Hundreds of people in Gaza have been shot dead while going to collect desperately needed food from Israeli- and US-backed aid hubs, according to officials in the Strip.
Start Here with Sandra Gathmann explains what’s been happening.
This episode features:
Amy Low | Medical Team Lead, Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
Kazem Abu Khalaf | Palestine Spokesperson, UNICEF
Amid rumours of tension with her in-laws, Nicola Peltz has backed support she has received over her relationship with Brooklyn Beckham. It comes after the couple attended a celebration among her family just a few days ago.
Nicola, 30, and Brooklyn, 26, celebrated her father Nelson Peltz, 83, at a birthday party for him recently. It was later described as salt in the wound after Brooklyn, the eldest child of David Beckham, 50, and Victoria Beckham, 51, reportedly didn’t attend any birthday celebrations for his own father this year amid rumours of a rift.
Photos from Nelson’s party were shared on Instagram by Nicola yesterday. She paid tribute alongside them including by saying she feels “lucky” to be his daughter before adding that he provides them “constant love and support”.
Fans took to the comments section to share well wishes over the occasion but some people instead criticised Nicola and Brooklyn. It’s included the suggestion that Nicola is to blame for the rumoured rift between her husband and his parents.
Several fans however have come to Nicola’s defence underneath the post, which included photos of Brooklyn beside Nelson. One comment, in which it was suggested that Brooklyn can make his own decisions, was liked by Nicola.
The supporter wrote: “The fact people are in this comment section talking bs about someone controlling a GROWN man is absurd. The guy is an adult and can make his own decisions, leave them be and stop blaming women for everything. “
Elsewhere in the comments section, the criticism levelled at Nicola included a comment by someone that read: “Seems he’s brainwashed to only celebrate HER family and not his. Get some balls man and don’t let her ruin the bond you had with your family before she came in the picture. “
A source suggested earlier this year that there was “distance” between Brooklyn and his parents. It came following his apparent absence from David’s party and Brooklyn was later said to have failed to publicly mark Father’s Day.
Among those who have blamed for the rumoured tension is Nicola, who married Brooklyn in 2022, with it once claimed that she “finds a way to start an argument” between her husband and his family. She has previously been defended amid the speculation though. A source once told the Mirror: “Nicola encourages Brooklyn to see his family and is usually the reason Brooklyn does see his family.”
Brooklyn and Nicola have publicly supported each other throughout the situation, with him suggesting that his wife is “his world” in a post shared last week. It came shortly after the couple marked the anniversary of his proposal, after getting engaged in 2020, two years before their wedding.
Alongside a photo, Brooklyn marked the anniversary by writing on Instagram last week: “It’s been 5 years since I asked this beautiful woman to marry me. Best decision ever.” He concluded by telling his wife: “I love you so much.”
Nicola celebrated the occasion recently too. She wrote in her message to Brooklyn: “5 years ago we got engaged. I love living life with you baby. ” She concluded by writing in her post just a few days ago: “I loveee you so muchhh. “
The couple were met with support but also faced negative responses at the time. A source however later suggested to the Mirror that the pair are stronger than ever, with it said that they are “enjoying their lives together”.
Just last month, the source told us: “For every unkind comment, there are just as many full of love, but people so often choose to dwell on the negative. Brooklyn and Nicola are solid, and the idea that a heartfelt anniversary post warrants this level of scrutiny is frankly a bit ridiculous. “
Further speaking about Brooklyn and Nicola, the source added: “It’s disheartening to see so much energy spent trying to tear down a young couple simply enjoying their lives together. They want no part in the public’s narrative. “
Molly‑Mae Hague and Rebel Wilson stood out among the high-profile crowd on day two of Wimbledon.
Molly‑Mae, the former Love Island star turned businesswoman, embraced the classic Wimbledon elegance as she joined the stars in the evian ‘Mountain of Youth’ VIP suite. The content creator turned fashion designer wore a crisp white maxi dress from viral brand Odd Muse, styled with a Chanel bag and sling‑back shoes – earning praise for her effortless sophistication.
