“The fact that we now have not 50%, but 57% is partly a function of obviously just the size of the swing, but it is also, I think, very deliberate changes that have occurred within the Labor Party over about 30 years from what was a very male-dominated culture and environment,” Bongiorno said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said hiscame after allies said they couldn’t support Israel’s new military offensive if there are “images of hunger” coming from the Palestinian territory.
Shortly after Israel announced the first trucks entered Gaza, the U.K., France and Canada issued a sharply worded joint statement calling the aid “wholly inadequate.” They threatened “concrete actions” against Israel, including sanctions, for its activities inand the occupied West Bank and called on Israel to stop its “egregious” new military actions in Gaza.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the joint statement and called it “a huge prize for the genocidal attack on Israel on October 7.”
Israel over the weekend launchedacross Gaza, and the army ordered the evacuation of its second-largest city, Khan Younis, where a massive operation earlier in the 19-month war left
Israel says it is pressuring Hamas to release the remaining hostages abducted in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that ignited the war. Hamas has said it will only release them in exchange for a lasting ceasefire and an Israeli withdrawal.
Netanyahu repeated Monday that Israel plans on “taking control of all of Gaza.” He has said Israel will encourage what he describes as the voluntary emigration ofThey seek rights over their common lands that will require outsiders, including authorities, to seek villagers’ permission to make any changes to them.
India is among the world’s most vulnerable countries to climate impacts. According to the 2025 Climate Risk Index, the country between 1993 and 2022 was subject to 400 extreme events — includingand cyclones — causing 80,000 deaths and economic losses nearing $180 billion.
Odisha is one of India’s poorest states and among the most vulnerable to climate impacts. A study by researchers from Odisha’s Fakir Mohan University published in 2023 found that food production there had decreased by 40% in the last 50 years due to climate change.Most Indian farmers rely on rain-fed agriculture, with about half of all farmed land dependent on downpours. As the monsoons become more unpredictable, livelihoods are affected.