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Sunday June 2nd, 2024 night edition

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No Gaza ceasefire until Israel war aims achieved, Netanyahu says.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted there will be no permanent ceasefire in Gaza until Hamas’s military and governing capabilities are destroyed and all hostages are released.

His statement comes after US President Joe Biden announced Israel had proposed a three-stage plan to Hamas aimed at reaching a permanent ceasefire.

A senior Hamas politician has told the BBC it "will go for this deal" if Israel does.

The negotiations come as fighting continues in Rafah, with reports of Israeli air strikes on Saturday in the city on Egypt's border with Gaza.

On Friday, Mr Biden described the plan as a comprehensive Israeli proposal that paved the way for a permanent ceasefire.

Following Mr Netanyahu's restating of his aims for the war, a spokesman for Hamas said it would back the plan if Israel did. »

Vladimir Putin is testing Nato borders for weak spots, security chiefs warn

Authored by telegraph.co.uk
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“It is clear that with the Finnish and Swedish Nato membership the geopolitical situation in the Baltic sea has changed.

I think it’s also quite predictable that Russia is adapting to that change but how that will manifest itself is less clear.”.

We can’t allow that... the Baltic Sea must not become Putin’s playground where he terrifies Nato members,” he added. »

Bill Gates' McDonald's Gold Card Offers Free Food for Life, Few Non-billionaires Were Offered One in This Decade

Authored by ibtimes.co.uk
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In a 2007 CNBC interview, Buffett said that while his card was good in Omaha, Gates' card worked everywhere.

In 2022, the fast food giant addressed the hype around this card by offering a few contest winners the McGold Card with lifetime access to free meals.

"Here we have my McDonald's card, which lets me eat free at any McDonald's in Omaha for the rest of my life. »

The failing ANC is rejected by over half of South Africa

Authored by economist.com
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Though the results of elections held on May 29th will not be finalised for a day or two, early projections suggest that the ANC has taken a beating.

Cyril Ramaphosa will be the first ANC leader without a parliamentary majority.

As a consequence the next fortnight will see the most important political negotiations in South Africa since the talks in the early 1990s that ended white rule. »