Tuesday, October 8, 2024

UN chief tells Israel that draft law blocking aid agency UNRWA in Gaza would be 'catastrophe'

man at podium

Draft Israeli legislation that would stop the UN Palestinian refugee agency working in the Gaza Strip and West Bank would be a "catastrophe" if enacted, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday. He said he raised his concerns with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gaza-unrwa-israel-middle-east-crisis-1.7346041?cmp=rss

More than 1 million ordered to evacuate Florida's Gulf Coast as Hurricane Milton grinds near

Cars backed up on a highway

Hurricane Milton was expected to enlarge even as its intensity ebbed on Tuesday as the now-Category 4 storm grinded past Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula en route to Florida's Gulf Coast, where more than one million people were ordered to evacuate before the monster storm arrived.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hurricane-milton-florida-1.7345776?cmp=rss