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Friday, 13 September 2024 04:47

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 343

Israel names Hamas gunmen it says were targeted in strike that killed UNRWA staff The Israeli military on Thursday named nine men it said were Hamas militants killed in Gaza airstrikes that the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA said had left six of its staffers dead. The military said three of the Hamas men had doubled as UNRWA workers. Reuters was unable to independently verify their identities. There was no immediate comment from Hamas. UNRWA said six staffers were killed in two airstrikes that hit a school in central Gaza on Wednesday, the highest death toll among its staff in…

Friday, 13 September 2024 04:46

What to know after Day 932 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Putin issues new warning to NATO Removing restrictions on Ukraine’s use of Western weapons would directly involve the US and its allies in the conflict with Russia and would be met with an appropriate response, Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned. The West has sent Ukraine long-range missiles such as Storm Shadows and ATACMS, which Kiev has so far used against Crimea and Donbass. In the past several days, however, the US and UK have suggested they might allow these weapons to be used to strike targets deeper into internationally recognized Russian territory. “We are not talking about…

Thursday, 12 September 2024 04:36

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 342

Hamas says ready to implement ceasefire without new conditions The Palestinian Hamas group said on Wednesday that its negotiators reiterated its readiness to implement an "immediate" ceasefire with Israel in Gaza based on a previous U.S. proposal without new conditions from any party. The Palestinian group said in a statement that their negotiation team, led by senior official Khalil al-Hayya, met mediators on Wednesday including Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and Egypt's intelligence chief Abbas Kamel in Doha to discuss the latest developments in Gaza. Talks have so far failed to reach a deal to end…

Thursday, 12 September 2024 04:35

What to know after Day 931 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russian troops reportedly pushing Ukrainians back in Kursk Russian forces appear to be pushing Ukrainian troops back in a Kiev-controlled area of Russia’s Kursk Region, footage circulating online purports to show. The Russian Defense Ministry has not confirmed that the counteroffensive has begun. A pro-Russian Telegram channel released on Wednesday clips that it claims show the achievements of the 51st Guard Regiment of the Russian Airborne Troops near the settlement of Snagost. Kiev deployed thousands of heavily armed troops for its operation on Russian soil. According to the Russian military, Ukrainian casualties have surpassed 10,000 during the month-long…

Wednesday, 11 September 2024 04:28

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 341

Israel close to completing Gaza missions, focus on north, defence minister says Israeli forces are near to fulfilling their mission in Gaza and their focus will turn to the country's northern border with Lebanon as daily exchanges of fire with Hezbollah take place, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said on Tuesday "The centre of gravity is moving northward, we are near to completing our tasks in the south, but our mission here is not yet done," Gallant told troops on Israel's northern border in a video sent by his office. Gallant was attending a ground combat drill, his office said. "These…

Wednesday, 11 September 2024 04:27

What to know after Day 930 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE More Ukrainians want talks with Russia – WSJ An increasing number of Ukrainians want Kiev to find a diplomatic solution to the conflict with Moscow, the Wall Street Journal has reported. The US outlet acknowledged in an article on Tuesday that “some Ukrainians are asking a question that had until recently been taboo: Is it time to try to negotiate?”Support for talks with Russia has been “creeping upward” in Ukraine since the failure of Kiev’s much-hyped counteroffensive last year, according to the WSJ. Another poll, published by the Kiev International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) in early August, suggested…

Tuesday, 10 September 2024 04:49

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 340

Israel's ultra-Orthodox parties help approve more funding for war Israeli lawmakers gave their initial approval on Monday to raising the 2024 budget framework to help fund reservists and assist people displaced as a result of the war in Gaza, with support coming from ultra-Orthodox parties. The vote to add 3.4 billion shekels ($906 million) to the 2024 budget passed by a 58-52 margin, the Finance Ministry said. Ultra-Orthodox parties had threatened to boycott votes in parliament in a dispute over funding for their separate education system. The bill still needs to pass two more votes to become law. The rift…

