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👉Listen to The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim on your podcast app👈 Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced that the UK would recognise the state of Palestine in September if Israel does not accept certain conditions, including a ceasefire - but what will this actually mean? Yalda thinks that there are better ways to pressure the Israeli government into allowing more aid into Gaza, and she tells Richard […]

Sir Keir Starmer's plan to recognise Palestine as a state has been attacked as "appeasement towards jihadist terrorists" by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.The prime minister said the UK will recognise a Palestinian state by September unless Israel takes "substantive steps" to end the situation in Gaza, Israel agrees to a ceasefire, commits to a long-term sustainable peace, allows the UN to restart aid supplies and does not annexe the […]

Residents of Miyun District stood dismayed and powerless along streets reshaped by a devastating night of rain. This northeastern suburb of Beijing, China's sprawling capital, suffered at least 28 deaths. Its streets and small hamlets bear the marks of being ripped through by a torrent of water. One residential area we visit is still submerged.Some people wade into what is left of their homes, emerging with muddied suitcases carrying any possessions […]

A Russian airstrike on a prison in southeastern Ukraine has killed at least 17 people and wounded more than 80 others.Four guided aerial bombs hit the Bilenkivska Correctional Colony in the country's 's Zaporizhzhia region, according to the State Criminal Executive Service of Ukraine. At least 42 inmates were taken to hospital with serious injuries and another 40 people, including one staff member with a "facial fracture", were also hurt.The […]

At least 30 people have been killed and tens of thousands evacuated due to heavy rain and flooding in and around Beijing.Heavy rains intensified around the Chinese capital and surrounding areas on Monday, with the city experiencing rainfall of up to 54cm (21 inches) during a period of "continuous extreme rain", China's official Xinhua news agency said.A statement from the Beijing city government said 28 people had died in Miyun […]

We are on our way to Gaza with the Jordanian military.The aircraft is hot and noisy and as we get closer, the atmosphere gets more tense. Aircrew gesture with their hands to tell us how many minutes there are to go. Fifteen. Six. One. The Jordanian military C-130 flies out over the sea before banking and heading inland for Gaza. The parachutes, attached to the top of each of the […]

Three young men have been killed in the Turks and Caicos Islands, in what authorities are calling the British territory's first mass shooting in recent history.A further 10 people were injured in the incident at a popular nightspot on Providenciales, the archipelago's main island, early on Sunday. At least four suspects were involved but there have not yet been any arrests, police commissioner Fitz Bailey said - as he labelled […]

Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to an immediate and unconditional ceasefire to end their border clashes, the Malaysian prime minister has said.Anwar Ibrahim said both sides had reached a common understanding to end the fighting. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and Thai Acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai have agreed to "an immediate and unconditional ceasefire with effect from... midnight of 28 July," he said as he read out a joint […]

Israel has agreed to support a "one-week scale-up of aid" in Gaza - but the United Nations has warned more action is needed to "stave off famine and a catastrophic health crisis".UN aid chief Tom Fletcher made the remarks as Israel began limited pauses in fighting across three areas of Gaza for 10 hours a day to address the worsening humanitarian situation. Israel cut off all supplies to Gaza's population […]