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Sunday, 11 February 2024 04:54

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 128

Hamas had command tunnel under U.N. Gaza headquarters, Israeli military says Israeli forces have discovered a tunnel network hundreds of metres (yards) long and running partly under UNRWA's Gaza headquarters, the military says, calling it new evidence of Hamas exploitation of the main relief agency for Palestinians. Army engineers took reporters for foreign news outlets through the passages at a time of crisis for UNRWA, which has launched an internal probe and seen a string of donor countries freeze funding over allegations last month by Israel that some of its staff doubled as Hamas operatives. The Palestinians have accused Israel…

Sunday, 11 February 2024 04:53

What to know after Day 717 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Zelenskiy fills out rebooted Ukraine military team Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced five senior military appointments on Saturday, filling out a rebooted team after he named Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi this week as the new armed forces chief. In his nightly video address, Zelenskiy said he spent the day meeting his military leadership and government and that experienced "combat commanders of this war" would be taking on new duties. The country is closing in on two years of war since Russia's full-scale invasion. As deputy chiefs of staff under Syrskyi, Colonel Vadym Sukharevskyi would take charge of unmanned…

Saturday, 10 February 2024 04:42

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 127

Israel seeks to evacuate Palestinians jammed into a southern Gaza city ahead of an expected invasion Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday said he has ordered the military to prepare a plan to evacuate civilians from Rafah ahead of an expected Israeli invasion of the densely populated southern Gaza city. The announcement came after heavy international criticism, including from the U.S., of Israeli intentions to move ground forces into the city that borders Egypt. Rafah had a prewar population of roughly 280,000, and according to the United Nations is now home to some 1.4 million additional people living with…

Saturday, 10 February 2024 04:41

What to know after Day 716 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine's Kharkiv swept by fire after Russian drones strike petrol station Russian drones struck a petrol station in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, late on Friday, triggering a vast fire that engulfed private homes, local officials said. Officials said drones also hit a hospital and a restaurant in the town of Velykyi Berluk, east of Kharkiv. In Kharkiv, the head of the local prosecutor's office, Oleksandr Filchakov, said in a video posted on the Telegram messaging app that three drones hit the petrol station in Nemyshlianskyi district just before 11 p.m. "There was a great deal of fuel and…

Friday, 09 February 2024 04:29

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 126

Strikes kill 13 in Gaza as Biden describes Israel's military response as 'over the top' Israeli airstrikes killed at least 13 people in Rafah in the Gaza Strip after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected Hamas’ cease-fire terms and vowed to expand the offensive into the southern Gaza town. President Joe Biden called Israel’s military response in Gaza “over the top” and said he continues to work “tirelessly” to press Israel and Hamas to agree on an extended pause in fighting. “I am of the view, as you know, that the conduct of the response in the Gaza Strip has been…

Friday, 09 February 2024 04:28

What to know after Day 715 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine is ‘artificial state’ – Putin Modern Ukraine is a country that was artificially created by the actions of the late Soviet leader Joseph Stalin after World War II, Russian President Vladimir Putin told American journalist Tucker Carlson on Friday. In a wide-ranging and highly anticipated interview that lasted more than two hours, Putin described in detail the process by which Ukraine was created in its current form. He recalled that, during the feudal fragmentation of Russia in the Middle Ages, Ukraine – which he described as being part of Russian lands – came under heavy Polish cultural,…

Thursday, 08 February 2024 04:43

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 125

Blinken says a Hamas-Israel deal is still possible even though the sides remain far apart U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that a cease-fire and hostage-release agreement between Israel and Hamas was still possible, despite the two sides being far apart on the central terms for a deal. Blinken was in the region trying to broker an arrangement that could bring some respite in Israel’s war against Hamas, which is entering its fifth month after killing more than 27,000 Palestinians, displacing much of the territory’s population and sparking a humanitarian catastrophe. Those diplomatic efforts were rattled earlier in…

