<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//05//21//imf-warns-italy-on-high-public-debt-urges-swift-fiscal-reforms/">IMF warns Italy on high public debt and urges swift fiscal reforms<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Concerning projections for 2029, the IMF was more pessimistic, suggesting that annual economic growth in China will fall to 3.3%<\/p>\n<p>This is due to the rapid aging of its population and slower growth in productivity as well as the protracted difficulties in the housing sector.<\/p>\n<p>Use of industrial policies to support various industries such as car manufacture and computer chip development may equally waste resources and affect China\u2019s trading partners, it said, alluding to a key point of contention between Washington and Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>US officials contend that China is providing unfair support to its own industries and creating excessive manufacturing capacity that can only be absorbed by exporting whatever cannot be used or sold at home.<\/p>\n<p>China rejects that stance, while protesting that the US and other wealthy nations have invoked false national security concerns to impose unfair restrictions on exports of technology to China.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1716983307,"updatedAt":1716991032,"publishedAt":1716984769,"firstPublishedAt":1716984773,"lastPublishedAt":1716984769,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Andy Wong\/Copyright 2024 The AP. 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Severe heatstroke can even cause disability or death. \n\nAuthorities have urged people to stay indoors, hydrate and avoid unnecessary travel but labourers say they need to work to feed their families. \n\nHeatstroke relief camps manned by volunteers have been set up to provide iced water for people in Sukkur, with residents saying the government has done nothing to help them. \n\nPeople are struggling to stay cool in the extreme heat \n\nBopal Khan worked under the hot sun on a road construction site, saying he had no alternative but to continue his job in the heat.\n\n\u201cWe have to work in this hot weather, we don\u2019t have a choice,\u201d he said. \n\n\u201cWe have to work and feed our children, whether it's hot or cold, we have to work.\u201d\n\nSome people have taken to the waters of the popular Indus River to cool off in the extreme heat. Javed Ahmed and his friends have come to the river when electricity cuts have meant they couldn\u2019t keep their homes cool.\n\n\u201cWe are here to bathe and save ourselves from this extreme heat. The temperature here is around 49 Celsius, we have 18 hours of power loadshedding [temporary reduction of electricity supply] at our homes, our MPAs [Provincial Assembly members] and MNA [National Assembly members] for whom we vote have power generators at their houses,\u201d he said. \n\n\u201cWe feel humiliated, this canal water is the only option we have to keep ourselves cool.\u201d \n\nHow long will the heatwave continue?\n\nThe heatwave is forecast to continue for at least a few more days. \n\nIn a statement, the country\u2019s Met department said thunderstorms and isolated rain are predicted in upper parts of the country from 28 May to 1 June, so severe heatwave conditions are likely to subside.\n\n\u201cPakistan is the fifth most vulnerable country to the impact of climate change. We have witnessed above normal rains [and] floods,\u201d Rubina Khursheed Alam, the prime minister\u2019s coordinator on climate, said at a news conference in the capital, Islamabad last week.\n\nOfficials have said that the current heatwave is due to climate change and is the latest climate-related disaster to hit the country in recent years. Melting glaciers and growing monsoons have caused devastating flooding. In 2022, floods submerged a third of the country. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Parts of Pakistan have been sweltering in more than 50 degrees Celsius with officials saying climate change has sent temperatures soaring above normal levels. <\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of people have been treated for heatstroke in the eastern city of Lahore while scores of people were brought to hospitals in Hyderabad, Larkana and Jacobabad districts in the southern province. <\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//05//24//what-is-a-heat-dome-how-to-cool-down-in-a-heatwave-and-what-s-needed-from-governments/">Heatstroke is a serious illness that occurs when your body temperature rises too quickly, causing someone to fall unconscious. Severe heatstroke can even cause disability or death. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//46//43//94//808x539_cmsv2_21180f3c-e8f5-5107-b3b3-227feed5356a-8464394.jpg/" alt=\"Patients of heatstroke receive treatment at a hospital in Karachi, Pakistan.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/43\/94\/384x256_cmsv2_21180f3c-e8f5-5107-b3b3-227feed5356a-8464394.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/43\/94\/640x427_cmsv2_21180f3c-e8f5-5107-b3b3-227feed5356a-8464394.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/43\/94\/750x500_cmsv2_21180f3c-e8f5-5107-b3b3-227feed5356a-8464394.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/43\/94\/828x552_cmsv2_21180f3c-e8f5-5107-b3b3-227feed5356a-8464394.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/43\/94\/1080x720_cmsv2_21180f3c-e8f5-5107-b3b3-227feed5356a-8464394.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/43\/94\/1200x800_cmsv2_21180f3c-e8f5-5107-b3b3-227feed5356a-8464394.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/43\/94\/1920x1281_cmsv2_21180f3c-e8f5-5107-b3b3-227feed5356a-8464394.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Patients of heatstroke receive treatment at a hospital in Karachi, Pakistan.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">P Photo\/Fareed Khan<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Authorities have urged people to stay indoors, hydrate and avoid unnecessary travel but labourers say they need to work to feed their families. <\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8457016,8456984\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//05//24//extraordinary-atlantic-hurricane-season-predicted-in-2024-with-links-to-soaring-ocean-temp/">/u2018Extraordinary/u2019 Atlantic hurricane season predicted in 2024 with links to soaring ocean temperatures<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//05//27//hottest-summer-ever-experts-reveal-what-could-be-in-store-for-europe-in-the-next-few-month/">Hottest summer ever? Experts reveal what could be in store for Europe in the next few months<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Heatstroke relief camps manned by volunteers have been set up to provide iced water for people in Sukkur, with residents saying the government has done nothing to help them. <\/p>\n<h2>People are struggling to stay cool in the extreme heat<\/h2><p>Bopal Khan worked under the hot sun on a road construction site, saying he had no alternative but to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//04//22//what-are-the-health-risks-of-working-during-a-heatwave/">continue his job in the heat<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to work in this hot weather, we don\u2019t have a choice,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to work and feed our children, whether it's hot or cold, we have to work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some people have taken to the waters of the popular Indus River to cool off in the extreme heat. Javed Ahmed and his friends have come to the river when <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//07//30//absolutely-disastrous-air-conditioners-take-horror-toll-on-the-environment-campaigners-war/">electricity cuts<\/strong><\/a> have meant they couldn\u2019t keep their homes cool.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//46//43//94//808x539_cmsv2_429f4ab8-05cc-57dc-afbf-f16974f5e153-8464394.jpg/" alt=\"Pakistani youths cool themselves off in a stream during extreme heat. \" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/43\/94\/384x256_cmsv2_429f4ab8-05cc-57dc-afbf-f16974f5e153-8464394.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/43\/94\/640x427_cmsv2_429f4ab8-05cc-57dc-afbf-f16974f5e153-8464394.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/43\/94\/750x500_cmsv2_429f4ab8-05cc-57dc-afbf-f16974f5e153-8464394.