Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s trends
Trending Middle East
Rights group accuses Israel of genocide and Trump nominates crypto advocate
"This is trending your daily rundown of news from the Middle East and around the world brought to you by The National. From Abu Dhabi, I'm Yasmine Altaji, here are today's headlines." Amnesty International has published a report presenting what it calls, quote, "unequivocal," unquote, "evidence." Israel is committing genocidal acts. Amnesty Secretary General Agnes Calamard spoke at a news conference in The Hague. "The Palestinians of Gaza have been held in a nightmare, day after day, utter carnage, as unfolded in front of the very eyes of the world, and there is no end in sight." The human rights group's investigation claims that Israel has committed three of the five acts prohibited under the genocide convention, killings causing serious bodily or mental harm and, quote, "deliberately inflicting on Palestinians in Gaza conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical destruction," unquote. Meanwhile, the UAE has provided a new batch of modern, fully-equipped ambulances to hospitals in the Gaza Strip. The ambulances feature advanced medical technology and were supplied after the widespread destruction and malfunction of similar vehicles within the Strip, State News Agency Wham reported. As part of Operation Shivalrous Night 3, this initiative underscores the UAE's commitment to supporting the health care sector in the enclave. And Donald Trump nominated cryptocurrency advocate Paul Atkins to run the Securities and Exchange Commission, a move considered a major win for digital assets. Mr. Atkins has served on the Board of Advisers for the Digital Chambers' Token Alliance, a crypto advisory group since 2017. Most hours after the announcement, Bitcoin surpassed $100,000 for the first time on Thursday morning, marking a historic milestone as Mr. Trump takes steps in favor of cryptocurrency. That's all for this morning's headlines. You can get these stories at our site and visit the nationallose.com/podcasts for more like this. Yes, me and Altaji, the National. (upbeat music) (upbeat music)