As the war enters its 964th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Wednesday, October 16, 2024. Fighting Russia launched a drone attack on Kyiv, according to officials in the Ukrainian capital. There was no information immediately available about casualties or damage. Ukraine launched a series of drone attacks on Russia’s […]
The accusation by Canada’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau, that the Indian government orchestrated a campaign to threaten and kill Sikhs on Canadian soil has cast a spotlight on the potential reach of India’s shadowy intelligence network, which has been known to operate mainly in South Asia. Mr. Trudeau’s allegations have surprised many in diplomatic circles,
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Some opinion polls suggest Israeli prime minister’s approval ratings are rising. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces international condemnation for his wars on Gaza and Lebanon. Yet some opinion polls suggest his domestic popularity is rising from record lows. What does the future hold for Netanyahu and Israel? Presenter: James Bays Guests: Alon Pinkas –
Hong Kong’s oldest park seals off section following death of nine monkeys in two days. A zoo in Hong Kong is investigating the death of nine monkeys, including three members of a critically endangered species, in two days. Part of the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens, the oldest in the territory, has been sealed
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Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are neck and neck in the polls with three weeks to go until the presidential election. If the polls are to be believed, few United States presidential elections have been as close as this one. Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are neck and neck, but pollsters say the result may
As Israel investigates how a Hezbollah drone evaded its air defenses and killed four soldiers in an attack on a military base on Sunday, experts say the Iran-backed Lebanese group is hoping to overwhelm the Jewish state by pelting it with cheap, hard-to-detect suicide drones. Relatively cheap to produce and easy to operate, drones are
ROME (AP) — Italy is transferring the first group of migrants to Albania, the Interior Ministry said Monday, as part of a contentious plan to process thousands of asylum-seekers outside its borders. A naval ship departed from the island of Lampedusa with 16 men — 10 from Bangladesh and six from Egypt — who were
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John Mason says he would be ‘happy’ to repeat comment that if Israel wanted to commit Gaza genocide, it would have killed 10 times more. The ruling political party in Scotland has expelled an outspoken member and lawmaker over “utterly abhorrent”, “flippant” and “completely unacceptable” comments about Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. John Mason
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An Israeli air strike on a hospital courtyard in the Gaza Strip has killed at least four people and sent flames sweeping through a packed tent camp for people displaced by the war, leaving dozens with severe burns, according to Palestinian medics. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the central city of Deir el-Balah was already struggling
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BBC Dawn Sturgess, 44, did not know the perfume she was spraying herself with was a lethal nerve agent A public inquiry is to begin later in Salisbury, to examine how a woman from Wiltshire was killed by a 2018 poisoning blamed on Russian agents. Dawn Sturgess, 44, died after coming into contact with Novichok
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