WARS
Thursday, 20 June 2024 04:44
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 258
Israeli tanks push deeper into Rafah, forcing people to flee again Israeli tanks backed by warplanes and drones advanced deeper into the western part of the Gaza Strip city of Rafah on Wednesday, killing eight people, according to residents and Palestinian medics. Residents said the tanks moved into five neighbourhoods after midnight. Heavy shelling and gunfire hit the tents of displaced families in the Al-Mawasi area, further to the west of the coastal enclave, they said. Some eight months into the war, there has been no sign of let up in the fighting as efforts by international mediators, backed by…
Thursday, 20 June 2024 04:43
What to know after Day 847 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia's drone attack damages Ukraine's energy infrastructure, injures two Russian drone attacks on Wednesday damaged energy infrastructure in central Ukraine and injured at least two people in the western region of Lviv, Ukrainian authorities said. The energy ministry said via the Telegram messaging app that emergency services have been deployed to the sites of the attacks and that repairs to damaged electrical equipment in the western region of Lviv were underway. Russian forces launched five drones to attack the Lviv region that borders NATO member Poland, injuring two men, according to Lviv regional governor Maksym Kozytskyi. Kozytskyi said…
Wednesday, 19 June 2024 04:42
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 257
Israel's Netanyahu blames Biden for withholding weapons. US officials say that's not the whole story Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday claimed the United States is withholding weapons and implied this was slowing Israel’s offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where fighting has exacerbated the already dire humanitarian situation for Palestinians. President Joe Biden has delayed delivering certain heavy bombs since May over concerns about Israel’s killing of civilians in Gaza. Yet the administration has gone to lengths to avoid any suggestion that Israeli forces have crossed a red line in the deepening Rafah invasion, which would…
Wednesday, 19 June 2024 04:41
What to know after Day 846 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russian troops wipe out Western-supplied equipment depot in Ukraine operation Russian troops destroyed a Western-supplied armament depot of the Ukrainian army over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Tuesday. Russian troops "also destroyed an attack UAV production workshop and an equipment depot of the Ukrainian army’s 44th artillery brigade used to unload and distribute armament and military hardware delivered by Western countries to the Kiev regime, and struck massed enemy manpower and materiel in 124 areas," the ministry said in a statement. Russia’s Battlegroup West inflicts 455 casualties on…
Tuesday, 18 June 2024 04:50
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 256
Netanyahu disbands war cabinet as pressure grows on Israel's northern border Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved the six-member war cabinet, an Israeli official said on Monday, in a widely expected move following the departure from government of centrist former general Benny Gantz. Netanyahu is now expected to hold consultations about the Gaza war with a small group of ministers, including Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer who had been in the war cabinet. The move was announced as U.S. special envoy Amos Hochstein visited Jerusalem, seeking to calm the situation on the disputed border…
Tuesday, 18 June 2024 04:49
What to know after Day 845 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE 'If we stop, we die': Ukraine's struggling soldiers emboldened by renewed U.S. support For the Ukrainian soldiers battling Russia’s offensive, signs of renewed Western support are more than just diplomatic results. “I can tell you that your money is not wasted here,” said First Sgt. Dmytro Pryimak, a tank commander in the eastern Donetsk region where Kyiv’s troops are struggling to hold back Moscow’s military. He spoke to NBC News on the ground from a remote area several miles from the front lines, where Abrams tanks provided by the United States are being repaired and refitted for battle.…
Monday, 17 June 2024 04:13
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 255
Netanyahu denounces tactical pauses in Gaza fighting to get in aid Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized plans announced by the military on Sunday to hold daily tactical pauses in fighting along one of the main roads into Gaza to facilitate aid delivery into the Palestinian enclave. The military had announced the daily pauses from 0500 GMT until 1600 GMT in the area from the Kerem Shalom Crossing to the Salah al-Din Road and then northwards. "When the prime minister heard the reports of an 11-hour humanitarian pause in the morning, he turned to his military secretary and made it…
Monday, 17 June 2024 04:12
