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The UN Security Council adopts a draft resolution calling for “urgent and extended humanitarian pauses and corridors throughout the Gaza Strip.” Russia, the US and the UK abstain; Rejection by Israel. Meanwhile, another cloud of smoke has emerged in the negotiations with Hamas over the release of the hostages. The evacuation of the southern part of the Gaza Strip was also ordered. Opposition leader Lapid calls for Netanyahu to be fired. The Israeli operation will end when Hamas is neutralized, Biden says. China “will achieve reunification with Taiwan: it is an unstoppable process,” Xi told Biden at the summit with Biden in San Francisco. The US President reiterated that he recognizes the one-China principle, but that Washington also expects Beijing not to interfere in the elections in Taiwan
Moscow, relations with the USA are in danger of breaking off
Relations between Russia and the US are in danger of being disrupted at any moment due to “Washington’s policy of rampant Russophobia.” The Russian Foreign Ministry said this in a statement on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the resumption of diplomatic relations between Washington and Moscow. The statement, reported by the Tass agency, stigmatizes what is defined as “the doctrinal goal (of the US) of inflicting a ‘strategic defeat’ on Moscow with the risk of catastrophic consequences.” According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, there are “political circles” in the United States that are “desperately and absurdly focused on regime change and provocation of internal conflicts in Russia,” a “project in which significant resources are being invested.”
Spain: Parliament session begins, vote on Sanchez after 12 p.m
With the intervention of the leader of the Basque radical party Bildu, Mertxe Aizpurua, the second day of the parliamentary session has just opened, which will end after 12 p.m. with the vote of confidence in the Sánchez government. If the socialist leader receives the expected 179 votes, more than the absolute majority of 176, he will become prime minister. However, if he fails to reach that threshold, the session will be extended until tomorrow, when a new vote will take place in which, in order to be named prime minister, Sánchez must receive more yes votes than no. In the morning, after Bildu, the representatives of the Basque Nationalist Party (Pnv), Aitor Esteban, the Union del Pueblo Navarro (UPn), Alberto Catalan, the Bloque Nacionalista Galego (Bng) Nestor Rego and finally the deputy of the Coalicion Canaria ( Cc), Cristina Valido. Then Sanchez will conclude the debate with a final appeal to the chamber and finally the roll-call vote of the 350 deputies.
Media: 9 billion euro EU plan for Egypt is ready
The European Union offers its supportEgypt for an amount of 9 billion euros (almost 10 billion dollars) related to the Israel-Hamas crisis. This was written by Asharq Business, an Arabic-language agency partner of Bloomberg based in Riyadh with an office in Cairo. The President of the EU Commission Ursula von der Leyen is expected to visit Egypt on Saturday, November 18th, which will also take her to Jordan.
China, Xi dictator? Extremely wrong Biden comments
China has disputed US President Joe Biden’s description of his counterpart Xi Jinping as a “dictator”, calling it “extremely false”. The spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Mao Ning noted that “this kind of speech is extremely wrong and constitutes irresponsible political manipulation.” China is strongly against it.” On this point, “I must point out that there are always some people with ulterior motives who try to sow discord and “To ruin China-US relations, and that too will not succeed,” Mao added. Biden made the comments after the summit with Xi in San Francisco.
Attack on Jerusalem, 5 injured, one seriously, 3 attackers killed
The death toll from a shooting on Route 60 south of Jerusalem is at least three dead and five injured. The Jerusalem Post reports on it. According to Israeli security forces, three Palestinians opened fire after being approached at a checkpoint. Security forces responded to the attack by shooting and killing the three attackers. Magen David Adom paramedics were at the scene to help the injured. One of them, a 20-year-old young man with injuries to his upper body, is said to be in a serious condition.
According to an initial reconstruction by the public radio station Kan, three Palestinians who had traveled by car from Hebron (southern West Bank) arrived at a military checkpoint and opened fire at close range with an M-16 rifle and two pistols. The guards returned fire and killed her. The bomb squad then inspected the car, fearing there was a bomb inside. Four Israeli soldiers and security officers were injured after the firefight. One of them is in serious condition.
