Israel and Palestinian armed groups agree to a ceasefire after an outbreak of violence. A senior Palestinian official announced Wednesday (May 3) that Israel and armed factions in the Gaza Strip have reached an agreement to end the outbreak of hostilities sparked by the death of a Palestinian detainee, a senior figure in the Palestinian Islamist movement. Islamic Jihad, who was on a hunger strike. The ceasefire “reciprocal and simultaneous” came into force at 3:30 a.m. (2:30 a.m. Paris time) and was put in place through the efforts of Egyptian, Qatari and United Nations officials, sources told Reuters. “Despite reports of a ceasefire, a rocket siren sounded at 5:30 a.m. (4:30 a.m. Paris time) at Kibbutz Nir Am, near the Gaza border,” reports Ha’Aretz.
NBA: Cameroonian Joel Embiid named best player of the season. The Cameroonian, star of the Philadelphia 76ers, who finished second in 2020-2021 and 2021-2022, “no more reason to be frustrated”, écrit USA Today : he was crowned MVP for 2022-2023 on Tuesday, becoming the second African in history to be so. He is ahead of Denver’s Nikola Jokic, who had been named MVP the previous two seasons. “You know my story. You know where I come from, how I got here and what it took to get here. So I feel good. I do not know what to say. It’s incredible”, reacted Joel Embiid during the show Inside the NBA.
Kenya: a pastor prosecuted for “terrorism” after the death of his followers. The Kenyan justice announced on Tuesday that it would prosecute for “terrorism” Pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie. Accused of inciting his followers to starve to death “to meet Jesus”, that man, “who founded Good News International Church in 2003”, was appearing in Malindi City Court, “crowded with relatives of victims”, reports The Guardian. At least 109 people, most of them children, have died.
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