for 18 minutter sidenRussian attacks on Ukraine energy sites 'particularly depraved', UK PM Starmer says
The UK leader's comments came after Russia renewed its attacks on power plants and critical infrastructure in Ukraine.
for 42 minutter sidenUkraine-Russia talks: negotiators gather in Abu Dhabi in wake of ‘massive’ strikes on Kyiv – Europe live
Both sides downplay chances of immediate breakthrough in US-brokered talks as western allies reportedly weigh new defence pact Hello and welcome to the Europe live blog. We will be bringing you all the latest updates as Ukrainian and Russian officials meet for their second round of talks in Abu Dhabi, brokered by the Trump administration. As Pjotr Sauer explains, the talks are expected to mirror last month’s format – but both sides have downplayed prospects of an immediate breakthrough. Here are some of the latest major news lines to catch up on: Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said Moscow carried out a massive and “deliberate” attack on Monday night into Tuesday as temperatures in Kyiv plunged to -20C. It involved a record number of 71 ballistic missiles as well as 450 drones, he said, sent to destroy energy infrastructure. US president Donald Trump had said the new strikes did not – as Ukraine claimed – amount to a breach of Russia’s week-long commitment to hold off on striking Ukrainian energy infrastructure amid freezing winter temperatures, but Nato chief Mark Rutte said on Tuesday that the attacks “did not “signal seriousness about peace”. Under a proposal discussed between Ukrainian, European and US officials, sources briefed on the discussions have told the Financial Times, Kyiv has agreed with western allies that repeated breaches of any future ceasefire agreement from Russia would lead to a coordinated US-Europe military response. And meanwhile, as Julian Borger reports, the New Start treaty between the US and Russia expires on Thursday, removing the last remaining mutual limits on the world’s two biggest nuclear arsenals. Continue reading...
for 2 timeer sidenIndian government urges Australia to ‘hold the culprits accountable’ over theft of Gandhi statue in Melbourne
Spokesperson for India’s ministry of external affairs calls for ‘immediate action to recover the missing statue’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Indian government has condemned the theft of a bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi from a community centre in Melbourne’s south-east last month, calling for the culprits to be held accountable. Victoria police are investigating the theft from the Australian Indian Community Centre in Rowville and have warned scrap metal dealers to be wary of people trying to sell the statue of the Indian independence leader. Continue reading...
for 3 timeer sidenUSA har sendt tre krigsskip til Haiti
Tre amerikanske krigsskip er ankommet kysten nær Haitis hovedstad Port-au-Prince.
for 4 timeer sidenAustralian man dies skiing in Japan days after Queensland snowboarder killed in ski lift accident
The 27-year-old died after reportedly collapsing while skiing with friends near a Niseko ski report A 27-year-old Melbourne man has died at a ski resort in Japan, days after the death of Queensland snowboarder Brooke Day. The man collapsed and suffered a heart attack while skiing with six others in Niseko, Hokkaido, on Monday, according to a spokesperson for a local ski lodge who asked not to be identified. Continue reading...
for 7 timeer sidenGuardiola raser mot kriger i Sudan, Ukraina og Palestina
Manchester City-manageren krever handling for å redde menneskeliv.
for 9 timeer sidenCollision between Greek coastguard patrol and boat carrying migrants kills 14
Search and rescue operation involving boats, helicopter and divers under way off the eastern Aegean island of Chios A collision between a speedboat carrying migrants and a Greek coastguard patrol vessel off the eastern Aegean island of Chios has killed at least 14 people, the coastguard said. A search and rescue operation involving four patrol vessels, an air force helicopter and a private boat carrying divers was under way for potential missing passengers. Continue reading...
for 9 timeer sidenFourteen migrants dead after collision with Greek coastguard boat
The coastguard said a pursuit was under way at the time of the collision, near the island of Chios.
for 10 timeer sidenMinst 14 omkom da migrantbåt kolliderte med kystvaktbåt i Hellas
Minst 14 mennesker har mistet livet i en kollisjon mellom en båt med migranter og et patruljefartøy fra den greske kystvakten i Egeerhavet, ifølge kystvakten.
