International - Last year 2024
Explainer: How will the US build its makeshift humanitarian aid port on the beaches of Gaza?
Biden announced last night that he has ordered the construction of a temporary port.
US to build port off Gaza for emergency aid, Biden announces
Biden urged Israel to let more assistance into Gaza, though he still defended its military operation against Hamas.
Israel slams South Africa's new request for UN court orders as Gazans face 'catastrophic' hunger
- Yesterday, Tánaiste Micheál Martin said this was the worst humanitarian crisis he has ever seen.
- The health ministry in Gaza has said 20 people have died of malnutrition and dehydration, at least half of them children.
- The UN World Food Programme has warned that hunger has reached "catastrophic levels" in northern Gaza.
- At a parliamentary party meeting this evening, Tánaiste Micheál Martin described the situation as the worst humanitarian crisis he has ever seen.
- The Palestinian health ministry said Israel's retaliatory offensive has killed at least 30,717 people, mostly women and children.
Biden: 'There's a place for Nikki Haley supporters in my campaign'
Today Nikki Haley, Trump’s competitor for the Republican nomination, announced that she is suspending her presidential campaign.
- Trump's last major rival Nikki Haley won Vermont, denying the former US president a full sweep.
- Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate was packed for a victory party. “They call it Super Tuesday for a reason,” he told the crowd.
- Biden issued a statement warning that yesterday's results had left Americans with a clear choice.
Super Tuesday is not so super this year but Donald Trump may still be the winner after it
- Rónán Duffy takes a look at why this year's bumper day of US voting isn't quite so decisive.
- Donald Trump is running away with the Republican race but Nikki Haley isn't quitting yet.
- Instead, Trump's days in court may be the only chance of her claiming the nomination.