Houthis claim Red Sea ship sinking, exchange missiles with Israel
Iran-backed Houthi militants said they attacked and sank with missiles and drones a Suez-bound, Liberia-flagged cargo ship in the Red Sea on Sunday, forcing the crew to abandon ship.
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Trump defends giving Putin '50 days' to make peace with Ukraine
After President Donald Trump threatened to impose "very severe" economic penalties against Vladimir Putin's Russia if he doesn't agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine within 50 days, the Trump administration has so far declined to provide many additional details about the consequences Russia will face or why he picked the deadline he chose. "Well, at the end of 50 days, if we don't have a deal, it's going to be too bad," Trump told reporters at the White House on Tuesday. When asked why he decided to give the Russian leader nearly two months to comply with his demand, President Trump deflected. "I don't think 50 days is very long. It could be sooner than that," Trump said. "You should have asked that same question to Biden. Why did he get us into this war?" he continued. "You know why he got us in? Because he's a dummy, that's why." MORE: Trump sending weapons to Ukraine, threatens 'severe tariffs' against Russia if ceasefire deal not reached in 50 days Despite pledging additional U.S. made weapons for Ukraine, Trump also said he didn't support Ukraine's President Zelenskyy ordering strikes on the Russian capital. "He shouldn't target Moscow," he said. "No, we're not looking to do that." MORE: Trump admin live updates: WH confirms Trump, Zelenskyy discussed strikes on Moscow MORE: Russia 'didn't care' about Trump's weapons for Ukraine, tariff threats, official says On Monday, Trump said that Russia's failure to reach a negotiated settlement with Ukraine within 50 days would lead to his administration imposing a 100% tariff rate on Russian imports as well as what he called "secondary tariffs" on countries that have continued to do business with Moscow. "We're very, very unhappy with him," Trump said of Putin on Monday. "We're going to be doing very severe tariffs if we don't have a deal in 50 days." U.S. imports from Russia, which totaled around $3 billion in 2024 according to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, account for a small share of Moscow's revenue, meaning Trump's threat to hike tariffs on Russian goods likely wouldn't pack much punch. However, the president's promise to raise tariffs on imports from third-party countries could carry more weight. Some secondary sanctions aimed at weakening Russia's war economy are already in place. The Biden administration steadily ramped up its use of the penalties throughout the conflict, primarily targeting foreign financial institutions accused of supporting Moscow's military industrial complex and the so-called "shadow fleet" of tanker operators working to circumvent Western sanctions and price caps on Russian oil. But going after countries that import oil and other resources from Russia would be a significant escalation. Through much of the war, the Biden administration avoided taking direct aim at Russian energy exporters out of concern that doing so would cause global fuel prices to rise. Instead, the former administration worked with other members of the G7 to cap the price of Russian oil products, cutting into Moscow's profits while allowing the exports to remain on the market. Trump, on the other hand, has previously promised to go after Russia's customers. In March, Trump threatened to put "secondary tariffs on oil, on all oil coming out of Russia" during an interview with NBC News -- adding "if you buy oil from Russia, you can't do business in the United States." The White House has yet to release specific details on Trump's secondary tariffs, but his ambassador to NATO, Matthew Whitaker, said on Monday the top importers of Russian oil would be in the administration's crosshairs. "It's about tariffs on countries like India and China that are buying their oil. And it really is going to I think dramatically impact the Russian economy," he said during an interview with CNN. But whether the secondary tariffs would stop at countries like China and India is an open question. Despite the web of sanctions in place against Russia, the country still has many meaningful trade relationships, including ones with European allies. Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the EU has significantly dropped its share of Russian oil and gas imports and its plan to fully phase out those imports isn't expected to fully come to fruition until the end of 2027 at the earliest. Some Eastern European and Central Asian countries also have economies that rely on doing business with Russia, meaning they would almost certainly be unable to significantly scale back trade with Russia and would have the face the consequences of secondary tariffs. If the president sticks to his 50-day window, Russia can continue to carry out its summertime campaign against Ukraine until early September without facing additional consequences. In his interview with CNN, Whitaker was also asked about how Trump made the decision on the timeline but didn't give a clear answer. "The time to end the slaughter is now. The time to end the killing is now. And so 50 days is the appropriate amount of time because it needs to happen now," he responded. Currently, Russia is making modest gains against Ukraine and may soon seek to leverage those advances to launch additional offenses in the eastern reach of the country, according to a recent assessment from the Institute of the Study of War. Many officials and experts have long predicted that the Kremlin would push off serious talks on ending the war until the cooler months set in because it hopes to strengthen its position at the negotiating table by claiming as much territory as possible during the summer season. In an interview with the BBC on Monday, Trump indicated he still wanted to pursue diplomacy with Russia, but that his patience with Putin was wearing thin. "I'm not done with him, but I'm disappointed with him," he said. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov responded to Trump's threats on Monday, saying Moscow needed "time to analyze" the comments. "The U.S. president's statements are very serious," Peskov said.
