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06 Sep

Belgium asks US not to destroy millions in contraceptives bound for Africa

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Belgium asks US not to destroy millions in contraceptives bound for Africa The Trump administration has confirmed it plans to destroy the already purchased supplies, preventing their distribution . The supplies had been purchased by the US Agency for International Development under former President Joe Biden . The stockpile is estimated to be worth about $10m . Read full story: Source
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06 Sep

Israel blows up Gaza City high-rise, escalating deadly assault

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Israel blows up Gaza City high-rise, escalating deadly assault <!doctype html><html lang="en" dir="ltr" class="theme-aje"><head><meta charset="utf-8"/><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1,shrink-to-fit=no"/><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8"><link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon_aje.ico"><title data-rh="true">Israel blows up Gaza City high-rise, escalating deadly assault | Israel-Palestine conflict | Al Jazeera</title><meta data-rh="true" name="title" content="Israel blows up Gaza City high-rise, escalating deadly assault"/><meta data-rh="true" name="description" content="Fear is spreading that an Israeli strike on a Gaza City high-rise signals a new stage of ethnic cleansing of the north."/><meta data-rh="true" name="robots" content="max-image-preview:large"/><link data-rh="true" rel="canonical" href="https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2025/9/5/israel-blows-up-gaza-city-high-rise-escalating-deadly-assault"/><script data-rh="true" type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https://schema.org/","@type":"WebPage","name":"Israel blows up Gaza City high-rise, escalating deadly assault","speakable":{"@type":"SpeakableSpecification","cssSelector":[".article-header"]},"url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2025/9/5/israel-blows-up-gaza-city-high-rise-escalating-deadly-assault"}</script><script data-rh="true" type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Israel blows up Gaza City high-rise, escalating deadly assault","uploadDate":"2025-09-05T20:18:19Z","description":"Fear is Read…
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06 Sep

Trump symbolically changes Department of Defense to ‘Department of War’

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Trump symbolically changes Department of Defense to ‘Department of War’ Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth says the new name signals a more offensive approach for the US military under Trump. United States President Donald Trump has signed an order changing the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War in all executive statements. In a signing ceremony from the Oval Office on Friday, Trump said the name change was part of a larger shift away from a “woke” ideology within the department. He added it would beckon in a new age of military victory. “So we won the…
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06 Sep

Armenia vs Portugal: UEFA World Cup qualifier – teams, start, lineups

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Armenia vs Portugal: UEFA World Cup qualifier – teams, start, lineups Portugal’s first match of their World Cup qualifiers is also the first chance to mark the passing of Diogo Jota. Who: Armenia vs Portugal What: UEFA qualifiers for FIFA 2026 World Cup Where: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium in Yerevan, Armenia When: Saturday, September 6 at 8pm (16:00 GMT). How to follow: We’ll have all the build-up on Al Jazeera Sport from 13:00 GMT in advance of our live text commentary stream. Portugal begin their quest to reach the FIFA 2026 World Cup when they travel to Armenia on Saturday…
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06 Sep

Israeli forces kill Palestinian in occupied West Bank as violence surges

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Israeli forces kill Palestinian in occupied West Bank as violence surges Race against time for efforts to resurrect two-state solution as Israel detains Palestinians and raids more land. Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank amid a sharp escalation of violence, following the country’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s call this week to take over most of the territory. The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the dead man as Ahmed Shehadeh, 57, saying he was killed on Friday by “occupation bullets” near the al-Murabba’a checkpoint south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank. Palestinian news agency Wafa…
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06 Sep

The Trump Administration Wants to Switch Off Climate Satellites

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The Trump Administration Wants to Switch Off Climate Satellites The U.S. has spent more than $800 million launching powerful climate-monitoring satellites into space . The satellites, known as the Orbiting Carbon Observatory missions, came with huge risks . Today the satellites are in “perfect health,” according to a government report issued in January . Read full story: Source
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