Israel- Palestine, India, Sudan.
Today's three stories you should know.
Israel-Palestine
The death toll from Israel’s pounding of the Gaza strip has now exceeded 3,000, according to the Palestinian health ministry, and more than one third of the dead are believed to be children. The ministry said that 12,500 people have been wounded. The humanitarian situation - which the UN has called a “catastrophe” - is deteriorating with water, food, fuel, power and supplies of medicine dwindling. The Washington Post today reported that staff at Gaza City’s largest hospital were reduced to drinking water from IV solution bags. Israel has denied that there is a humanitarian crisis.
More from Al Jazeera here.
India
India’s Supreme Court today rejected an appeal to legalize same-sex marriage, saying the decision should rest with parliament, in a setback for LGBTQ+ campaigners in the country. Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, though, said the government should uphold the rights of the LGBTQ+ community and work to end discrimination. Campaigners have won more rights for gay people in India over the last decade and most of the gains had come via the Supreme Court. In 2018, the court struck down a colonial-era law that had made gay sex punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
More from AP here.
Sudan
With the world’s eyes elsewhere, the people of Sudan continue to suffer as a grinding war between the country’s military and the powerful Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group continues. The BBC reported today that 42 refugees from Sudan have starved to death in neighboring Chad after fleeing the conflict, citing Sudan's assistant commissioner for refugees, Mujib al-Rahman Muhammad. Muhammad told the BBC that more than one million people had fled into Chad and that the international community had not provided enough aid to respond to the situation.
More from BBC here.