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'Everyone is replaceable, including Haniyeh' in Hamas, says expert

France24.com (en) 

"It's not the first time a Hamas leader has been assassinated", said Gershon Baskin, the Middle East director at the International Communities Organisation in Jerusalem. "Everyone is replaceable, including Haniyeh. He was an important figure but he wasn't the most important of Hamas today. That person would be Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in Gaza, who has been underground in a bunker for 300 days, after perpetrating the atrocities against Israel on October 7."

US Fed keeps rates unchanged; chair Powell believes a cut rate "could be on the table in September"

«MercoPress» (en) 

The Unites States Federal Reserve on Wednesday, following on a two day meeting (July 30/31) kept the key interest rate unchanged at a 23 year high of 5,3%, but chairman Jerome Powell said that the stage was set for the central bank's first rate cut in four years. With lower inflation and a cooler jobs market, this could happen at the next FOMC meeting in September.

The old and new ideas used by F1’s top teams for the unique Spa challenge

Atlas F1 Bulletin Board 

While Spa-Francorchamps has a demanding middle sector, its long straights mean Formula 1 teams need to bring low-downforce solutions.However, getting the right balance of downforce and drag is more complicated with the current generation of cars, with teams needing to weigh up the impact of beam wing and main plane configurations.Throw into the mix too the unpredictable weather that is a hallmark ...Keep reading

'Pressure on Israel from international bodies has an effect. High court judges listen to us now'

Haaretz.com 

Twenty-one Israeli NGOs recently released the second 'State of the Occupation' report – a harrowing read that ties together war in Gaza, settler violence in the West Bank, and the deterioration of civil liberties in Israel. Physicians for Human Rights' Guy Shalev says the Hamas massacre, also in the report, should not be used to silence criticism of Israeli abuses