Israel and Hamas agree to send medicine to Gaza hostages and civilians
Shipments of medicine for Israeli hostages and Palestinian civilians are expected to begin arriving in Gaza on Wednesday under a deal brokered by Qatar and France.
The militants took about 250 hostages during the bloody October 7 attacks that started the war, and about 132 are still in Gaza, including at least 27 who are believed to have been killed.
In a statement to the official Qatar News Agency (QNA), Doha on Tuesday announced the agreement "between Israel and [Hamas], where medicine along with other humanitarian aid will be sent to civilians in Gaza, in exchange for the distribution of medicines needed for Israeli prisoners in Gaza".
"France should stay in France", says Macron, as he sets out his vision to oppose the extreme right
Emmanuel Macron wants to change the time French children spend in front of screens, test compulsory school uniform and is not opposed to all primary school pupils having to learn the national anthem, he told a news conference, promising a France with "common sense".
The French president, who is trying to limit the potential gains of the far right in European elections, laid out his vision for the coming years focusing on law and order, education and pro-business policies, days after appointing the most young man from France, Gabriel Attal.
Tax our wealth, the super-rich tell politicians
More than 250 billionaires and millionaires are calling on the political elite meeting for the World Economic Forum in Davos to impose wealth taxes to help better public services around the world.
"Our demand is simple: we ask that you tax us, the richest in society," the wealthy said in an open letter to world leaders. "This will not fundamentally change our standard of living, nor deprive our children, nor will it harm the economic growth of our nations. But it will turn extreme and unproductive private wealth into an investment in our shared democratic future."
The crises have divided European voters into five 'tribes', the poll suggests
Europe's voters are no longer divided into left or right, pro or anti-EU camps, a poll suggests, but into five distinct tribes whose conflicting concerns are likely to dominate nearly 20 elections across the continent this year.
Attitudes towards climate, migration, global economic turmoil, Ukraine and Covid will dominate this year's elections, research shows.
The authors of the report argue that all five of these crises "were felt across Europe, albeit with different intensities in different corners of the continent."
