By Ian Aikman Russia and Ukraine must avoid actions that “jeopardise nuclear safety”, a UN watchdog has said, after a drone attack on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia power plant. Russia said Ukraine was behind the attack, which it said injured three people. Ukraine has denied involvement. The giant Russian-held nuclear plant, with six reactors, is on the […]
By Lipika Pelham Israel’s military said on Sunday that it was reducing its numbers of soldiers from southern Gaza, leaving just one brigade in the area. The military stressed a “significant force” would remain in Gaza. “This is another stage in the war effort”, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Lt Col Peter Lerner told the […]
“Rwanda was completely humbled by the magnitude of our loss,” he said. “And the lessons we learned are engraved in blood.” On this day in 1994, extremists from the Hutu ethnic group launched a 100-day killing spree, in which members of the Tutsi minority and Hutu moderates were slaughtered. The mainly Tutsi forces who took […]
By Jeremy Bowen Six months after the Hamas attacks on Israel, war, disease, starvation and death ravage Palestinians in Gaza. Israel is deeply divided, as its prime minister struggles to keep his promise of total victory. The United States, Israel’s most essential ally, has turned against the way it is fighting the war. With Iran […]
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By Marco Oriunto Cameroonian scientist Marie Makuate has been at the forefront of using information harvested by satellites to help save the lives of people on Earth in emergencies, but she argues the expense of the data should spur more African countries to launch their own space hardware. In the hours after the deadly earthquake […]
By Rob Cameron Populist Peter Pellegrini has been elected president of Slovakia, succeeding the liberal Zuzana Caputova. Mr Pellegrini, 48, defeated the pro-Western Ivan Korcok, a former diplomat, with 53% of the vote. A former prime minister, he is an ally of nationalist Prime Minister Robert Fico, and shares the PM’s dovish attitude towards Russia. […]
By Nadia Ragozhina & Noor Nanji A US actor has been found dead after being named as a suspect in a domestic violence investigation. Cole Brings Plenty, who appeared in the Yellowstone spinoff series, 1923, was found in Kansas. He was reported missing by his family earlier this week after he missed an appointment with […]
By Ian Aikman & Anna Holligan Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has been arrested by Dutch police at a protest in The Hague. The 21-year-old joined hundreds of protesters in a march against fossil fuel subsidies on Saturday. The protest devolved into a standoff as dozens of police officers, some on horseback, attempted to stop […]
By Alys Davies Flood waters are expected to rise in Sydney after torrential rainfall on Friday caused flash flooding in parts of Australia’s second-largest city, the authorities have warned. Heavy rain pummelled parts of the city for 24 hours, forcing thousands to evacuate the city’s outskirts. The rain also caused the city’s main supply of […]