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The Israel-Hamas ceasefire stopped the fighting — but changed nothing

The Israel-Hamas ceasefire stopped the fighting — but changed nothing
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The Democrats tectonic shift on Israel

The Democrats tectonic shift on Israel
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House Democrats, in disarray over arms sale to Israel, take complaints to Biden administration

House Democrats, in disarray over arms sale to Israel, take complaints to Biden administration Karoun Demirjian Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee are expected to summon a senior Biden administration official to a high-stakes meeting as soon as Thursday to discuss a pending $735 million arms sale to Israel, as some members of the party’s liberal wing angrily oppose the United States sending its closest regional ally any more weapons it could use to strike Gaza. Disclosure of the commercial sale, first reported this week by The Washington Post, prompted a backlash from many of Congress’s newest and most liberal Democrats, who have been vocal critics of what they view as American willingness to turn a blind eye to human-rights abuses Palestinians have experienced at the hands of Israel’s government. In recent days, they have excoriated the more politically moderate members of their party, who signed off on the transaction informally, for pe

Climate change could make overwinter zombie fires more common

Climate change could make overwinter ‘zombie’ fires more common Staff and agencies © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Lance King/Getty Images In the boreal forests of the far northern hemisphere, where the climate is warming faster than almost anywhere else, some wildfires are surviving winter snows and picking up again in spring. Now scientists from the Netherlands and Alaska have figured out how to calculate the scope of those “zombie fires” that smoulder year-round in the peaty soil. The study, published in the journal Nature, found that overwintering fires are still relatively rare in boreal forests: between 2002 and 2018 they were responsible for just 0.8% of the total burned area. But this varied dramatically depending on the warmth of the summers, the authors found, with the number rising to 38% of burn area one year.

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