Israel orders evacuations in northern Gaza as Trump calls for war to end

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By Nidal Al-Mughrabi Reuters  The Israeli military ordered Palestinians to evacuate areas in northern Gaza on Sunday before intensified fighting against  Hamas , as U.S. President Donald Trump called for an end to the  war  amid renewed efforts to broker a ceasefire. “Make the deal in Gaza, get the hostages back,”  Trump  posted on his Truth Social platform early on Sunday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was due to hold talks later in the day on the progress of Israel’s offensive. A senior security official said the military will tell him the campaign is close to reaching its objectives, and warn that expanding fighting to new areas in Gaza may endanger the remaining Israeli hostages. But in a statement posted on X and text messages sent to many residents, the military urged people in northern parts of the enclave to head south towards the Al-Mawasi area in Khan Younis, which Israel designated as a humanitarian area. Palestinian and U.N. offi...
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Colombia suspends ceasefire with FARC guerrilla faction

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The Colombian government will suspend a ceasefire with a faction of what was once the armed Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla group, it said on Thursday, though it said the decision did not imply the end of peace talks with the group.

The ceasefire between the government and the FARC-EP group expired earlier this week. An extension was expected to be agreed upon, but failed to be settled in time.

The ceasefire had been in effect since December 2023 and had been extended several times. Now, both parties have 72 hours to move to locations where they will take up their own security and protection measures, as agreed on.

The peace talks with this branch of the FARC, with around 1,500 members, are part of President Gustavo Petro’s efforts to end a six-decade-long armed conflict that has left more than 450,000 people dead.

Still, his government has made little progress since he took office in 2022.

There was no immediate reaction to the ceasefire’s end from the FARC-EP or its leader, Alexander Diaz Mendoza, who goes under the pseudonym Calarca Cordoba.

Peace talks now hang in a fragile balance, security analysts say.

The other group which splintered off from the FARC is not currently involved in peace talks with the government, which has doubled down on a military offensive against militants hiding in the jungles and mountains.

Leftist guerrillas, as well as members of former far-right paramilitary groups which have now turned into gangs, lead Colombia’s cocaine trafficking and illegal gold mining.

SOURCE: Reuters and agencies



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