Dario Salvi

Today's headlines: Netanyahu orders occupation of the entire Gaza Strip; Maximum weather alert in Hong Kong for heavy rain, over 82,000 people evacuated in Beijing; Preliminary talks begin between Cambodia and Thailand after border clashes; Australia buys military ships from Japan for $6 billion.

This has been confirmed by data released by the Korean Agency for Occupational Safety and Health. Between 2022 and 2024, Kosha conducted 16,607 counseling sessions, with figures rising sharply over the last three years. The cases involve serious accidents at work, suicides of colleagues, bullying, harassment, and sexual violence.

Today's highlights: Japanese Prime Minister ready to approve extra budget to mitigate impact of Trump tariffs; At least 140 children among hundreds of victims in Pakistan floods; Singapore hotel magnate Ong Beng Seng found guilty but will not go to prison; Over 60 dead in the sinking of a migrant ship off the coast of Yemen.

In a strong oecumenical gesture, the Latin and Greek Orthodox patriarchs of Jerusalem visited the Holy Family parish bringing some 500 tonnes of aid. Answering a phone call from Netanyahu, Leo XIV reiterated his call for an end to “this slaughter”. A BBC report documents the scale of the systematic destruction with bulldozers of entire areas in Gaza carried out by Israel since last March.

An attack this morning hit the Church of the Holy Family, leaving at least six people seriously injured and causing damage to the building. Among those hit was the parish priest, Fr Romanelli. The Patriarchal Vicar for Israel and Palestine: “They will say it was not intentional, they always find an excuse, but war causes damage and victims”. Telegram of condolence from Pope Leo XIV: “Immediate ceasefire”. Meanwhile, in Taybeh, in the West Bank, settlers are grazing cows at the Church of St George.

A new law will end a practice that began after the Korean War and lasted for decades. The process will now pass from private agencies to the state, in accordance with the Hague Convention. However, some issues remain, including the need for more legislative action and budgetary support from the country’s new administration.

Cardinal Sako appeals to Prime Minister al-Sudani. Sites at risk due to construction projects. Request to “fence off and monitor” sites facing “imminent threat”. Their value “goes beyond the Christian community” and concerns “the entire” population, including Muslims.

Cardinal David, Bishop of Kalookan, issued a warning against online gambling. According to the prelate, the government plays a "central role" in feeding the addiction, especially among the country's poor and vulnerable. New technologies are turning "homes into private gambling dens" and allowing “addiction to flourish unchecked.”

This morning, a delegation led by Cardinal Pizzaballa and Patriarch Theophilus III visited the community that has come to symbolise settler violence. They slammed Israel’s pro-occupation policy, which affects Christians and Muslims alike. Marie-Armelle Beaulieu, a Christian journalist who has been in Jerusalem for 30 years, stressed the "exceptional" nature of an "ecumenical" event outside the Holy City.

Today's headlines:preliminary reports reveal deliberate act caused the Air India Boeing's engines to shut down; Lavrov in North Korea to strengthen cooperation with Pyongyang; After 24 years, Beijing ready to resume imports of Japanese beef; Islamabad and Brussels sign a $20 million financing agreement; In Indonesia, the headquarters of GoTo Gojek Tokopedia searched in a $610 million corruption case.

The founder of the Religious Freedom Data Center views settler attacks as a “disturbing development”. Israeli ministers and police legitimising it is worrying. A Judeo-centric ideology has “taken root”, but minority rights are not a “marginal issue”. On Monday, the patriarchs and heads of the Churches of Jerusalem will visit Taybeh in “solidarity”.

George Aslan, Christian MP elected with the Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party, has raised the alarm in a parliamentary question to the Culture Minister about the ancient place of worship set to undergo restoration. Built in the 10th century, the church is considered one of the most significant examples of medieval Armenian architecture.