Rebel Wilson was also spotted in the suite and brought her signature charm and a fresh burst of colour to the fashion-forward spectators. She attended in a vibrant floral silk co‑ord, pairing it with metallic gold flats – an ensemble that perfectly balanced playful and vibrant. They were joined by the likes of Sarah Lancashire and Daniel Ricciardo.
Ruth Langsford is the subject of a tug of war battle amongst publishers battling to bring a book out about her life and tips for others.
One magazine report this week claimed she had signed up for a “tell all” book about her divorce from Eamonn Holmes.
But friends of Ruth told the Mirror whilst this is wide of the mark and it would be out of character, she has had discussions about several book deals as her popularity has risen over the last couple of years.
The source said: “There are offers on the table for her to write everything from a self help book to a novel with several publishers.
“Nothing is agreed or signed just yet, but at some point Ruth is likely to become an author in the not too distant future.
“She is taking her time and thinking things through but she is far too classy to be airing her dirty laundry in public and the divorce will not be the main subject of any book she writes. She is moving on with her life after Eamonn and won’t want to drag up things from the past.”
When Ruth returned to Loose Women after a break last year following the split, reports suggested she would “hit out” at Eamonn and set the record straight.
But in reality she came on and barely mentioned it, saying simply: “It’s very nice to be back with you all,” to the other Loose Women panelists.
Eamonn did address the split last year on GB news, he said: “Just before we move on we’d just like to thank people for your support for Ruth and I over the last few days as to the news of our separation. Your support for both of us is very much appreciated. ”
Before the split they had not been photographed together for two years.
It came amidst reports they had been living separate lives for some time already. Since then Ruth has had to watch on as Eamonn began a new relationship with girlfriend Katie Alexander.
The one time Ruth did comment on the impending divorce was in Woman& home magazine in January. Ruth said: “A break-up of a relationship is hard enough for anybody to deal with. A divorce is very difficult and it’s very painful, but most people don’t have to do it in the public eye, with everybody having an opinion about you and writing things about you and commenting things about you.
“But that’s the nature of my job. I’ve always had that and if you can’t cope with that, you shouldn’t be doing this job. “
Asked how she is feeling now, she added: “I’m all right. Relationship breakdowns are very difficult – marriage, friendship, whatever it is – but you just deal with it and you have to move on. You can either let yourself crumble or you pick yourself up and get on with life. It’s a choice. “
Eamonn and Ruth met in 1997 when they were introduced by mutual friends and they then dated for over a decade before Eamonn popped the question and they married in 2010.
The United States dollar has had its worst first six months of the year since 1973, as President Donald Trump’s economic policies have prompted global investors to sell their greenback holdings, threatening the currency’s “safe-haven” status.
The dollar index, which measures the currency’s strength against a basket of six others, including the pound, euro and yen, fell 10. 8 percent in the first half of 2025.
President Trump’s stop-start tariff war, and his attacks that have led to worries over the independence of the Federal Reserve, have undermined the appeal of the dollar as a safe bet. Economists are also worried about Trump’s “big, beautiful” tax bill, currently under debate in the US Congress.
The landmark legislation is expected to add trillions of dollars to the US debt pile over the coming decade and has raised concerns about the sustainability of Washington’s borrowing, prompting an exodus from the US Treasury market.
Meanwhile, gold has hit record highs this year, on continued buying by central banks worried about devaluation of their dollar assets.
On April 2, the Trump administration unveiled tariffs on imports from most countries around the world, denting confidence in the world’s largest economy and causing a selloff in US financial assets.
More than $5 trillion was erased from the value of the benchmark S& P 500 index of shares in the three days after “Liberation Day”, as Trump described the day of his tariffs announcement. US Treasuries also saw clear-outs, lowering their price and sending debt costs for the US government sharply higher.
