Why a Saudi comedy festival drawing big US comedians is no barrel of laughs
• Oct 3, 2025, 8:47 AM
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PRESS REVIEW – Friday, October 3: We look at reactions in the British papers after a fatal stabbing outside a Manchester synagogue on a holy Jewish holiday. This Friday also marks 35 years since the reunification of East and West Germany, but have the divides been bridged? Plus: human rights groups find nothing to laugh about a comedy festival in Saudi Arabia, where freedom of speech is restricted. Finally, an American woman who won the Cheesemonger World Cup title last month explains how she did it.
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Hamas has sent out 'mixed messages' in response to Trump's peace plan
• 4:30 PM
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US President Donald Trump gave Palestinian Hamas militants until Sunday evening to accept his proposal to end the nearly two-year-old war with US ally Israel in the Gaza Strip. "There have been mixed messages from Hamas", said Noga Tarnopolsky, FRANCE 24
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Trump sets Sunday deadline for Hamas to agree to his deal for ending the war in Gaza
• 4:22 PM
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U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that Hamas must agree to a proposed peace deal by Sunday evening, threatening an even greater military onslaught nearly two years into the war sparked by the Oct. 7 attack into Israel. Details by FRANCE 24 correspo
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Israeli military intercepts final aid boat as new flotilla sails to Gaza
• 4:20 PM
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The Israeli military intercepted the last boat in an aid flotilla attempting to reach blockaded Gaza on Friday, a day after stopping most of the vessels and detaining some 450 activists including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg. Story by Catherine Viet
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Trump issues Hamas a Sunday night ultimatum to accept his Gaza peace plan
• 2:41 PM
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President Donald Trump has given Hamas a deadline to agree to his Gaza peace plan. Trump posted on his Truth Social platform on Friday that the agreement must come before Sunday evening or else “all HELL, like no one has ever seen before, will break out”
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Last flotilla boat sails on towards Gaza after Israel arrests 450 activists
• 8:49 AM
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Hundreds of Israeli police officers were deployed Thursday to the southern port of Ashdod to process some 450 international activists detained by Israeli naval forces hours earlier in the Mediterranean Sea, Israeli authorities said. Story by Morgan Ayre.
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Why a Saudi comedy festival drawing big US comedians is no barrel of laughs
• 8:47 AM
1 min
PRESS REVIEW – Friday, October 3: We look at reactions in the British papers after a fatal stabbing outside a Manchester synagogue on a holy Jewish holiday. This Friday also marks 35 years since the reunification of East and West Germany, but have the di
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Netanyahu, Hamas under immense pressure: 'Any successful peace deal is a victory for all sides'
• 7:50 AM
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The US-Israel peace plan for Gaza is where idealism, ideology, dogma and realpolitik collide. For Hamas, the plan "isn’t a peace deal so much as a conditional capitulation," explains Dr. Nick Westcott, Professor of Practice in the Department of Politics
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Hamas needs time to study Trump's Gaza plan, according to official
• 7:27 AM
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A Hamas official on Friday said that the group still needed time to study a plan for Gaza, which calls for a ceasefire, the release of hostages within 72 hours, the group's disarmament and Israel's gradual withdrawal from the region. The plan is backed b
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Last Gaza flotilla boat intercepted by Israel, organisers say
• 3:43 AM
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The last remaining vessel of the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla was intercepted by Israel on Friday, according to its organisers. The flotilla – consisting of dozens of ships – set sail last month, ferrying politicians, activists and aid towards Gaza b
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The plight of Gaza's women and girls
• 12:26 AM
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It is two years since Hamas attacked Israeli communities along the Gaza border. In response, Israel launched a devastating war in the Palestinian territory. We take a closer look at the heavy toll this conflict has had on Palestinian women and girls. Als
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