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08/07/2025

WOW!!!
There are some bitter and twisted people on my feed slagging my 26 year old daughter off about her English on The Breakfast Show. She has been in Spain since she was 6 months old, English is her second language, she only speaks it at home with me and her Mum, she speaks Spanish all of the time and even dreams in it and when I retire or pass away she will own the radio station so give her a chance. She has presented for 18 months on and off as she works in TV production most of the year So stop being bitter people plus everyone has to start somewhere…
PS. How good is your Spanish?
BTW. You’re only fluent in a language if you can argue in it..

Mojácar la Vieja will once again be loved by its residents: "It's the best way to protect its heritage."Every September ...
08/07/2025

Mojácar la Vieja will once again be loved by its residents: "It's the best way to protect its heritage."

Every September since 2018, the team from the Biocultural Archaeology Laboratory (MEMOLab) of the University of Granada has been working at the archaeological site of Mojácar la Vieja, home to one of the first Islamic communities to settle in the Levant. This seventh archaeological campaign will bring a team of around 40 people to the Almería town, who will work in the area for two shifts (from September 1 to 12 and from September 15 to 26), along with a large group of surrounding residents who will be able to actively participate in the work.

"Quite a few people usually come to visit us because it's an accessible site, very close to the town center and the beach, and many people come out of curiosity and participate in the excavation. As we'll be there for four weeks, we'll also carry out various cultural and heritage activities, such as washing the pottery pieces we find. This way, we bring the locals closer to their history. It's the best way to preserve and protect our heritage: so that people can appreciate it, enjoy it, and use it," José María Martín Civantos, expedition leader at MEMOLab, explained to Diario de Almería.

During recent campaigns, work has focused on the urban area of ​​the site, where the ancient population of Mojácar settled from the mid-12th century to the early decades of the 14th century, with the aim of enhancing the site's value and making it a visitable area for its current inhabitants. "The work we are doing in Mojácar la Vieja aims to uncover the remains of the ancient village of Mojácar and its castle. It is an archaeological site of obvious heritage interest, firstly because of its history, as it was the first settlement in Mojácar, and secondly because of its very good state of preservation. It is possible to observe the urban layout of both the houses and the castle, which is larger than we expected: it has 14 towers and, in addition to the enclosure at the top of the hillside, another roughly halfway up," says Martín Civantos.

So far, part of the town's urban structure has been discovered, including houses, streets, and even a small square that the team believes could be the market square, judging by the surrounding structures. Important structures have also been discovered that provide information about the lives of the people of Mojácar around a millennium ago, such as a communal bread oven discovered during the last campaign. This year, MEMOLab's intention is to unify the two large excavation areas, the urban area and the foothills, so that the site can be fully appreciated. "Through this work, we can begin to get an idea of ​​what life was like on a farmstead, not only within the village itself, but also the surroundings, such as the irrigation areas, which allow us to understand the agricultural production of the area," explains the archaeologist.

2025 is the final year of the General Research Project that has brought MEMOLab professionals to Mojácar to unravel this piece of Almería's history. However, the City Council has expressed interest in extending the project until 2030, and MEMOLab is currently drafting the application. As Martín Civantos explains, the continued investigation is no impediment to preparing the site for visits. "A site management process would be necessary, including architectural restoration, access improvements, and visitor information," the archaeologist explains, adding that "there is already much to see and interpret about the site." The City Council should first acquire ownership of the land, which is in private hands, in order to carry out the necessary investment to enhance the site and allow for visits.
Source: Diario de Almeria in English using Google Translate

Almería bucks the trend: this is the most popular name among newborn girls in 2024It's no secret that society is transfo...
08/07/2025

Almería bucks the trend: this is the most popular name among newborn girls in 2024

It's no secret that society is transforming by leaps and bounds. These changes, which can be seen in technological advances such as the speed at which artificial intelligence evolves or in the latest generation of mobile phones, are also reflected in other, more everyday aspects, such as our first names.

