PPP/C leaders pledge sustained investment in Region Seven at Bartica rally
locked article

-Teixeira appeals for large turnout   The People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) took  its campaign to the mining town of Bartica last evening with a show of political muscle, featuring President Irfaan Ali, General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo, Prime Minister Mark Phillips and Minister of Parliamen-tary Affairs and Governance Gail Teixeira.

Palestinians carry aid supplies they collected from trucks that entered Gaza through Israel, in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip August 10, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas

Israel faces growing calls to scrap new Gaza offensive plans

JERUSALEM/CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Israel’s far-right finance minister has demanded Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu scrap his plan to seize Gaza City in favour of a tougher one, while Italy said today the plan could result in a “Vietnam” for Israel’s army.