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/43\/94\/828x552_cmsv2_429f4ab8-05cc-57dc-afbf-f16974f5e153-8464394.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/43\/94\/1080x720_cmsv2_429f4ab8-05cc-57dc-afbf-f16974f5e153-8464394.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/43\/94\/1200x800_cmsv2_429f4ab8-05cc-57dc-afbf-f16974f5e153-8464394.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/43\/94\/1920x1281_cmsv2_429f4ab8-05cc-57dc-afbf-f16974f5e153-8464394.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Pakistani youths cool themselves off in a stream during extreme heat. <\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Anjum Naveed<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are here to bathe and save ourselves from this extreme heat. The temperature here is around 49 Celsius, we have 18 hours of power loadshedding [temporary reduction of electricity supply] at our homes, our MPAs [Provincial Assembly members] and MNA [National Assembly members] for whom we vote have power generators at their houses,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe feel humiliated, this canal water is the only option we have to keep ourselves cool.\u201d <\/p>\n<h2>How long will the heatwave continue?<\/h2><p>The heatwave is forecast to continue for at least a few more days. <\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the country\u2019s Met department said thunderstorms and isolated <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//04//26//did-climate-change-make-dubais-deadly-flooding-worse-scientists-think-its-very-likely/">rain are predicted in upper parts of the country from 28 May to 1 June, so severe heatwave conditions are likely to subside.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"5819776,8443580\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//05//17//spain-has-suffered-22000-heat-related-deaths-in-the-last-8-years-how-will-a-new-map-help/">Spain has suffered 22,000 heat-related deaths in the last 8 years. How will a new map help?<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//05//24//what-is-a-heat-dome-how-to-cool-down-in-a-heatwave-and-what-s-needed-from-governments/">What is a heat dome? Mexico, Central America and US swelter in extreme temperatures <\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cPakistan is the fifth most vulnerable country to the impact of climate change. We have witnessed above normal rains [and] floods,\u201d Rubina Khursheed Alam, the prime minister\u2019s coordinator on climate, said at a news conference in the capital, Islamabad last week.<\/p>\n<p>Officials have said that the current <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//05//27//hottest-summer-ever-experts-reveal-what-could-be-in-store-for-europe-in-the-next-few-month/">heatwave is due to climate change and is the latest climate-related disaster to hit the country in recent years. Melting glaciers and growing monsoons have caused devastating flooding. In 2022, floods submerged a third of the country. <\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1716904966,"updatedAt":1716905815,"publishedAt":1716905810,"firstPublishedAt":1716905815,"lastPublishedAt":1716905810,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/43\/94\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_f09b68c2-8318-5daa-bf0c-dbd21ccfa9eb-8464394.jpg","altText":"Volunteers provide lime sugar water to people at a camp set up to prevent heat stroke on a hot summer day, in Karachi.","caption":"Volunteers provide lime sugar water to people at a camp set up to prevent heat stroke on a hot summer day, in Karachi.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Fareed 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HEATWAVE SHORT","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Hundreds treated for heatstroke as Pakistan heatwave rages on","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Hundreds treated for heatstroke as Pakistan heatwave rages on","titleListing2":"Hundreds treated for heatstroke as Pakistan heatwave rages on","leadin":"Meanwhile, international relief organisations have expressed concern that millions of children could be at risk of dehydration and exposure to record-high temperatures.","summary":"Meanwhile, international relief organisations have expressed concern that millions of children could be at risk of dehydration and exposure to record-high temperatures.","keySentence":"","url":"hundreds-treated-for-heatstroke-as-pakistan-heatwave-rages-on","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/05\/28\/hundreds-treated-for-heatstroke-as-pakistan-heatwave-rages-on","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Hundreds of heatstroke victims are being treated at hospitals across Pakistan as an intense heatwave continues to blast the country. \n\nLocal residents are being urged to stay indoors after temperatures soared above 50C in some areas on Monday. \n\nAcross the country, volunteers have set up temporary relief camps where people can drink iced water and shelter from the heat. \n\nThe state-run ambulance service is also now carrying bottled water and ice to provide emergency treatment to victims of the extreme weather. \n\nPakistan's southwest and northwestern areas are also affected by the heatwave. \n\nDaytime temperatures have soared as much as 8C above May\u2019s average temperatures over the last two decades, raising fears of flooding in the northwest because of glacial melting. \n\n\nForecasters predict temperatures will soar to 55C this month, and this year, Pakistan recorded its wettest April since 1961.\u00a0 Last month\u2019s heavy rains killed scores of people while destroying property and farmland. \n\nScientists have attributed the erratic weather to climate change.\u00a0 Pakistan's authorities said despite contributing less than 1% to carbon emissions, the country bears the brunt of global climate disasters. \n\nA number of charities have also raised concerns that children will be particularly affected by the heat. \n\nUNICEF says the increasing temperatures across the region could risk the health of millions of children if they are not protected and hydrated.\u00a0 \n\nThe Save The Children NGO said more than half of Pakistan\u2019s school-age children would be locked out of classrooms for a week due to the heat wave. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Hundreds of heatstroke victims are being treated at hospitals across Pakistan as an intense heatwave continues to blast the country.<\/p>\n<p>Local residents are being urged to stay indoors after temperatures soared above 50C in some areas on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Across the country, volunteers have set up temporary relief camps where people can drink iced water and shelter from the heat.<\/p>\n<p>The state-run ambulance service is also now carrying bottled water and ice to provide emergency treatment to victims of the extreme weather.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan's southwest and northwestern areas are also affected by the heatwave.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6667535174570088\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//46//27//78//808x539_cmsv2_0398c72b-115a-5548-bee1-1ebccac2a2e7-8462778.jpg/" alt=\"People drink sweetened water at a stall in Hyderabad, Pakistan.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/27\/78\/384x256_cmsv2_0398c72b-115a-5548-bee1-1ebccac2a2e7-8462778.jpg 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class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">People drink sweetened water at a stall in Hyderabad, Pakistan.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Pervez Masih\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Daytime temperatures have soared as much as 8C above May\u2019s average temperatures over the last two decades, raising fears of flooding in the northwest because of glacial melting. <\/p>\n<p>Forecasters predict temperatures will soar to 55C this month, and this year, Pakistan recorded its wettest April since 1961.\u00a0Last month\u2019s heavy rains killed scores of people while destroying property and farmland.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists have attributed the erratic weather to climate change.\u00a0Pakistan's authorities said despite contributing less than 1% to carbon emissions, the country bears the brunt of global climate disasters.