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Please feel free to share your articles and stories in the comments. BBC Israeli strike hits Rafah area after Hamas barrage The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza has said dozens of people were killed or injured in a blast at a refugee camp in the Rafah area. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it had carried out an air strike targeting a Hamas compound in the area. It says it is reviewing the incident. Earlier in the day Hamas fired eight rockets from Rafah towards Tel Aviv, the first long-range attacks on the city since January. Videos from the southern Gaza Strip show a large explosion and intense fires burning. Hamas said an Israeli air strike had hit a camp for displaced Palestinians north-west of Rafah, away from recent military operations in a designated humanitarian safe zone. It says women and children are among the dead. The IDF said it had targeted Hamas militants in the area and said it was aware of reports the strike had ignited a fire which harmed civilians. BBC UN fears 670 people buried under Papua landslide About 670 people are estimated to be buried under a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea, a UN official says. The head of the International Organization for Migration in the country, Serhan Aktoprak, said the impact of Friday's landslide in the isolated Enga province was greater than initially thought. "There are an estimated 150-plus houses now buried," Mr Aktoprak said. The affected areas are in the highlands of Enga, in the north of the island nation in the south-west Pacific. Mr Aktoprak said rescuers were at risk because "the land still sliding" and "rocks are still falling". "The water is running and this is creating a massive risk for everyone involved," he said. In addition, local residents have been forced to abandon 250 homes in areas not directly affected by the landslide after cracks began to appear in the ground. The Guardian At least 15 people dead after storms tear through Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. Powerful storms killed at least 15 people and left a wide trail of destruction Sunday across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas after obliterating homes and destroying a truck stop where drivers took shelter during the latest deadly weather to strike the central US. Seven deaths were reported in Cooke County, Texas, near the Oklahoma border, where a tornado Saturday night plowed through a rural area near a mobile home park, officials said. Storms also caused damage in Oklahoma, where guests at an outdoor wedding were injured. Tens of thousands of residents were without power across the region. “It’s just a trail of debris left. The devastation is pretty severe,” Cooke County Sheriff Ray Sappington told The Associated Press. The dead included two children, ages two and five, the sheriff said. NPR Aid trucks begin entering Gaza under agreement with Egypt to bypass Rafah DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Aid trucks entered Gaza from southern Israel on Sunday through a new agreement to bypass the Rafah crossing with Egypt after Israeli forces seized the Palestinian side of it earlier this month. But was unclear if humanitarian groups would be able to access the aid because of ongoing fighting in the area. Egypt refuses to reopen its side of the Rafah crossing until control of the Gaza side is handed back to Palestinians. It agreed to temporarily divert traffic through Israel's Kerem Shalom crossing, Gaza's main cargo terminal, after a call between U.S. President Joe Biden and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi. But that crossing has been largely inaccessible because of fighting linked to Israel's offensive in the nearby city of Rafah. Israel says it has allowed hundreds of trucks to enter, but United Nations agencies say it is usually too dangerous to retrieve the aid on the other side. Reuters Bill Gross says Trump is 'bearish' choice for bond markets May 26 (Reuters) - Returning Donald Trump to the presidency would be the more "bearish" choice for bond markets, famed bond investor Bill Gross said in an interview with The Financial Times. Gross, once the most influential voice in the market, predicted to the paper , opens new tab that a second Trump presidency would push deficits higher than re-electing President Joe Biden. "Trump is the more bearish of the candidates simply because his programs advocate continued tax cuts and more expensive things," Gross said. He said Biden's administration, too, has spent far more money than it has taken in through taxes, but that "Trump's election would be more disruptive." Reuters Millions without power as cyclone Remal pounds Bangladesh and India DHAKA/KOLKATA, May 27 (Reuters) - Strong winds and heavy rain pounded the coastal regions of Bangladesh and India as severe cyclone Remal made landfall late on