First Thing: Israel’s measures do nothing to stop Gaza starvation crisis, say aid workers | US news

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Humanitarian workers have declared that new measures of Israel – intended to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza – are not far from what is necessary and to help continuous access to be blocked in the middle of spiral in the population.

The new measures, which entered into force on Sunday and include daily humanitarian breaks, as well as aid corridors and humanitarian corridors for United Nations assistance trucks, were announced by Israel while international pressure has been mounted to mitigate the hunger crisis.

Aid groups said the Israel’s blockade of humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip is the main cause of the famine crisis, in which 151 Palestinians died of hunger, more than half of which died in the last month. While the crisis has deepened, the Israeli army continued its attacks, killing at least 48 people looking for Aid in Gaza on Wednesday, according to the Ministry of Health of the Territory.

Meanwhile, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said the country would also officially recognize Palestine at the United Nations General Assembly in September, after France and 14 other countries co-signed a declaration.

• How much aid is now necessary? The number of aid trucks that have come into Gaza since the announcement of new measures has increased, with more than 200 trucks entering Tuesday, according to the Israeli customs authority (COGAT). But it fell well below the 500-600 trucks that the UN declared necessary to maintain the 2 million residents of Gaza.

Kamala Harris announces that she will not present herself to the post of governor of California

Kamala Harris, former vice -president and nominated for the 2024 Democratic presidential election, announced on Wednesday that she would not present herself to the post of Governor of California – a highly anticipated decision which leaves the competition to direct the largest blue state of the country.

Harris, 60, who was previously Attorney General of California and American senator, had explored a race for the best job of the state since his departure from the White House in January. The decision does not exclude a future series for the public service, including a third offer for the White House, after unsuccessful campaigns in 2020 and 2024.

• What did Harris said? “I seriously thought of asking the inhabitants of California the privilege of serving as governor. But after a deep reflection, I decided that I will not present myself to the governor during this election. ”

Donald Trump was accused of having launched “a direct attack on Brazilian democracy”, after the US Treasury imposed sanctions on Alexander of Moraes, a judge of the Brazilian Supreme Court largely credited with having helped to save the democracy of the country with a right -of -right state in 2022.

This decision was announced on Wednesday by the secretary of the Treasury, Scott Bessent, before Trump reaches Brazilian imports with prices of 50% by signing an executive decree “to deal with recent policies, practices and actions of the Government of Brazil”.

• What is the context? Hundreds of supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro were tried and imprisoned for having participated in January 8, 2023 of the right -wing riots in the capital, Brasília, during which the Supreme Court, the Congress and the Presidential Palace were taken by storm and ransacking.

• And what does Bessent say? He accused Moraes of being “responsible for an oppressive censorship campaign, arbitrary detentions that violate human rights and politicized proceedings – including former President Jair Bolsonaro”.

In other news …

• The Trump Administration would have froze $ 108 million in federal research funding at Duke University for its positive action policies. Meanwhile, Brown University announced on Wednesday that it had entered into an agreement with the administration on admission policies to restore $ 50 million in funding.

• A British judge of the High Court judged that a co-founder of the Palestine Palestine action of the proscribed group could continue a legal challenge, Following the group prohibited by the interior secretary under anti -terrorist laws.

Stat of the day: Discovered oversized stick insect in Australia

A newly discovered stick insect that weighs a little less than a golf ball can be the heaviest insect in Australia, according to scientists.

The new species 40 cm long, named Acropylla alta, was found in the high altitudes of Atherton paintings in northern Queensland – and scientists said that the habitat could be part of the reason for its large size.

Do not miss this: can the most silly the comedy return of the parody-can the comedy make a comeback?

The naked pistol returns this weekend, announcing the potential return of the parody-a comic sub-genre with an amazing versatility, writes Jesse Hassenger. In a period when a pure comedy did not cross the 100 million dollars mark in the United States in almost a decade, the naked pistol could lead a parody, with this vertebral, the scary film and the all-to-come space balls.

Climate verification: countries do not act on the commitment of the United Nations climate to triple renewable energies, discoveries of the Thinktank climate

Most world governments have not acted in the UN 2023 UN promise to triple the global capacity for renewable energies by the end of the decade, according to the Thinktank EMB. Only 22 countries of 130 have increased their ambitions to renewable energies since the signing of a renewable energy pact during discussions on the climate of COP28. Countries that do not act understand the United States, China and Russia.

Last thing: fans border the streets of Birmingham In the United Kingdom to say goodbye to Ozzy Osbourne

Thousands of fans bordered the streets of Birmingham in the United Kingdom to watch Ozzy Osbourne to make his last trip through his hometown, while the crowds chant the name of the singer of the deceased black of the Sabbath. He died last week, at the age of 76, 17 days after playing his last concert. In an interview in 2011, Osbourne said he wanted his possible funeral to be “a celebration, not a tampon-fest”.

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