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Twenty seven European nations which are signatories to the European Convention on Human Rights want the treaty changed to restrict migration. Opponents say altering it will weaken fundamental human rights protections in place for more than 70 years. So what are the arguments?

Warner Bros Discovery, the Hollywood studio and media company, is up for grabs, and Netflix and Paramount are battling to own it. Both Netflix and Paramount are media giants with competing views of the future of the industry. So how could a media merger involving one of the most iconic Hollywood studios change entertainment as we know it?

The company linked to the forced transfer of Palestinians from Gaza has spoken for the first time. Al-Majd Europe says it wants to address what it says are “false accusations”. The spotlight's been on the shadowy organisation since it chartered a plane last week, carrying 153 Palestinians to South Africa. They were left stranded on the tarmac in Johannesburg.

Ukraine says at least 20 people have been killed and dozens injured in missile and drone attacks on the western city of Ternopil. Russia has stepped up its bombardment of Ukraine's energy infrastructure in recent weeks. It happened as Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits Turkiye for talks he says are aimed at reinvigorating peace negotiations.

When the Saudi Crown Prince and the US President sit down in the Oval Office on Tuesday, it’ll be Mohammed bin Salman’s first visit to the White House in seven years. The Crown Prince is arriving with an ambitious agenda. But Donald Trump has his own goals, which may be more challenging to achieve.

unearthed new evidence which shows how a suspicious group carried out the transfer of Palestinians from Gaza to other countries. The Al-Majd Europe group worked in accordance with the Israeli government unit tasked with transferring people out of Gaza, calling it “voluntary migration”.

Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal has sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death for crimes against humanity over her government’s violent crackdown on student-led protests last year. The 78-year-old fugitive politician is on trial in absentia for being the “mastermind and principal architect” behind last year’s suppression of mass demonstrations, in which some 1,400 people were killed. The 2024 uprising ended Hasina’s 15-year “authoritarian” rule marked by allegations of suppression of dissent, and extrajudicial detentions and killings. She has been in exile in India since losing power and has not been seen in public or online.

Israeli news outlet Haaretz has carried out an investigation into the company that organizes the departures from Gaza. They say “Al-Majd Europe” was approved by Israel's Voluntary Emigration Bureau. The bureau works in close cooperation with Israel's defense ministry and was established to ease security requirements for Palestinians leaving Gaza.

Sudan's paramilitary the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has been accused of committing atrocities in Darfur, says it has now agreed to a humanitarian truce. The pause was proposed in September by a group known as the Quad - that's made up of the US, Egypt, the UAE and Saudi Arabia. The proposal includes a three-month humanitarian pause followed by a permanent ceasefire and a nine-month transition to civilian rule. More than a week ago, the RSF seized el-Fasher, the army's last stronghold in Darfur. Accounts of mass killings, rape, torture and humiliation have since been reported by those who escaped.

The Democratic candidate has begun his victory speech by thanking his supporters. “The future is in our hands. My friends, we have toppled a political dynasty,” he said. The politician went on to wish his main rival, Andrew Cuomo, “the best in private life". "But let tonight be the last time I utter his name, as we turn the page on a politics that abandoned the many, and answers only to the few,” he said. Mamdani also hailed what he called a mandate for change as he declared victory. “Tonight, you have delivered a mandate for change, a mandate for a new kind of politics, a mandate for a city that we can afford,” he said. “On January 1, I will be sworn in as mayor of New York City,” he added. The Democrat has spoken directly to Trump, a New Yorker, saying it is the city that gave rise to him that will show the country how to defeat him. “Donald Trump, since I know you’re watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up!,” Mamdani said. He also told the Republican, “To get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us.”