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BBC report finds Gaza documentary narrated by Hamas terrorist's son breached editorial standards
Print Close By David Spector Published July 15, 2025 An internal BBC report found Monday that a documentary on Gaza it aired in February violated the broadcaster's editorial standards for accuracy. The documentary "Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone," featured narration from a boy, 13, named Abdullah, but the film failed to disclose that Abdullah was the son of senior Hamas official Ayman Alyazouri. The BBC pulled the documentary from its online streaming platform in February, just five days after it was aired, and issued an apology. "Since the transmission of our documentary on Gaza, the BBC has become aware of the family connections of the film's narrator, a child called Abdullah. We've promised our audiences the highest standards of transparency, so it is only right that as a result of this new information, we add some more detail to the film before its retransmission. We apologise for the omission of that detail from the original film," the BBC said in a statement at the time. THE BBC BREACHED EDITORIAL GUIDELINES OVER 1,500 TIMES IN ISRAEL-HAMAS CONFLICT, REPORT CLAIMS The documentary was widely condemned when it aired. Journalist David Collier, who broke the story of the narrator's connection to the terrorist group, called the BBC "a propaganda tool of Hamas." A group of 45 Jewish television professionals wrote a letter to the BBC urging them to pull the broadcast and called for an independent investigation. The new investigation found that the BBC was unaware of Abdullah's lineage prior to the documentary's broadcast, but three members of the production company Hoyo Films did know that the boy's father was a Hamas official. The probe, however, criticized the broadcaster for not being "sufficiently proactive" with its due diligence ahead of broadcast, and admonished it for a "lack of critical oversight of unanswered or partially answered questions" regarding the documentary ahead of broadcast. The review claimed that the use of the Hamas-linked narrator did not influence the content of the film, but said the inclusion of the boy was "not appropriate." "We are owning where we have made mistakes, finding out what went wrong, acting on the findings, and we've said we're sorry," BBC News CEO Deborah Turness told the BBC's Radio 4. The BBC has vowed to take steps to address the failure, including issuing new guidance on the use of narrators in documentaries centering on controversial topics, the creation of a new leadership role focusing on documentaries and a new review process that ensures that "no high-risk long form programs can be formally commissioned until all potential compliance considerations are considered and listed." 'CORROSIVELY WOKE' BBC CONTINUES TO BE PLAGUED WITH RETRACTIONS, APOLOGIES RELATED TO ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR "The BBC has a duty to uphold fairness, accuracy, and truth — it's one of the world's largest media organizations – yet it is failing. Its repeated claims that it takes antisemitism seriously have become meaningless. Enough words. What is needed now is decisive, meaningful action," Israeli Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sharren Haskel posted on X. This is not the first time that the BBC has had to issue an apology regarding its coverage of Israel in the context of its current war with Hamas after the October 7 attacks. The BBC was one of several news organizations that rushed to report false claims made by the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry that Israel had bombed the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital, resulting in 500 civilian casualties, shortly after the terrorist attack. In November 2023, the BBC apologized after misquoting a Reuters report and distorting a quote by an IDF spokesman claiming the IDF was "targeting people including medical teams as well as Arab speakers" in Gaza's Al Shifa hospital. The IDF spokesman had actually said that Arab-speaking soldiers were on the ground to ensure aid made its way to the hospital. The BBC apologized for reporting unproven claims about Israel carrying out "summary executions" of Gaza civilians in January 2024. In February 2025, the BBC apologized after its anchor Nicky Schiller referred to Israeli hostages as "prisoners" on air. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE The BBC once again issued an apology in March 2025 after contacting the Israeli embassy and requesting a guest who would be "critical of Netanyahu," calling the incident a "serious mistake." Most recently, the BBC apologized after airing Bob Vylan's performance at Glastonbury, in which the punk rocker called for "death to the IDF." "We deeply regret that such offensive and deplorable behaviour appeared on the BBC and want to apologise to our viewers and listeners and in particular the Jewish community. We are also unequivocal that there can be no place for antisemitism at, or on, the BBC," the BBC said in a statement. CLICK TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The BBC did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. Print Close URL
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'Three heroes, each one a whole world': Israel mourns loss of three fallen IDF soldiers
