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Friday, 16 August 2024 04:45

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 315

Gaza ceasefire negotiations extend to another day as death toll exceeds 40,000 Negotiators were to meet in the Qatari capital Doha again on Friday in an effort to hammer out a Gaza ceasefire agreement as Israel continued to slam targets in the Palestinian enclave. Gaza health officials reported separately on Thursday that the death toll there had surpassed 40,000 people after more than 10 months of fighting. This round of negotiations opened on Thursday, and the talks would resume on Friday for a second day, Qatari and U.S. officials said. A U.S. official briefed on the discussions in Doha, who…

Friday, 16 August 2024 04:44

What to know after Day 904 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine racks up gains with Russia incursion, faces challenge holding territory Ukraine has chalked up a string of victories more than a week since blindsiding Russia with a lightning cross-border assault, but the risks are piling up as its troops make plans to hold territory and Russia recovers its footing. Ukraine poured thousands of troops into the western Russian region of Kursk last week, pulling down Russian flags in towns seized by its soldiers and wresting the war initiative from Moscow for the first time in months. On Wednesday, officials in Kyiv said Ukraine would use seized Russian…

Thursday, 15 August 2024 04:46

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 314

Top Hamas official says the group is losing faith in the US as a mediator in Gaza cease-fire talks A top Hamas official said the Palestinian militant group is losing faith in the United States’ ability to mediate a cease-fire in Gaza ahead of a new round of talks scheduled for this week amid mounting pressure to bring an end to the 10-month-old war with Israel. Osama Hamdan told The Associated Press in an interview Tuesday that Hamas will only participate if the talks focus on implementing a proposal detailed by U.S. President Joe Biden in May and endorsed internationally.…

Thursday, 15 August 2024 04:46

What to know after Day 903 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine says advance into Russia 'going well', creates strategic buffer Ukraine's forces advanced further into Russia's Kursk region on Wednesday as Kyiv said its gains would provide a strategic buffer zone to protect its border areas from Russian attacks. Kyiv's surge into Russian territory last week caught Moscow by surprise. Russian forces that began a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 had been grinding out steady gains all year. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he met top officials to discuss the humanitarian situation and establishing a military commandant's offices “if needed” in an occupied area that Kyiv says exceeds…

Wednesday, 14 August 2024 04:46

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 313

Gaza ceasefire: Hamas says again it wants implementation, not more talks Hamas fired two rockets at Israel's commercial hub Tel Aviv on Tuesday for the first time in months and Israeli airstrikes killed at least 19 Palestinians in Gaza, as mediators aimed to resume ceasefire talks later in the week. There were no reports of casualties in Israel. Two rockets had been fired from Gaza, the Israeli military said, one of which fell in the sea and the other had not reached Israeli territory. Hamas' military wing said in a statement: "We have bombed the city of Tel Aviv and…

Wednesday, 14 August 2024 04:45

What to know after Day 902 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Putin says Kiev regime attacks civilians, sees no point in talks Ukraine’s armed provocation on the Russian border aims to bolster Kiev’s position in future talks, but talks with a government that attacks civilians make no sense, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. He made the statement when opening a meeting about the situation on the Russian border. "It is now clear why the Kiev regime refused our proposals to return to the plan for peaceful settlement," Putin said. "The enemy, with the help of its Western masters - it is doing their bidding, and the West is waging…

Tuesday, 13 August 2024 04:51

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 312

Israel keeps up strikes in Gaza as fears of wider war grow Israeli forces pressed on with operations near the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis on Monday amid an international push for a deal to halt fighting in Gaza and prevent a slide into a wider regional conflict with Iran and its proxies. Palestinian medics said Israeli military strikes on Khan Younis on Monday killed at least 18 people and wounded several. Meanwhile more families and displaced persons streamed out of areas threatened by new evacuation orders telling people to clear the area. Later an Israeli airstrike killed five…

