The Palestinian Civil Defence exhumed the bodies of more than 150 people who were quickly buried in the courtyards of al-Shifa Hospital during Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. Some of the victims remain unidentified. Civil defense teams are moving them to cemeteries to give them a proper final resting place.
United States President Donald Trump has announced a $12bn aid package to help farmers harmed by his hardline tariff policies.
Trump announced the package at a White House event on Monday, saying the money would come from funds raised by tariffs.
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“What we’re doing is we’re is taking a relatively small portion of that, and we’re going to be giving and providing it to the farmers in economic assistance,” Trump said.
Since taking office, Trump has used emergency powers to pursue a sweeping tariff agenda, including imposing reciprocal tariffs on nearly all US trade and escalating a trade war with China.
While Washington and Beijing have since begun to de-escalate some of their tensions, the tit-for-tat has spelt a challenging year for farmers.
Despite record harvests in the US, China has increasingly turned to South America for agricultural products, notably soya beans and sorghum. They have also faced higher seed and fertiliser prices as a knock-on effect of the tariffs.
The Trump administration has been acutely aware of the impact, given Trump’s staunch support among many farmers during the 2024 election.
Trump referenced that support on Monday, saying, “We love our farmers.”
“And as you know, the farmers like me … because based on, based on voting trends, you could call it voting trends or anything else,” he said.
Before the White House event, a Trump administration official said up to $11bn in the new aid would go to the newly created Farmer Bridge Assistance, a programme for row crop farmers hurt by trade disputes and higher costs.
It was still being determined where the other $1bn would be allocated, the official said.
The Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute at the University of Missouri has estimated that net farm income could fall by more than $30bn in 2026 due to a decline in government payments and low crop prices.
Soya bean farmers, meanwhile, are expected to see their third consecutive year of losses in 2025, according to the American Soybean Association, a decline that preceded Trump’s tariffs.
The Trump administration has sought to paint a rosier picture, pointing to an agreement between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping for Beijing to buy 12 million metric tonnes of US soya beans by the end of the calendar year. Beijing also agreed to buy 25 million metric tonnes per year for the next three years.
While China has since purchased only a fraction of its promised total in 2025, White House officials have said it is on track to meet the target.
US farmers typically receive billions of dollars in federal subsidies each year.
UN chief Antonio Guterres condemned Israel’s raid on the East Jerusalem compound of the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA as a violation of UN immunity. Israel says tax collectors entered over $3.4M in unpaid taxes. UNRWA warns it sets a “dangerous precedent.”
Two Netflix stars broke down in tears as they welcomed their first child together, after needing an emergency C-section. Love Is Blind UK star Jasmine Johnson gave birth to her first child with husband Bobby Johnson on Saturday 6 December.
The two met on the first season of the Netflix show in August 2024. As per the show’s rules, got engaged before seeing each other face to face. They also married on the show.
In a video posted to their Instagram, the Johnsons detailed how difficult the birth of their son was, sharing that they ended up needing an emergency C-section. The video showed Jasmine tearing up as the surgery was performed, before showing clips of Bobby comforting his wife and the pair cradling their son.
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In the caption, Jasmine admitted she had “never known fear” like she did when she needed the surgery. She wrote: “I’ve never known fear like I did that night… and I’ve never known love like what followed.
“Our son, arrived on 06/12/2025 via emergency C-section. @bobby_johnson , thank you for holding me through every moment of fear, fright, and the unknown.”
She added that she was “unsure” of what would happen when she went to the hospital. “We walked into that hospital unsure of what would happen and walked out carrying a love that will define the rest of our lives. My heart has never felt so full.”
The pair posted a longer video about the birth on their YouTube. In the longer video, Jasmine was again seen breaking down in tears as the C-section happened, before being reassured by nurses that her child was okay.
Crying as she held her child, she said: “He’s perfect, so cute. Hi my baby.” Bobby also got emotional as he cut the umbilical cord. The C-section was never part of the plan, as Jasmine had intended for the birth to be induced.
Sharing a picture of herself cradling her pregnancy bump, just last month Jasmine wrote on Instagram: “Finally got induced date, baby Johnson’s coming real soon familyyy!!!!’
She and Bobby announced in June that they were expecting a child. The announcement read: “We’ve been keeping a secret. I’ve pictured your tiny face a thousand times. I’ve dreamt of this moment long before I knew how good life could get. Then I met your dad and the rest was written in love. Baby Johnson Coming Winter 2025!!”
This came just a few months after Jasmine tearfully opened up about what it was like to see people speculate about if she was pregnant whilst the couple were trying to conceive.
In February, she told The Mirror that it felt like a “double-edged sword” to be open about conceiving and that she was “naive” about how difficult the process would be.
Twelve former agents with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have filed a lawsuit alleging wrongful termination by the administration of US President Donald Trump for the act of taking a knee during racial justice protests in Washington DC, in 2020.
The lawsuit, filed in a US District Court on Monday, states that the agents were fired as part of a politicised “campaign of retribution” by the Trump administration over perceived sympathy for the protests, prompted by the police killing of George Floyd.
The agents have said that they kneeled during the protests in order to de-escalate a tense situation and that it was not meant as an act of political support. The controversy over their termination has brought further attention to the Trump administration’s efforts to enact retribution against perceived political enemies.
In recent months, federal prosecutors who worked on investigations into Trump have been fired, along with a federal worker who had an LGBTQ flag in his workplace.
The lawsuit states that Trump had attacked the agents, nine of whom are women, on social media before returning to the White House in 2024 and that FBI Director Kash Patel was intent on firing them, despite a previous review by FBI officials who concluded that the agents had kneeled to help ease tensions rather than as an act of support.