While there was a time when tradition dictated the name by which a baby would be known for the rest of its life—it was common for boys and girls to adopt their grandparents' names in honor of the elderly and as a way of preserving family history—it is now a custom that has fallen into disuse in most homes.

According to the latest data published by the Institute of Statistics and Cartography of Andalusia (IECA), in its report on the Name Statistics of Andalusian Newborns for 2024, Almería has broken with the trend prevailing in the rest of the autonomous community, but only for females.

Most Common Names Among 2024 Babies
Manuel has once again made it to the top spot in the ranking of the most popular names among boys born last year. This places it in line with the rest of Andalusia, with the exception of Málaga, where the most popular name was Hugo.

But where Almería truly stands out from the rest of the Andalusian provinces is among females. While María is the most common name among newborns in the autonomous community in 2024, in Málaga and the province of Almería, Sofía holds the top spot. On the other hand, in Jaén, Lucía ranks first.

Only after Sofía, the most popular names among Almería girls born in 2024 were María, Carmen, and Lucía. For boys, Manuel is followed by Alejandro, Antonio, and Álvaro. In figures for all of Andalusia, Manuel is the most common, with 1,099 boys (3.6% of the total born in 2024 in the autonomous community), and María, with 800 girls (2.7% of the total).

Mohamed, the name with the greatest decline
Among the 100 most common names in Andalusia in 2024, some names stood out for their decline in ranking. Among these, Mohamed dropped the most, dropping from 55th to 76th (-21 positions). For girls, the name that dropped the most was Elsa, which fell from 79th to 95th (-16 positions).

In contrast, the name Athena, of the hundred most common names in the autonomous community, rose the most in ranking last year, going from 214th to 85th (+129 positions). Among the male gender, the one that grew the most was Oussaid, rising from 302nd to 78th (+224 positions).

Tradition and inheritance in name days
While it is true that babies inherit their parents' names less and less, it is a practice that can still be found in some Andalusian homes, especially in the case of boys (13.7% receive the same name as their parents compared to 4.9% of girls).

Thus, in 2024, Cristina was the name most inherited from mother to daughter among the 100 most common names of 2024. In the case of boys, Francisco Javier was the name with the greatest legacy between fathers and sons, with 72.1% of newborns named this way.
Source: La Voz de Almeria in English using Google Translate

Flights suspended after man is sucked into plane engine on runwayFlights were suspended at an airport in northern Italy ...
08/07/2025

Flights suspended after man is sucked into plane engine on runway

Flights were suspended at an airport in northern Italy after a man was sucked into the engine of a plane and killed.

Police at Milan Bergamo International Airport told Sky News that the person appeared to run on to the runway before voluntarily entering the engine of the Volotea aircraft.

A spokesperson for the airport in Bergamo, in the Lombardy region, has said the 35-year-old was not a passenger or employee.

Witnesses have said the man entered the airport terminal by driving the wrong way down a road.

They added that he then left his car before running into the arrivals areas and heading to an emergency door that leads to the runway.

He then ran towards the engine of the plane that was preparing to take off, they added.

The witnesses also said police and airport security went after the man but were not able to stop him.

Police are investigating, and flights have resumed.

Flight operations were suspended at the airport from 10.20am to noon local time (9.20am to 11am UK time) due to "a problem that occurred on the taxiway", the airport said in a statement.

The flight, which was due to fly to Asturias in Spain, was rescheduled to 3.55pm local time (2.55pm UK time).

