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The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Wednesday that fuel shortages and road closures are significantly slowing the humanitarian response in the Gaza Strip. “While fuel deliveries have resumed, ongoing access restrictions, congestion, and storage gaps continue to drive up costs and delay assistance”, OCHA said in a statement. It noted that UN partners were able to resume the distribution of monthly food rations for the first time since October 2023, reaching 100,000 people. Since the ceasefire, 35 health service points were reactivated, while 25 new ones were established, including 12 primary healthcare centers, most of which are located in northern Gaza, OCHA added.It also noted the expansion of Temporary Learning Spaces (TLSs) to 424 sites, including two TLSs that were opened between Jan. 3 and 4. The Israeli occupation continues its war of genocide in the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, 2023, leaving thousands of martyrs, wounded, and missing persons, in addition to hundreds of thousands of displaced people. Living conditions have severely deteriorated, with famine causing the deaths of many citizens, and widespread destruction that has destroyed most cities of the Strip, amid the occupation’s restrictions on the entry of food and medical supplies. Source link
US President Donald Trump announced that arrangements are being made for a meeting with Colombian President Gustavo Petro at the White House, following phone talks between the two to discuss contentious issues. Trump said in a post on Truth Social that Petro had called him to explain the differences between the two sides, adding: “I appreciated his call and tone, and look forward to meeting him in the near future.” The US president added that arrangements are being made between Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the Colombian Foreign Minister, and the meeting will be held at the White House. Meanwhile, Colombian media quoted President Petro as saying that he had spoken by phone with the US president for the first time, and asked him to reopen direct communication channels between Bogota and Washington. Source link
US police announced on Thursday that two people were killed and others injured in a shooting in Salt Lake City, Utah.A police spokesman said an initial report indicated the incident occurred in a parking lot. “There was some sort of altercation, and that’s when shots were fired,” police spokesman Glen Mills told reporters. They reported that at least two of the eight victims died from their injuries, while three of the survivors remain in critical condition, while the condition of the rest remained unknown.Police added that they have launched a large-scale search for the suspects. Gun violence is one of the most pressing security and social crises in the US. The country experiences high rates of violent gun crime, along with frequent mass shootings, leaving deep human, economic, and psychological scars. Source link
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will visit China from January 13-17, his office announced yesterday, signalling a thaw in relations that have been strained for years. The trip, the first to China by a Canadian leader since 2017, aims to “strengthen co-operation in the areas of trade, energy, agriculture and international security”, a Carney spokeswoman said. The first sign of improving ties came in late October when Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Carney met in South Korea on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit. Xi invited Carney to visit China following their meeting, which the Canadian premier had called a “turning point” in the strained relationship. The last Canadian leader to visit China was Justin Trudeau, in December 2017. Ties fell into a deep freeze in 2018 after the arrest of a senior Chinese telecom executive on a US warrant in Vancouver and China’s retaliatory detention of two Canadians on espionage charges. Source link
People attend a rally ahead of a January 6th memorial march marking five years since the attack on January 06, 2026 in Washington, DC. Today marks…
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage (left) poses with Westminster City councillor Laila Cunningham at the end of a party press conference in London Wednesday The anti-immigration Reform UK party Wednesday named Muslim businesswoman Laila Cunningham as its candidate to run in London’s 2028 mayoral elections.Reform leader Nigel Farage announced Cunningham, a former lawyer, as the party’s pick to contest the post held since 2016 by current mayor Sadiq Khan.Khan, a Labour party politician who became the UK capital’s first Muslim mayor, has been fiercely criticised by the far-right over his policies, which often celebrate London’s diversity and large immigrant population. He has not announced if he intends to run for a fourth term in office.Born to Egyptian immigrant parents, 48-year-old Cunningham is Reform’s first local councillor in London.Cunningham would lead the party in an ambitious bid to win big in local elections in London in May, Farage said.Reform could struggle to win over voters in the diverse, busy UK metropolis, despite growing popularity across other parts of the country.At a press conference Wednesday, Farage described Cunningham as “articulate… passionate” and “a mother”.Elected in the central borough of Westminster in 2022 as a Conservative, Laila Cunningham defected to Reform last year.Born in the capital to parents of Egyptian origin who arrived in the UK in the 1960s, she called London the “greatest city in the world”.”But I am not blind to what it has become,” she added, vowing there would be a “new sheriff in town”.Cunningham worked as a lawyer for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), but had to resign last year after making comments considered too politically partisan.”People that come to London have to embrace British culture. You don’t come to London expecting London to change for you,” she said Wednesday.She announced her priority would be to fight crime, arguing that London “is no longer safe” particularly for women, and attacking Khan’s policies. Source…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday pressed allies for ironclad security guarantees against any renewed Russian attack while also seeking progress on EU membership talks and tougher sanctions on Moscow.Zelenskiy met Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides in Nicosia as Cyprus took over the European Union's rotating presidency, which runs for six months.’We are working to make as much progress as possible during