General NewsOvernight world events: Tensions, diplomacy, and tragedy unfold
Overnight world events: Tensions, diplomacy, and tragedy unfold
This happened while you were sleeping. Here's what the world's agencies reported overnight from Saturday to Sunday.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday for his call to halt the supply of weapons used by Israel in the Gaza Strip. The Élysée Palace responded that France is "Israel's unwavering friend" and deemed Netanyahu's reaction excessive.
- At least 18 people were killed in an Israeli shelling of a mosque in the city of Deir al-Balah in the central part of the Gaza Strip, reported CNN on Sunday morning, citing Al-Aqsa Hospital, which is located near the mosque.
- Argentina's Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomed the agreement for the United Kingdom to cede sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The ministry assessed this as an "encouraging example" regarding the negotiations over the Falklands (Malvinas), over which Argentina fought a war with the British.
- "Over the past eight years, those who want to stop us from achieving this future have slandered me, impeached me, indicted me, tried to throw me off the ballot, and who knows, maybe even tried to kill me," said former President Donald Trump on Saturday during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, the site of the first attempt on his life.
- Haiti's Prime Minister Garry Conille departed on Saturday for a trip to the United Arab Emirates and Kenya, where he will seek help in combating crime in his country following one of the most brutal gang attacks in recent years, which left 70 people dead.
- The death toll from Hurricane Helene, which struck the southeastern United States last week, rose to 227 on Saturday, according to the AP agency.
- At least five people were killed and 23 injured on Saturday in a bus accident involving veterinary students near Colombia's capital, Bogotá, local authorities reported.