Thursday, 08 February 2024 04:40

What to know after Day 714 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russian forces foil two rotations of Ukrainian troops in southern Donetsk area Units of Russia’s Battlegroup East broke up two rotations of Ukrainian troops in the southern Donetsk area during the past day, the battlegroup’s spokesman Alexander Gordeyev told TASS. "Units of the Battlegroup East continue to fulfil combat tasks of the special military operation in the southern Donetsk area. Artillery systems and heavy flamethrowers hit strongholds and areas of the deployment of manpower of the 23rd brigade of the Ukrainian National Guard, the 72nd mechanized brigade and the 128th territorial defense brigade of the Ukrainian army near…

Wednesday, 07 February 2024 04:42

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 124

Gaza mediators search for 'final formula' for Israel, Hamas ceasefire U.S., Qatari and Egyptian mediators prepared a diplomatic push to bridge differences between Israel and Hamas on a ceasefire plan for Gaza after the Palestinian group responded to a proposal for an extended pause in fighting and hostage releases. Hamas on Tuesday replied to a framework drawn up more than a week ago by U.S. and Israeli spy chiefs at a meeting in Paris with the Egyptians and Qataris. Details of the response were not disclosed. In a statement Hamas said on Tuesday it responded "in a positive spirit, ensuring…

Wednesday, 07 February 2024 04:41

What to know after Day 713 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine's Zelenskiy orders creation of separate military force for drones President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday ordered the creation of a separate branch of Ukraine's armed forces devoted to drones, weapons he and military officials say are crucial to fighting the war against Russia. Zelenskiy signed a decree calling on the government and general staff of the armed forces to "work out issues on the creation within the Ukrainian armed forces of a separate force for drone systems". "I have just signed a decree which will launch the creation of a separate branch within our armed forces -- a…

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Tuesday, 06 February 2024 04:48

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 123

Blinken returns to Mideast in push for hostage deal and postwar plan for Gaza, but obstacles loom U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Monday at the start of his fifth visit to the Middle East since the outbreak of the war in Gaza, hoping to press ahead with a potential cease-fire deal and postwar planning while tamping down regional tensions. But on all three fronts he faces major challenges: Hamas and Israel are publicly at odds over key elements of a potential truce. Israel has dismissed U.S. calls for a path to a Palestinian…

Tuesday, 06 February 2024 04:47

What to know after Day 712 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Some Ukrainian soldiers express unease over possible dismissal of army chief As Ukraine's president looks poised to fire the head of his armed forces, some soldiers fighting Russia's latest onslaught on the eastern front are sceptical, but say that much will depend on who he might be replaced by. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in an interview published on Sunday that he is considering replacing armed forces Commander-in-Chief Valeriy Zaluzhnyi as part of a broader wartime shake-up of the top brass. Zaluzhnyi is viewed as a hero by most Ukrainians, with the memories of the stunning underdog victories against…

Monday, 05 February 2024 04:53

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 122

Hamas hounds Israeli forces in main Gaza cities Palestinian gunmen kept up attacks against Israeli forces on Sunday in the Gaza Strip's two main cities, weeks after they were overrun by troops and tanks, in a sign Hamas still maintains some control ahead of any potential truce. Nearly four months into the war triggered by the Palestinian Islamist group's deadly cross-border rampage in Israel, there was persistent fighting in Gaza City in the north of the densely populated enclave, and in Khan Younis to the south. At the weekly Israeli cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said 17 of Hamas'…

Monday, 05 February 2024 04:51

What to know after Day 711 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Zelenskiy says he might replace several Ukraine officials, not just military Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in an interview broadcast on Sunday, said he was considering a "reset" to replace several senior officials. Speculation has gripped Ukraine for weeks over suggestions that the president was about to dismiss the highly popular commander, Valeriy Zaluzhnyi. The two have been at odds over the conduct of the nearly two-year-old Russian invasion of Ukraine. But Zelenskiy said any changes went beyond replacing a single person to harness efforts to oust Russian troops. "When I speak of turnover, I have in mind something…

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