this period on opening negotiating clusters and on Ukraine’s accession to the European Union,” Zelenskiy said after the meeting, in a statement posted on X.Ukraine applied to join the EU days after Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022, seeking to anchor itself politically and economically to the West. It has been pushing to make progress on its bid, despite the challenges of the war and opposition from EU member Hungary to a fast-track process for Kyiv.’The President and I talked about strengthening sanctions against Russia, which must remain in place as long as Russia’s aggression and occupation continue,’ Zelenskiy said.The two leaders also discussed reinforcing Ukraine's air defence and the production and supply of drones. ‘We hope that support for Ukraine will remain strong,’ he said.Zelenskiy later met with European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa.Wednesday's meetings, he said, would provide an opportunity to discuss details of a meeting in Paris on Tuesday, where the United States backed a broad coalition of Ukraine's allies in promising to provide security guarantees in the event of a ceasefire to support the country if Russia attacks again.Zelenskiy, who is seeking solid post-war security guarantees to deter Russia from attacking again, told reporters he had not received a clear answer from Ukraine's partners of what their response to such an attack would be.’As long as we don't have such security guarantees, legally binding, supported by parliaments, supported by the United States Congress, this question cannot be answered,’ Zelenskiy said in a Whatsapp group chat.Cyprus, which traditionally had close political and cultural ties with Russia, has fully backed sanctions on Moscow. Many on the island draw parallels between Russia's invasion of Ukraine and Turkey's invasion of north Cyprus in 1974 after a brief coup engineered by the military then ruling Greece.’Cyprus reaffirms its steadfast commitment to Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity. As a country that still lives with the consequences of illegal invasion and ongoing military occupation, we fully understand what is at stake,’ Christodoulides wrote in a post on X after meeting Zelenskiy.’Ukraine will be a central priority of our Presidency, and will work to ensure sustained support at all levels,’ he said.A ceremony later in Nicosia marking the start of its six-month term will include Middle Eastern leaders, including Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, highlighting the ambition of the eastern Mediterranean island to serve as a bridge between Europe and the region. Source link
A lane of trucks stuck in traffic jam on the A2 motorway near Onnaing, northern France Wednesday, ahead of the Goretti snowstorm. Snow, ice and high winds brought transport chaos to swathes of Europe for a third day on Wednesday, with hundreds of flights cancelled and passengers stranded.Airports in Paris and Amsterdam were the worst affected, with the Dutch authorities saying more than 1,000 travellers had been forced to spend the night at Schiphol, one of Europe’s busiest hubs.Seven people have died in weather-related accidents as the continent reels from the most bitter cold snap of the winter so far.Hungary’s interior ministry said on Wednesday that a woman had died after a car skidded on ice and crashed into another vehicle, adding to five people killed in France and one in Bosnia since the winter freeze descended on Monday.With snowfall continuing on Wednesday, skiers and snowboarders enjoyed hurtling down the steep hills of the Montmartre district in Paris.But the cold snap came as a bitter shock to the French capital’s many homeless people.Guinean teenager Boubacar Camara, who is sleeping in a tent on the city’s outskirts, told AFP he had “no choice but to keep on going”.”You just have to stay strong, make sure you don’t die, you know,” said the 19-year-old. “We can’t do anything about the cold — I’m not used to this at all.”Hundreds of schools were closed for a third day across Scotland, and English authorities were warning of a snowstorm across parts of the country in the coming days.More than 100 flights were cancelled on Wednesday at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport and 40 more at the French capital’s other main hub, Orly.Almost half of mainland France was on alert for heavy snow and black ice, and lorries were banned from the roads in some areas, forcing truckers off the road while waiting for permission to get going again.”It’s better to be here than stuck on the road,” said driver Carle Bruno, who managed to get to a roadside service station in the northern port city of Le Havre to wait out the weather.In the Netherlands, Schiphol Airport said more than 700 flights had been cancelled so far and warned that the number was likely to increase.Brussels Airport confirmed 40 cancellations on Wednesday, and Budapest Airport in Hungary said 20 flights had been cancelled overnight.Andras Vaszko, a meteorologist at the Hungarian national weather service HungaroMet, told AFP it was the heaviest snow in the capital for 15 years.Forecasters said temperatures could fall to -20C in some places in Hungary, and in neighbouring Austria the mercury plummeted even further to -24C in the Alps overnight.Britain also saw temperatures plunging, with the authorities warned some rural communities in Scotland could be “cut off” by snow.The Eurostar rail service connecting London with continental European cities was also disrupted again on Wednesday, with passengers facing cancellations and delays.The Balkans region has been hit by heavy snow and floods in recent days and thousands were still without power in Serbia after a snowstorm tore down power lines on Tuesday.The Albanian port city of Durres was hit by torrential downpours on Tuesday that inundated hundreds of homes and forced around 200 people to flee, though officials said conditions were easing on Wednesday.Nordic countries were also facing snow-related chaos, with officials in eastern Sweden warning that power cuts were “likely” because of heavy snowfall.Trams were suspended in the western city of Gothenburg, and the authorities in the wider region warned people not to drive and stay at home if possible. Related Story Source…
From left: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, France’s President Emmanuel Macron and Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer sign the declaration on deploying post-ceasefire force in Ukraine during…
The Cuban national flag flies at half-mast outside the US Embassy in Havana. Havana declared two days of national mourning as of January 5 after a…