for 11 timeer sidenOutrage in Mexico at Trump praise for ‘legendary’ 19th-century US invasion
The US president’s celebration of the 1847 conquest draws fury from Mexican leaders over ‘imperialist tone’ A message from Donald Trump celebrating the 19th-century US invasion of its southern neighbour – and the subsequent loss of more than half its territory – has touched a historical nerve in Mexico, with some seeing it as a veiled threat for future incursions. Reacting to the US president’s statement, which described the invasion as “a legendary victory”, Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s president, said during her morning news conference on Tuesday: “We must always defend our sovereignty.” Continue reading...
for 11 timeer sidenTrump og den colombianske presidenten møttes etter bitter strid
Det skjedde etter et helt år med krangler mellom de to presidentene.
for 12 timeer sidenSikkerhetskilder: Gaddafis sønn er drept
Saif al-Islam, sønnen til Libyas mangeårige diktator Muammar Gaddafi, er drept i hjemlandet. Det opplyser flere kilder i det nordafrikanske landet.
for 12 timeer sidenSaif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of ex-Libyan leader, reportedly killed
The 53-year-old, who was once widely seen as the second most powerful person in Libya, was killed on Tuesday according to Libyan media.
for 13 timeer sidenUS shoots down Iranian drone flying towards aircraft carrier, navy says
Shahed-139 drone approached USS Abraham Lincoln ‘with unclear intent’ as US warships headed towards Iran The US military says it has shot down an Iranian drone that “aggressively” approached the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea. The Iranian Shahed-139 drone was flying toward the carrier “with unclear intent” when it was shot down by a F-35 US fighter jet, US Central Command said on Tuesday. Continue reading...
for 13 timeer sidenGazans returning through Rafah crossing describe checks by Palestinian militia
One Palestinian woman said members of the Israel-linked militia searched them and their belongings at an Israeli checkpoint inside Gaza.
for 14 timeer sidenUS says it shot down Iranian drone flying towards aircraft carrier
A US military spokesman says the drone was shot down while approaching an American vessel in the Arabian Sea.
for 15 timeer sidenReuters: USA skjøt ned iransk drone
Dronen nærmet seg et amerikansk krigsskip, ifølge en anonym myndighetskilde.
for 15 timeer sidenBBC joins Colombian commandos fighting 'never-ending battle' against drug gangs
As the US and Colombian presidents meet, Orla Guerin joins a police unit tasked with finding and destroying jungle cocaine labs.
for 15 timeer sidenBBC on the front line with Colombia's war on drugs
BBC Senior international correspondent Orla Guerin joined a special operation over Colombia's cocaine heartland, tasked with destroying crude cocaine labs hidden deep in the jungle.
for 15 timeer sidenFrench magistrate reportedly summons two French-Israelis over ‘complicity in genocide’
Nili Kupfer-Naouri and Rachel Touitou said to be accused of trying to block delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza A French investigating magistrate has issued summonses to two French-Israeli nationals in relation to “complicity in genocide” over allegations they tried to block the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza, French media have reported. The summonses, which reportedly mark the first time a country has considered the blocking of aid “complicity in genocide”, were issued for Nili Kupfer-Naouri and Rachel Touitou in July, Le Monde and Agence France-Presse reported. Continue reading...
for 15 timeer sidenBus carrying pilgrims overturns in Brazil killing 15 on board
Three children are among those who died in the accident, which happened on the return leg of their journey.
for 15 timeer sidenTwo arrested over attempted sabotage of German naval vessels
Two port workers are accused of trying to damage military ships, including by dumping gravel into an engine.
for 16 timeer sidenHuman Rights Watch researchers resign after report on Palestinian right of return blocked
The organization claims the report, which finds Israel’s denial of the right of return is a crime against humanity, is ‘paused pending further analysis and research’ Two Human Rights Watch (HRW) employees who make up the organization’s entire Israel and Palestine team are stepping down from their positions after leadership blocked a report that deems Israel’s denial of Palestinian refugees the right of return a “crime against humanity”. In separate resignation letters obtained by Jewish Currents and the Guardian, Omar Shakir, who has headed the team for nearly the last decade, and Milena Ansari, the team’s assistant researcher, said leadership’s decision to pull the report broke from HRW’s customary approval processes and was evidence that the organization was putting fear of political backlash over a commitment to international law. Continue reading...