Faced with a revolt in financial markets, Trump announced a 90-day pause on tariffs, except for exports from China, on April 9. While trade tensions with China – the world’s second-largest economy – have since eased, investors remain wary of holding dollar-linked assets.
Last month, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) announced that it had cut its US growth outlook for this year from 2. 2 percent in March to just 1. 6 percent, even as inflation has slowed.
Looking ahead, Republican leaders are trying to push through Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act through Congress before July 4. The bill would extend Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, slash healthcare and welfare spending and increase borrowing.
While some legislators believe it could take until August to pass the bill, the aim would be to raise the borrowing limit on the country’s $36. 2 trillion debt pile. The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office said it would raise Federal debt by $3. 3 trillion by 2034.
That would significantly raise the government’s debt-to-GDP (gross domestic product) ratio from 124 percent today, raising concerns about long-term debt sustainability. Meanwhile, annual deficits – when state spending exceeds tax revenues – would rise to 6. 9 percent of GDP from about 6. 4 percent in 2024.
So far, Trump’s attempts to lower spending through Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency have fallen short of expectations. And though import tariffs have raised revenue for the government, they’ve been paid for – in the form of higher costs – by American consumers.
The upshot is that Trump’s unpredictable policies, which prompted Moody’s rating agency to strip the US government of its top credit score in May, have slowed US growth prospects this year and dented the demand for its currency.
The dollar has also trended down on expectations that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates to support the United States’ economy, urged on by Trump, with two to three reductions expected by the end of this year, according to levels implied by futures contracts.
Owing to its dominance in trade and finance, the dollar has been the world’s currency anchor. In the 1980s, for instance, many Gulf countries began pegging their currencies to the greenback.
Its influence doesn’t stop there. Though the US accounts for one-quarter of global GDP, 54 percent of world exports were denominated in dollars in 2023, according to the Atlantic Council.
Its dominance in finance is even greater. About 60 percent of all bank deposits are denominated in dollars, while nearly 70 percent of international bonds are quoted in the US currency.
Meanwhile, 57 percent of the world’s foreign currency reserves – assets held by central banks – are held in dollars, according to the IMF.
But the dollar’s reserve status is supported by confidence in the US economy, its financial markets and its legal system.
And Trump is changing that. Karsten Junius, chief economist at Bank J Safra Sarasin, says “investors are beginning to realise that they’re over-exposed to US assets. ”
Indeed, foreigners own $19 trillion of US equities, $7 trillion of US Treasuries and $5 trillion of US corporate bonds, according to Apollo Asset Management.
If investors continue to trim their positions, the dollar’s value could continue to come under sustained pressure.
“The US has become a less attractive place to invest these days… US assets are not as safe as they used to be,” Junius told Al Jazeera.
Many within the Trump administration argue that the costs of the US dollar’s reserve status outweigh the benefits – because that raises the cost of US exports.
Stephen Miran, chair of Trump’s Council of Economic Advisers, has said high dollar valuations place “undue burdens on our firms and workers, making their products and labour uncompetitive on the global stage”.
“The dollar’s overvaluation has been one factor contributing to the US’s loss of competitiveness over the years, and… tariffs are a reaction to this unpleasant reality,” he added.
At first blush, a lower dollar would indeed make US goods cheaper to overseas buyers and make imports more expensive, helping to reduce the country’s trade deficits. However, these typical trade effects remain in flux due to ongoing tariff threats.
For developing countries, a weaker greenback will lower the local currency cost of repaying dollar debt, providing relief to heavily indebted countries like Zambia, Ghana or Pakistan.
Elsewhere, a weaker dollar should boost commodity prices, increasing export revenues for countries exporting oil, metals or agricultural goods such as Indonesia, Nigeria and Chile.
Since the start of Trump’s second term in office, the greenback’s slide has upended widespread predictions that his trade war would do greater damage to economies outside the US, while also spurring US inflation – strengthening the currency against its rivals.
Instead, the euro has risen 13 percent to above $1. 17 as investors continue to focus on growth risks inside the US. At the same time, demand has risen for other safe assets like German and French government bonds.