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8414290,8418560\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//05//03//school-closures-and-health-warnings-south-and-southeast-asia-swelter-under-record-breaking/">School closures and health warnings: South and Southeast Asia swelter under record-breaking heat<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//05//06//pakistan-records-its-wettest-april-since-1961-experts-say-climate-change-is-to-blame/">Pakistan records its wettest April since 1961 - experts say climate change is to blame<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>A number of charities have also raised concerns that children will be particularly affected by the heat.<\/p>\n<p>UNICEF says the increasing temperatures across the region could risk the health of millions of children if they are not protected and hydrated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Save The Children NGO said more than half of Pakistan\u2019s school-age children would be locked out of classrooms for a week due to the heat wave.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1716877491,"updatedAt":1716894903,"publishedAt":1716894514,"firstPublishedAt":1716894518,"lastPublishedAt":1716894514,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/27\/78\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_31b3a1d6-d094-5041-90d6-5d625ca931ed-8462778.jpg","altText":"Patients of heatstroke receive treatment at a hospital in Karachi, Pakistan.","caption":"Patients of heatstroke receive treatment at a hospital in Karachi, Pakistan.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Fareed Khan\/Copyright 2024 The AP. 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TOKAYEV MIDDLE POWERS","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Middle powers have the power to save multilateralism","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Middle powers have the power to save multilateralism","titleListing2":"Opinion | Countries like Kazakhstan must step forward together with renewed vigour and assert our role not just as participants but as responsible managers in the global arena, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev writes in a Euronews exclusive.","leadin":"Countries like Kazakhstan must step forward together with renewed vigour and assert our role not just as participants but as responsible managers in the global arena, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev writes in a Euronews exclusive.","summary":"Countries like Kazakhstan must step forward together with renewed vigour and assert our role not just as participants but as responsible managers in the global arena, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev writes in a Euronews exclusive.","keySentence":"","url":"middle-powers-have-the-power-to-save-multilateralism","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/05\/28\/middle-powers-have-the-power-to-save-multilateralism","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"In today's world, marked by extraordinary geopolitical turbulence and persistent conflict, the need for multilateral solutions has never been more urgent.\u00a0 \n\nWars in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa are claiming the lives of hundreds of thousands, whilst climate change is leaving millions more hungry, vulnerable, and displaced. These conflicts appear beyond resolution, with no hope in sight. \n\nAmidst this global discord, the traditional powerhouses \u2014 the world\u2019s economic and political behemoths \u2014 are increasingly unable to work together.\u00a0 \n\nThe conflict in Ukraine has created a diplomatic stalemate, the ongoing situation in Gaza is an epic humanitarian disaster, while tensions in the Indo-Pacific are fuelling brinkmanship at the expense of a more constructive engagement. \n\nMeanwhile, the structures designed to foster international consensus, such as the United Nations, face paralysis and gridlock.\u00a0 \n\nMiddle powers, the agile pivotal players \n\nThe veto power held by permanent members of the United Nations Security Council often results in deadlock, preventing decisive actions against global crises and leading to repeat scenarios where unilateralism is favoured over collective action.\u00a0 \n\nThis further erodes the spirit of multilateralism and undermines the credibility of international institutions. \n\nAgainst this backdrop, middle powers like Kazakhstan emerge as pivotal players with growing capacities to ensure greater stability, peace and development in their regions and beyond.\u00a0 \n\nWhile we may not wield the same global influence as the world\u2019s superpowers, nations like ours possess the economic strength, military capabilities, and, perhaps more importantly, political will and diplomatic acumen necessary to exert significant sway in the global arena on issues ranging from food and energy security, green transition, and IT to the sustainability of supply chains. \n\nUnburdened by the complexities of superpower politics, our agility enables us to navigate intricate diplomatic terrains and carve paths toward compromise and reconciliation. \n\nMoreover, middle powers are deeply committed to upholding the multilateral system. Unlike superpowers, which may feel constrained by these institutions as they chart their own course, our countries rely on these essential global mechanisms to resolve disputes, safeguard our territorial integrity, and address collective challenges ranging from climate change to pandemics. \n\nPeacemaking and sustainable goals on the agenda \n\nKazakhstan has always been deeply committed to multilateralism, continuously seeking new forums for international dialogue and collaborative action.\u00a0 \n\nBeyond our consistent work in nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, we have actively promoted the establishment of a new multilateral agency focused on biological security, aiming to prevent the devastation of man-made pandemics and biological terrorism on a global scale. \n\nThis year, we are also proud to co-chair, alongside France, the inaugural One Water Summit, which aims to unite countries and communities worldwide facing water scarcity and desertification challenges. Additionally, we have offered to host a new UN Regional Centre for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on Central Asia and Afghanistan to lead regional efforts to counter the effects of climate change. \n\nWe are also unafraid to offer our help in seeking resolutions to protracted conflicts. This is exemplified by our recent commitment to host peace negotiations between Azerbaijan and Armenia\u00a0\u2014 an effort that underscores our belief in the power of middle powers to drive dialogue and promote peace. \n\nNext year marks the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act, presenting a valuable opportunity to reflect on the return and resurgence of discord among the world\u2019s great powers in a post-Cold War world.\u00a0 \n\nMore importantly, however, this milestone reminds us that the path to global unity is not uncharted \u2014 it has been successfully navigated before. The world has overcome divisions in the past and can do so again through diplomacy and dialogue. \n\nWe should all work together to inject new life into our world \n\nWith the multilateral system under severe strain, it takes countries of all sizes\u00a0\u2014 large, medium and small\u00a0\u2014 to inject new life into it.\u00a0 \n\nHowever, with major powers increasingly unwilling to trust the multilateral process and smaller countries lacking the necessary influence, it is the duty of middle powers to lead the charge.\u00a0 \n\nCountries like Kazakhstan must step forward together with renewed vigour and assert our role not just as participants but as responsible managers in the global arena. \n\nAt this crucial juncture, we call on all our international partners to join us in reinforcing multilateralism \u2014 to reinvigorate and reinvest in the global system that has brought us this far.\u00a0 \n\nLet our collective actions reflect our commitment not just to a more peaceful present but to a prosperous and harmonious future.\u00a0 \n\nThe task is formidable, but with determination, leadership, and a steadfast commitment to dialogue, we can transform today's challenges into tomorrow's successes. Let us lead the way to an era of multilateral renewal. \n\nKassym-Jomart Tokayev is the President of Kazakhstan.\u200b \n\nAt Euronews, we believe all views matter. Contact us at view@euronews.com to send pitches or submissions and be part of the conversation. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>In today's world, marked by extraordinary geopolitical turbulence and persistent conflict, the need for multilateral solutions has never been more urgent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wars in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa are claiming the lives of hundreds of thousands, whilst climate change is leaving millions more hungry, vulnerable, and displaced. These conflicts appear beyond resolution, with no hope in sight.<\/p>\n<p>Amidst this global discord, the traditional powerhouses \u2014 the world\u2019s economic and political behemoths \u2014 are increasingly unable to work together.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The conflict in Ukraine has created a diplomatic stalemate, the ongoing situation in Gaza is an epic humanitarian disaster, while tensions in the Indo-Pacific are fuelling brinkmanship at the expense of a more constructive engagement.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the structures designed to foster international consensus, such as the United Nations, face paralysis and gridlock.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Middle powers, the agile pivotal players<\/h2><p>The veto power held by permanent members of the United Nations Security Council often results in deadlock, preventing decisive actions against global crises and leading to repeat scenarios where unilateralism is favoured over collective action.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This further erodes the spirit of multilateralism and undermines the credibility of international institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Against this backdrop, middle powers like Kazakhstan emerge as pivotal players with growing capacities to ensure greater stability, peace and development in their regions and beyond.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">Unburdened by the complexities of superpower politics, our agility enables us to navigate intricate diplomatic terrains and carve paths toward compromise and reconciliation.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.70703125\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//95//30//82//808x573_cmsv2_a2c35c8f-9e4b-56c9-ab3e-cbe71469216d-7953082.jpg/" alt=\"Downtown Astana is seen from Ak Orda Presidential Palace, February 2023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/95\/30\/82\/384x272_cmsv2_a2c35c8f-9e4b-56c9-ab3e-cbe71469216d-7953082.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/95\/30\/82\/640x453_cmsv2_a2c35c8f-9e4b-56c9-ab3e-cbe71469216d-7953082.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/95\/30\/82\/750x530_cmsv2_a2c35c8f-9e4b-56c9-ab3e-cbe71469216d-7953082.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/95\/30\/82\/828x585_cmsv2_a2c35c8f-9e4b-56c9-ab3e-cbe71469216d-7953082.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/95\/30\/82\/1080x764_cmsv2_a2c35c8f-9e4b-56c9-ab3e-cbe71469216d-7953082.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/95\/30\/82\/1200x848_cmsv2_a2c35c8f-9e4b-56c9-ab3e-cbe71469216d-7953082.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/95\/30\/82\/1920x1358_cmsv2_a2c35c8f-9e4b-56c9-ab3e-cbe71469216d-7953082.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Downtown Astana is seen from Ak Orda Presidential Palace, February 2023<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Olivier Douliery\/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>While we may not wield the same global influence as the world\u2019s superpowers, nations like ours possess the economic strength, military capabilities, and, perhaps more importantly, political will and diplomatic acumen necessary to exert significant sway in the global arena on issues ranging from food and energy security, green transition, and IT to the sustainability of supply chains.<\/p>\n<p>Unburdened by the complexities of superpower politics, our agility enables us to navigate intricate diplomatic terrains and carve paths toward compromise and reconciliation.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7210310,7880598\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2022//12//02//betting-on-renewables-can-kazakhstan-become-carbon-neutral-by-2060/">Betting on renewables: can Kazakhstan become carbon neutral by 2060?<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//09//11//this-is-why-kazakhstans-nuclear-energy-ambitions-should-matter-to-the-west/">This is why Kazakhstan's nuclear energy ambitions should matter to the West<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Moreover, middle powers are deeply committed to upholding the multilateral system. Unlike superpowers, which may feel constrained by these institutions as they chart their own course, our countries rely on these essential global mechanisms to resolve disputes, safeguard our territorial integrity, and address collective challenges ranging from climate change to pandemics.<\/p>\n<h2>Peacemaking and sustainable goals on the agenda<\/h2><p>Kazakhstan has always been deeply committed to multilateralism, continuously seeking new forums for international dialogue and collaborative action.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Beyond our consistent work in nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, we have actively promoted the establishment of a new multilateral agency focused on biological security, aiming to prevent the devastation of man-made pandemics and biological terrorism on a global scale.<\/p>\n<p>This year, we are also proud to co-chair, alongside France, the inaugural One Water Summit, which aims to unite countries and communities worldwide facing water scarcity and desertification challenges. Additionally, we have offered to host a new UN Regional Centre for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on Central Asia and Afghanistan to lead regional efforts to counter the effects of climate change.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">The path to global unity is not uncharted \u2014 it has been successfully navigated before. The world has overcome divisions in the past and can do so again through diplomacy and dialogue.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6572265625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//46//30//18//808x532_cmsv2_8af3d75d-8708-5983-b477-439d7d754d90-8463018.jpg/" alt=\"A man walks past a shadow of statue of Soviet Union founder Vladimir Lenin at the Baikonur cosmodrome, May 2014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/30\/18\/384x252_cmsv2_8af3d75d-8708-5983-b477-439d7d754d90-8463018.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/30\/18\/640x421_cmsv2_8af3d75d-8708-5983-b477-439d7d754d90-8463018.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/30\/18\/750x493_cmsv2_8af3d75d-8708-5983-b477-439d7d754d90-8463018.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/30\/18\/828x544_cmsv2_8af3d75d-8708-5983-b477-439d7d754d90-8463018.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/30\/18\/1080x710_cmsv2_8af3d75d-8708-5983-b477-439d7d754d90-8463018.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/30\/18\/1200x789_cmsv2_8af3d75d-8708-5983-b477-439d7d754d90-8463018.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/30\/18\/1920x1262_cmsv2_8af3d75d-8708-5983-b477-439d7d754d90-8463018.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A man walks past a shadow of statue of Soviet Union founder Vladimir Lenin at the Baikonur cosmodrome, May 2014<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Dmitry Lovetsky\/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>We are also unafraid to offer our help in seeking resolutions to protracted conflicts. This is exemplified by our recent commitment to host peace negotiations between Azerbaijan and Armenia\u00a0\u2014 an effort that underscores our belief in the power of middle powers to drive dialogue and promote peace.<\/p>\n<p>Next year marks the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act, presenting a valuable opportunity to reflect on the return and resurgence of discord among the world\u2019s great powers in a post-Cold War world.