The Daily Populous

Monday October 20th, 2025 night edition

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The military later said it resumed enforcing the ceasefire, and the official confirmed that aid deliveries would resume Monday.

A senior Egyptian official involved in the ceasefire negotiations said “round-the-clock” contacts were underway to de-escalate the situation.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directed the military to take “strong action” against any ceasefire violations but didn’t threaten to return to war.

Israel’s military said militants had fired at troops in areas of Rafah city that are Israeli-controlled according to agreed-upon ceasefire lines.

Palestinians feared war would return to the famine-stricken territory where Israel cut off aid for over two months earlier this year after ending the previous ceasefire.

Al-Awda hospital said it received 24 bodies from several Israeli strikes in the Nuseirat and Bureij camps in central Gaza.

Israel has released 150 bodies of Palestinians back to Gaza, including 15 on Sunday, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. »

ISPs angry about California law that lets renters opt out of forced payments

Authored by arstechnica.com

It was approved by the state Assembly in a 75–0 vote in April, and by the Senate in a 30–7 vote last month.

What we’re saying here with this bill is that if a tenant wants to opt out of the arrangement, they should be allowed to opt out.”.

The California Broadband & Video Association, which represents cable companies, called it “an anti-affordability bill masked as consumer protection.”. »

Trump calls Colombian president a ‘drug leader’ and threatens US will ‘close up’ country’s ‘killing fields’: ‘It won’t be done nicely’

Authored by independent.co.uk

open image in gallery Donald Trump warned on Truth Social that Gustavo Petro must stop so-called ‘killing fields’ in Colombia ( AP ).

The Colombian president accused Trump of “murder” over the attack, which killed one person on board.

"Fisherman Alejandro Carranza had no ties to the drug trade and his daily activity was fishing,” said the Colombian president. »

Zelenskyy urges allies not to appease Russia after failing to secure US missiles

Authored by theguardian.com
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Ukraine’s president has urged allies against appeasing Russia after returning from a trip to the US, where he failed to secure long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles.

He called for decisive steps from European and American allies, adding that it was time for another meeting between the Europe-led “coalition of the willing”.

“This week alone, Russia has used more than 3,270 attack drones, 1,370 guided aerial bombs, and nearly 50 missiles of various types against Ukraine,” Zelenskyy said. »