Daily News Brief

Daily News Brief

*) Palestine invites those ‘with spine’ to visit besieged Gaza Palestine's envoy to the UN has reiterated his call for a ceasefire in besieged Gaza and invited the UN Security Council members to witness firsthand the "horror" endured by Palestinians during the last 10 months of Israeli carnage. Speaking at a Security Council session on Palestine, Riyad Mansour has said that he calls on all those who have a “spine” to come and say we are coming to demand a ceasefire and to demand it now in Gaza. *)Pro-Palestine delegates blocked from speaking at DNC Pro-Palestine delegates at Democratic National Convention in Chicago were denied the opportunity to speak about the impact of Israel’s war on Gaza, even as pro-Israel speakers were featured. Convention organisers denied a request to include a speaker addressing the impact of Israel's war on Gaza. *) Indian Muslims refute plans for a law on marriages Indian authorities in Assam state have introduced a bill that would require Muslims to register their marriages and divorces. Assam's state government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist BJP, said the bill would be tabled during the next state assembly. Many communities, particularly Muslims, fear a Uniform Civil Code would encroach on their religious laws. *) Russia accuses Ukraine of trying to strike Kursk nuclear power plant Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused Ukraine of trying to strike Russia's Kursk nuclear power plant in an overnight attack and said Moscow had informed the UN nuclear safety watchdog about the situation. Putin said that the enemy tried to strike at the nuclear power plant during the night and the International Atomic Energy Agency has been informed, they promise to come themselves and send specialists to assess the situation. And finally …. *) Botswana discovers largest diamond of century Botswana says one of the largest diamonds ever found has been unearthed at one of its mines and will be put on show. Canadian mining company Lucara Diamond Corp. said in a statement that it recovered the “exceptional” rough diamond from its Karowe Mine in western Botswana. The weight would make it the largest diamond found in more than 100 years and the second-largest ever dug out of a mine.