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world — 3 min read After boycotting Eurovision over Israel’s participation, Slovenia has now said its state broadcaster (RTV) will not air the 2026 Eurovision Contest and will instead broadcast a series of Palestinian films. The contest says it aims to keep pop music separate from geopolitics, but it banned Russia from the competition in 2022 following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine and allowed Israel to compete despite multiple petitions and threats of boycotts. On Dec.

world — 3 min read Israel has illegally intercepted 22 of the Global Sumud Flotilla vessels in international waters, abducting about 175 activists on board and confiscating the aid bound for Gaza. The Global Sumud Flotilla formed in July 2025, when several activist groups merged into a single coordinated mission in an effort to try to break Israel’s siege on Gaza, which has been in place since 2007.

world — 3 min read The UK parliament has passed a bill banning smoking for all future generations, and the government is calling it a “historic moment” for public health. The new law bans anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 2009, from legally buying tobacco products, including cigarettes, cigars and rolling tobacco. Instead of keeping the legal smoking age fixed at 18, the age limit will rise by one year every year starting in 2027.