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BREAKING NEWS | One passenger was killed and others were injured when a flight from London to Singapore was hit by severe turbulence, Singapore Airlines has said. Read more here. | |
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| Hello. Today I'm sharing with you Lucy Williamson's report focusing on the Sde Teiman military base, in southern Israel, and the conditions of detention of Palestinian prisoners there. In Paris, our disability correspondent Nikki Fox hears from wheelchair users who say their public transport options are severely limited, as the City of Light gears up for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Also in your newsletter: Greece, South Korea, and Dachshunds. | |
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TOP OF THE AGENDA | Gazans ‘shackled and blindfolded’ - claims | | Sufian Abu Salah said he was severely beaten in detention. The Israeli military said his claims were “unknown and will be examined”. Credit: BBC | Medical workers in Israel have told our Middle East correspondent Lucy Williamson that ill and injured detainees from Gaza are routinely shackled to hospital beds, blindfolded, sometimes naked, and forced to wear nappies. These concerns centre on a military field hospital, at the Sde Teiman base in southern Israel. Since the October 7 Hamas attacks, Israeli forces have rounded up large numbers of Gazans and taken them to bases like Sde Teiman for interrogation. Suspected fighters are sent to Israeli detention centres, while many others are released back to Gaza without charge. One whistle-blower, who asked to remain anonymous, detailed how medical procedures were “routinely” carried out without painkillers, causing “an unacceptable amount of pain”. The Israeli army does not publish details of detainees but said those at the facility were treated “appropriately and carefully” and that violence against detainees was “absolutely prohibited”. Read Lucy's full report here.
Analysis: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reacted angrily to efforts to make him face an international arrest warrant, alongside Hamas leaders. Jeremy Bowen explains what it all means.
Israeli politics: War cabinet minister Benny Gantz has threatened to resign unless Mr Netanyahu sets out a post-war plan for Gaza by 8 June.
The basics: Israel and Hamas have been fighting for more than seven months. Our simple explainer lays out the background for the conflict. | |
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| A Paralympic transport ‘black mark’ | Paris is expecting 350,000 disabled fans to visit for the Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer. But French wheelchair users say the lack of accessible transport infrastructure is a source of shame for the French capital. |
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| | Nikki Fox, disability correspondent |
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| | TikTok influencer and wheelchair user Arthur Baucheron is so popular in France that he has been selected to be a torchbearer ahead of the Games. But Mr Baucheron, who counts French president Emmanuel Macron among his Instagram followers, finds it nearly impossible to use the Metro to get around his own capital city. He says it is his "dream to take the Metro", adding that he sometimes has to take three buses to see his friends in the city. |
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BEYOND THE HEADLINES | The cost of uncovering a K-pop scandal |
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| | | Kang Kyung-yoon said her newborn child was also the target of harassment. Credit: BBC | Seoul-based journalists Park Hyo-sil and Kang Kyung-yoon helped bring to light a sex scandal involving male K-pop stars - one that involved secret filming of unconscious women. But in a society where talking about gender inequality can be "very divisive", the two women faced massive waves of harassment - paying a huge personal price. |
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SOMETHING DIFFERENT | Green as... the ocean? | Oceans are changing colour as the balance of phytoplankton populations shifts. | |
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