Tuesday, 10 September 2024 04:49

What to know after Day 929 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russian forces capture village of Memryk in east, Ukraine says troops holding firm Russian forces pressed on with their advance on the eastern front in their 2-1/2-year-old war against Ukraine, capturing the village of Memryk, east of the city of Pokrovsk, the Defence Ministry said. Ukraine made no mention in accounts by the military's General Staff of the village, lying in the front's most hotly contested sector. But the country's war blogs reported it had passed into Russian hands last week. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Kyiv's forces were holding their own in Donetsk region. Reuters could not…

Monday, 09 September 2024 04:49

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 339

Gunman crossing from Jordan kills three Israelis at border A gunman from Jordan killed three Israeli civilians at the Allenby Bridge border crossing in the occupied West Bank before security forces shot him dead on Sunday, Israeli authorities said. It was the first attack of its kind along the border with Jordan since Oct. 7, when Palestinian Islamist group Hamas carried out an assault on southern Israel, sparking the war in Gaza that has escalated throughout the region. The attack took place in a commercial cargo area under Israeli control where Jordanian trucks offload cargo entering the West Bank, officials…

Monday, 09 September 2024 04:48

What to know after Day 928 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia takes Ukrainian town in advance on Pokrovsk Russia said on Sunday its forces had taken full control of a town in eastern Ukraine as Moscow's forces advance on the strategically important city of Pokrovsk and seek to pierce the Ukrainian defensive front lines. Russian forces, which control about a fifth of Ukraine since invading in February 2022, are advancing in eastern Ukraine in an attempt to take the whole of the Donbas, which is about half the size of the U.S. state of Ohio. Russia's defence ministry said its forces had taken the town of Novohrodivka, which…

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Sunday, 08 September 2024 04:31

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 338

CIA director says more detailed Gaza ceasefire proposal due in days The head of the CIA, who is also the chief U.S. negotiator for an end to the Gaza war and release of hostages held by Hamas, said a more detailed ceasefire proposal would be made in the next several days. After 11 months of conflict in Gaza, CIA Director William Burns said he was working very hard on "texts and creative formulas" with mediators Qatar and Egypt to secure a ceasefire, by finding a proposal which satisfies both parties. "We will make this more detailed proposal, I hope in…

Sunday, 08 September 2024 04:30

What to know after Day 927 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine says Russia launched 67 drones in overnight attack Ukraine's air force said on Saturday Russia launched a total of 67 long-range Shahed drones in a mass overnight attack, 58 of which it was able to shoot down. The air force said in a statement on the Telegram messaging app that air defence units were scrambled into action in 11 regions across Ukraine. Drone debris was found next to the parliament building in the capital Kyiv, the legislature said in a separate statement it posted on its official Telegram page along with several photographs. It is rare for…

Saturday, 07 September 2024 04:56

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 337

The Philadelphi corridor: What it is and why it matters to Israel-Gaza ceasefire talks The status of a narrow stretch of land known as the Philadelphi corridor on Gaza's border with Egypt has emerged as a stumbling block in efforts to secure a deal for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas after 11 months of war. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel needs to keep forces in the corridor to prevent it from becoming a lifeline for Hamas to smuggle weapons into Gaza. But Egypt says Israel must pull out, and Hamas is demanding an Israeli withdrawal from the…

Saturday, 07 September 2024 04:55

What to know after Day 926 of Russia-Ukraine war

Ukraine long-range strikes into Russia won't be a game changer, U.S. says U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin cautioned on Friday there was "no one capability" that would turn the war in Ukraine in Kyiv's favour after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged the West to let his forces use its long-range weapons to strike Russia. At a regular meeting of Ukraine's allies at Ramstein U.S. Air Base in Germany, Zelenskiy repeated his plea for Western nations to supply more long-range missiles and lift restrictions on using them to hit targets such as airfields inside Russia. Austin said Washington and its allies would…

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