Tuesday, 13 August 2024 04:50

What to know after Day 901 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine taking heavy losses in Kursk – FT Ukrainian troops that invaded Russia’s Kursk Region have taken heavy losses in men and Western-provided vehicles, the Financial Times (FT) has reported. The attack that began last Tuesday involved units drawn from six Ukrainian frontline brigades, soldiers told the outlet. They also claimed to have caught the Russians by surprise, but quickly came under fire from drones and FAB glide bombs. Russian estimates of over 1,600 Ukrainians killed were “impossible to verify” and “exaggerated,” according to the FT, which nevertheless reported “many ambulances and armored medical evacuation vehicles rushed to…

Monday, 12 August 2024 04:43

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 311

Hamas casts doubt on participation in new Gaza ceasefire talks Palestinian militant group Hamas on Sunday asked mediators to present a plan based upon previous talks instead of engaging in new negotiations for a Gaza ceasefire deal, casting doubt on its participation in a Thursday meeting called by the mediators. Last week, leaders of the United States, Egypt and Qatar urged Israel and Hamas to meet for negotiations on Aug. 15 in either Cairo or Doha to finalize a Gaza ceasefire and hostage-release deal. Israel said it would send negotiators to take part in the meeting. Hamas initially said it…

Monday, 12 August 2024 04:42

What to know after Day 900 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Kursk attack will pressure Russia and 'restore justice,' Zelenskiy says President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukraine had launched an incursion into Russian territory to "restore justice" and pressure Moscow's forces, in his first acknowledgement of Kyiv's surprise offensive into the western Kursk region. Moscow's forces on Sunday were in their sixth day of intense battle against Kyiv's largest incursion into Russian territory since the start of the war, which left southwestern parts of Russia vulnerable before reinforcementstarted arriving. Russian authorities rushed to evacuate residents and imposed a sweeping security regime in three border regions on Saturday, after the attack…

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Sunday, 11 August 2024 04:48

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 310

Families flee new Israeli assault in Gaza's Khan Younis Israeli tanks returned to the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis on Friday, forcing families to evacuate along congested roadways, as Palestinian fighters continued to attack Israeli troops from the ruins, residents and the military said. Israeli planes carried out strikes across the enclave on Friday, killing at least 35 Palestinians, the Gaza health ministry said. Thousands of people fled eastern Khan Younis in vehicles and on foot, belongings heaped on donkey carts and motorcycle rickshaws as they made their slow escape along congested roads. With Israel and Lebanon braced for…

Sunday, 11 August 2024 04:46

What to know after Day 899 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia fighting intense battles against major Ukrainian incursion Russia was fighting intense battles on Saturday against thousands of Ukrainian troops as deep as 20 km (12 miles) inside the Kursk region after Ukraine's biggest attack on Russian sovereign territory since the start of the war in 2022. Ukrainian forces rammed through the Russian border early on Tuesday and swept across some Western parts of Russia's Kursk region, a surprise attack that may be aimed at gaining leverage in possible ceasefire talks after the U.S. election. Supported by swarms of drones and heavy artillery fire, Ukrainian units moved quickly…

Saturday, 10 August 2024 04:27

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 309

Israeli strike kills senior Hamas figure in south Lebanon An Israeli airstrike on a car deep inside Lebanon killed a senior figure from Palestinian armed group Hamas on Friday evening, a Hamas source and two other security sources told Reuters. The strike, on the southern edges of the Lebanese port city of Sidon some 60 kilometres (nearly 40 miles) from the frontier, killed Samer al-Hajj, a Hamas security official who works in the nearby refugee camp for Palestinians, Ain al-Hilweh. His bodyguard was critically wounded, the three sources said. The Israeli military has been carrying out strikes against members of…

Saturday, 10 August 2024 04:26

What to know after Day 898 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia reinforces Kursk region, videos show Ukrainian presence, evidence of attack Russia moved extra tanks, artillery and rocket systems to its southern Kursk region and imposed anti-terrorism measures in border areas as it battled a shock incursion by Ukraine's military. Ukrainian forces, meanwhile, posted a video purporting to show them in control of a town near the border, the first pictorial evidence of their cross-border advances. In new evidence of the damage inflicted in the Ukrainian counter-offensive, another video posted on social media and verified by Reuters showed a convoy of about 15 burnt-out Russian military trucks spaced…

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