for 19 timeer sidenEspen Barth Eide: – Mona Juul forklarer seg
Ambassadør Mona Juul samarbeider nå med Utenriksdepartementet for å opplyse sitt forhold til Jeffrey Epstein. Det opplyser utenriksminister Espen Barth Eide (Ap).
for 19 timeer sidenExpiry of nuclear weapons pact between US and Russia risks new arms race
Ending of New Start treaty will remove mutual limits on the world’s two biggest nuclear arsenals The New Start treaty between the US and Russia will expire on Thursday, removing the last remaining mutual limits on the world’s two biggest nuclear arsenals. The milestone will be a death knell for more than five decades of arms control at a time of surging global instability, contributing to a general collapse of the rules-based international order established after the second world war. Continue reading...
for 20 timeer sidenTrumps Grønland-rådgiver: – Ikke interessert i Svalbard
USA er ikke interessert i Svalbard på samme måte som Grønland, sier Donald Trumps Grønland-rådgiver Thomas Emanuel Dans.
for 20 timeer sidenBloomberg: Toppmøte mellom USA og Iran
Møtet skal finne sted i Istanbul på fredag.
for 21 timeer sidenThousands without heating on icy night in Ukraine as Russia attacks before talks
Zelenskyy says Putin ‘taking advantage of the coldest days of winter to terrorise people’, as Kyiv hits lows of -20C More than 1,000 residential buildings in Kyiv were without heating on Tuesday after a massive Russian air attack during one of the coldest nights of the winter, with temperatures in the capital falling to -20C. Overnight, the Kremlin fired 450 attack drones and more than 70 missiles across the country. The strikes caused damage in five Kyiv districts and injured at least nine people. Flames consumed an apartment on the upper floors of a Kyiv building. Continue reading...
for 21 timeer sidenSverige og Danmark kjøper luftvern for milliarder til Ukraina
Sverige og Danmark bestiller luftvern til 2,7 milliarder svenske kroner til Ukraina.
for 21 timeer sidenRussia ends 'week-long pause' with major attack on Ukraine energy sites
The attack - which reportedly consisted of more than 70 missiles and 450 drones - comes after a so-called "energy truce" expired at the weekend.
for 22 timeer sidenFifa president 'infantile' for wanting to lift Russia ban, Ukraine minister says
Ukraine's sports minister calls Fifa president Gianni Infantino "irresponsible" and "infantile" for saying it will look at lifting a ban on Russia.
for 22 timeer sidenIran's president says it will negotiate with the US
Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran would pursue "fair and equitable" talks, as the US builds up forces in the region.
for 23 timeer sidenEurope and US to pursue coordinated military action if Russia persistently violates future ceasefire, report says – Europe live
A violation of a ceasefire by Russia would result in a response in less than 24 hours, according to the plan We are restarting our live Europe coverage and will bring you the latest news around the continent throughout the day. Under a proposal discussed between Ukrainian, European and American officials, Kyiv has agreed with western allies that repeated breaches of any future ceasefire agreement from Russia would lead to a coordinated US-Europe military response, sources briefed on the discussions have told the Financial Times. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenUkrainske myndigheter raser mot Infantino: – Kobler fotballen fra virkeligheten der barn blir drept
Ukrainske myndigheter retter skarp kritikk mot Fifa-president Gianni Infantino etter at han åpnet for Russlands retur til internasjonal fotball.
for 1 dag sidenAustralian woman who died after being caught in a Japan ski lift remembered as a ‘vibrant spirit’
Tributes for Queensland snowboarder Brooke Day recall a ‘cherished team mate’ who had an ‘infectious sense of humour’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Tributes have poured in for the Australian woman who died in a ski lift accident at a Japanese resort, describing the 22-year-old as kind, talented and possessing a “vibrant spirit”. Queensland snowboarder Brooke Day sustained critical injuries on Friday after her backpack was caught in a ski lift at Tsugaike Mountain resort in Otari, near Nagano. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenGood luck Dua Leaper: scientists return frogs wiped out by fungal disease to wild
Researchers dig ‘spas’ and install ‘saunas’ in ACT wetlands to give green and golden bell frogs the best chance of survival Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Scientists have reintroduced green and golden bell frogs to the Australian Capital Territory for the first time since the species became locally extinct four decades ago. The first cohort of 25 frogs was released on Tuesday morning, a milestone for conservation of the animals, whose numbers have been devastated by the chytrid fungal disease that has wiped out 90 amphibian species in 50 years. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenUS judge temporarily blocks lifting of deportation protections for Haiti migrants
The judge said the Department of Homeland Security Secretary did not have facts or law on her side.