“Defendants targeted plaintiffs in particular because of plaintiffs’ use of deescalation with civilians that defendants perceived as opposed to, or otherwise not affiliated with, President Trump,” the lawsuit states.
It states that the agents had encountered a hostile crowd and that by kneeling, they may have avoided a “deadly confrontation” that “could have rivalled the Boston Massacre in 1770”, a reference to the shooting of protesters by British forces in Boston before the American Revolution. In a photo of the incident, however, agents appear relaxed, with little indication of serious risk.
Amy Winehouse’s dad has faced the singer’s closest friends in court. Mitch, a former London cab driver, accused Naomi Parry and Catriona Gourlay of selling the late musician’s personal items.
The pair, who were often seen with Amy, are being sued for the sum of £730,000. They both deny the allegations made against them. Today, a trial commenced at the Royal Courts of Justice and is expected to last several days. Mitch is suing both Perry and Gourlay in his capacity as the executor of Amy’s estate.
Two friends of Amy Winehouse “deliberately concealed” that they sold dozens of her personal items at auction after her death, barristers for the singer’s father told the High Court.
Henry Legge KC, for Mr Winehouse, said in written submissions that the items included a silk mini-dress worn by Ms Winehouse in her final performance in Belgrade, Serbia, which Ms Parry auctioned for 243,200 US dollars (£182,656) in 2021.
He said: “Ms Parry and Ms Gourlay deliberately concealed from Mr Winehouse the fact that they were auctioning the items consigned by them to the 2021 auction and that they were claiming ownership of those items.”
He continued that Mr Winehouse believed that all the 834 items in the 2021 auction catalogue were owned by the estate, but that the two women were “asserting ownership of over 150”.
The barrister also said that Ms Parry was “instrumental in persuading Mr Winehouse to auction the estate’s items”, but did not tell him that she “stood to gain from his agreeing to do so”.
Mr Legge said that after Ms Winehouse’s death, Mr Winehouse was approached by Darren Julien, of Julien’s Auctions in Los Angeles, in 2014 regarding an auction of her belongings, which Mr Winehouse initially declined.
Mr Julien then contacted Ms Parry, who indicated that she would be willing to sell “my collection” in 2018, with Ms Gourlay indicating she would be willing to sell items in 2019, Mr Legge said. Mr Winehouse then agreed to auction items in 2021, which raised around 1.4 million dollars (£1.05 million) for the estate, with 30% of the proceeds going to the Amy Winehouse Foundation.
But Mr Legge said that Mr Julien “did not take steps to correct Mr Winehouse’s obvious impression that all lots belonged to and were being sold by the estate”. The barrister also said that Mr Julien told Ms Parry in a text message after the auction: “I do think he will go a little nuts when he realises all the big pieces were yours”.
He continued that both women then sold further items at a second auction in May 2023. Giving evidence on Monday, Mr Winehouse said: “I assume that, being so close, Amy would have given them some things, but 150 items, I just cannot believe it.”
At a hearing in July last year, the High Court was told that there was evidence of “suspicious circumstances” surrounding two Amy Winehouse auctions. Mitch, who is an executor of Amy’s estate, claims that Naomi and Catriona sent “various items of personal property owned by Amy during her lifetime” to auctions in 2021 and in 2023.
During the hearing, both Naomi and Catriona were instructed to provide more evidence to Winehouse in relation to the 156 disputed items which were gifted to them by the Back to Black songstress or were never owned outright by Ms Winehouse.
Both Naomi and Catriona deny the allegations and deny “wrongfully” acquiring items and said that they would “frequently lend” Amy items due to their love for “fashion and style”.
Items sold via a US auction included dresses from Amy’s cancelled tour in 2011, a Fendi bracelet and bag, make-up and other items of clothing.
In February 2024, both Naomi and Catriona shared on social media that they were gifted items by Amy during her life for over “a decade”. They also claimed they spoke about them in the press and to “Mr Winehouse himself.”
They also stated that their “ownership was never questioned until they were sold.” After their various projects, including Beyond Black – The Life and Style of Amy Winehouse and several exhibitions, they said that they made the decision to auction some of the collection titled Property from the Life and Career of Amy Winehouse, which they said was in “collaboration with Amy’s estate”.
It’s claimed that Naomi and Catriona’s decision to put the items up for sale in “their own names and on their own behalf” converted Amy’s property to “their own use”. Mitch is seeking £534,192.90 in damages from Naomi and £198,041.07 from Catriona.
Beth Grossman for Naomi said that Mitch had received “extensive” information, which was “sufficient” to prevent any “hampering” of his case. She added that Mitch had “considerably greater funds available for this litigation”. Grossman added: “The relevant incidents all took place many years ago, in some cases around 20 years ago; Ms Winehouse has sadly been deceased since 2011, and concern exchanges between women who were close friends.
“This is not a claim arising in a corporate or particularly formal context: the very nature of personal interactions such as this is that there is unlikely to be a large amount of documentary evidence and it is likely that memories may have faded in certain respects.”
Meanwhile, James Fennemore for Mitch said that the case would “primarily involve and turn on a detailed scrutiny of the defendants’ case in respect of the circumstances in which they say the items came by them.” He added that there was “little or no detail about the circumstances of the alleged gifts” and there was “evidence of suspicious circumstances surrounding these auctions.”
Amy tragically died aged 27 on July 23, 2011, at her home in Camden, north London. Following two inquests into her death, her cause of death was ruled to be accidental by the way of alcohol poisoning.