Volotea, a Spanish low-cost airline, said on X: "We regret to confirm flight V73511 from BGY-OVD was involved in an incident at Milan-Bergamo Airport at 10:35h. One person not onboard and not affiliated with the company was seriously injured. All 154 passengers and 6 crew are safe... We are doing everything possible to support the affected passengers and crew, providing them with psychological support, while working in close coordination with the Italian authorities."
Source: Sky News

Bee attack leaves three in critical condition and dozens injured in FranceThree people in a French town remain in a "cri...
08/07/2025

Bee attack leaves three in critical condition and dozens injured in France

Three people in a French town remain in a "critical but stable condition" following an unusual bee attack at the weekend which left 24 passersby injured, the mayor of Aurillac said on Monday.

Twenty-four people were hurt and three were rushed to hospital in critical condition when hundreds of bees suddenly attacked people in the central-southern town on Sunday morning.

According to local media, one of them was a 78-year-old woman who was stung 25 times and had to be resuscitated after a cardiorespiratory arrest.

Police and firefighters fenced off the area and a beekeeper was called in to smoke out the bees - a safe way to calm the insects.

A local woman called Andrée said she witnessed "very panicked people" trying to bat off the bees. "I could tell they were being attacked by something but I couldn't figure out what," she told French media.

The mayor of Aurillac, Pierre Mathonier, was reported as saying that Asian hornets threatening a beehive may have been the catalyst for the attack.

But Christian Carrier, the president of the regional beekeepers' union, was sceptical.

He told France Info that bees generally avoid leaving their colonies altogether in the presence of Asian hornets.

Instead, he said that the unusual incident may have been due to the bee colony becoming too large for its beehive and becoming "overactive" when the beekeeper handled it.

"It may be that [the bees] didn't have enough space and that their colony had no intention of swarming. This can trigger strong aggression," Mr Carrier said.
Source: BBC

Jota's car was likely speeding before fatal crash - Spanish policeAll the evidence so far suggests Portuguese footballer...
08/07/2025

Jota's car was likely speeding before fatal crash - Spanish police

All the evidence so far suggests Portuguese footballer Diogo Jota was driving when his car crashed on a Spanish motorway, and he was likely speeding, say police.

The 28-year-old Liverpool player was killed with his brother André Silva, 25, when their Lamborghini car had a suspected tyre blowout in northwestern Zamora province early last Thursday.

Spain's Guardia Civil police force said at the time the car had apparently been overtaking on the A52 motorway near Palacios de Sanabria when it left the road and burst into flames.

"Everything also points to a possible excessive speed beyond the speed limit of the road [highway]," said Zamora's local traffic police.

Police said they had studied the marks left by one of the Lamborghini's tyres and that "all the tests carried out so far indicate that the driver of the crashed vehicle was Diogo Jota".

The expert report is being prepared for the courts on the accident, and their investigation is understood to have been made more complex by the intensity of the fire that almost completely destroyed the car.

Family, friends and teammates honour Diogo Jota and his brother
The accident happened 11 days after Jota had married his long-term partner Rute Cardoso in Portugal. The couple had three children.

The brothers had been heading to the Spanish port of Santander so Jota could return to Liverpool for pre-season training.

Their funeral took place in their hometown of Gondomar, near Porto at the weekend.

Tyre marks were reportedly visible about 100m (330ft) from the moment of impact.

Although there had been suggestions that the asphalt on the road was uneven where the crash took place, police told Spanish media it was not an accident "black spot" and the road should have been driveable beyond the speed limit of 120km/h (75mph).
Source: BBC

The National Court will examine the harsh appeals filed over the evidence in the Palomares caseThe legal battle over the...
08/07/2025

The National Court will examine the harsh appeals filed over the evidence in the Palomares case

The legal battle over the decontamination of Palomares has entered a new chapter. The National Court has admitted the appeals filed by both Ecologists in Action and the State Attorney's Office against the court order that partially ruled on the admission of evidence in the proceedings regarding the radioactive waste that remains scattered in this district of Cuevas del Almanzora.

A resolution signed on July 4 by the Court's attorney agrees to give the parties five days to rule on both appeals. At stake is whether key experts will be able to testify and whether the full content of the Palomares Rehabilitation Plan (PRP), the cornerstone of the litigation, can be incorporated.

