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Monday, 20 January 2025 04:52

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 472

Hamas frees hostages, Israel releases Palestinian prisoners on day one of ceasefire Hamas released three Israeli hostages and Israel released 90 Palestinian prisoners on Sunday, the first day of a ceasefire suspending a 15-month-old war that has devastated the Gaza Strip and inflamed the Middle East. The truce allowed Palestinians to return to bombed-out neighborhoods to begin rebuilding their lives, while relief trucks delivered much-needed aid. Elsewhere in Gaza, crowds cheered Hamas fighters who emerged from hiding. Fireworks were launched in celebration as buses carrying the Palestinian prisoners arrived in Ramallah on the West Bank, where thousands of people waited…

Monday, 20 January 2025 04:51

What to know after Day 1061 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Blinken overruled America’s top general on Ukraine peace talks – NYT Outgoing US State Secretary Antony Blinken urged Ukraine to continue its military efforts against Russia rather than pursue peace negotiations in 2022, the New York Times reported on Saturday. In late 2022, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley advised Kiev to capitalize on its battlefield successes by seeking peace talks with Moscow. However, Blinken insisted that Ukraine should press on with its military campaign, the newspaper wrote. “Less a peacemaker than a war strategist,” the US diplomat frequently argued against more “risk-averse Pentagon officials,”…

Sunday, 19 January 2025 04:32

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 471

Gaza ceasefire and hostage release set to begin A ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas is set to come into effect on Sunday morning with a hostage release to follow hours later, opening the way to a possible end to a 15-month war that has upended the Middle East. Israeli forces started withdrawing from areas in Gaza's Rafah to the Philadelphi corridor along the border between Egypt and Gaza, pro-Hamas media reported early on Sunday. The ceasefire agreement followed months of on-off negotiations brokered by Egypt, Qatar and the United States, and came just ahead of the Jan. 20…

Sunday, 19 January 2025 04:30

What to know after Day 1060 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Trump the saviour? Anxious Ukrainians question president's power to end war Reuters) - "Why is everyone putting their hopes in Trump?" Liudmyla Parybus isn't holding her breath for the incoming U.S. president to end the war in Ukraine. "I don't put any hope in him," the 20-year-old student told Reuters in Kyiv city centre. "In the end it depends on us." Her sense of scepticism is shared by many Ukrainians who have scant faith in Donald Trump's promises to swiftly strike a peace deal after he enters the White House on Monday. "Our fate is in our own…

Saturday, 18 January 2025 04:34

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 470

Israeli cabinet approves Gaza ceasefire accord, due to take effect Sunday Israel's cabinet approved a deal with Palestinian militant group Hamas for a ceasefire and release of hostages in the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Saturday, a day ahead of the agreement's scheduled start. In the early hours of Saturday after meeting for more than six hours, the government ratified the agreement that could pave the way for an end to the 15-month-old war in the Palestinian enclave, which Hamas controls. "The Government has approved the framework for the return of the hostages. The framework for…

Saturday, 18 January 2025 04:33

What to know after Day 1059 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine's air force says it downed 33 Russian drones launched overnight Ukrainian air defences downed 33 of 50 drones launched by Russia overnight, the air force said on Friday. It said 9 drones were "lost", in reference to Ukraine's use of electronic warfare to redirect Russian drones, while one left Ukraine in the direction of Romania. "Hostile attack drones hit enterprises in Odesa region, and buildings of institutions, private businesses and households in Kharkiv, Cherkasy and Kyiv regions were damaged as a result of the fall of downed enemy drones," the military said on the Telegram messaging app.…

Friday, 17 January 2025 04:28

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 469

Israel set to approve Gaza ceasefire, hostage deal, Netanyahu's office says The Israeli cabinet will meet to give final approval to a deal with Palestinian militant group Hamas for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and release of hostages, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Friday. In Gaza itself, Israeli warplanes kept up intense strikes, and Palestinian authorities said late on Thursday that at least 86 people were killed in the day after the truce was unveiled. With longstanding divisions apparent among ministers, Israel delayed meetings expected on Thursday when the cabinet was expected to vote on the pact,…

