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Hamas will start giving up its weapons within weeks |
Hamas has agreed to disarm and demilitarise Gaza, Donald Trump claimed last night in a victorious Truth Social post.
Israeli forces would withdraw, and a Palestinian police force would be installed alongside his International Stabilisation Force to govern the enclave, the US president said, describing the move as a "major milestone" in the implementation of his 20-point peace plan.
Hamas confirmed it had agreed to surrender its weapons, as long as Israel committed to leaving Gaza.
Negotiations between Hamas, the Board of Peace, Turkey, Egypt and Qatar had reportedly reached a breakthrough early on Thursday. US and Board of Peace officials told The Telegraph that efforts had been focused on cutting off funds to Hamas without harming the flow of aid to the Palestinian people, and the plan would be implemented in the coming weeks.
Under the agreement, Israel must allow humanitarian access to Gaza and stop all military activity, officials added. Israel has not yet commented on the deal, but it appears to be a major breakthrough for Trump, whose power has been tested amid a failure to bring the Iran conflict to a close and fractures within his Republican party in Congress.
You can read the president’s full statement by clicking the link below, but it starts: “This is a monumental step toward lasting PEACE and SECURITY. This agreement is a critical step towards Gaza finally being governed by a new Palestinian government that will work closely with the Board of Peace to help the Palestinian people.”
And ends, in his distinctive capital letters: “CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL ON THIS AMAZING DEVELOPMENT, THAT EVERYBODY SAID COULD NEVER BE ACHIEVED!” Continue reading ➤ |
Aleksander Ceferin, the president of Uefa, led the emergency meeting yesterday |
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First came the proposal, then came the outrage. Uefa’s emergency meeting yesterday afternoon to discuss Fifa president Gianni Infantino’s proposal to sell off stakes in the World Cup did not take long to catch fire.
When it did, the fuel was in no short supply. One by one, more than 30 Uefa federations spoke out against Infantino and backed calls for a World Cup boycott. What followed was a level of anger not seen within Uefa since the ill-fated European Super League.
Debbie Hewitt and Mark Bullingham, the respective chairman and chief executive of the Football Association, were among those to stand up and speak out. “It’s just a nonsense,” one source told Telegraph Sport.
Soon enough, similar messages of defiance in the face of Infantino’s private investment carve-up were dripping out, followed by a punchy declaration within Uefa’s 481-word statement: “Uefa and its national associations will not participate in Fifa competitions.”
Unless Infantino completes a humiliating U-turn – and the chances now are very high – there will be no Lionesses or reigning champions Spain in the Women’s World Cup next year, no Arsenal or Manchester City in the 2029 Club World Cup and, if necessary, no European nations at all at the 2030 men’s World Cup – no matter how many teams Infantino expands the tournament format to.
The message from the fiery online meeting could not have been clearer, and the result was heard around the world.
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On an average day, antiquarian Pieter de Vries makes one sale from his collection of rare books. So, when an email arrived in mid-June containing a list of around 3,000 titles the sender wanted to buy, alarm bells rang. De Vries thought it was a scam, but it was something even more disturbing: it was part of an extraordinary project that sees AI companies hoover up the globe’s old books and feed them into scanning machines that cut off the spines and shred or pulp the originals. Chris Stokel-Walker reports. Continue reading ➤ |
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Ocean Parking is one of the operators to have introduced a dynamic pricing policy this year |
First councils started charging drivers to park outside their own homes. Then came Ulez, LTNs and ANPR. Now, motorists are facing yet another sinister rip off: dynamic pricing. The Telegraph has discovered a number of public car parks using real-time data to adjust parking fees in line with demand, despite concerns over the technology and its cost to consumers. Continue reading ➤ |
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Growing old in Britain can mean watching a lifetime’s savings disappear. As Andy Burnham promises to fix social care, skeptics are asking how he will do it and which social care models he is using for inspiration. Will he opt for France’s need-based eligibility for state funding, not just financial? Or Denmark’s entirely free care system, funded by its staggering tax rates? Rosa Silverman, our Senior Features Writer, compares the models used around the world and asks which, if any, could work here. Continue reading ➤ |
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Zendaya at the New York premiere of The Odyssey |
Zendaya – star of Spider-Man, The Odyssey and Dune – is now one of an elite group of actresses who can power a blockbuster with their name alone. She still shops in Waitrose with Tom Holland, her equally successful British husband. Hollywood insiders tell Eleanor Halls how she does it. Continue reading ➤ |
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Every day brings more news of the rich and powerful leaving these shores. The cost to the rest of us of these departures is obvious: the millionaires take their business with them. Losing people on more normal salaries, who move overseas or simply retire early, is equally disastrous. Our new calculator shows how much tax is lost when someone quits the rat race. It would take 17 workers on the National Living Wage to replace one person earning £150,000. Think on that before you raise taxes even more, Burnham. For subscribers only ➤ Here is another article you may find helpful this morning:
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Pearl Chanda stars as Grace in the brutal play, Cleansed |
Theatre Cleansed ★★★★★ Watching Sarah Kane’s gruesome second major play Cleansed (1998) is probably as close as you’ll get, in the theatre, to sitting in on a modern-day torture chamber. Stomach-churning things get enacted, in a catalogue of horrors. Rebecca Frecknall’s visceral Almeida revival is not for the faint-hearted. I saw audience members around me flinching at what they witnessed. You emerge numb. Yet it grips completely – a must-see.
