Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar on Tuesday called for more pressure to be put on Hamas to release the remaining hostages, ahead of a UN Security Council meeting in New York. "Our hostages are still being starved and tortured by Hamas and Islamic Jihad in the dungeons of Gaza," Saar said. "I came here to put the issue of the hostages front and centre on world stage. They cannot be forgotten." He described the conditions seen on recent videos released by Hamas of some of the hostages as "satanic." "The world saw their terrible condition, bones standing out in their skin like living skeleton...
A large fire is raging in southern France, local media reported on Tuesday, citing the local prefecture. More than 2,400 hectares of land and vegetation were burnt by the blaze in Ribaute, close to Carcassonne, according to the reports. Colonel Alexandre Jouassard from the civil defence authority told broadcaster BFMTV that 4,500 hectares were affected by the fire that broke out in Ribaute. According to Jouassard, the flames spread with unusual speed, and it is unlikely that the fire will be extinguished by the evening. More than 1,000 firefighters battled the blaze, which was fuelled by stron...