Monday 30th June 2025. Israel news reports. UN US aid. Hong Kong democrats. Tuvalu climate visa. Japan execution. Hungary Pride...
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Good morning, this is Send7, world news in 7 minutes. I'm Juliette Martin and today is Monday the 30th of June 2025, starting in Asia and Oceania.

In Israel, the newspaper Haaretz has reported that Israeli forces were ordered to shoot Garzons seeking aid at distribution sites, according to Israeli soldiers.

The newspaper also estimates that almost 100,000 people have been killed in Gaza. This is more than the number reported by the Palestinian Health Ministry and is around 4% of Gaza's total population.

United Nations Chief Antonio Guterres has said that the United States aid operation is endangering people's lives by channeling civilians into militarized zones. Any operation that channels desperate civilians into militarized zones is inherently unsafe. It's killing people.

It's time for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages, and full, safe and sustained humanitarian access. The problem of the distribution of humanitarian aid must be solved. In Hong Kong, the League of Social Democrats says it will disband over, quote, immense political pressure.

The party is Hong Kong's only pro-democracy opposition party. Party Chair Chan Poh Ying said, We have endured hardships of internal disputes and the near-total imprisonment of our leadership.

while witnessing the erosion of civil society, the fading of grassroots voices, the omnipresence of red lines, and the draconian suppression of dissent. In Tuvalu, more than one third of people have applied for a climate visa to Australia, according to official figures.

Scientists have said that Tuvalu, a Pacific island nation, will be submerged by the ocean due to climate change. It has 11,000 citizens. Australia has agreed to issue 280 visas per year.

In Japan, a man was hanged on Friday for killing eight women and one man he met on social media. Takahiro Siraishi was known as the Twitter killer. This is the first execution in Japan since 2022. Europe

In Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orban has accused the European Union of helping organise the Pride event, which took place on Saturday. Tens of thousands of people attended the event to support LGBTQ plus rights, despite it being banned by the police.

The parade became an anti-government protest, according to local media. Orban has said there will be legal consequences for the march. In Serbia, there were anti-government protests over the weekend. Protesters demanded snap elections to end President Aleksandar Vojcik's 12-year term in

Police intervened in the protests, detaining several participants. Wojcik said the protesters, quote, wanted to topple Serbia and they have failed. Africa

Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed a peace agreement in the United States. Conflict between the two countries has killed thousands of people and displaced hundreds of thousands this year.

In Uganda, incumbent leader Yoweri Museveni has said he will run in next year's presidential election. Museveni has ruled Uganda since he seized power in 1986. Rights activists have accused him of using security forces and patronage to extend his rule, though he denies this.

The election will take place in January. The Americas The United States will pause trade talks with Canada until certain taxes are dropped, according to United States President Donald Trump.

Canada, Brazil, Australia and a number of European countries issued a statement supporting LGBT rights on Saturday, marking Pride Day. The statement said the countries "are speaking and acting as one to champion the rights of LGBTQI people,

at a time when hate speech and hate crimes are on the rise and in view of efforts to strip LGBTQI people of their rights. And in the United States, the editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine, Anna Wintour, has announced that she will be stepping down after nearly 40 years.

Windhor is considered one of the most powerful people in the fashion world and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom earlier this year. That's your World News in 7 minutes.

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