For American investors, the weaker dollar has also encouraged equity investments abroad. The Stoxx 600 index, a broad measure across European stocks, has risen roughly 15 percent since the start of 2025.
Converted back into dollars, that gain amounts to 23 percent.
Meanwhile, inflation – again belying predictions – has come down from 3 percent in January to 2. 3 percent in May.
According to Junius, there is no significant threat to the dollar’s status as the world’s de facto reserve currency anytime soon.
But “that doesn’t mean that you can’t have more of a weakening in the US dollar,” he said. “In fact, we continue to expect that between now and the end of the year. ”
The fate of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is expected to be revealed this week as the 12 jurors in his sex-trafficking trial continue their deliberations. The embattled rapper, 55, is charged with sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to engage in prostitution.
Combs, who denies all charges, could spend the rest of his life behind bars if he is found guilty. Deliberations began on Monday, but things took an unexpected turn when the jury passed two notes to the presiding judge.
The judge has ordered lawyers to send transcript excerpts relating to the InterContinental Hotel incident by 1pm ET. The judge stated that the jury will get the transcript of Cassie’s testimony about the days before and after the assault. They will also receive Cassie’s testimony about her Instagram post relating tot he release of the InterContinental CCTV footage.
Judge Arun Subramanian is now on the bench.
Diddy has returned to the courtroom while we await the jury’s decision.
After five and a half hours of deliberations without a unanimous verdict on Monday, the 12 New Yorkers on the jury are returned to Manhattan federal court this morning at 9am for the second day of deliberations.
On Monday, the jury raised two concerns with the court – a possible early indicator of the challenges they may face in weighing the case.
With testimony from 34 witnesses and a legally complex racketeering charge at its core, the deliberation process may take time. There is no set timeline: deliberations can last anywhere from a few hours to several days (or even longer).
Judge Arun Subramanian has addressed the jury’s concern over the drug distribution element of the racketeering conspiracy charge raised towards the end of Monday’s deliberations.
In a note, the jury asked whether an individual can be found responsible for distributing drugs to someone who asked for them.
Subramanian responded this morning (US time) that he is sticking with his proposed language around the definition on page 37 of the jury instructions.
While the defence wanted to give jurors a broader legal context around drug offences, Subramanian, visibly frustrated, replied, “That’s not the question the jury asked.
The second day of deliberations has begun in New York, with Combs’ support considerably smaller than previously.
Monday saw rows of the rapper’s friends and family sat behind the defense table but today, only Combs’ mother, Janice Combs, appears to be present at Manhattan federal court to support her son.
In last week’s closing statements, federal prosecutors and Combs’ defence team made their final pitches to the jury.
Assistant US Attorney Christy Slavik contended: “The defendant used power, violence and fear to get what he wanted. He thought that his fame, wealth and power put him above the law. “
She charged him with depending on a “close inner circle and a small army of personal staff, who made it their mission to meet the defendant’s every desire, promote his power and protect his reputation at all costs. “
However, Combs’ defence lawyer Marc Agnifilo hit back at these allegations, stating: “This isn’t about crime. It’s about money. ” He highlighted that one of the accusers had also launched a civil lawsuit against Combs.
The jury’s note-passing could be a positive sign for Combs, suggests Mitch Epner, a New York-based lawyer and former prosecutor.
Speaking to the BBC, he said: “First, it is unusual for the jurors to send a note to the judge this early, other than asking for logistical help. Second, this note indicates that there may already be a breakdown in the deliberative process,”.
A unanimous decision is required for a conviction, and the specific concerns about juror number 25 and their difficulty following the judge’s instructions are yet to be disclosed.
Deliberations began on Monday, but took an unexpected twist when two notes were passed to the presiding judge from the jury.
The first note expressed a juror’s difficulty in understanding the lengthy 61-page instructions given by the judge before deliberations began.
Despite this, Judge Arun Subramanian insisted that jurors must strictly follow his directions, even if it meant extending the deliberation process.