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SpaceX expands Starlink satellite network with $17bn EchoStar deal
The spectrum purchase allows SpaceX to expand the cell network's capacity and help 'end mobile dead zones'.
Hundreds of artists pledge boycott of Israeli film institutions over Gaza
Ayo Edebiri, Mark Ruffalo, Riz Ahmed and Tilda Swinton are among more than 1,300 signatories to the pledge.
Suspected Palestinian gunmen kill six people in East Jerusalem
Six people were killed in a shooting attack by suspected Palestinian gunmen at a bus stop in occupied East Jerusalem.
French PM loses confidence vote in blow to President Macron
French Parliament votes to bring down the Bayrou-led government over its plans to cut about $52bn to reduce the debt.
US court upholds sexual assault defamation order against Trump
Appeals court upholds $83.3m verdict against Donald Trump for defaming E Jean Carroll over 2019 sexual assault claims.
Brazil’s Lula says US warships in Caribbean are a source of ‘tension’
US naval forces have unsettled some in South America who see them as a precursor to possible intervention in Venezuela.
Trump cheers West Point’s cancellation of award ceremony for Tom Hanks
Actor Tom Hanks’s planned West Point honour is cancelled as Trump praises move against critics of his US administration.
Israel’s settler outposts choke Palestinian life in West Bank’s villages
Ras Ein al-Auja is a small Palestinian community gradually being surrounded by illegal Israeli outposts.
Trump asks Supreme Court to let it cut billions in foreign aid
Request comes after an appeals court orders Trump to distribute the congressionally approved funds.
Israel wants to ‘destroy Gaza City, not occupy it’
The level of destruction happening in Gaza City suggests Israel’s goal is not to occupy it but to destroy it completely.