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8423546,6998110\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//05//08//its-time-to-take-a-step-back-from-the-brink-of-a-divided-world/">It/u2019s time to take a step back from the brink of a divided world<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2022//09//20//religious-leaders-unite-for-peace-at-open-dialogue-event-in-kazakhstan/">Religious leaders unite for peace at open dialogue event in Kazakhstan<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>More importantly, however, this milestone reminds us that the path to global unity is not uncharted \u2014 it has been successfully navigated before. The world has overcome divisions in the past and can do so again through diplomacy and dialogue.<\/p>\n<h2>We should all work together to inject new life into our world<\/h2><p>With the multilateral system under severe strain, it takes countries of all sizes\u00a0\u2014 large, medium and small\u00a0\u2014 to inject new life into it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, with major powers increasingly unwilling to trust the multilateral process and smaller countries lacking the necessary influence, it is the duty of middle powers to lead the charge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Countries like Kazakhstan must step forward together with renewed vigour and assert our role not just as participants but as responsible managers in the global arena.<\/p>\n<p>At this crucial juncture, we call on all our international partners to join us in reinforcing multilateralism \u2014 to reinvigorate and reinvest in the global system that has brought us this far.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Let our collective actions reflect our commitment not just to a more peaceful present but to a prosperous and harmonious future.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The task is formidable, but with determination, leadership, and a steadfast commitment to dialogue, we can transform today's challenges into tomorrow's successes. Let us lead the way to an era of multilateral renewal.<\/p>\n<p><em>Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is the President of Kazakhstan.\u200b<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>At Euronews, we believe all views matter. Contact us at <a href=https://www.euronews.com/news/\"mailto:view@euronews.com\">view@euronews.com to send pitches or submissions and be part of the conversation.<\/em><\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1716882569,"updatedAt":1716932011,"publishedAt":1716887627,"firstPublishedAt":1716887630,"lastPublishedAt":1716887627,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Euronews","altText":"Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev attends the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) meeting in Bishkek, October 2023","callToActionText":null,"width":1600,"caption":"Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev attends the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) meeting in Bishkek, October 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BORRELL RAFAH","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"EU foreign ministers approve reactivation of border mission at Rafah","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"EU foreign ministers approve reactivation of border mission at Rafah","titleListing2":"EU foreign ministers approve reactivation of border mission at Rafah","leadin":"While EU members Ireland and Spain are expected to make the recognition of the Palestinian State official on Tuesday, European Foreign Affairs Ministers approve the reactivation of an EU border mission at Rafah.","summary":"While EU members Ireland and Spain are expected to make the recognition of the Palestinian State official on Tuesday, European Foreign Affairs Ministers approve the reactivation of an EU border mission at Rafah.","keySentence":"","url":"eu-foreign-ministers-approve-reactivation-of-border-mission-at-rafah","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/05\/28\/eu-foreign-ministers-approve-reactivation-of-border-mission-at-rafah","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The European Union's relationship with Israel hit a rough patch on Monday, after Israel's deadly attacks in southern Gaza's city of Rafah , which health officials say killed 45 Palestinians,\u00a0hit tents for displaced people and left \u201cnumerous\u201d others trapped in flaming debris. \n\nFollowing the recent events, European Foreign Affairs Ministers agreed on\u00a0reactivating an EU border mission at Rafah, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said on Monday.\u00a0 \n\n\"I proposed to the ministers, they gave me the green light, the political green light to reactivate our mission in Rafah, which has been sleeping for years, not active. This could play a crucial role in supporting the entry of people into Gaza and in and out,\" Borrell said. \n\nItalian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said Israel's latest strikes on Rafah will have long-standing repercussions. \u201cIsrael with this choice is spreading hatred, rooting hatred that will involve their children and grandchildren. I would have preferred another decision,\u2033 he told SKY TG24. \n\nThe strikes came after the UN's top court, the International Court of Justice, on Friday demanded that Israel immediately halt its offensive on Rafah. \n\nTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also condemned the deadly strikes on Rafah over the weekend.\u00a0The Turkish leader has accused Israel of carrying out war crimes and genocide, something Israel denies. \n\n\"The genocidal murderers, who have martyred more than 36,000 of our Palestinian brothers and sisters so far, rained missiles and bombs yesterday on civilians in a refugee camp in Rafah, which they declared a safe zone. This massacre took place after the call of the International Court of Justice to stop the attacks,\" Erdogan said. \n\nSpain, Ireland, and Norway are set to formalise their recognition of the Palestinian state. The step is seen as a major achievement for the Palestinians, as they perceive it as granting international legitimacy to their cause. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The European Union's relationship with Israel hit a rough patch on Monday, after Israel's deadly attacks in southern Gaza's city of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//tag//rafah/">Rafah, which health officials say killed 45 Palestinians,\u00a0hit tents for displaced people and left \u201cnumerous\u201d others trapped in flaming debris.<\/p>\n<p>Following the recent events, European Foreign Affairs Ministers agreed on\u00a0reactivating an EU border mission at Rafah, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"I proposed to the ministers, they gave me the green light, the political green light to reactivate our mission in Rafah, which has been sleeping for years, not active. This could play a crucial role in supporting the entry of people into Gaza and in and out,\" Borrell said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1795068129460019632\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said Israel's latest <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//05//27//tragic-mistake-netanyahu-acknowedges-deadly-israeli-strike-on-rafah/">strikes on Rafah will have long-standing repercussions. \u201cIsrael with this choice is spreading hatred, rooting hatred that will involve their children and grandchildren. I would have preferred another decision,\u2033 he told SKY TG24.<\/p>\n<p>The strikes came after the UN's top court, the International Court of Justice, on Friday <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//05//24//international-court-of-justice-rules-israel-should-halt-rafah-offensive/">demanded that Israel immediately halt its offensive on Rafah.<\/p>\n<p>Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also condemned the deadly strikes on Rafah over the weekend.\u00a0The Turkish leader has accused Israel of carrying out war crimes and genocide, something Israel denies.<\/p>\n<p>\"The genocidal murderers, who have martyred more than 36,000 of our Palestinian brothers and sisters so far, rained missiles and bombs yesterday on civilians in a refugee camp in Rafah, which they declared a safe zone. This massacre took place after the call of the International Court of Justice to stop the attacks,\" Erdogan said.<\/p>\n<p>Spain, Ireland, and Norway are set to formalise their recognition of the Palestinian state. The step is seen as a major achievement for the Palestinians, as they perceive it as granting international legitimacy to their cause.