Environmentalists: "They leave us defenseless"
Ecologists in Action maintain that the ruling of June 25th leaves them defenseless and violates their right to effective judicial protection. In their appeal, they complain that one of their main pieces of evidence is not even mentioned: the request to CIEMAT for the PRP approved, they claim, by the plenary session of the Nuclear Safety Council on May 5, 2010. They allege that the administrative file only contains a preliminary version and that the subsequent development of the plan, no longer classified, has been ignored.

Furthermore, they criticize the fact that the expert testimony of Carlos Sancho Llerandi, a CIEMAT scientist and author of the plan, has not been admitted. They consider his testimony essential to clarify the current radiological criteria in Palomares, which Environmentalists estimate at 1 mSv/year compared to the 0.1 mSv/year defended by the State. They also attribute to him knowledge of whether the PRP has been finalized and whether the 2013 report he signed is still valid.

The environmental federation also demands the appearance of Nieves Sánchez Guitian, president of ASTECSN and the College of Geologists, to explain a document in which she warned of the urgent need to package the waste and establish a temporary storage facility. Since then, they claim, the situation has changed, with signs that the United States could agree to take charge of the radioactive material.

The appeal also emphasizes the relevance of the testimony of CSN councilor Francisco Castejón Magaña, describing the current effects of radioactivity and the transformation of plutonium into americium, and of the former mayor of Cuevas and current senator Jesús Caicedo, who is familiar with the social, agricultural, and tourism impact of the problem, as well as the diplomatic efforts with the United States.

The State counterattacks: "There is no approved plan and the evidence is invalid."
The State Attorney's Office, for its part, launches a frontal attack. In its appeal, it accuses Ecologistas en Acción of violating Article 60.1 of the Law on Contentious-Administrative Jurisdiction for failing to identify the facts under investigation or link them to the proposed means. The lawsuit, they maintain, is riddled with procedural omissions that prevent an assessment of the relevance or pertinence of the evidence.

Furthermore, they dismantle the narrative of the approved PRP. According to the State, the Nuclear Safety Council never approved any definitive plan, but limited itself in 2010 to issuing a report on a preliminary proposal, demanding improvements that were never made. Therefore, they insist, speaking of a PRP with legal value is "manifestly false."

The State Attorney also attacks the expert evidence admitted by the Court. The court claims that Carlos Sancho Llerandi and Nieves Sánchez Guitian have not issued legally valid expert opinions, but are simply being asked to testify about old or private documents. In fact, it points out that in Guitian's case, there isn't even an expert report, but rather an opinion expressed in a parliamentary response.

For the Bar Association, this evidence does not meet the requirements of Article 335 of the Civil Procedure Law and should be inadmissible for having been presented "without rigor, without facts to prove, and without a legal basis."

The court will have the final say.
Both appeals will be resolved by the same Section of the National Court that issued the original ruling. The decision it makes will set the course of the trial and determine whether the Ecologists' allegations can be supported by more robust evidence or whether, as the State intends, the case will be limited to the documents already in the file.

Meanwhile, the land contaminated by the 1966 nuclear accident remains uncleaned.
Source: Diario de Almeria in English using Google Translate

Cyber attack on M&S involved 'sophisticated impersonation', chairman saysThe chairman of Marks & Spencer has told MPs th...
08/07/2025

Cyber attack on M&S involved 'sophisticated impersonation', chairman says

The chairman of Marks & Spencer has told MPs the company is "still in the rebuild mode" following a cyber attack which led to empty shelves and limited online operations for months.

Speaking publicly for the first time since the attack, Archie Norman declined to answer whether the business had paid a ransom.

"It's a business decision, it's a principal decision," he told members of the Business and Trade Committee (BTC).

"The question you have to ask is - and I think all businesses should ask - is, when they look at the demand, what are they getting for it?