Read Dominic Cavendish’s full review ➤ Film Spider-Man: Brand New Day ★★★★☆ “It’s not a leotard,” bristles Tom Holland’s Peter Parker when someone describes his Spider-Man costume in decidedly un-super terms. Yet – sorry, Tom – in the lavishly imaginative and downright bouncy Spider-Man: Brand New Day, it essentially is a leotard. Its elasticated sheen and faintly undignified snugness sum up all of the endearing gawkiness and pep that has been missing from this Sony-Marvel superhero franchise for far too long.
Read Robbie Collin’s full review ➤ Television Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Dark Secret ★★★★☆ It’s been nine years since the MeToo movement first lifted the rock on Hollywood’s history of abuse by powerful men. There are many awful stories still to tell, and the BBC’s new documentary may in time come to be seen as the latest grim addition to the entertainment industry’s hall of shame. Could it be the end of Jared Leto? The testimonies of the women featured in Hollywood’s Dark Secret make for upsetting viewing and could spell doom for the actor and musician’s career.
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Desperate times call for... shorts?Every weekday, Orlando Bird, our loyal reader correspondent, shares an off-piste topic that has brought out the best of your opinions and stories. Orlando writes...
I am not built for the heat, which means the past month has been something of a struggle. I’ve considered all kinds of radical cooling solutions: holding a giant fan to my face at all times, hiding in a fridge a la Boris Johnson, moving my family to the Faroe Islands. Turning up to work in a pair of shorts, you say? There are limits. That was the view of Anna van Praagh (seconded by Nicky Haslam). Not all readers agreed with her article, though.
“Ridiculous,” wrote Andrew Cox. “As soon as those offended by leg hair leave the office, they will see many examples in pubs, shops and on public transport. It will be even worse at weekends.”
Sarah James added: “Assuming the shorts are not skin-tight hot pants (for either men or women), if you have an issue with people wearing them or sandals, the problem is you.”
Eric Hayman pointed out that “in New Zealand, shorts with a jacket and tie have been normal for decades. When I was van-driving during a very hot London summer, one firm told me not to wear shorts. I told them: ‘Goodbye’.”
Another reader took a less permissive view: “I was conducting interviews for a new commercial trainer at my (then) place of work. It was a hot day, but since it was an interview I dressed appropriately.
“Our office dress code was business-casual, but I wore a suit and tie, expecting that the candidates would do likewise. One arrived in shorts, sandals and a beach shirt. I didn't even give him the chance to sit down.”
Grace Grant suggested a compromise: “How about wearing some loose linen trousers instead of shorts? Look to Europe and other hot countries.”
Jack Hughes wasn’t so sure about that: “Never linen. You’ll look like a wrung-out J-Cloth.” Is there a place for shorts in the office? Send your responses here, and the best of the bunch will feature in a future edition of this newsletter.
Please confirm in your reply that you are happy to be featured and that we have your permission to use your name. |
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1967 | Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards are released from prison after serving a month for drug charges
2012 | Zara Phillips wins silver for Team GB in equestrian eventing and Michael Phelps becomes the greatest medal winner in Olympic history after winning his 19th career Olympic medal and 15th gold (see our front page from the following day below)
2017 | Anthony Scaramucci is removed as White House communications director after less than two weeks
Birthdays: BJ Novak (47), JK Rowling (61) and her fictional character Harry Potter (46), Fatboy Slim (63)
Plus, in the news today, a wallaby that has hopped around the countryside for three years has been deemed “too streetwise” to be caught. Where has the marsupial been roaming?
The animal vanishes ‘like a ghost’ at the first sign of net sweeps and dart guns |
1. Cornwall
2. East Sussex
3. West Yorkshire
4. Devon
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