Sunday, leaving millions without electricity after power poles fell and some trees were uprooted by gusty winds. The storm crossed the coastal regions of Bangladesh's Mongla port and the adjoining Sagar Islands in India's West Bengal state with wind speed measuring up to 135 kmph (about 84 mph), the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The landfall process began around 9 pm local time in India on Sunday and continued for about five hours, the regional meteorological office in Kolkata said. One person was killed in the major metropolitan city of Kolkata when concrete chunks fell on him during the peak of the storm, police said. There was damage to thatched huts and mud houses in the coastal areas of both countries as authorities waited to ascertain the full scale of losses. Al Jazeera UK’s Sunak promises mandatory national service for 18-year-olds if elected Eighteen-year-olds will have to perform a mandatory national service if the Conservative Party is voted back to power in the United Kingdom’s July 4 election, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced. The UK has “generations of young people who have not had the opportunities they deserve”, and this measure would help unite society in an “increasingly uncertain world”, Sunak said on Saturday. The prime minister’s plan would entail young people being given a choice between a full-time placement in the armed forces for 12 months or spending one weekend a month for a year volunteering in their community, the party said. The announcement came as Conservatives gear up for elections, heightening its attacks on the opposition Labour Party. AP Paris’ traffic-clogged Champs-Elysees turned into a mass picnic blanket for an unusual meal PARIS (AP) — The French capital’s most famous street, the Champs-Élysées, transformed into a massive picnic blanket Sunday as around 4,000 people sat in the sun enjoying an al fresco meal. The lucky picnickers were selected via a draw and provided with free baskets loaded with delicacies from some top Paris chefs, including puff pastries and creative sandwiches. The food was prepared in eight temporary kitchens set up along the avenue and provided by restaurants along the avenue, which include the famed Fouquet’s — as well as McDonald’s. A giant tablecloth running 216 meters (236 yards) from the Arc de Triomphe to the intersection of Avenue George V served as the sitting area for the event, which came exactly two months before Paris hosts the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics. The tablecloth had a total surface area of 4,212 square meters (45,338 square feet) and was made in France from 100% recycled fibers, according to organizers. Mayor Anne Hidalgo also visited the picnickers. The Champs-Élysées Committee has staged other open-air events in the past, including a mass movie showing and the world’s largest dictation event. Huffpost 'Anora' Wins Palme D'Or, Cannes Film Festival's Top Honor Sean Baker’s “Anora,” a comic but devastating Brooklyn odyssey about a sex worker who marries the son of a wealthy Russian oligarch, has won the Cannes Film Festival’s top award, the Palme d’Or. Baker accepted the prize with his movie’s star, Mikey Madison, watching in the audience at the Cannes closing ceremony Saturday. The win for “Anora” marks a new high point for Baker, the director of “The Florida Project.” It’s also, remarkably, the fifth straight Palme d’Or won by indie distributor Neon, following “Parasite,” “Titane,” “Triangle of Sadness” and last year’s winner, “Anatomy of a Fall.” While “Anora” was arguably the most acclaimed film of the festival, its win was a slight surprise. Many expected either the gentle Indian drama “All We Imagine As Light” or the Iranian film “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” to win. Both of those films also took home prizes. Raw Story Questions raised over Trump profiting off his Secret Service detail while he campaigns Accusations that Donald Trump has taken advantage of taxpayers by overcharging for lodging and travel for his Secret Service detail are once again being raised as he travels across the country running for the presidency again. According to Zach Everson of Forbes, "New filings raise the question of whether Trump is also using his campaign to convert Secret Service funds into business revenue." He went on to note that the biggest recipient of air travel reimbursements is to Tag Air which is solely owned by Trump. In 2022, NBC News reported that a House investigative report showed that the former president was charging as much as $1,185 per nightfor agents to stay in his hotels, "more than five times the recommended government rate." On Sunday, Forbes reported now there are now questions about airfare charges for his government-supplied security detail with over $800,000 paid by taxpayers this election cycle and another $361,000 still owed. 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