"Because once your systems are compromised and you're going to have to rebuild anyway, maybe they've got exfiltrated data that you don't want to publish. Maybe there's something there, but in our case, substantially the damage had been done."

When asked again later in the BTC evidence session, Mr Norman said, "We're not discussing any of the details of our interaction with the threat actor, including this subject, but that subject is fully shared with the NCA [National Crime Agency]."

What happened?
The initial entry into M&S's systems took place on 17 April through "sophisticated impersonation" that involved a third party, Mr Norman said.

It was two days later, on Easter Saturday, before the company became aware of the attack, and approximately a week after the intrusion, before the retailer heard directly from the attacker.

A day later, after learning of the attack, the authorities were notified, while customers were told on Tuesday, MPs heard.

As well as British authorities, the US FBI was contacted, who are "more muscled up in this zone" and were "very supportive", Mr Norman said.

By the time the breach is clear, systems have already been compromised, the chairman said.

The group behind the attack may have been Scattered Spider, some of whom are believed to be English-speaking teenagers, but Mr Norman said M&S made an early decision that no one from the company would deal directly with the so-called "threat actor".

"Anybody who's suffered an event like ours, it would be foolish to say there's not a thousand things you'd like to have done differently," he added.

Advice for businesses
In a warning to other businesses, M&S's general counsel and company secretary Nick Folland said firms should be prepared to operate without IT systems.

"One of the things that we would say to others is make sure you can run your business on pen and paper," he said.
Source: Sky News

How many people cross the Channel in small boats?The UK and France will discuss measures to tackle migrants crossing the...
08/07/2025

How many people cross the Channel in small boats?

The UK and France will discuss measures to tackle migrants crossing the English Channel at a Downing Street summit on Thursday.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has promised to "smash the gangs" bringing migrants to the UK, and also wants France to do more.

Almost 20,000 migrants crossed the Channel in small boats in the first six months of 2025 - a 48% increase on the same period in 2024.

How many people cross the Channel in small boats?
Official figures show that 19,982 migrants crossed the Channel in small boats between January and June 2025.

In 2024 as a whole, nearly 37,000 people were detected making the crossing - 25% more than in 2023.

The highest yearly total is for 2022, when 45,755 people arrived.

More than 170,000 people have arrived in small boats since figures were first recorded in 2018.

A line chart showing the number of people crossing the English Channel in small boats by year between 2021 and 2025. All years tend to start with lower numbers, under 10,000 until at least June, then increase significantly between August and November. 2021 is the lowest total at about 28,000, while 2022 is the highest with more than 40,000 crossings. Figures to 30 June 2025 show 19,982 crossings, which is the highest so far for that point in the year of any previous years.

What is the government doing to reduce small boat crossings?
The goverment has pledged action to tackle small boats and has warned the situation in the Channel is "deteriorating".

Under Home office proposals, suspected people smugglers will face travel bans, social media blackouts and phone restrictions.

A new offence of endangering lives at sea will carry a jail term of up to five years. Those convicted of acts in preparation for smuggling - such as buying boat parts - face up to 14 years in prison.

The government has also toughened up rules to make it almost impossible for anyone who arrives in the UK on a small boat to become a British citizen.

Previously, refugees who entered this way could apply for citizenship after 10 years. The Refugee Council estimates at least 71,000 people will be affected.

Any offender sentenced to more than a year in prison can currently be refused asylum and deported under the Refugee Convention.

The government wants to extend this to include any asylum seeker convicted of sexual offences.

Ministers are also spending £150m to establish a new Border Security Command, to lead on efforts to tackle the issue.

A deal to give France almost £500m over three years for extra officers to help stop migrants was struck by the previous Conservative government in 2023.

The current Labour government wants French authorities to let their police intercept so-called taxi boats in shallow waters. These cruise along the coastline, picking up people waiting in the sea.

