Italian
** Irlanda, Norvegia e Spagna annunciano l'intenzione di riconoscere uno Stato palestinese entro pochi giorni
** Gli sfollati australiani tornano a casa dalla Nuova Caledonia, dove molti altri rimangono ancora bloccati
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Il Primo Ministro israeliano Benjamin Netanyahu ha denunciato la decisione di Irlanda, Norvegia e Spagna di riconoscere a breve uno Stato palestinese, aggiungendo che Israele non si lascerà fermare dal vincere la guerra di Gaza.
L'Irlanda, la Spagna e la Norvegia hanno annunciato il riconoscimento di uno Stato palestinese il 28 maggio e sperano che altri Paesi occidentali seguano il loro esempio, suscitando la reazione furiosa di Israele che ha richiamato i suoi ambasciatori dalle tre capitali.
Tutti e tre i Paesi hanno dipinto la decisione come una mossa volta ad accelerare gli sforzi per garantire un cessate il fuoco nella guerra di Israele contro Hamas a Gaza, iniziata il 7 ottobre.
Il portavoce del governo israeliano David Mencer ha affermato che la decisione creerà più conflitti nella regione, non meno.
"Ireland, Norway and Spain are telling Hamas in a loud and clear voice tha the October 7th massacre pays off. They are telling Palestinians that educating children to terrorism and refusing to accept a Jewish state pays off. There is no talk of bridge building, of coexistence, of bringing people together. No. These countries ecourage and perpetuate war. More conflict, more bloodshed not less."
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Il Presidente francese Emmanuel Macron è atterrato in Nuova Caledonia nella notte, mentre continuano le violenze sulla scia della controversa riforma elettorale.
Macron incontrerà funzionari eletti e rappresentanti locali per colloqui volti a calmare i disordini civili e a ricostruire le aree distrutte dagli scontri.
Sei persone sono morte nel caos e quasi 300 sono state arrestate.
Nel frattempo, un altro aereo carico di passeggeri è atterrato a Brisbane da Numea, mentre continuano gli sforzi per rimpatriare gli australiani che erano rimasti bloccati.
Le australiane Emma Fensom e Koko Johnson erano tra le passeggere rimpatriate.
VOXXIE 1:"We just heard that there had been some riots and demonstrations and that it got quite violent. But we were told that we were safe where we were at our hotel, but not to leave, there was a curfew at 6pm. "
VOXXIE 2: "We had a little ocean view of our room and we just kept seeing helicopters and all this stuff flying past us, every hour."
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Gli australiani hanno iniziato a tornare a casa da un volo della Singapore Airlines in cui i passeggeri sono stati sbalzati nella cabina dell'aereo durante una forte turbolenza.
Il volo, proveniente da Londra, aveva a bordo 56 australiani quando è stato costretto a un atterraggio di emergenza a Bangkok.
I passeggeri, più risollevati, sono tornati all'aeroporto di Sydney mercoledì sera, e un uomo ha descritto l'impatto subito da questo calvario.
“It was so sudden, no warning at all. I ended up hitting my head on the ceiling. Some people walking around ended up doing somersaults. It was instantaneous… and horrible.”
Un uomo britannico di 73 anni è morto sul volo e alcuni australiani sono rimasti in terapia intensiva in Tailandia.
English
** Ireland, Norway and Spain announce plans to recognise a Palestinian state within days
** Relieved Australian evacuees return home from New Caledonia, where many more remain stranded
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denounced a decision by Ireland, Norway and Spain to soon recognise a Palestinian state, adding Israel would be undeterred from winning the Gaza war.
Ireland, Spain and Norway announced they would recognise a Palestinian state on May 28 and hoped other Western countries would follow suit, prompting an angry response from Israel which recalled its ambassadors from the three capitals.
All three countries painted the decision as a move aimed at accelerating efforts to secure a ceasefire in Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza which began on October 7.
Israeli government spokesman David Mencer says the decision will create more conflict in the region not less.
"Ireland, Norway and Spain are telling Hamas in a loud and clear voice tha the October 7th massacre pays off. They are telling Palestinians that educating children to terrorism and refusing to accept a Jewish state pays off. There is no talk of bridge building, of coexistence, of bringing people together. No. These countries ecourage and perpetuate war. More conflict, more bloodshed not less."
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French President Emmanuel Macron has touched down in New Caledonia overnight as violence in the wake of controversial electoral reform, continues.
Mr Macron will meet with elected officials and local representatives for talks aimed at calming civil unrest and reconstructing areas destroyed in the riots.
Six people have died amid the chaos and almost 300 people have been arrested.
Meanwhile, another plane load of passengers has touched down in Brisbane from Noumea, as efforts to repatriate stranded Australians continue.
Australians Emma Fensom and Koko Johnson were among the returned passengers.
VOXXIE 1:"We just heard that there had been some riots and demonstrations and that it got quite violent. But we were told that we were safe where we were at our hotel, but not to leave, there was a curfew at 6pm. "
VOXXIE 2: "We had a little ocean view of our room and we just kept seeing helicopters and all this stuff flying past us, every hour."
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Australians have begun returning home from a Singapore Airlines flight where passengers were thrown around the plane's cabin during a severe bout of turbulence.
The flight from London had 56 Australians on board when it was forced to make an emergency landing in Bangkok.
Relieved passengers returned to Sydney Airport on Wednesday night, with one man describing the impact of the ordeal.
“It was so sudden, no warning at all. I ended up hitting my head on the ceiling. Some people walking around ended up doing somersaults. It was instantaneous… and horrible.”
A 73-year-old British man died on the flight and a number of Australians remain in intensive care in Thailand after the flight.
