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🇵🇸 VIDEO: AFP journalist covers war as Gaza faces extreme shortages AFP video journalist Youssef Hassouna has been covering the Gaza war for 21 months. Now, extreme scarcity of food, clean water and medical care in Gaza are complicating his efforts to cover the conflict.

International news agencies Agence France-Presse (AFP), Associated Press (AP) and Reuters as well as the BBC on Thursday called on Israel to allow journalists in and out of Gaza, which is subject to a strict blockade. u.afp.com/SgGw

Thailand launched air strikes on Cambodian military targets on Thursday as Cambodia fired rockets and artillery, killing a civilian, in a dramatic escalation of a long-running border row between the two neighbours lemonde.fr/en/internation… via @lemondefr and @AFP

England goalscorer Michelle Agyemang was a ball girl at Wembley four years ago...on Sunday she'll be playing in the Euro 2025 final 👑 bbc.com/sport/football…

Italy will understandably feel hard done by today...but what a match! Women's football has made such impressive strides forward. When I was kicking a ball around at school with the boys, I could never imagine what it would become france24.com/en/live-news/2…. Match report by @AFP

Populist ideals are gaining traction in Japan, spurred by right-wing politicians running rampant elsewhere railing against "elitism", "globalism" and immigration. u.afp.com/SYtX

Google recently retired its ClaimReview program, which helped search engines recognize fact-checked content and direct users to that content in a useful way. It was a small, useful step toward improving overall information integrity on the internet. It’s the latest blow in an…

A child's death from measles has sparked urgent calls from British public health officials to get children vaccinated, as the UK faces an onslaught of misinformation on social media, much of it from the United States. @malpasanna reports for @AFP rfi.fr/en/internation…

Latest from @AnujChopra on AI-powered 'nudify' apps, with additional reporting by me and Sonia González Fernández. Deeply concerning that these apps -- which rose to prominence targeting celebrities -- are being increasingly weaponised against children. yahoo.com/news/ai-powere…

A jury on Monday found a British woman from an aristocratic family and her convicted rapist partner guilty of manslaughter after their newborn daughter died while they were living off-grid in freezing temperatures barrons.com/news/uk-aristo… via @AFP

Content creators, often based in South Asia, are churning out AI-generated images of made-up Holocaust victims for money, targeting Westerners' emotional reactions, researchers told AFP uk.news.yahoo.com/holocaust-ai-f… by @malpasanna

Hong Kong court hears appeals by democracy campaigners jailed for subversion last year u.afp.com/SYTg

A German doctor went on trial on Monday accused of killing 15 patients with lethal injections and acting as "master of life and death" over those in his care ➡️ u.afp.com/SYqJ

Tough times ahead: @AFP to reduce headcount and cut expand spending costs barrons.com/news/afp-news-…

Trump faces MAGA meltdown over Epstein. Trump's MAGA base is up in arms after his administration claimed there is no evidence the notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein kept a client list or was blackmailing powerful figures u.afp.com/SfbF

Texas floods: Misinformation across political spectrum sows confusion u.afp.com/SfEU

Audio recordings analysed by the BBC suggest Bangladesh's fugitive ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina ordered the deadly crackdown on protests last year, when up to 1,400 people were killed u.afp.com/Sfak

French President Emmanuel Macron began a three-day state visit to Britain on Tuesday which will see him address parliament and try to rekindle a purportedly warm relationship with King Charles III. u.afp.com/SfBs

Norman Tebbit, the former Conservative cabinet minister and one of Margaret Thatcher’s most loyal supporters, has died at the age of 94 theguardian.com/politics/2025/… via @guardiannews

🇭🇰 VIDEO: Bruce Lee Club closes its museum in Hong Kong Bruce Lee aficionados gathered at a Hong Kong mini-museum dedicated to the legendary martial artist to bid farewell to the site on July 1, as operating expenses forced the itinerant archive to close once again.