What to know after Day 844 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Swiss right-wing leader calls Ukraine summit an 'embarrassment' A leading Swiss right-wing nationalist panned a summit his country was hosting in a bid to pressure Russia to end its war on Ukraine as an "embarrassment", reflecting the view that the talks are damaging for Switzerland's traditional neutrality. The right-wing Swiss Peoples' Party (SVP), the biggest group in the lower house of parliament, says neutrality is an integral part of Switzerland's prosperity, and it has initiated a referendum to embed the principle in the constitution. Leading figures in the party have argued Switzerland should not have hosted this weekend's…
Sunday, 16 June 2024 04:35
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 254
Eight Israeli soldiers killed as fighting continues in Rafah Eight Israeli soldiers were killed in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday, the military said, as forces continued to push in and around the southern city of Rafah and strikes hit several areas of Gaza, killing at least 19 Palestinians. The soldiers, all members of a combat engineering unit, were in an armoured carrier that was hit by an explosion that detonated engineering materials being carried on the vehicle, apparently in contravention of standard practice, the military said. It said the early morning incident, in the Tel al-Sultan area in the…
Sunday, 16 June 2024 04:33
What to know after Day 843 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE US VP Harris announces $1.5 billion in Ukraine aid at Switzerland peace summit U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris pledged America's unwavering support for Ukraine and announced more than $1.5 billion in aid for the country's energy sector and its humanitarian situation as a result of Russia's 27-month invasion. Harris made the announcement at the Ukraine peace summit in Lucerne, Switzerland, where she met with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. She is expected to address the summit's plenary session at 5.30 pm CEST/11.30 am EST. "This war remains an utter failure for (Russian President Vladimir) Putin," Harris said during a…
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Saturday, 15 June 2024 02:53
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 253
Hamas' armed wing says Israeli airstrike killed two hostages in Rafah Hamas' armed wing al-Qassam Brigades said on Friday that two Israeli hostages held in Gaza were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Rafah a few days ago. The group, in a video posted on its Telegram channel, did not release the names of those said to have been killed or provide any evidence. The Israeli government "does not want your hostages to return, except in coffins," the al-Qassam Brigades statement said. Israel rescued four hostages held by Hamas in a hostage-freeing operation in central Gaza's al-Nuseirat on June 8.…
Saturday, 15 June 2024 02:52
What to know after Day 842 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russia was ready to withdraw from southern Ukraine – Putin Russia was open to withdrawing its troops from Kherson and Zaporozhye Regions early in the Ukraine conflict on the condition that Kiev agreed to an uninterrupted land connection between Crimea and the mainland, President Vladimir Putin stated on Friday. Speaking at a meeting with the country’s senior diplomats, Putin revealed that in early March 2022, as Russian troops were advancing into southern Ukraine, a senior foreign politician representing the West proposed mediating the conflict between Moscow and Kiev. While Putin did not name the leader, former Russian President…
Friday, 14 June 2024 04:44
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 252
Israeli forces kill three Palestinians, seize weapons in West Bank raid Israeli forces raided a town in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, killing three Palestinians and detaining several others in what the army described as an operation to pre-empt militant attacks. The West Bank, among territories where Palestinians seek statehood, has seen a surge in violence since the outbreak of the war between Israel and the militant Islamist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip. During the raid in Qabatiya, troops surrounded a building where two gunmen were holed up, exchanging fire with them, the army said. The two Palestinians…
Friday, 14 June 2024 04:43
What to know after Day 841 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Biden, Zelenskiy inch toward NATO with 10-year defense agreement U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signed a 10-year bilateral security agreement on Thursday aimed at bolstering Ukraine's defense against Russian invaders and getting Ukraine closer to NATO membership. The deal, signed on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Italy, aims to commit future U.S. administrations to support Ukraine, even if former President Donald Trump wins November’s election, officials said. "Our goal is to strengthen Ukraine's credible defense and deterrence capabilities for the long term," Biden said at a joint news conference with Zelenskiy. He…