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President Donald Trump wants to transform the United States into a manufacturing powerhouse. His favourite tool to help him achieve that is tariffs. He believes the measures will help bring revenues and relocate factories to the US. The trade-off is many Americans will have to suffer short-term pain for long-term gain. Consumers are now downbeat on the outlook for the economy, and they are buckling down. Stock markets are flashing warning signs. Despite that, Trump seems intent on pressing ahead with his plans. Could the global shipping industry face a major crisis in the Red Sea?

Basem Naim, a member of the Hamas Political Bureau, has told Al Jazeera, “We received in the last few days before the brutal aggression against our people in the Gaza Strip a new American proposal from Mr Witkoff [the US envoy] through the mediators.” Naim added this was a “bridging proposal which will see the exchange of prisoners for a return to the condition’s first phase, a temporary ceasefire, the opening of borders and aid into Gaza and engaging in second-phase negotiations”. Naim said the parties were close to a breakthrough until Netanyahu decided to launch the latest attacks for his “internal political calculations” to appease the far right.

Israel has broken the ceasefire in Gaza as millions of Palestinians are facing severe food and water shortages amid an ongoing blockade of supplies to the Strip.

In just a few hours, the International Olympic Committee will elect a new President. Seven candidates are in the running to replace Thomas Bach who's departing after 12 years.

Israeli forces have carried out attacks on refugee camps and cities across the occupied West Bank. The military targeted the al-Ein refugee camp near the city of Nablus, on Wednesday. Thousands of Palestinians have been forced to leave their homes in the past two months.

Israel’s resumption of its assault on Gaza will not succeed in defeating Hamas just as 16 months of war also failed to do so, says HA Hellyer, a political analyst at the Royal United Services Institute in London and the Center for American Progress in Washington, DC. “I think what you’ve seen with this recommitment of different ground forces is a desire for Tel Aviv to turn the clock back in terms of the last month or so,” Hellyer told Al Jazeera.

There's been widespread international condemnation of Israel's renewed bombing of Gaza, including from the United Nations. But not from the Trump administration. The US was the only country on the 15-member UN Security Council to back Israel's air strikes at a meeting on Tuesday. Emboldened by President Donald Trump's support, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says negotiations with Hamas will only continue 'under fire'. It comes as Itamar Ben-Gvir was reappointed as national security minister - a move likely to strengthen Netanyahu's coalition government. Where does this leave Hamas and the mediators?

James Elder, UNICEF’s global spokesperson, expressed profound distress over the ongoing violence in Gaza, where over 15,000 children have been killed in 15 months. He described the harrowing scenes of families digging through rubble with bare hands, saying, "Humanity is being buried whilst the world watches children being killed again in Gaza." Elder condemned the blockade of humanitarian aid, noting that essential supplies like vaccines, ventilators, and water are stuck just kilometres away, while children die from preventable causes. He stressed that international humanitarian law is being "breached again and again," with UN facilities and workers also targeted. Elder called for an immediate ceasefire, urging those in power to prioritise children’s lives, stating, "It should not be hard to centre the world’s attention on ending these horrors."

Gaza’s fragile ceasefire is over. Israel launched overnight strikes on Tuesday, which have killed more than 400 people and injured hundreds more. Many were children, and more are still under the rubble. Why did this happen now, and what will the end of Israel’s ceasefire with Hamas mean for Palestinians in Gaza?

In India, a woman or girl is raped every 16 minutes, according to India's National Crime Records Bureau. “To Kill a Tiger”  tells the powerful story of a 13-year-old survivor and her father’s fight to get justice for his daughter – a fight that ultimately led to the three accused being sentenced to 25 years in prison each.  On this week’s episode of Now You Know, we speak to director Nisha Pahuja who captures this battle in her Oscar-nominated documentary. We also speak to a sexual violence expert about the justice system in India, and how the lack of implementation of the law coupled with systemic barriers makes justice hard to attain.