At least four people have been killed and dozens of others wounded in an Israeli air attack on a hospital complex in central Gaza where displaced Palestinians sought shelter from Israel’s assault on the besieged territory.

Israeli forces have regularly attacked medical facilities in Gaza since the assault began more than a year ago. In recent months, it has repeatedly struck crowded shelters and tent sites, alleging armed groups were using them.

A senior Palestinian diplomat to the United Nations has sounded alarm over Israel’s ongoing siege of northern Gaza, in which hundreds of Palestinians have been killed over the last week and hundreds of thousands of civilian residents are either trapped or ordered to flee amid intense bombardment.

A two-year-old child and three others died in an attempt to cross the English Channel last week, shortly after G7 members had agreed a crackdown on migrant smuggling networks. 

France has sent anti-riot police to the Island of Martinique, where protestors gathered despite the government barring demonstrations on the island. 

The restrictions came after violent protests broke out on the island last week over the high cost of living, with gunfire injuring at least six police officers and one civilian. Police launched tear gas and government officials said several stores were also looted.

The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday adopted a Palestinian-drafted resolution that demands Israel end "its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory" within 12 months.

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Cornwall Council has pledged to pursue a greater devolution deal from the British government, aimed at "unleashing the county's potential" without the need for a mayor or the creation of a combined authority. 

The UK Government announced it has suspended 30 arms exports of its 350 export licenses to Israel over 'International Humanitarian Law concerns' in Gaza.

Following a review of Israel’s compliance with international humanitarian law., the UK has decided to suspend some arms export licenses to Israel. The licenses relate to items for the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) for the use in Gaza. The recent UK assessment concluded that there is 'clear risk' military exports to Israel may be used in international humanitarian law violations. 

Three major human rights organizations slam Nepal's new Transitional Justice Law as a "flawed step forward," citing numerous "accountability gaps" needed to be addressed by lawmakers.

France has approved a pacific mission to investigate the unrest in the French overseas territory of New Caledonia.

Veronique Roger-Lacan, the French Ambassador to the Pacific, told radio station RNZ Pacific that a high-level mission will lead work to find facts about the crisis that began in May.

His Majesty's Revenue & Customs, the UK's tax authority, had served a winding-up petition to the High Court against Lycamobile UK on Monday.

The winding-up order is a legal process and served when a company is insolvent, unable to pay its debts. HMRC regularly deploys this petition when companies fail to pay tax bills. Such process can result in liquidation and assets being forcibly sold to generate money towards repayment of debts.