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Gavin Blackburn

Gaza

Journalists in Gaza facing starvation, four news organisations warn

In a joint statement, Agence France-Presse (AFP), Associated Press (AP), Reuters and BBC News said their teams working in Gaza face "the same dire circumstances as those they are covering."

Europe News

UK man obsessed with James Bond convicted of trying to spy for Russia

Howard Phillips, 65, intended to help two apparent Russian agents who were in fact undercover British intelligence officers.

Europe News

Moldovan oligarch accused of €850m bank fraud detained in Greece

Vladimir Plahotniuc fled Moldova in 2019 as he faced a series of corruption charges including allegations of complicity in a scheme that led to a massive theft from a Moldovan bank.

Europe News

US and Germany agree to ship five Patriot defence systems to Ukraine

The Patriot missile system can detect and intercept a wide range of oncoming air targets, high-end ballistic missiles in particular, and is regarded as one of the world's best.

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Afghanistan

UN concerned by Taliban's arrest of women for dress code violations

The Taliban, which returned to power in 2021, has cracked down on the way women dress and behave in public, notably through so-called morality laws forbidding them from showing their faces outside the home.

Sudan

Egypt funds free train rides for Sudanese refugees returning home

Sudan has been mired in civil war since April 2023 with the power struggle between the army and the RSF causing an almost nationwide humanitarian crisis.

Europe News

Foreign ministers of 28 countries call for immediate ceasefire in Gaza

The signatories included the foreign ministers of around 20 European countries as well as Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and the EU Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management.

Gaza

Israeli military launches first ground operation in Deir al-Balah

Eyewitnesses said massive air strikes took place on the city overnight into Monday, one of the last remaining areas of the Strip not to suffer significant damage from the Israel-Hamas war.

Syria

Syria evacuates Bedouins out of Suwayda as shaky ceasefire holds

Syrian state media said on Sunday that the government had coordinated with some officials in Suwayda to bring in buses to evacuate some 1,500 Bedouins from the city.

Europe News

UK police arrest six after asylum seeker hotel protest turns violent

Chanting "Save our kids" and "Send them home," more than 100 demonstrators, some waving England flags, gathered outside the Bell Hotel on Sunday evening. The protests escalated as night fell, with flares and projectiles thrown toward police vans blocking the entrance.

Bangladesh

Bangladesh Air Force jet crashes into school in Dhaka, killing 31

The jet crashed onto the campus of Milestone School and College in Dhaka's Uttara neighbourhood, where students were taking tests and attending regular classes.

USA

At least three killed in explosion at LA sheriffs' training facility

Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a post on X that it "appears to be a horrific incident” and said federal agents are at the scene to learn more.

Trinidad and Tobago

State of emergency in Trinidad after plot to kill officials uncovered

Under the state of emergency, police can conduct searches and make arrests without a warrant. A curfew has not been put into effect.

Europe News

Libyan man accused of war crimes arrested in Germany, ICC says

The United Nations Security Council called on the ICC to open an investigation in Libya in 2011 amid violence that led to the toppling of Muammar Gaddafi and morphed into a crippling civil war.

Europe News

Czech president signs law criminalising communist propaganda

The changes come following calls from some Czech institutions, including the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes, to correct what they said was an imbalance in the legal system.

Brazil

Brazil's former leader Bolsonaro ordered to wear ankle monitor

Bolsonaro is currently on trial at the Supreme Court accused of leading an alleged attempt to stage a coup to overturn the 2022 election in which he was defeated by left-wing president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Iraq

Iraqi officials try to identify 18 bodies from shopping centre fire

While the cause of Wednesday's blaze has not yet been determined, officials blamed lack of safety standards in the building for the scale of the tragedy.

Europe News

Iceland to launch talks on security, defence partnership with EU

The agreement with the EU is independent of Iceland's NATO membership and existing defence pacts with the United States, public broadcaster RÚV said.

Pakistan

Heavy monsoon rains in east Pakistan kill 54 people in 24 hours

Since 26 June, Pakistan has reported 178 deaths from Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the northwest, Sindh in the south and Balochistan in the southwest, officials said.

Europe News

Ukraine to boost domestic weapons production, Zelenskyy says

Ukraine is keen to increase its domestic production as uncertainty grows about how many more weapons shipments Western countries can provide, and how quickly.

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