Nili Kupfer-Naouri and Rachel Touitou said to be accused of trying to block delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza

A French investigating magistrate has issued summonses to two French-Israeli nationals in relation to “complicity in genocide” over allegations they tried to block the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza, French media have reported.

The summonses, which reportedly mark the first time a country has considered the blocking of aid “complicity in genocide”, were issued for Nili Kupfer-Naouri and Rachel Touitou in July, Le Monde and Agence France-Presse reported.

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A small number of Palestinians from Gaza have started crossing into Egypt for medical treatment after Israel allowed a limited reopening of the Rafah border crossing. It had been largely closed since Israeli troops seized it in May 2024, cutting off a critical lifeline for those in Gaza. Around 20,000 Palestinians needing medical care hope to leave Gaza using the crossing, but only a handful have been allowed through so far. The reopening of Rafah is seen as a key step in the US-brokered ceasefire agreement as it moves into its second phase. Lucy Hough speaks to chief Middle East correspondent Emma Graham-Harrison

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• Winger suffers online racism on return to France

• Abuse of Frenchman’s family led him to leave Mexico

Lens have condemned the racist abuse aimed at new signing Allan Saint-Maximin after a previous racist incident involving the former Newcastle winger’s children ended his career in Mexico’s top flight.

Saint-Maximin joined Lens on a six-month deal during the winter transfer window. He left Mexican side Club América, saying his children were the victims of racist abuse there.

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A small number of Palestinians from Gaza have started crossing into Egypt for medical treatment after Israel allowed a limited reopening of the Rafah border crossing. It had been largely closed since Israeli troops seized it in May 2024, cutting off a critical lifeline for those in Gaza. About 20,000 Palestinians needing medical care hope to leave Gaza using the crossing, but only a handful have been allowed through so far. The reopening of Rafah is seen as a key step in the US-brokered ceasefire agreement as it moves into its second phase. Lucy Hough speaks to chief Middle East correspondent Emma Graham-Harrison – watch on YouTube

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Met de dood van Ellis Brandon twee jaar geleden leek de laatste Engelandvaarder uit de Tweede Wereldoorlog te zijn overleden, maar er is nu toch een oud-strijder opgedoken die nog in leven is: een Rotterdammer die in Amerika woont.

The Stooges

Adobe has emailed users of Adobe Animate to let them know the popular animation and game development program will be discontinued on March 1, an abrupt decision that has angered animators and game developers who say the tool remains an industry standard in television and game production.

Animate, the successor to the once-popular Flash, is widely used for graphic creation, animation and building games in HTML5. The company has not offered a reason for the shutdown. On BlueSky, artist and animator Julia Glassman wrote that many television productions, games, and animated media still rely on Animate and Flash pipelines and cannot simply pivot to entirely new software.

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AMSTERDAM (ANP) - Door werkzaamheden bij Amsterdam Centraal wordt later deze week grote hinder verwacht voor treinreizigers. De NS meldt dat er donderdag tot en met zondag 's nachts geen treinen rijden. Overdag is er beperkt treinverkeer in diverse richtingen.

De NS laat weten dat er bussen worden ingezet als de treinen niet rijden. Op donderdagavond beginnen de werkzaamheden rond 21.45 uur. Die avond kunnen reizigers met hun NS-vervoerbewijs ook de metro pakken. Op de dagen daarna ligt het treinverkeer telkens vanaf middernacht stil.

De treinen naar Amsterdam Centraal keren op station Amsterdam Muiderpoort en Amsterdam Sloterdijk. Ook de nachttreinen tussen Schiphol-Amsterdam Centraal en Utrecht Centraal worden vervangen door een bus.

ProRail werkt op Amsterdam Centraal onder andere aan kabels. Ook zijn er werkzaamheden bij het vijfde perron. Over twee en vier weken zijn er opnieuw werkzaamheden, waardoor er beperkt treinverkeer is.

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