A study shows that Bewick's Swan numbers have fallen by 56% in Europe between 1995 and 2020, with further losses anticipated in the 2026 International Swan Census.

<article data-history-node-id="432717" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-demolishes-family-home-near-ramallah-latest-west-bank-raid" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-demolishes-family-home-near-ramallah-latest-west-bank-raid" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel demolishes family home near Ramallah in latest West Bank raid</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="121" data-start="0">Israeli occupation soldiers&nbsp;carried out a pre-dawn demolition in the village of Deir Qadis, west of Ramallah, intensifying their campaign of home destruction across the occupied West Bank.</p> <p data-end="513" data-start="351">Local sources told Wafa that Israeli soldiers, backed by a military bulldozer, raid the village and tear down the home of Nader al-Khawaja, leaving a large family displaced.</p> <p data-end="691" data-start="515">The demolished house has two storeys and sheltered more than 10 people. Residents say the family had lived there for around 15 years before Israeli forces reduced it to rubble.</p> <p data-end="861" data-start="693">The incident forms part of a wider pattern of punitive demolitions carried out by Israel, which rights groups describe as collective punishment under international law.</p> <p data-end="1067" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node data-start="863">Earlier on Tuesday, Israeli occupation bulldozers also destroyed a Palestinian home in the town of Rafat, northwest of occupied Jerusalem, extending the wave of demolitions to another area of the West Bank.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="432656" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-kills-palestinian-gaza" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-kills-palestinian-gaza" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel kills three Palestinian in Gaza</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="253" data-start="83">The Israeli army says it killed a Palestinian near the so-called yellow line in northern Gaza, an area where Israeli forces have redeployed under the ceasefire agreement.</p> <p data-end="630" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node data-start="400">Israeli forces have repeatedly opened fire on Palestinians who approach the unmarked demarcation line, a pattern that has resulted in the killing and wounding of civilians, including women and children, since the October ceasefire.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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Mr Harris was speaking to The Echo on Friday in Macroom

<article data-history-node-id="432126" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israels-ex-prime-minister-supports-pardoning-netanyahu-if-he-leaves" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israels-ex-prime-minister-supports-pardoning-netanyahu-if-he-leaves" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel's ex-prime minister supports pardoning Netanyahu if he leaves politics</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-testid="rich-text">Former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett said he will support prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu receiving a pardon for his corruption trial if he agrees to leave politics.</p> <p data-testid="rich-text">"In recent years, the State of Israel has been led to chaos and to the brink of a civil war that threatens its very existence," Bennett wrote on X.</p> <p data-testid="rich-text">"To rescue Israel from the chaos, I will support a binding agreement that will include a dignified withdrawal from political life alongside the end of the trial," he said.</p> <p data-testid="rich-text">"This way we will be able to put it behind us, unite and, together, restore the country."</p> </div> </div> </article>