BBC on French beach as police slash migrant 'taxi-boat'
In addition, the UK and France are thought to be working on the terms of a "one-in, one-out" agreement.

This would mean that for every small-boat arrival that France takes back, the UK would let one asylum seeker from France join family members already here.

Current shadow home secretary Chris Philp blamed the recent increase in crossings on Labour "tearing up" the Conservatives' plan to deport some asylum seekers to Rwanda.

"This is the worst year on record, and it's become a free-for-all," he added. The boats keep coming."

How many people die crossing the Channel?
The International Organization for Migration (IOM), a UN agency, tracks the number of people who die attempting to cross the Channel.

Its figures include people who were travelling to a crossing point and died in other circumstances, such as car crashes or because of medical issues.

The IOM estimates that at least 82 migrants died in 2024, making it the deadliest year on record.

At the end of June it said that at least 18 people had died on this route in 2025. That takes the total number of migrants who have lost their lives since 2018 to 247.

The Refugee Council has said that the dangers of crossings have increased, with more people crammed into less seaworthy boats.

Who is crossing the Channel in small boats?
Afghans were the top nationality arriving by small boat in the year to March 2025, according to Home Office figures.

Syrians made up the second largest group, followed by people from Iran, Vietnam and Eritrea.

These five nationalities accounted for 61% of all arrivals.

In 2024, almost one third of the 108,000 people who claimed asylum in the UK arrived on a small boat.

The Home Office can remove people with no legal right to stay in the UK, or refuse to let them enter.

Between 2018 and December 2024, 4,995 people who came to the UK in small boats were returned to their home country - about 3% of the total.

Smuggler reveals operation to help Vietnamese reach UK
People smuggler advertised Channel boat crossings on Facebook

How do UK small boat arrivals compare with those to Europe?
There were more than 180,000 arrivals by sea in Europe during 2024, with Italy receiving more than a third.

Greece and Spain also received large numbers.

Bar chart showing the number of refugee and migrants arriving by boat in the UK, Italy, Greece and Spain each year between 2019 and November 2024. The biggest total was seen in 2023, followed by 2022. The 2024 total to November is the second highest.
In the year ending September 2024, 1.1 million people claimed asylum in the EU and European Economic Area (EEA), down 3% compared with the previous year.

Germany received the most applicants - 294,415. France was second (162,390) followed by Italy (162,305) and Spain (161,470).
Source: BBC

Acropolis closes as heatwave grips GreeceThe Acropolis is closing temporarily on Tuesday as soaring temperatures continu...
08/07/2025

Acropolis closes as heatwave grips Greece

The Acropolis is closing temporarily on Tuesday as soaring temperatures continue to grip Greece.

The popular site in the capital city of Athens was shutting from 13:00-17:00 local time (11:00-15:00 BST), the country's culture ministry said.

Highs of 42C (107F) are forecast for parts of the European country on Tuesday and a category four wildfire warning, signalling a very high risk, is in place in several regions.

It comes as wildfires were reported in other parts of the continent, including France and Spain's Catalonia region, weeks after they were hit by a deadly early summer heatwave.

Changes to the Acropolis' opening hours were announced on Monday after extreme heat returned to Greece on Sunday.

Its closure on Tuesday - with highs of 38C expected in the city - is not the first time extreme heat has shut the popular attraction - having done so in June and last July.

Authorities said the closure was for the "the safety of workers and visitors" at the site, which is visited by tens of thousands of people every day, totalling 4.5m in 2024.

The country's labour ministry has also imposed a mandatory five-hour work stoppage for manual, outdoor workers between 12:00-17:00 on Tuesday in the areas set to see the worst heat.

The current heatwave is due to continue into Wednesday, with forecasts of 40-42C for southern parts of the country, before starting to break on Thursday.

Meanwhile, 41 wildfires broke out across Greece on Monday, according to the country's fire service. Of those, 34 were contained early while seven remained active into Monday evening.

