Mother of Hind Rajab Evacuated From Gaza Wissam Hamada, the mother of Hind Rajab, and several members of her family safely evacuated from Gaza to a third country on Thursday after protracted negotiations with the state of Israel for her release, a source involved in the exfiltration told Drop Site.
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/hind-rajab-mother-evacuated-gaza-wissam-hamadaHamas slams Abbas’s 'regrettable' UN remarks on disarmament as Israel vows punitive steps Speaking via video link on Wednesday, after the United States refused him a visa to attend in person, Abbas urged Hamas and other factions to "surrender their weapons" and ruled out any future role for the group in governing Gaza. In response, Hamas condemned Abbas’s remarks as "deeply regrettable". Senior official Izzat al-Rishq said the PA president was echoing Israeli demands while Israel continued its campaign of massacres in Gaza and intensified raids across the occupied West Bank.
https://www.newarab.com/news/hamas-rejects-abbass-un-speech-vows-not-disarm-gazaSpain's PM says he will send warship to protect Gaza aid flotillaSpain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday he will join Italy in sending a military warship to protect an international flotilla seeking to deliver aid to Gaza after it was attacked by drones off Greece. Sanchez told a press conference in New York where he has been attending the UN General Assembly that the citizens of 45 countries were on board to deliver food to the population of Gaza and express solidarity with their suffering.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/spains-pm-says-he-will-send-warship-protect-gaza-aid-flotilla-2025-09-24/More than 100 Labour MPs urge Reeves to scrap two-child cap with gambling taxMORE than 100 Labour MPs have urged Chancellor Rachel Reeves to scrap the two-child benefit cap by raising taxes on gambling firms. They signed a letter that said the costs of lifting the cap could be paid for via a “targeted levy on harmful online gambling products.” This would “support the government’s manifesto pledge to reduce gambling-related harm and enable vital action to alleviate child poverty,” the MPs wrote.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/more-100-labour-mps-urge-reeves-scrap-two-child-cap-gambling-tax“Elbit Out!” Activists launch campaign to expel arms company from RomaniaA coalition of Romanian and international groups standing in solidarity with Palestine has launched the “Elbit Out!” campaign, aiming to expel Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems from Romania. Elbit is one of Israel’s largest arms manufacturers and is present in Romania with three companies, the organizers explain. “There, it manufactures components for weapons that have been tested on Palestinians and are partly still used in Gaza today.”
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/25/elbit-out-activists-launch-campaign-to-expel-arms-company-from-romania/Five Sudanese dead in ‘Wagner Group’ attack near South Darfur-CAR borderReports reaching Radio Dabanga from Um Dafug, close to the border between South Darfur and the Central African Republic (CAR), claim that at least five Sudanese have died in an attack in the area of Bashma on Sunday afternoon, after which the attackers gruesomely mutilated the victims’ bodies.
https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/five-sudanese-dead-in-wagner-group-attack-near-south-darfur-car-borderJapan cuts Africa exchange programme amid fake immigration claimsCritics of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba accused him on social media of plotting to bring “millions of Africans and Kurds” into Japan. … The resulting uproar forced local authorities to suspend normal operations as they struggled to handle a deluge of complaints. JICA President Akihiko Tanaka said the backlash had overwhelmed participating municipalities.
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025/9/25/japan-cuts-africa-exchange-programme-amid-fake-immigration-claimshttps://archive.ph/BHenAIndian authorities impose security restrictions in remote Ladakh after deadly clashesOfficials banned assembly of more than five people in Ladakh’s Leh and Kargil districts following the violent clashes Wednesday. Hundreds of police and paramilitary soldiers patrolled streets Thursday and enforced a curfew in Leh. Police detained at least 40 people overnight in Leh following the clashes, officials said. Shops and businesses shut in Kargil as a local group called for a strike against Wednesday’s killings.
https://apnews.com/article/ladakh-india-kashmir-protests-security-restrictions-98938e3a38daf1b48877ed383a91af8cGreenpeace accuses Brazil's JBS of buying cattle illegally raised in indigenous landsGreenpeace said the investigation found that between 2018 and 2025, farmer Mauro Fernando Schaedler transferred at least 1,238 animals from one of his farms that overlap with the indigenous land to another property free of irregularities. Greenpeace said that this second farm, which has a clean record, sold animals to JBS.
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/greenpeace-accuses-brazils-jbs-buying-cattle-illegally-raised-indigenous-lands-2025-09-25/Activists outraged after Rio lawmakers approve ‘wild west bonus’ for police who kill ‘criminals’That law was scrapped in 1998, after three years of bloodshed, but on Tuesday lawmakers voted by 47 votes to 15 to revive the policy as part of new legislation relating to Rio’s civil police. Under the rule, civil police officers would be paid bonuses of between 10% and 150% of their salaries for capturing high-calibre weapons and “neutralizing criminals”.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/25/rio-de-janeiro-brazil-police-bonus