Friday, 17 January 2025 04:24

What to know after Day 1058 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE UK and France secretly discussing troops for Ukraine – Telegraph British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron have discussed sending soldiers into Ukraine as a peacekeeping force, the Telegraph has claimed citing anonymous sources. Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky first mentioned the idea last week, and said he would discuss it with Starmer when he visits Kiev. According to the British outlet, however, Starmer is not fully on board yet. “There are challenges over what we could support, what would we want to support, and the broader question about the threat that those troops may be under…

Thursday, 16 January 2025 04:57

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 468

Israel, Hamas ceasefire accord followed by airstrikes on Gaza, residents say Israel intensified strikes on Gaza hours after a ceasefire and hostage release deal was announced, residents and authorities in the Palestinian enclave said, and mediators sought to quell fighting ahead of the truce's start on Sunday. The complex ceasefire accord between Israel and militant group Hamas, which controls Gaza, emerged on Wednesday after months of mediation by Qatar, Egypt and the U.S. and 15 months of bloodshed that devastated the coastal territory and inflamed the Middle East. The deal outlines a six-week initial ceasefire with the gradual withdrawal of…

Thursday, 16 January 2025 04:55

What to know after Day 1057 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russia strikes key Ukrainian gas storage facility – MOD Russia targeted Ukraine’s critical gas and energy infrastructure in response to recent attacks on Russian territory using Western-supplied long-range missiles, the Russian Defense Ministry announced early Thursday. The combined strikes, carried out on the morning of January 15, involved drones and high-precision weaponry and successfully hit several targets intended to weaken facilities supporting Ukraine’s military-industrial complex. “One of the successfully hit targets was the ground infrastructure of the largest underground gas storage facility in the city of Stryi in the Lviv region,” the ministry stated. According to previous media…

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Wednesday, 15 January 2025 04:34

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 467

Gaza ceasefire appears close as US, Egyptian leaders put focus on 'coming hours' Negotiators were near to hammering out the final details of a ceasefire in Gaza on Wednesday after marathon talks in Qatar, and the U.S. and Egyptian leaders promised to stay in close contact about a deal over the coming hours. More than eight hours of talks in Doha had fuelled optimism. Officials from mediators Qatar, Egypt and the U.S. as well as Israel and Hamas said an agreement for a truce in the besieged enclave and release of hostages was closer than ever. Qatar's foreign ministry spokesperson…

Wednesday, 15 January 2025 04:33

What to know after Day 1056 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine fires US, British missiles into Russia, launches one of largest drone attacks so far Russia's military on Tuesday said it would retaliate against Ukraine after Kyiv attacked Russian regions by firing six U.S.-made ATACMS ballistic missiles, six UK-made Storm Shadow cruise missiles and launching one of the biggest drone attacks to date. After Ukraine first launched ATACMS and British Storm Shadow missiles into Russia last year, Moscow responded on Nov. 21 by launching a new intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile known as "Oreshnik", or Hazel Tree, at Ukraine. Russia's defence ministry said it had shot down all of…

Tuesday, 14 January 2025 04:41

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 466

Gaza ceasefire deal close after 'breakthrough' in Doha Negotiators will meet in Doha on Tuesday seeking to finalise details of a plan to end the war in Gaza after U.S. President Joe Biden said a ceasefire and hostage release deal he has championed was on "the brink" of coming to fruition. Mediators gave Israel and Hamas a final draft of an agreement on Monday, an official briefed on the negotiations said, after a midnight "breakthrough" in talks attended by envoys of both the outgoing U.S. president and President-elect Donald Trump. "The deal ... would free the hostages, halt the fighting,…

Tuesday, 14 January 2025 04:40

What to know after Day 1055 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Trump says he will meet 'very quickly' with Putin U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Monday he is going to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin "very quickly" after he takes office next week. He did not provide a timeline for the meeting, which would be the first between the leaders of the two countries since Russia's war with Ukraine started in February 2022. When asked about his strategy to end the war, Trump told Newsmax: "Well, there's only one strategy and it's up to Putin and I can't imagine he's too thrilled about the way it's gone because…

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