■ APPLICATION OF THE CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION AND PUNISHMENT OF THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE IN THE GAZA STRIP (ORDER OF 26 JANUARY 2024) (.pdf) + APPLICATION INSTITUTING PROCEEDINGS (.pdf)
■ THE EXPRESSION OF HATRED FOR GENTILES (Richard Edmondson/Nahida Izzat) (10/04/14)

 ■  US President Donald Trump threatens “to eradicate Hamas if they’re not good” after Israel said two of its soldiers were killed in an attack on Sunday.
 ■  The bodies of 57 Palestinians are brought to hospitals across the war-ravaged enclave over the last 24 hours after a wave of air strikes by Israel’s military threatened the 10-day truce.
 ■  Senior American officials Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel as the US tries to keep the precarious ceasefire on track.
 ■  Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 68,216 people and wounded 170,361 since October 2023. A total of 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the October 7, 2023, attacks and about 200 taken captive.

Restrictions on new deals will come into force in 2026, with a transition period set for existing contracts, the bloc has said | EU members have agreed to ban the transit of Russian gas through the bloc, the European Council has announced. ● Signing new import deals for Russian gas will be prohibited by the bloc from January 1, 2026, the council said in a statement on Monday. Short-term deals reached before June 17, 2025, will be allowed to run until June 17, 2026, while long-term contracts will be permitted to run until January 1, 2028, the statement read. ● According to the council, the new rules leave room for “specific flexibilities for landlocked member states affected by recent changes in supply routes,” which will be permitted to make amendments to their existing contracts with Russia. ● Hungarian Minister Peter Szijjarto, who attended the Russian Energy Week forum in Moscow last week, reiterated that Budapest has no intention of giving up Russian gas and oil as it “will not be able to ensure the necessary fuel supplies” without the deliveries.

■ EU's ban on Russian energy supplies will deprive Hungary of almost all gas — Szijjarto (TASS)
■ EU Moves to Ban Russian Gas—Keeps Backdoor Open (Sputnik)

Kiev is likely to lose some “property” to Russia, the US president has said | Ukraine is bound to lose some of its “property” to Russia in the aftermath of the enduring conflict, US President Donald Trump has claimed. ● Trump made the remarks on Sunday when speaking to Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo. Asked whether it was possible to end the hostilities between Moscow and Kiev “without taking significant property from Ukraine,” Trump suggested that Kiev was bound to make some concessions. [...] While Kiev has repeatedly ruled out making any territorial concessions, Moscow has outlined the withdrawal of the Ukrainian troops from the new Russian regions among the key issues to be resolved in order to establish a lasting peace. ● Trump has also signaled he was still considering supplying US-made long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine. The potential delivery of the missiles was among the key topics of the meeting between Trump and Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky this week. However, the US president abstained from pledging any weaponry, stating it would not be “easy” to give such munitions to Kiev.

✅ Russia REJECTS Trump Suggestion to Stop War Where it is and Go Home (Harold Turner)