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1716854112,"updatedAt":1716879784,"publishedAt":1716879448,"firstPublishedAt":1716879451,"lastPublishedAt":1716879448,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/03\/76\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_d5017599-b460-5a87-8aa0-b225f8d19ed6-8460376.jpg","altText":"Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli strike where displaced people were staying in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Monday, May 27, 2024","caption":"Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli strike where displaced people were staying in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Monday, May 27, 2024","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":683},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/25\/68\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_a3ba0adc-6616-5bb7-9026-a1dee497d3f0-8462568.jpg","altText":null,"caption":null,"captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Virginia Mayo\/Copyright 2024 The AP. 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Tourists are expected to walk up and down the island's hills while visiting. Most of the cats are used to tourists, who can be seen petting the friendly animals throughout the island. \n\nThere are a few cafes in Tashirojima where, you guessed it, the cats are fed. \n\nFishermen on the island have traditionally believed that cats bring good luck, including large hauls of fish. \n\nAnother legend says fishermen used to watch the cats\u2019 behaviour for tips on the coming weather before heading out to sea. \n\nThe islanders have long coexisted with the cats .\u00a0 \n\nOne day, however, a fisherman accidentally injured a cat while working. Feeling sorry for the injury, the islanders built the shrine for cats. \n\nNow, visitors make offerings at the shrine. \n\nThe 'Neko Jinja,' or Cat Shrine, mythologises cats as guardian angels of Tashirojima. \n\nLegend says the island used to be famous for sericulture and farmers would keep cats because they would chase away rats, protecting the silkworm cocoons from the rodents. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Cats as far as the eye can see: your idea of heaven or hell?<\/p>\n<p>Tashirojima, off Japan's northeastern coast, is home to more than 100 cats, leaving space for only 50 humans.<\/p>\n<p>Along a paved road running two kilometres between the island's two ports, cats groom themselves and mingle with other cats.<\/p>\n<p>Everything is built around their comfort, so you won't find any car rental shops, petrol stations or public transportation here. Tourists are expected to walk up and down the island's hills while visiting. Most of the cats are used to tourists, who can be seen petting the friendly animals throughout the island.<\/p>\n<p>There are a few cafes in Tashirojima where, you guessed it, the cats are fed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//46//06//10//808x454_cmsv2_0bbc9e1a-f93c-5619-be47-3136374c9b6f-8460610.jpg/" alt=\"Tourists watch cats getting fed at a cafe on Tashirojima island in Ishinomaki, northeast of Japan, Saturday, May 18, 2024.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/06\/10\/384x216_cmsv2_0bbc9e1a-f93c-5619-be47-3136374c9b6f-8460610.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/06\/10\/640x360_cmsv2_0bbc9e1a-f93c-5619-be47-3136374c9b6f-8460610.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/06\/10\/750x422_cmsv2_0bbc9e1a-f93c-5619-be47-3136374c9b6f-8460610.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/06\/10\/828x466_cmsv2_0bbc9e1a-f93c-5619-be47-3136374c9b6f-8460610.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/06\/10\/1080x608_cmsv2_0bbc9e1a-f93c-5619-be47-3136374c9b6f-8460610.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/06\/10\/1200x675_cmsv2_0bbc9e1a-f93c-5619-be47-3136374c9b6f-8460610.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/06\/10\/1920x1080_cmsv2_0bbc9e1a-f93c-5619-be47-3136374c9b6f-8460610.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Tourists watch cats getting fed at a cafe on Tashirojima island in Ishinomaki, northeast of Japan, Saturday, May 18, 2024.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Hiro Komae<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Fishermen on the island have traditionally believed that <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//07//27//cats-are-alien-species-says-polish-institute/">cats bring good luck, including large hauls of fish.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7836658,8177456\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//08//23//all-paws-on-deck-this-sunset-cruise-in-singapore-offers-a-luxury-trip-for-cats-and-their-h/">All paws on deck: This sunset cruise in Singapore offers a luxury trip for cats and their humans<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//01//17//cat-beaten-to-death-in-france-is-awarded-damages-in-historic-legal-case/">Cat beaten to death in France is awarded damages in historic legal case<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Another legend says fishermen used to watch the cats\u2019 behaviour for tips on the coming weather before heading out to sea.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//46//06//10//808x454_cmsv2_e6a2ff63-dde6-56de-8733-674a394bbaa4-8460610.jpg/" alt=\"Tourists pet cats on a street on Tashirojima island in Ishinomaki, northeast of Japan, Saturday, May 18, 2024.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/06\/10\/384x216_cmsv2_e6a2ff63-dde6-56de-8733-674a394bbaa4-8460610.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/06\/10\/640x360_cmsv2_e6a2ff63-dde6-56de-8733-674a394bbaa4-8460610.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/06\/10\/750x422_cmsv2_e6a2ff63-dde6-56de-8733-674a394bbaa4-8460610.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/06\/10\/828x466_cmsv2_e6a2ff63-dde6-56de-8733-674a394bbaa4-8460610.jpg 828w, 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href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//04//05//meet-the-volunteers-saving-ukraine-s-animals-from-the-horrors-of-war/">cats./u00a0/n
One day, however, a fisherman accidentally injured a cat while working. Feeling sorry for the injury, the islanders built the shrine for cats.<\/p>\n<p>Now, visitors make offerings at the shrine.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//46//06//10//808x454_cmsv2_74cd3f7e-4381-5c16-99ca-179a3dc7847d-8460610.jpg/" alt=\"A cat walks across the altar at Cat Shrine on Tashirojima island in Ishinomaki, northeastern Japan, Saturday, May 18, 2024.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/06\/10\/384x216_cmsv2_74cd3f7e-4381-5c16-99ca-179a3dc7847d-8460610.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/06\/10\/640x360_cmsv2_74cd3f7e-4381-5c16-99ca-179a3dc7847d-8460610.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/06\/10\/750x422_cmsv2_74cd3f7e-4381-5c16-99ca-179a3dc7847d-8460610.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/06\/10\/828x466_cmsv2_74cd3f7e-4381-5c16-99ca-179a3dc7847d-8460610.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/06\/10\/1080x608_cmsv2_74cd3f7e-4381-5c16-99ca-179a3dc7847d-8460610.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/06\/10\/1200x675_cmsv2_74cd3f7e-4381-5c16-99ca-179a3dc7847d-8460610.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/06\/10\/1920x1080_cmsv2_74cd3f7e-4381-5c16-99ca-179a3dc7847d-8460610.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A cat walks across the altar at Cat Shrine on Tashirojima island in Ishinomaki, northeastern Japan, Saturday, May 18, 2024.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Hiro Komae<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The 'Neko Jinja,' or Cat Shrine, mythologises cats as guardian angels of Tashirojima.<\/p>\n<p>Legend says the island used to be famous for sericulture and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//02//19//farmers-hit-by-record-high-fertiliser-costs-since-ukraine-war-can-nature-based-solutions-h/">farmers would keep cats because they would chase away rats, protecting the silkworm cocoons from the rodents.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1716794003,"updatedAt":1716818405,"publishedAt":1716818401,"firstPublishedAt":1716798515,"lastPublishedAt":1716818401,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/06\/10\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_a473644c-15b5-5138-9f23-139d0304c71b-8460610.jpg","altText":"A tourist takes a photographs of cats gathered at a restaurant at Nitoda Port on Tashirojima island in Ishinomaki, northeast of Japan, Saturday, May 18, 2024. 