A Category 4 wildfire warning was issued late on Monday for five regions: Attica, the Peloponnese, central Greece, Thessaly and western Greece.

The public was urged to remain vigilant and emergency services were on high alert, the country's civil protection said.

Elsewhere, more than 1,000 fire fighters were tackling a wildfire in southwestern France early on Tuesday. Residents near the town of Narbonne evacuated their homes, and a motorway linking France and Spain was shut.

In Catalonia, more than 2,000 people were under lockdown early on Tuesday as a wildfire that broke out on Sunday continued to rage in the eastern province of Tarragona, according to local media.

Much of western and southern Europe was hit by a scorching early summer heatwave, which saw thousands evacuated, and homes and business destroyed.

Heatwaves are becoming more common due to human-caused climate change, according to the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

It has said hot weather will happen more often - and become even more intense - as the planet continues to warm.
Source: BBC

Netanyahu nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize as the two meet at White HouseIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ...
08/07/2025

Netanyahu nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize as the two meet at White House

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US President Donald Trump he was nominating him for a Nobel Peace Prize as the two hailed their recent joint strikes on Iran 's nuclear facilities as an unmitigated success.

The pair sat down with their top aides for a dinner in the White House on Monday night, to mark the Iran operation and discuss efforts to push forward with a 60-day ceasefire proposal to pause the 21-month conflict in Gaza.

"He's forging peace as we speak, one country and one region after the other," Netanyahu said as he presented Trump with a nominating letter he said he sent the Nobel committee.

The call for the peace prize comes after the Israeli leader for years had pressed Trump and his predecessors to take military action against Iran's nuclear program.

Trump ordered US forces to drop "bunker-buster" bombs and fire a barrage of Tomahawk missiles on three key Iranian nuclear sites.

It also allowed Netanyahu to further ingratiate himself with Trump, who for years has made little secret of the fact that he covets a Nobel Peace Prize and sees himself as a capable peacemaker.

Netanyahu's outwardly triumphant visit to the White House, his third this year, was dogged by Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza and questions over how hard Trump will push for an end to the conflict.

But in an exchange before reporters before the dinner got underway, both leaders expressed optimism that their success in Iran would mark a new era in the Middle East.

"I think things are going to be really settled down a lot in the Middle East," Trump said. "And, they respect us and they respect Israel."

Trump says Iran wants to restart talks, but Iran hasn't confirmed that.

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian in an interview published Monday said the U.S. airstrikes so badly damaged his country's nuclear facilities that Iranian authorities still have not been able to access them to survey the destruction.

The meeting between Trump and Netanyahu may also give new urgency to a US ceasefire proposal being discussed by Israel and Hamas.

White House officials are urging Israel and Hamas to quickly seal a new ceasefire agreement that would bring about a 60-day pause in the fighting, send aid flooding into Gaza and free at least some of the remaining 50 hostages held in the territory, 20 of whom are believed to be living.

Five Israeli soldiers were killed overnight in northern Gaza, the Israeli military said Tuesday. Two other soldiers were seriously wounded.

Meanwhile, health officials in Gaza said Israeli strikes at two locations in the territory killed 18 people.
Israeli media said the infantry soldiers were on patrol when explosive devices were detonated against them.

Media said militants also opened fire on the reinforcements sent to evacuate the dead and wounded.

The soldiers' deaths came roughly two weeks after Israel reported once of its deadliest days in months in Gaza, when seven soldiers were killed when a Palestinian attacker attached a bomb to their armored vehicle.

Health officials at the Nasser Hospital, where victims of the Israeli strikes were taken, said one of the strikes targeted tents sheltering displaced people in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, killing four people.

A separate strike in Khan Younis killed four people, including a mother, father, and their two children.

In central Gaza, Israeli strikes hit a group of people, killing 10 people and injuring 72 others, according to a statement by Awda Hospital in Nuseirat.
Source: ITV News

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