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German town votes against Tesla plans to expand ‘gigafactory’ ( www.theguardian.com )

The people of a small German town where Elon Musk has built a Tesla factory have thrown a spanner in the works by rejecting plans to expand the complex....

Italy: Returning sea migrants to Libya is illegal ( www.newarab.com )

Italy's appeal courts have deemed returning migrants to Libya illegal after an Italian captain after forcing over 100 people back to Libya....

Putin says he would prefer Biden to win the United States election rather than Trump ( www.ft.com )

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China demands Israel halt military operations in Rafah ( thecradle.co )

Italy’s far-right government submits plan to decriminalise abuse of office ( www.theguardian.com )

Almost every Gaza home has tunnel shafts, IDF commander says ( m.jpost.com )

Hamas proposes three-stage ceasefire over 135 days, leading to end of war ( www.reuters.com )

Nancy Pelosi asks pro-Palestinian protesters to ‘go back to China’ in video ( www.hindustantimes.com )

UK's flagship nuclear plant could cost up to $59 billion, developer says ( apnews.com )

Women in Gaza having c-sections without painkillers as girls use tent scraps for period products ( news.sky.com )

North Korea training, providing weapons to Hamas, Hezbollah, and Houthis ( www.jpost.com )

It's Clear to Everyone Gazans Must Be Destroyed, Israeli Lawmaker Says ( www.haaretz.com )

At least 103 dead in bomb blasts near Iran general Qasem Soleimani's tomb ( www.bbc.co.uk )

Palestine Crisis Megathread III ( lemmy.ml )

This is the second megathread for discussion regarding the crisis....

Israeli air strike in Syria kills top Iranian military adviser ( www.aljazeera.com )

World’s biggest nuclear fusion reactor comes online ( www.independent.co.uk )

The scientists used lasers to fuse two light atoms into a single one, releasing 3.15MJ (megajoules) of energy from 2.05MJ of input – roughly enough to boil a kettle....

She lost her entire family in an airstrike, but no one has told her yet ( mondoweiss.net )

Ayah Sha'ban was among 14 of her martyred family members in Gaza City. She was presumed dead and wrapped in a white shroud, but a security guard at Al-Shifa' noticed her breathing and saved her. She still doesn't know about her family's fate....

New Zealand scraps world-first smoking ‘generation ban’ to fund tax cuts ( www.theguardian.com )

Health experts say axing plan to block sales of tobacco products to next generation will cost thousands of lives

Falkland Islands sovereignty not up for debate, UK warns after Argentina's new president vows to 'get them back' ( news.sky.com )

U.S. Pledge To Triple Global Nuclear Energy By 2050 ( www.huffpost.com )

When I first read the titile, I thought that the US is going to have to build A LOT to triple global production. Then it occured to me that the author means the US is pledging to make deals and agreements which enable other countries to build their own. Sometimes I think the US thinks too much of itself and that's also very much...

Investigation disproves Israel claim of Hamas tunnel under Gaza hospital ( www.aljazeera.com )

Angelina Jolie is losing fans over Israel-Gaza comment ( www.newsweek.com )

Concluding her post, the Academy Award winner called for a ceasefire, writing: "Palestinian and Israeli lives—and the lives of all people globally—matter equally." "Anything that can prevent civilian casualties and save lives most be done," she said....

Israeli Rabbis call on Netanyahu to bomb Gaza hospital ( www.newsweek.com )

The letter posted on Israeli journalist Amit Segal channel to 184,000 followers says that "the nation of Israel will stand up bravery to strike at its enemies," according to a translation of the Hebrew. It goes on to justify targeting sites even "when the enemy hides behind a human shield."