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Israeli strike on Gaza seafront cafe kills at least 20 Palestinians, witnesses and rescuers say At least 20 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli air strike that hit a popular seafront cafe frequently used by activists, journalists, and local residents in western Gaza on Monday, according to medics and eyewitnesses. Rescue teams evacuated 20 bodies and dozens wounded from Al-Baqa Cafeteria, an outdoor venue which consisted of tents along the beach, a spokesperson for Gaza's Hamas-run Civil Defence told the News Feed. He added that emergency crews were still searching through a deep crater left by the explosion. "I was on my way to the café to use the internet just a few meters away when a massive explosion hit," said Aziz Al-Afifi, a cameraman with a local production company, told the  News Feed . "I ran to the scene. My colleagues were there, people I meet every day. The scene was horrific - bodies, blood, screaming everywhere." Videos posted by activists on s...

Trump says he has 'a group of very wealthy people' to buy TikTok President Donald Trump has said he has a buyer for TikTok, the video-sharing app that was banned in the US amid claims it posed a national security risk. In a Fox News interview, Trump said he had a group of "very wealthy people" willing to acquire the platform. "I'll tell you in about two weeks," he teased. A sale would need approval from the Chinese government, but Trump told Fox he thought President Xi Jinping "will probably do it". This month Trump delayed for a third time the enforcement of a law mandating TikTok's sale. The latest extension requires parent company ByteDance to reach a deal to sell the platform by 17 September. The News Feed has contacted TikTok for comment. A previous deal to sell TikTok to an American buyer fell apart in April, when the White House clashed with China over Trump's tariffs. It is not clear if the current buyer Trump says he has has li...

A month into Gaza's new aid system - killings, gunfire and chaos are routine In the four weeks since the launch of a controversial US- and Israeli-backed aid system in Gaza, there have been repeated incidents of killings and injuries of Palestinians seeking aid. According to the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry, in the past month more than 500 people on their way to get aid have been killed and 4,000 injured. To get a clearer understanding of how the last month has unfolded, N F Verify has analysed dozens of videos from across Gaza that offer an insight into what this aid system looked like on the ground. Footage shows a near-daily cycle of chaos, panic, live gunfire and dead or injured Palestinians. While the videos show an overall picture of danger and chaos, they do not definitively show who is responsible for firing in each incident. However in many cases, eyewitnesses and medics have described Israeli forces opening fire on crowds near aid sites. In statements over the past mont...

Israeli strike at Gaza market kills 18 Palestinians, doctor and witnesses say At least 18 Palestinians have been killed after an Israeli drone strike targeted a Hamas police unit attempting to assert control over a market in the city of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, a doctor and eyewitnesses. Eyewitnesses said Israeli drones fired at members of a Hamas police force, dressed in civilian clothing and wearing masks, who were confronting vendors they accused of price gouging and selling goods looted from aid trucks. The Hamas-run Ministry of Interior condemned the strike, accusing Israel of committing "a new crime against a police unit tasked with maintaining public order". One eyewitness told the BBC clashes broke out on Thursday after police confronted the vendors, with the unit commander shouting: "Either sell at a fair price or we will confiscate the goods." Some of the vendors then "pulled out handguns and one man had a Kalashnikov", the eyewitness said....

England needs more hosepipe bans and smart water meters - watchdog England faces huge future water shortages and needs a "continued and sustained effort" to reduce demand, including more hosepipe bans and 'smart' water meters, warns the Environment Agency. The watchdog says that without dramatic action, England, which uses 14 billion litres of water a day, will have a daily shortage of more than six billion litres by 2055. It says more homes will need meters reporting how much water is used in real time and in future prices may need to rise when supplies are tight. The warning came with droughts already declared in Yorkshire and the north-west of England this year following what the Met Office says is the warmest and driest Spring in more than half a century. The EA made the warning in its five yearly National Framework for Water Resources report. It said 5 billion litres would be needed to supply the public and a further 1 billion for agriculture and energy users. Th...

'We are exhausted' - how Iranians are feeling after fragile ceasefire It comes after 12 days of strikes between the two sides. Iran's health minister said on Tuesday that 606 people have been killed, although independent groups estimate the death toll to be twice this. The war has stirred within Iranians a mix of fear, despair, and - among some - flickers of hope. Some fear for their safety and the future of their country, while others speculate whether the conflict might usher in real political change. Like Sirous, Minoo - not her real name - fears the impact on the Iranian people. "What truly frightens me," she says, "is the devastation of war combined with sanctions and a dead economy, all brought on by the regime's greed. "We've paid the price, with our money and with our lives, and we will keep paying. "We, the Iranian people, are exhausted. We don't want war, we don't want sanctions, and we don't even want a ceasefire. We j...

Tulsi Gabbard now says Iran could produce nuclear weapon 'within weeks' Tulsi Gabbard says Iran could produce nuclear weapons "within weeks", months after she testified before Congress that the country was not building them. The US Director of National Intelligence said her March testimony - in which she said Iran had a stock of materials but was not building these weapons - had been taken out of context by "dishonest media". Her change of position came after Donald Trump said she was "wrong" and that intelligence showed Iran had a "tremendous amount of material" and could have a nuclear weapon "within months". Iran has always said that its nuclear programme is entirely peaceful and that it has never sought to develop a nuclear weapon. On Thursday Trump said he was giving Tehran the "maximum" of two weeks to reach a deal on its nuclear activities with Washington. He said he would soon decide whether the US should join ...

Who is Mahmoud Khalil, Palestinian student activist facing US deportation? Mahmoud Khalil, a prominent figure during the Gaza war protests at Columbia University in the spring of 2024, has drawn global attention after the Trump administration arrested and moved to deport him. The case has raised questions about free speech on college campuses and the legal process that would allow for the deportation of a US permanent resident. Mr Khalil was held in an immigration facility in Louisiana for three months before a federal judge ruled that President Donald Trump could no longer detain or deport him. On 20 June, a judge ruled Mr Khalil must be released. Born in Syria, the Columbia graduate's arrest by immigration agents was linked to Trump's promise to crack down on student demonstrators he accuses of "un-American activity". Trump has repeatedly alleged that pro-Palestinian activists, including Mr Khalil, support Hamas, a group designated a terrorist organisation by the US...