In India, the 40 people stuck in tunnels were freed today
Rescuers who worked frantically for five days in India to free 40 men trapped in a tunnel under construction say “the operation could be close to success”. Colonel Deepak Patil, Director of Operations, told the media, adding that a very powerful excavator was in use from today, which was brought from Delhi yesterday thanks to a military cargo. The new machine should be able to insert a 90 centimeter diameter steel pipe between the rubble, which should finally provide workers with an escape route. Although the trapped people are only three and a half meters away from the rescuers, operations have been slowed as they continue to fall on the rescuers as they work. The Civil Protection is in constant contact with the workers, who have managed to send oxygen, water, food portions and medicines through a thin hose, which is necessary since some have suffered from fever and difficulty breathing in the last few hours. Yesterday, Indian authorities sought advice and assistance from the Thai technicians who rescued a team of children trapped in a cave in 2018 and the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute. The section of the tunnel under construction where the accident occurred is part of a 4.5 km road infrastructure that will connect two of Hinduism’s holiest sites, Silkyara and Dandalgaon, a project close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s heart .
Moscow: “107 Russians evacuated from Gaza”
According to the Russian Emergencies Ministry, a total of 107 Russian citizens and their families traveled from the Gaza Strip to Egypt yesterday. The ministry said the Rafah border crossing was operating beyond Tuesday’s deadline, allowing another group of people to be evacuated. The Russian citizens traveled in a bus convoy to Cairo and from there to Moscow, the ministry said. Moscow also announced it would deliver 21 tons of humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza, including emergency lighting, generators, medicine and food. The humanitarian cargo flew from Moscow to Egypt and will be delivered to the Egyptian Red Crescent, the ministry added.
Germany: Ifo, 84% of companies support maintaining smart working
The majority of German companies, 84%, want to maintain the current rules on smart working. This was the result of a survey by the Ifo Institute. “This applies to all sectors of the economy and to small, medium-sized and large companies,” says Simon Krause, researcher at Ifo. Only 8% of companies want to change their work from home rules. “Despite the public debate about returning to the office, working from home is now an established reality in the working world,” adds Krause. The media industry (23.9%) and the goods industry (19.4%) in particular want to make home offices more flexible. Instead, the restrictions are expected primarily from textile manufacturers (19.6%), the pharmaceutical industry (16.3%) and information service providers (16.2%). “Since April 2022, we have calculated a constant rate of a quarter of all employees working from home,” adds ifo researcher Jean-Victor Alipour. “In view of the new survey results, we do not expect a decline.” Because 34.1% of all companies currently have a company agreement on home office, a further 15.4% use regulations at department or team level; 29.1 percent work with individual agreements; 31.2% have no arrangement or do not work from home at all.
Gaza, searches underway but still no proof that Al-Shifa hospital is a Hamas base
Israel has threatened to expand its operations in the south, where hundreds of thousands of people who followed previous evacuation orders are crowded into UN shelters and family homes. Meanwhile, soldiers continued to search the hospital in Shifa, northern Gaza. The raid on the hospital, which began early Wednesday, has not yet found evidence of Hamas’ central command center, which Israel says is hidden beneath the compound. Hamas and employees of the hospital, the largest in Gaza, deny the allegations. The expansion of the offensive southwards threatens to worsen the already serious humanitarian crisis in the besieged area.
Germany: Major police operation against Islamic Center in Hamburg
Major police operation in Germany against the Islamic Center Hamburg (Izh). As Bild and Ard report, a large nationwide raid began before dawn, involving over 500 police officers and state security investigators who searched 58 buildings across Germany, including mosques, headquarters of Muslim clubs and cultural centers. The Federal Ministry of the Interior announced that the association was suspected of violating the constitutional order. Security authorities also investigated suspicions that the IZH was supporting Hezbollah’s activities, which are banned in Germany. The other clubs affected by the raid could be sub-organizations of the IZH. The searches were carried out with the aim of obtaining evidence. In Hamburg in particular, over 200 officers searched a total of 32 buildings. These include the headquarters of the Islamic Center Hamburg as well as the headquarters of the Islamic Academy of Germany (IAD) and the association that supports an Iranian Islamic mosque in the Hanseatic city. Police officers also searched the “Salman Farsi Mosque” association in Langenhagen, Lower Saxony, the “Islamic Association of Bavaria” (Ivb) in Munich and the “Islamic Community of Shiite Communities in Germany (Igs)” association in Berlin. In addition to Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Bavaria and Berlin, searches are currently being carried out in Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia and Baden-Württemberg. The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution has placed the Islamic Center in Hamburg, founded in 1962, under surveillance, which, along with the Iranian embassy, is the most important representation of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Germany. According to the secret service, the activities of the IZH, which runs the Imam Ali Mosque in Hamburg, are aimed at obtaining information and propaganda.
Ukraine, Moscow: Two Kiev drones were shot down over the Bryansk region of Russia
Two Ukrainian drones were shot down by Moscow’s air defense over the western Russian region of Bryansk and three others were intercepted off the coast of Crimea, the Russian Defense Ministry said, citing Tass. “In the early hours of today, the Kiev regime’s attempt to organize a terrorist attack using fixed-wing drones was foiled. Air defense units in operation intercepted two Ukrainian drones over the territory of the Bryansk region. Three more were intercepted over the Black Sea near the Crimean coast,” the ministry said in a statement.