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NEW GUINEA UPDATE","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Over 2,000 buried in landslide in Papua New Guinea, officials claim","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Over 2,000 buried in landslide in Papua New Guinea, officials claim","titleListing2":"Officials report over 2,000 buried in landslide in Papua New Guinea","leadin":"A Papua New Guinea official says the landslide death toll was three times higher than the UN estimate, and the government has formally requested international aid while a UN agency reviews the calculation.","summary":"A Papua New Guinea official says the landslide death toll was three times higher than the UN estimate, and the government has formally requested international aid while a UN agency reviews the calculation.","keySentence":"","url":"officials-report-over-2000-buried-in-landslide-in-papua-new-guinea","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/05\/27\/officials-report-over-2000-buried-in-landslide-in-papua-new-guinea","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A Papua New Guinea government official has told the United Nations more than 2,000 people were believed to have been buried alive by Friday's landslide and has formally asked for international help. \n\nThe government figure is roughly triple the UN estimate of 670 killed in the South Pacific island nation's mountainous interior. The remains of only six people have been recovered so far. \n\nEstimates of the casualties have varied widely since the disaster, and it remains unclear how officials determined the number of people affected. \n\nThe International Organisation for Migration, which is working closely with the government and taking a leading role in the international response, has not changed its estimated death toll of 670 released on Sunday, pending new evidence. \n\n\u201cWe are not able to dispute what the government suggests but we are not able to comment on it,\" said Serhan Aktoprak, the chief of the UN migrant agency's mission in Papua New Guinea. \n\n\u201cAs time goes in such a massive undertaking, the number will remain fluid,\u201d Aktoprak added. \n\nThe death toll of 670 was calculated by Yambali village and Enga provincial officials, based on the burial of over 150 homes by the landslide. The previous estimate had been 60 homes. \n\nThe office of Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape did not respond to requests for an explanation regarding the basis of the government's estimate of 2,000.\u00a0Marape has promised to release information about the scale of the destruction and loss of life when it becomes available. \n\nDetermining the scale of the disaster is difficult because of challenging conditions on the ground including the village's remote location, a lack of telecommunications and tribal warfare throughout the province. \n\nAt least 26 tribal warriors and mercenaries were killed in a battle between two warring tribes in Enga in February, as well as an unconfirmed number of bystanders. \n\nThe national government's lack of reliable census data also adds to the challenges of knowing how many are potentially dead. \n\nThe government estimates Papua New Guinea's population to be around 10 million people. However, a UN study in 2022, using data such as satellite photographs of rooftops, estimated the population could be as high as 17 million. An accurate census has not been held in the country in decades. \n\nThe landslide buried a 200-metre stretch of the province's main highway under 6 to 8 metres of debris, creating a major obstacle for relief workers. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>A Papua New Guinea government official has told the United Nations more than 2,000 people were believed to have been buried alive by Friday's landslide and has formally asked for international help.<\/p>\n<p>The government figure is roughly triple the UN estimate of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//video//2024//05//26//death-roll-rises-to-670-after-massive-landslide-devastates-village-in-papua-new-guinea/">670 killed<\/strong><\/a> in the South Pacific island nation's mountainous interior. The remains of only six people have been recovered so far.<\/p>\n<p>Estimates of the casualties have varied widely since the disaster, and it remains unclear how officials determined the number of people affected.<\/p>\n<p>The International Organisation for Migration, which is working closely with the government and taking a leading role in the international response, has not changed its estimated death toll of 670 <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//05//26//death-roll-rises-to-670-after-massive-landslide-devastates-village-in-papua-new-guinea/">released on Sunday, pending new evidence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not able to dispute what the government suggests but we are not able to comment on it,\" said Serhan Aktoprak, the chief of the UN migrant agency's mission in Papua New Guinea.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs time goes in such a massive undertaking, the number will remain fluid,\u201d Aktoprak added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//46//07//00//808x539_cmsv2_e5d2ca2e-e67d-5563-8391-f11e67c1a4f6-8460700.jpg/" alt=\"Villagers search amongst the debris from a landslide in the village of Yambali in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, Monday, May 27, 2024.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/07\/00\/384x256_cmsv2_e5d2ca2e-e67d-5563-8391-f11e67c1a4f6-8460700.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/07\/00\/640x427_cmsv2_e5d2ca2e-e67d-5563-8391-f11e67c1a4f6-8460700.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/07\/00\/750x500_cmsv2_e5d2ca2e-e67d-5563-8391-f11e67c1a4f6-8460700.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/07\/00\/828x552_cmsv2_e5d2ca2e-e67d-5563-8391-f11e67c1a4f6-8460700.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/07\/00\/1080x720_cmsv2_e5d2ca2e-e67d-5563-8391-f11e67c1a4f6-8460700.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/07\/00\/1200x800_cmsv2_e5d2ca2e-e67d-5563-8391-f11e67c1a4f6-8460700.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/07\/00\/1920x1281_cmsv2_e5d2ca2e-e67d-5563-8391-f11e67c1a4f6-8460700.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Villagers search amongst the debris from a landslide in the village of Yambali in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, Monday, May 27, 2024.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The death toll of 670 was calculated by Yambali village and Enga provincial officials, based on the burial of over 150 homes by the landslide. The previous estimate had been 60 homes.<\/p>\n<p>The office of Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape did not respond to requests for an explanation regarding the basis of the government's estimate of 2,000.\u00a0Marape has promised to release information about the scale of the destruction and loss of life when it becomes available.<\/p>\n<p>Determining the scale of the disaster is difficult because of challenging conditions on the ground including the village's remote location, a lack of telecommunications and tribal warfare throughout the province.<\/p>\n<p>At least 26 tribal warriors and mercenaries were killed in a battle between two warring tribes in Enga in February, as well as an unconfirmed number of bystanders.<\/p>\n<p>The national government's lack of reliable census data also adds to the challenges of knowing how many are potentially dead.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.666015625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//45//93//82//808x539_cmsv2_0547bc0d-052d-59b0-b300-7636ac53cb81-8459382.jpg/" alt=\"Villagers search through a landslide in Yambali, in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, Sunday, May 26, 2024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/45\/93\/82\/384x256_cmsv2_0547bc0d-052d-59b0-b300-7636ac53cb81-8459382.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/45\/93\/82\/640x426_cmsv2_0547bc0d-052d-59b0-b300-7636ac53cb81-8459382.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/45\/93\/82\/750x500_cmsv2_0547bc0d-052d-59b0-b300-7636ac53cb81-8459382.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/45\/93\/82\/828x551_cmsv2_0547bc0d-052d-59b0-b300-7636ac53cb81-8459382.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/45\/93\/82\/1080x719_cmsv2_0547bc0d-052d-59b0-b300-7636ac53cb81-8459382.