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POLITICSOct 7İzmir's centre-left mayor joins Erdoğan's AK Party, shocking Turkish oppositionCemil Tugay, who won İzmir for the CHP with a 314,000-vote margin in 2024, received his AK Party badge from Erdoğan in Ankara on Wednesday, ending 27 years of centre-left rule in Turkey's third-largest city.EuroNews [en]
POLITICSOct 7Three Years After October 7, Netanyahu Faces Accountability QuestionsIsraelis began marking the third anniversary of the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks on Wednesday, with 1,200 people killed and 251 hostages taken in the assault, while this year's commemorations are the first in which all hostages or their remains are back in Israel. At the site of the Nova music festival, where more than 300 people were killed three years ago, families gathered at dawn and observed a moment of silence. Hamas militants had entered the festival site on October 7, 2023, using cars and paragliders, and mourners bowed their heads at 6:29 a....novinite · bulgaria
POLITICSOct 7Hardline Iranian MPs move to impeach foreign minister over UN General Assembly talksThe motion, filed by MPs aligned with the Paydari Front, accuses Araghchi of meeting US envoy Steve Witkoff at the UN General Assembly without authorisation, a claim directly opposed by Supreme National Security Council chief Mohsen Rezaei, who said the talks had prior approval.EuroNews [en]
POLITICSOct 7Rubio says Tehran missed 'multiple' chances for nuclear deal amid Iran stalemateIran has failed to take advantage of "multiple opportunities" to reach a deal on its nuclear program, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday.CNBC
POLITICSOct 7Rubio asserts that Iran "has lost control" of HormuzIran loses influence in the strategic maritime passage, while crude oil flow normalizes after the regional conflict. US sanctions severely impact the Iranian economy, intensifying tension in global markets.Clarín
POLITICSOct 7Exclusive: Paxton privately blames campaign woes on Iran war, gas pricesTexas Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton privately lamented the impact of the Iran war and gas prices on his campaign in a meeting last month, telling a group of donors and lobbyists, "I don't make the decisions," according to audio obtained by Axios.Why it matters: It's a candid admission from a close Trump ally about the challenging environment Republicans face this cycle.Paxton, the Texas attorney general, was speaking to donors and lobbyists at a closed-door fundraiser in Washington, D.C. The audio was provided to Axios by a person, granted anonymity because it was a private event, who wAxios
POLITICSOct 73 years later, Netanyahu faces reckoning over Oct. 7 in Israeli electionIsrael is marking the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 terror attacks three weeks before an election where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's personal culpability for the country's worst-ever security failure will be a central issue.Why it matters: Netanyahu has never looked more politically vulnerable than in the weeks after Oct. 7, but he has defied expectations by keeping his government afloat — presiding over simultaneous wars and an atmosphere of perpetual emergency. Though the polls are tight, they leave a clear path for the ultimate political survivor to hang on yet again.But Oct. 7 stiAxios
POLITICSOct 7How closer China-US ties – and more Xi-Trump summits – could work in Iran’s favourChina and the US – Iran’s key partner and its chief adversary – found firmer common ground on Tehran at the Washington summit last month, and further head-of-state diplomacy could work in Iran’s favour, according to analysts. Iran was on the agenda when the presidents of the United States and China met in Beijing in May and again in Washington in September. There was no direct reference to Tehran in Beijing’s statement after the May summit, but following the September meeting China was more...South China Morning Post
POLITICSOct 7Israelis scarred by Oct. 7 attack weigh Netanyahu’s political futureSome survivors of the deadliest day in Israel’s history see this month’s election as a long-delayed reckoning for the officials in charge when the country dropped its guard.Washington Post World
POLITICSOct 73 years on, Israelis grapple with reports Netanyahu was warned before Oct. 7 attacksOn the three-year mark since the Hamas-led deadly attack, Israelis are grappling with reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was repeatedly warned by regional allies ahead of time.NPR News
POLITICSOct 7Fear and a far-right lurch: How October 7 reshaped IsraelAl Jazeera [en]
POLITICSOct 7Antisemitism must be rejected forever - Mattarella on Oct 7 anniversaryPresident also mentions intolerable human and material devastation in GazaANSA [en]
POLITICSOct 7Israel's ambassador Zarka: France has a serious antisemitism problemThe world is marking the third anniversary of the October 7 attacks by Hamas — a day that shocked Israel to its core and reverberated across the region and beyond. Meanwhile, the war against Hamas in Gaza continues to produce a human catastrophe, with tens of thousands dead and no path to peace.EuroNews [en]
POLITICSOct 7‘Do something meaningful’: Vance demands Iran nuclear concessions to end warVice President JD Vance said in an exclusive interview with Reuters that Iran must make a “meaningful” reduction in its nuclear enrichment capacityThe Independent World
POLITICSOct 7October 7: Jean-Noël Barrot travels to Israel amidst crisis with ParisLe ministre français des Affaires étrangères rendra hommage ce mercredi aux victimes des attaques du Hamas. Une visite surprise sur plusieurs lieux du massacre.Le Figaro International
POLITICSOct 7Spat over Israeli flag removal engulfs the European Parliament on October 7 anniversaryGood morning. It’s Wednesday. On today’s docket: Israel’s Ambassador to France Joshua Zarka responds to mounting controversy over the removal of the Israeli flag at an exhibition in the European Parliament, and the latest on the suspected pneumonic plague outbreak.EuroNews [en]
POLITICSOct 7One Resignation Doesn’t Prove Justice Operates Fairly in TurkeyPro-government media say the resignation of one key figure over a stock market scandal shows the rule of law works impartially in Turkey. Courts’ treatment of opposition leaders suggests otherwise.Balkan Insight
POLITICSOct 7How Netanyahu survived the political fallout from the October 7 attacksThree years after the deadly Hamas-led October 7 attacks in southern Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is fighting for political survival ahead of legislative elections later this month. Reports that Arab leaders warned him of the assault in advance have undercut his claims that Israel's security chiefs are to blame, but his political base appears to be holding.France 24 [en]
POLITICSOct 7Celebrating the October 7 massacre is inhumanity, not solidarityOn the anniversary of the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, in which 1,200 people were murdered and 250 were abducted, Sacha Roytman Dratwa, of the ‘Combat Antisemitism Movement’, recalls in an opinion piece for Euronews what had already begun in many countries on 8 October 2023.EuroNews [en]
POLITICSOct 7Netanyahu faces fresh scrutiny over pre-October 7th warningsNew reports on warnings received before the Hamas attack threaten the Israeli prime minister’s general election campaignIrish Times World
POLITICSOct 7What Israeli schools teachWhat Israeli schools teachAl Jazeera [en]
POLITICSOct 7Hundreds of Israeli flags vandalized outside church in McKinney, Texas, ahead of Oct. 7 observanceHeritage Church in McKinney, Texas, says hundreds of Israeli flags honoring victims of the Oct. 7 attack were pulled from the ground overnight Tuesday.CBS News
POLITICSOct 7Trump isn't ‘completely wrong’: Hormuz disruption is Asia’s problem, says Singapore's foreign ministerTrump has said that Asian economies, which are heavily reliant on energy shipped through Hormuz, should shoulder more of the burden of keeping the waterway open.CNBC
POLITICSOct 7Musician Jack White lashes out at Trump for saying Iran could "destroy" Los AngelesJack White critica a Trump por sugerir ataques a ciudades de EE.UU., calificándolo como "el peor estadounidense" y cuestionando a sus seguidores.Reacciones de políticos y funcionarios rechazan las palabras del mandatario, mientras la Casa Blanca intenta matizar sus declaraciones.Clarín