Since October 2023, a growing number of UN investigators, human rights groups, NGOs and genocide scholars have concluded that Israel was carrying out genocide in Gaza. A new UN inquiry has reached the same conclusion. Here are its key findings

US President Donald Trump pledges support for Lebanon's sovereignty, economy and armed forces during a call with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun Live updates👇 trt.world/c153

#BREAKING: Explosions heard in Sirik in southern Iran, state media says

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake strikes off coast of Venezuela, days after deadly twin tremors struck trtworld.com/article/0ec827a…

Mount Etna showed renewed volcanic activity on June 26, with lava emerging from its eastern flank and volcanic tremors intensifying. In response to the increased activity, Italy's Civil Protection Department raised the volcano's alert level from green to yellow, as officials continued to monitor conditions around Europe's most active volcano

A severe heatwave is gripping Europe with record temperatures threatening water supplies, agriculture and public health

Israel's prime minister and national security minister parrot opposing views on Lebanon deal, Netanyahu calls it "historic", Ben Gvir says it is a "big mistake" trtworld.com/article/e2eb761…

Death toll in Venezuela tops 1400, as UN estimates twin earthquakes caused $6.7 billion in physical damage, equivalent to six percent of country's GDP trtworld.com/article/2e53ed3…

Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir slammed the US-brokered agreement Israel and Lebanon signed on June 26, calling it "a big mistake" and arguing that the Lebanese government could not be trusted to disarm Hezbollah. In a post on Telegram, Ben Gvir said  that members of Lebanon's government include Hezbollah ministers and said only Israeli forces, not the Lebanese state or any other party, would be able to dismantle the group's military capabilities. His remarks came after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the agreement as a "historic" achievement following direct negotiations between the two countries. Netanyahu said the deal represented a significant blow to Iran and Hezbollah. Meanwhile, Israel carried out drone and air strikes in southern Lebanon on June 27, a day after the agreement was signed. Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz also said the military was preparing for an extended stay in the security zone there

Extreme heat sweeps across Europe, triggering wildfires as Switzerland, Denmark, and Germany record new all-time temperature highs, while France records over 100 heat-related deaths in a day trtworld.com/article/4b9a5c3…

Israel warns Iran of "great force" response if Tehran derails Lebanon deal, even as Israeli forces bomb southern Lebanon hours after signing the framework trtworld.com/article/abaf0a7…

#BREAKING: Venezuela quake death toll climbs to 1,430, with 3,238 others injured, National Assembly president says

Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic says he ⁠will ⁠resign within ​weeks and announces early presidential and ⁠parliamentary elections

Israeli settlers attempted to seize a Palestinian home in the town of Qabalan, south of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, under Israeli army protection. The incident sparked clashes after the homeowners were forcibly expelled

An Israeli drone strike targeted a tent sheltering displaced Palestinians on Al-Jalaa Street in western Gaza City, injuring several civilians. In a separate attack on tents in Khan Younis, two Palestinians, including a woman, were killed and seven others were injured

Nearly seven million people may have been affected by Venezuela’s deadly twin earthquakes, the UN says, warning that urgent aid is needed as over 50,000 people remain missing trtworld.com/article/9971bba…

Peter Roff and Richard Goodstein clash over Trump’s handling of Iran. Full episode: piped.video/JaxrW4ZiFi8

A magnitude 6 earthquake strikes Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region, the EMSC says, sending out tremors into neighbouring Pakistan and India-adminstered Kashmir trtworld.com/article/0b17783…