for 1 dag sidenTrump unveils $12bn critical minerals reserve in apparent move to counter China’s dominance
Other countries are expected to join Project Vault, which US president said would ensure that US businesses are ‘never harmed by any shortage’ Donald Trump has announced the creation of a critical mineral reserve worth nearly $12bn, a stockpile that could counter China’s ability to use its dominance of the hard-to-process metals as leverage in trade talks. “Today we’re launching what will be known as Project Vault to ensure that American businesses and workers are never harmed by any shortage,” Trump said at the White House on Monday. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenBoy swims four hours through rough seas to save mother and siblings off Western Australia
Teen swims 4km, two without a life jacket, to sound alarm which led to the discovery of his family Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A 13-year-old boy saved his mother and two younger siblings on Friday evening, swimming four kilometres in fading light and rough conditions, after they were swept out to sea in southwest Western Australia. The family were holidaying in Quindalup, 250 kilometres south of Perth, when strong winds pushed their inflatable paddle boards and kayak offshore from Geographe Bay. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenAfter months of acrimony, Colombia's Petro is about to meet Trump
Despite some recent cordiality, the Colombian and Americans leaders have long traded barbs and accusations.
for 1 dag sidenUkraina melder om sårede i luftangrep mot flere byer
To personer er såret etter at Russland natt til tirsdag gjennomførte luftangrep mot flere ukrainske byer, ifølge…
for 1 dag sidenUkraina melder om skadede bygninger i Kyiv etter luftangrep
Natt til tirsdag gjennomførte Russland et luftangrep mot Ukrainas hovedstad Kyiv, ifølge Kyivs militæradministrasjon.
for 1 dag sidenMelding om kraftige eksplosjoner i Kyiv
Natt til tirsdag er det meldt om kraftige eksplosjoner i Ukrainas hovedstad Kyiv, ifølge nyhetsbyrået Reuters.
for 1 dag sidenKyiv under rakettangrep – boligblokker truffet
Flere bygninger skadet i ukrainsk hovedstad.
for 1 dag sidenMexico’s president pledges to send aid to Cuba despite US efforts to cut oil access
Move from Claudia Sheinbaum comes after Trump signed an order threatening tariffs on countries that sell oil to Cuba Mexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum has pledged to send humanitarian aid this week to Cuba and said Mexico was “exploring all diplomatic avenues to be able to send fuel to the Cuban people,” despite efforts from Washington to cut off oil to the Caribbean nation. Donald Trump last week signed an executive order allowing the US to slap tariffs on countries sending crude oil to Cuba and on Saturday said that Sheinbaum had agreed to halt shipments of oil at his request – a claim the Mexican leader rejected. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenEUs utenrikssjef til VG: Lave forventninger til nye Ukraina-samtaler
Europa trenger et mye sterkere forsvar, men også mer selvtillit, ifølge EUs utenrikssjef Kaja Kallas. Norge er godt på innsiden av EUs planer om å samarbeide om forsvarsinvesteringer, beroliger hun.
for 1 dag sidenUS and India reach trade deal, Trump says after Modi call
Tariffs will drop from 50% to 18% on Indian goods, while India has agreed to stop buying Russian oil.
for 1 dag sidenBBC reports from Oslo court ahead of rape trial of Crown Princess's son
Norway's royal family has been embroiled in recent scandals, including Crown Princess Mette-Marit links with Epstein.