'Our hearts are with his family during this difficult time. We extend our deepest condolences to his parents, Shaul and Hindi, his sister, and his two brothers,' the Efrat Regional Council said. Israeli officials and local councils mourned the loss of Sgt. Shlomo Yakir Shrem, 20; St.-Sgt. Shoham Menahem, 21; and Sgt. Yuliy Faktor, 19, while inside their tank during a brigade mission in Jabalya in northern Gaza, the IDF confirmed on Monday. All three served in the 401st Brigade of the Armored Corps. The Efrat Regional Council stated, 'Our hearts are with his family during this difficult time. We extend our deepest condolences to his parents, Shaul and Hindi, his sister, and his two brothers,' the council said in a statement. Shlomo will be buried on Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the Kfar Etzion cemetery. Menahem was from Moshav Yardena, and Faktor was from Rishon Lezion. Menahem was the son of a prisoner of war from the Yom Kippur War. Like his father, he enlisted in the 52nd Battalion of the 401st Brigade, where he served as a tank driver, Ynet reported. His cousin, Sharon, spoke to Walla and shared his feelings about the tragedy. "Shoham insisted on being in this battalion because of his father's story," he said. "He was truly the pride of his parents. He held onto the desire to contribute to the country, always saying that everything was good and everything was fine. He would help and assist everyone," Sharon added. Following the IDF's confirmation, Israeli leaders expressed their condolences to the families of the fallen soldiers. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, "A difficult evening. The entire nation of Israel mourns the loss of these heroic fighters," he wrote in a post on X/Twitter. 'Together with all the citizens of Israel, my wife and I embrace the dear families and extend our heartfelt condolences. We also pray for the full recovery of the wounded in the incident, he shared. Netanyahu added, 'Our heroic soldiers fought with boundless determination to defeat the Hamas murderers and bring back our hostages. Their sacrifice for Israel's security will be remembered forever.' "The Efrat Municipality announces with deep sorrow the fall in battle in the Gaza Strip of Sgt. Shlomo Shrem, of blessed memory, son of Shaul and Hindi, residents of the Rimon neighborhood," Dovi Shefler, the mayor of Efrat, wrote on Facebook. "Shlomi was truly a sweet soul - both scholar and warrior. A tank crewman in the 401st Brigade who enlisted a year and a half ago in the midst of the war. His family is a long-standing family of Efrat. "Our hearts are with his parents, sister, two brothers, and extended family in their heavy mourning, and we will accompany them hand in hand on this painful new path. Shlomi will be laid to rest tomorrow (Tuesday), the 19th of Tammuz (15/7), at 10 a.m. at the Kfar Etzion military cemetery." "The public is requested to stand along the route starting at 9:15 a.m., from the Rimon neighborhood in Efrat to Kfar Etzion, with Israeli flags, to honor him on his final journey," Shefler concluded. Defense Minister Israel Katz shared his grief, stating, 'The State of Israel lost three of its finest sons today. I send my heartfelt condolences to their families in this difficult hour. 'I wish a speedy recovery to the wounded and send strength to our fighters who continue to battle in Gaza for the return of our hostages, the security of Israeli citizens, and the defeat of the Hamas terrorist organization.' Opposition leader MK Yair Lapid wrote, "Heartbreaking disaster. Three heroes, each one a whole world. I share in the heavy sorrow of the families and send heartfelt condolences." Former prime minister Naftali Bennett reacted strongly, saying, 'Another family has just received the terrible news of their son's fall in Gaza. Darkness envelops them. I can see in my mind's eye the stunned parents, the friends with red eyes, the stories about the son's devotion. I saw the news, and like you, my heart froze.' 'At those very moments, in the corridors of the Knesset, coalition members are moving heaven and earth to create a draft-dodging law,' he said, referencing negotiations in the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee regarding the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) draft law. 'These politicians are working to ensure that young ultra-Orthodox men do not join their heroic peers, who protect the people of Israel with their bodies. Why, really? After all, we all live here. This gap is unbearable. We are at war. Our sons are there. In Gaza, in the North, wherever they are needed.' 'This is a disgraceful government, unworthy of our good people.' Democrats Party chairman Yair Golan wrote, "I share in the sorrow of the families of Menahem Shoham, Shlomo Yakir Shrem, and Yuliy Faktor, who fell today in battle in the Gaza Strip, and I send my heartfelt condolences. May their memory be blessed." In a separate post on X/Twitter, Golan similarly shared his frustration regarding the haredi draft law, "Israel 2025. Additional publication permitted: three more heroic fighters fell today in Gaza, victims of an endless political war. At the same time, Netanyahu, the one who sent them to battle, is meeting with the leaders of the ultra-Orthodox parties to secure an exemption from conscription for his political allies. Once again, he sells out the soldiers and abandons their blood to survive another day in his seat. Walla and Jerusalem Post Staff contributed to this report.
