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Massive anti-Benjamin Netanyahu government protests erupted across Israel last night. This after Hamas' armed wing - Al-Qassam Brigades - dropped a new video showing two alive hostages. The protesters demanded that Netanyahu stop the war and resign. One protester even said that Israelis felt terrorised by the current leadership. In the video released by Hamas, the hostages had urged Israelis to continue their protests and mount pressure on the Israeli regime. Watch for more details. INTERNATIONAL NEWS

The U.S. & Israel are reportedly working to block potential ICC arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Concerned Israeli officials have been trying to garner support from the Western allies. Israeli news agency 'Walla' reported that the Israeli PM is under "unusual stress" and made phone calls to int’l leaders, especially to the U.S. president Joe Biden. The report says the U.S. is part of the final push to prevent ICC from issuing the arrest warrant. Watch this to know more. INTERNATIONAL NEWS

The US military has begun working on its new 'doomsday plane'. The US Air Force on April 26 awarded a $13 billion contract to Sierra Nevada Corp to develop a successor to the E-4B. The jet can withstand a nuclear blast and can allow the US President to lead the country in case of emergencies. Watch INTERNATIONAL NEWS

An Israeli soldier was injured in Hezbollah's revenge attack on northern Israel last night. Hezbollah said that it attacked Israel's Meron Air Base near the Lebanon border with "explosive drones and missiles" in retaliation to its cross-border strikes earlier that killed 3 people, including 2 of its members. The Lebanon-based and Iran-backed group also released a video showing how its projectiles created fireballs near Israeli targets. Watch for more details. INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Israel stayed away from two important events hosted by Saudi Arabia in Riyadh this week. Gaza war took centrestage at the World Economic Forum where Saudi's Finance Minister warned of negative impacts of the war on world economic sentiment. The kingdom's foreign minister also hosted a meeting of Arab nation's leaders. who stressed the need to end Israeli's war on Gaza and the importance to recognise the state of Palestine with occupied East Jerusalem as its capital. Watch. INTERNATIONAL NEWS

A top French politician has called for immediate halt to western funding to Kyiv, claiming Ukraine is one of the most corrupt nations on the planet. “Any euro sent to Ukraine prolongs the war and therefore causes unnecessary deaths, impoverishes us here, and has a strong chance of enriching the corrupt,” Florian Philippot who leads far-right party The Patriots said on X, formerly Twitter. Watch this video for more information. INTERNATIONAL NEWS

The Israel's war on Gaza sparked massive protests outside the venue of White House correspondents dinner in Washington on April 27. However, the Gaza war topic went unmentioned by participants inside. Instead, U.S. President Joe Biden used the annual White House correspondents’ dinner to make both jokes and grim warnings about Republican rival Donald Trump’s fight to reclaim the U.S. presidency. Watch this to know more. INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Speculations are rife that Israel and Saudi Arabia are holding normalization of ties talks amid the ongoing Gaza war. Makan public broadcaster reported on April 27 that an Israeli aircraft, previously used by Mossad and Shin Bet, arrived in Riyadh carrying top Israeli officials. Watch INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Just days after the United States of America announced fresh military aid for Ukraine, Russia claimed to have captured significant US weaponry in Ukraine. Russia's Ministry of Defence on April 28 said that American armoured vehicles based on the famous M1 Abrams tank had been taken near Berdychi. Moscow said that Ukrainian troops could have taken the vehicles for repair, but chose to abandon them. Watch the full video for more. INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on the United States, saying only the USA could stop Israel from attacking the border city of Rafah in Gaza, adding that the assault, which he expects within days, could force much of the Palestinian population to flee the enclave. Israel, which has threatened for weeks to launch an all-out assault on the neighbourhood saying its goal is to destroy Hamas' remaining battalions there, stepped up airstrikes on Rafah last week. Watch this to know more. INTERNATIONAL NEWS