Israeli army, Hamas naval weapons depot destroyed
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has destroyed Hamas naval weapons and equipment found in al-Shati camp in Gaza City. The IDF reported this, saying that the operation was successfully carried out by the troops of the reconnaissance unit of the Nahal Brigade. The weapons cache contained diving equipment, firearms and explosive devices. The IDF also adds that Israeli paratroopers also discovered weapons and explosives caches in the northern Gaza Strip the night after a firefight with Hamas militants. The Israeli military found suicide vests, other explosive devices, RPGs, anti-tank missiles and intelligence documents
Biden “confident about hostages, great cooperation from Qatar”
American President Joe Biden said he was “somewhat confident” about the possibility of reaching an agreement to release the approximately 240 hostages taken by Israel to the Gaza Strip, stressing that “we have received great cooperation from Qatar.” an important mediator in the Middle East. “I don’t want to rush too much because I don’t know what happened in the last four hours,” Biden said, citing the length of his conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Gaza: Another UNRWA worker killed, total rises to 103
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has announced that another of its employees has been killed in an attack amid the conflict between Hamas and Israel. The victim was in the Gaza City area. Since hostilities began on October 7, 103 “UNRWA colleagues” have lost their lives in the Gaza Strip (data updated to November 14). This is the highest number of United Nations humanitarian workers killed in a conflict in the organization’s history. we read an explanation.
Israeli airstrike on the home of Hamas leader Haniyeh
An Israeli plane hit the home of Hamas politician Ismail Haniyeh in the Gaza Strip. The Times of Israel reports on this and recalls that Haniyeh lives in exile in Qatar. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) made the announcement, saying the house was “used as terrorist infrastructure and, among other things, as a meeting place for high-ranking officials of the Hamas organization.” The IDF shared a video of the raid.
The troops – explained a spokesman, referring to the operation that took place in Shati, in the north of the Gaza Strip – “also attacked the terrorists and located weapons, including explosive belts, explosive barrels, grenade launchers, anti-tank missiles, communications equipment and intelligence information,” documents.
In the USA, clashes broke out between police and demonstrators in front of the Democratic headquarters during the demonstration
Clashes broke out between police and protesters outside the Democratic National Committee headquarters during a demonstration calling for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas. Dozens of Democratic representatives and candidates, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, were inside the building for a campaign reception when they were interrupted by chants outside. Protesters said they wanted to block entrances and exits to force politicians to hold their candlelight vigil on Wednesday evening. However, the situation quickly escalated. Capitol Police said about 150 people “illegally and violently protested,” but protesters blamed police for the violence. Capitol Police said six officers were treated for minor injuries and one protester was arrested for assaulting an officer.
Herzog: “Israel will not leave a gap in Gaza, it will maintain its presence”
Israeli President Isaac Herzog said Israel must not leave a “void” in post-war Gaza and that it must maintain a solid military force in the future to prevent Hamas from regaining a foothold in the Palestinian enclave. “If we withdraw, who will take command? We can’t leave a gap. “We have to think about the mechanism,” he explained in an interview with the Financial Times, “there are many ideas that are being proposed.” “But no one,” Herzog added, “is going to turn Gaza into a terrorist base again.”
Xi Jinping: China wants to be friends with the United States and have peaceful relations
President Xi Jinping said China is “ready to be a partner and friend of the United States” after meeting his counterpart Joe Biden. This was one of his clearest comments expressing his desire for peaceful relations between the world’s two largest economies.
“The most important question for us is: Are we adversaries or partners?” Xi asked while speaking at a dinner of business leaders at the APEC summit in San Francisco on Wednesday. “If you view the other side as the main competitor, the most important geopolitical challenge and the most pressing threat, all you will get is uninformed policy, bad action and undesirable results.”
The entrepreneurs’ dinner gave Xi the opportunity to talk about the Asian nation with some of the world’s most influential investors. So far, China’s post-pandemic reopening has not spurred the global growth many had hoped for.
Beijing has stepped up its efforts to attract foreign investors this year and vowed again this week to step up measures to attract foreign capital. But tightening national security controls and government messaging that foreign actors pose a threat to spies — along with years
Israel, 2 more soldiers killed in operation in Gaza Strip
The Israeli army has announced the deaths of two more soldiers killed in fighting in the Gaza Strip. The total number now stands at 50 since the ground operation began in the Palestinian enclave, according to the same source.
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