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/45\/93\/82\/1200x799_cmsv2_0547bc0d-052d-59b0-b300-7636ac53cb81-8459382.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/45\/93\/82\/1920x1279_cmsv2_0547bc0d-052d-59b0-b300-7636ac53cb81-8459382.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Villagers search through a landslide in Yambali, in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, Sunday, May 26, 2024<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The government estimates Papua New Guinea's population to be around 10 million people. 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the southern Gaza city of Rafah, and numerous others were trapped in flaming debris,\u00a0Palestinian health workers said.\u00a0 \n\nAccording to Gaza's Health Ministry, women and children made up most of the dead and dozens of wounded. \n\nThe attacks came two days after the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to end its military offensive in Rafah, where more than half of Gaza's 2.3 million population had sought shelter before Israel's incursion earlier this month.\u00a0 \n\nTens of thousands of people remain in the area, while many others have fled. \n\nFootage from the scene of the largest airstrike showed heavy destruction. Israel\u2019s army confirmed the strike and said it hit a Hamas installation and killed two senior Hamas militants. It said it was investigating reports that civilians were harmed.\u00a0 \n\nIsraeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant was in Rafah on Sunday and was briefed on the \u201cdeepening of operations\u201d there, his office said. \n\nA spokesperson with the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said the death toll was likely to rise as search and rescue efforts continued in Rafah\u2019s Tal al-Sultan neighbourhood about two kilometres northwest of the city centre. \n\nThe society confirmed that Israel had designated the location as a \"humanitarian area.\" The neighbourhood is not included in areas Israel\u2019s military ordered evacuated earlier this month. \n\nThe airstrike was reported hours after Hamas fired a barrage of rockets from Gaza that set off air raid sirens as far away as Tel Aviv for the first time in months in a show of resilience more than seven months into Israel's massive air, sea and ground offensive. \n\nSouthern Gaza largely cut off from aid \n\nSouthern Gaza has been largely cut off from aid since Israel launched what it called a limited incursion into Rafah on 6 May. Since then, over 1 million Palestinians, many already displaced, have fled the city. \n\nNorthern Gaza receives aid through two land routes that Israel opened during global outrage after Israeli strikes killed seven aid workers in April. \n\nA few dozen trucks enter Gaza daily through a US-built floating port , far below the 150 trucks a day that officials hoped for. Aid groups say 600 trucks a day are needed. \n\nAround 80% of Gaza's 2.3 million people have fled their homes, severe hunger is widespread, and UN officials say parts of the territory are experiencing famine. \n\nIsrael detains man over mutiny threat \n\nIsrael\u2019s military said it had detained a suspect over a widely circulated video in which a man dressed in a military uniform threatens mutiny.\u00a0 \n\nThe unidentified man said tens of thousands of soldiers were ready to disobey the defence minister over his suggestion that Palestinians should govern Gaza after the war and pledged loyalty to Netanyahu alone. \n\nIsraeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari said the man has been removed from reserve duty. It was not clear when or where the video was made.\u00a0 \n\nThe prime minister\u2019s office released a brief statement condemning all forms of military insubordination. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Israeli airstrikes killed at least 35 people on Sunday and hit tents for displaced people in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, and numerous others were trapped in flaming debris,\u00a0Palestinian health workers said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to Gaza's Health Ministry, women and children made up most of the dead and dozens of wounded.<\/p>\n<p>The attacks came two days after the International Court of Justice <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//05//25//fighting-rages-in-gaza-despite-hague-ruling-israel-offensive-must-stop/">ordered Israel to end its military offensive in Rafah, where more than half of Gaza's 2.3 million population had sought shelter before Israel's incursion earlier this month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tens of thousands of people <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//05//24//international-court-of-justice-rules-israel-should-halt-rafah-offensive/">remain in the area, while many others have fled.<\/p>\n<p>Footage from the scene of the largest airstrike showed heavy destruction. Israel\u2019s army confirmed the strike and said it hit a Hamas installation and killed two senior Hamas militants. It said it was investigating reports that civilians were harmed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant was in Rafah on Sunday and was briefed on the \u201cdeepening of operations\u201d there, his office said.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson with the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said the death toll was likely to rise as search and rescue efforts continued in Rafah\u2019s Tal al-Sultan neighbourhood about two kilometres northwest of the city centre.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//46//03//60//808x539_cmsv2_4507c50c-6c7b-50d7-be59-043d7e941f66-8460360.jpg/" alt=\"A Palestinian medic stands near a body while he waits for others killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip at the morgue of Al Aqsa hospital on Sunday, May 26 2024.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/03\/60\/384x256_cmsv2_4507c50c-6c7b-50d7-be59-043d7e941f66-8460360.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/03\/60\/640x427_cmsv2_4507c50c-6c7b-50d7-be59-043d7e941f66-8460360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/03\/60\/750x500_cmsv2_4507c50c-6c7b-50d7-be59-043d7e941f66-8460360.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/03\/60\/828x552_cmsv2_4507c50c-6c7b-50d7-be59-043d7e941f66-8460360.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/03\/60\/1080x720_cmsv2_4507c50c-6c7b-50d7-be59-043d7e941f66-8460360.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/03\/60\/1200x800_cmsv2_4507c50c-6c7b-50d7-be59-043d7e941f66-8460360.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/03\/60\/1920x1281_cmsv2_4507c50c-6c7b-50d7-be59-043d7e941f66-8460360.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A Palestinian medic stands near a body while he waits for others killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip at the morgue of Al Aqsa hospital on Sunday, May 26 2024.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Associated Press<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The society confirmed that Israel had designated the location as a \"humanitarian area.\" The neighbourhood is not included in areas Israel\u2019s military ordered evacuated earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>The airstrike was reported hours after Hamas <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//05//26//sirens-blare-in-tel-aviv-for-first-time-in-months-as-hamas-fires-rockets/">fired a barrage of rockets from Gaza that set off air raid sirens as far away as Tel Aviv for the first time in months in a show of resilience more than seven months into Israel's massive air, sea and ground offensive.<\/p>\n<h2>Southern Gaza largely cut off from aid<\/h2><p>Southern Gaza has been largely cut off from aid since Israel launched what it called a limited incursion into Rafah on 6 May. Since then, over 1 million Palestinians, many already displaced, have fled the city.<\/p>\n<p>Northern Gaza receives aid through two land routes that Israel opened during global outrage after Israeli strikes killed seven aid workers in April.<\/p>\n<p>A few dozen trucks enter Gaza daily through a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//05//24//more-aid-getting-from-us-pier-to-people-in-gaza-officials-say/">US-built floating port<\/strong><\/a>, far below the 150 trucks a day that officials hoped for. 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