With a fresh spurt in Houthi attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea region, Saudi Arabia's tourism minister commented on whether the developments would hurt the nation's tourism in the region on the Red Sea coast. Riyadh's futuristic NEOM megacity project is also situated on the Red Sea coast. Iran-backed Houthis and Saudi Arabia have been locked in military conflict for nearly a decade. Watch the full video for more. INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Shocking reports emerge about the casualty numbers in the Ukrainian Army amid the war with Russia. Washington Post reported that the Ukrainian President downplayed the true scale of Kyiv's losses. The report said that Volodymyr Zelensky knowingly deceived the public about the losses in the war. Watch for more. INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Belarusian President, Alexander Lukashenko, revealed that he once got intimate with a “strategic nuclear warhead”. This while he lamented that Belarus surrendered its Soviet nuclear arsenal in the early 1990s. He claimed he managed to get the personal moment with the nuke before it was removed. Watch the full video to know more. INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Israel's Big Move To Come To Terms With Hamas Amid Stalled Truce Negotiations. Israel Is Reportedly Ready To Reduce The Number Of Hostages That Hamas Would Release. Israel Is Reportedly Willing To Accept 20 Hostages In The First Phase Of Ceasefire, As Long As Those Released Are Either Women, Men Over 50 Years Of Age & The Seriously Ill. Watch Video To Know More INTERNATIONAL NEWS

The IDF has withdrawn the Nahal Brigade from the Gaza strip to give it rest. The brigade will reportedly join the rest of the 162nd division for future operations, like invading Gaza's southern city of Rafah. The Times Of Israel report added that Nahal is being replaced by two reserve brigades in central gaza, the 679th “Yiftah” Armored brigade and the 2nd “Carmeli” Infantry brigade. Watch for more details. INTERNATIONAL NEWS

After the United States, pro-Palestine protests are being held in France. Students blocked access to Paris’s prestigious Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po) university over Israel’s war on Gaza, demanding the institution condemn Israel’s actions in a protest that echoed similar demonstrations on university and college campuses across the United States. Watch this to know more. INTERNATIONAL NEWS

The announcement by the United States that it has provided Ukraine with ATACMS long-range missiles has put spotlight on Germany’s continued refusal to send similar long-range Taurus missiles to Kyiv. Just hours before Washington’s announcement on ATACMS delivery, German chancellor Olaf Scholz reiterated his opposition to supply Taurus missiles to Ukraine. Scholz, however, is now facing growing heat at home and within the NATO bloc to reconsider his stand. Watch this video for more information. INTERNATIONAL NEWS

An Israeli Civilian Was Killed In A Hezbollah Anti-tank Missile Attack Near The Lebanon Border, The Israeli Defence Forces Said On Friday. The Latest Hezbollah Strike Targeted The Mount Dov Area On The Border With Lebanon. Following The Attack, The IDF Said It Struck Hezbollah Sites In Southern Lebanon’s Chebaa. Watch Full Video To Know More. INTERNATIONAL NEWS

The US, UK, and Canada imposed fresh sanctions on Iran, targeting its drone program. The US Treasury Department in a statement said over a dozen entities, individuals, and vessels played a key role in facilitating and financing the clandestine sale of drones to Iran's Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL). Watch INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Controversial Israeli minister Itamar Ben Gvir was involved in a car accident on April 26. His car allegedly jumped a red light, as per witnesses quoted by Israeli news outlets. Police said that they were investigating the cause of the accident. Ben Gvir has been accused in the past of telling his drivers to flout traffic rules. Watch the full video for more. INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Ukrainian villages have been continuously bombarded and residents have fled to other areas to find cover. Amid the two years of the war in Ukraine, the village of Velyka Pysarivka was hit with nearly 200 Russian guided bombs last month. How are the villagers surviving in the war? Watch the full video to know more.

Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister Patrick Gorman says inflation is “heading in the right direction”. The annual rate of inflation in the March quarter has dropped to 3.6 per cent. The latest figures, released on Wednesday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, revealed annual CPI inflation in the March 2024 quarter was at 3.6 per cent, lower than the 4.1 per cent annual rise in the December quarter. “Inflation is running at about half of what it was when we came to office – that’s inflation heading in the right direction,” Mr Gorman told Sky News Australia. “We’ll continue to make sure that, where we can, take pressure off inflation.”

Dozens of conflicts are now raging across the world, including Israel's brutal war on Gaza. With atrocities and human rights violations happening daily, Ghida Fakhry sits down with Volker Turk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to find out whether the human rights framework which emerged from the Second World War, is fit for purpose and able to hold Israel to account?

In recent months, pressure has been growing on the Biden administration from outside – but also increasingly from within. Younger voices are refusing to toe the line and forms of dissent - from resignations to self-immolation - are growing. Could dissent in Washington, DC be the key to an end to the bloodshed in Gaza? Do these forms of dissent make a difference? And why is it important to a new generation of civil servants to refuse to toe the line?

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