By Yadnom Awu/ Asaba
Palestine
Israel Intercepts Gaza Aid Flotilla
The Israeli Navy has intercepted and boarded most of the aid flotilla headed for Gaza.
The Global Sumund Flotilla was headed for the blockaded Gaza strip and was bearing food water medicines and fuel for Gazans who had been blockaded by Israel.
The Israeli media reported this morning that 40 of the boats in the flotilla had been intercepted, while efforts to intercept the others were ongoing.
The interceptions began yesterday evening after activists on board said that the Flotilla had sailed into what they termed a high risk area of the Mediterranean Sea.
There are 52 boats in the Flotilla and hundreds of activists from 44 different countries.
Israel had ,in the past, intercepted earlier Gaza aid flotillas and detained, and later deported, their crews and activists.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, the United Nations (UN) and legal experts have held that Israel has no right to blockade Palestinian territorial waters and its occupation of Palestinian territory illegal .m
Meanwhile, news of the interception has attracted repulse from different parts of the world, including Spain, Belgium, Argentina and Italy where major cities as Rome and Venice experienced massive demonstrations.
Public sector workers in Italy say they are calling a strike for later today to protest the Israeli action , while a large protest is slated for Saturday.
Activists on the Global Sumund Flotilla confirmed that global pro- Palestinian activist, Greta Thunberg, is among those arrested aboard the flotilla.
Indonesia
59 Students Still Trapped Under Rubble Of Collapsed Schl Hall
At least 59 Students remain trapped under the rubble of the collapsed school hall in East Java, days after the incident .
The Islamic school collapsed as hundreds of students were praying in the hall of the school which was under renovation.
As the repair workers poured concrete on a structure on the fourth floor, it collapsed, trapping the students who were praying on the second floor.
Emergency workers rescued hundreds of students but many remained trapped, with authorities confirming today that they were no longer receiving signs of life under the rubble.
Near the site of the incident in Sidoarjo, families of the missing students waited with bated breath for news of their loved ones.
Greenland
Danish Military Hold Rare exercise In Greenland
Denmark has begun a rare military exercise in remote Greenland.
The exercise involves all arms of the Danish Military and is intended to prepare the military for any eventuality, in the light of the growing clandestine strategic overtures of Russia and China, both military power houses and nuclear states, in the region.
Analysts also believe that the exercise is also a decoy message to the President of America Donald Trump, who, in the early days of his second term of office, had threatened to invade and annex Greenland.
The arid region of Greenland is strategically located for great military value.
United Kingdom
Mass Stabbings In Manchester
At least four persons have been stabbed by a lone attacker near a Synagogue in Crumpsall Greater Manchester.
The attack happened at about 9.20 am local time, and the local police from the Manchester Police Department moved in to neutralize the lone attacker.
Details of the incident were scant at press time, but the Mayor of Manchester City , Andy Brauham, described the incident as serious.
It was not clear at press time if the attack near a Synagogue, the place of worship for Judaists to which most Israelis are linked, has anything to do with the ongoing Jewish traditional festival .
Britain recently recognized Palestine as a state, but the move has split the country, with an increasingly vocal minority attacking the recognition.
Germany
Germany Claims Arrest Of Hamas Gunmen
Three persons, alleged to be members of the Palestinian group, Hamas, have been arrested in Berlin for allegedly trying to procure arms for assassinations.
The German police which broke news of the development, said the suspects would be arraigned in court today,for belonging to a foreign terrorist organization, and for the attempt to procure arms for the assassination of Jews.
The suspects were only identified by their first names and initials of their last names.
Germany, a staunch supporter of Israel, regards Hamas ax a terrorist organization, and is only now beginning to warm up to the growing global condemnation of Israel ‘s policies in Palestine.
Germany’s infamous dictator, Adolf Hitler, himself a Jewish descendant, reportedly killed 6 million Jews in gas chambers during what is now known as the Holocaust.
United Kingdom
Met Police Apologized For Poor Officers’ Conduct
The Metropolitan Police have apologized for the poor conduct of its officers following the expose of its activities
The expose, now known as the Panorama Report , was done by an undercover reporter with the British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC.
It found an unduly high culture of racism and misogyny among its officers and men.
Following the report, which was broadcast last night, authorities of the police have apologized , describing the funding as shocking and unpalatable.