for 1 dag sidenIran’s top diplomat says government is ready for talks with US on a nuclear deal
Abbas Araghchi suggests nuclear programme negotiations could begin imminently, as American forces amass in region Iran’s top diplomat has said the government is ready for negotiations with the US as the two countries reportedly prepared to send top envoys to Istanbul for high-stakes talks on the Iranian nuclear programme later this week. As US warships and aircraft have amassed in the region for a potential strike on Iran, the country’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, suggested that talks could take place imminently. Donald Trump on Saturday said Iranians were “seriously talking to us” as he hinted at a deal to avert military strikes against Tehran. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenTrump: India skal slutte å kjøpe russisk olje – enige om ny handelsavtale
USA og India er enige om en ny avtale der India slutter å kjøpe russisk olje og USAs importtoll på indiske varer reduseres, ifølge USAs president Donald Trump.
for 1 dag sidenGhana suspends citizenship process for people of African descent
Since 2016, those who can prove their ancestors came from Africa have been able to get Ghanaian nationality.
for 1 dag sidenTrump senker Indias tollsats
India vil forplikte seg til å kjøpe mer fra USA og slutte å kjøpe russisk olje, melder USAs president Donald Trump.
for 1 dag sidenTrump: India skal slutte å kjøpe russisk olje
Det skriver USAs president Donald Trump på Truth Social.
for 1 dag sidenRussian captain of ship that hit tanker off UK guilty of killing crew member
Vladimir Motin was on sole watch when his vessel crashed into the Stena Immaculate near the Humber estuary The Russian captain of a ship that crashed into an oil tanker off the Yorkshire coast has been found guilty of killing a crew member in the collision. Vladimir Motin, a 59-year-old from St Petersburg, was on sole watch when his ship, the Solong, collided into the Stena Immaculate oil tanker near the Humber estuary on 10 March last year. Mark Angelo Pernia, a 38-year-old Filipino man, was killed in the wreck. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenSouth Wales council to buy and demolish homes prone to flooding
Residents of 16 houses on Clydach Terrace in Ynysybwl express relief after repeated floods caused by climate crisis A row of homes in a village in south Wales is to be bought by a local authority and demolished as they can no longer be protected from flooding caused by the climate crisis. It will cost Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough council more than £2.5m to buy the 16 riverside properties, pay for legal costs and help to rehouse dozens of residents. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenDamning EU report lays bare bloc’s ‘dangerous dependence’ on critical mineral imports
Auditor calls renewable energy targets ‘unrealistic’ unless ‘EU ups its game’ in mining, refining and recycling of metals such as rare earths The EU is struggling to free itself from dependence on China and countries in the global south for critical minerals and rare earths needed for everything from smartphones to wind turbines and military jets. A damning report by the European Court of Auditors (ECA) in Luxembourg found that the bloc’s targets for 2030 were “out of reach” because of lack of progress in domestic production, refining and recycling. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenUkraine hails 'real results' after Musk restricts Russian Starlink use
Starlink-enabled drones have been linked to a number of recent deadly attacks by Russia on Ukraine.
for 1 dag sidenBrazilian influencer who defended US immigration crackdown arrested by ICE
Trump supporter Júnior Pena falsely claimed migrants being rounded up, including Brazilians, were ‘all crooks’ A rightwing Brazilian influencer who claimed Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown only targeted “crooks” has been arrested by ICE agents in New Jersey. Júnior Pena, whose full name is Eustáquio da Silva Pena Júnior, declared his support for the US president in a recent video message to his hundreds of thousands of social media followers. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenMona Juul om Epstein-kontakt: – Burde vært langt mer varsom
I en uttalelse til NTB erkjenner ambassadør Mona Juul at det var «upresist» å beskrive kontakten med Jeffrey Epstein som minimal.
for 1 dag siden‘There’s no such thing as a better coloniser’: Indigenous views on Trump’s Greenland push
Demands by the US that it take control of the Arctic island is for many Inuits a reminder of a troubling imperial past On a bitterly cold recent morning in the Canadian Arctic, about 70 people took to the streets. Braving the bone-chilling winds, they marched through the Inuit-governed territory of Nunavut, waving signs that read: “We stand with Greenland” and “Greenland is a partner, not a purchase.” It was a glimpse of how, for Indigenous peoples across the Arctic, the battle over Greenland has become a wider reckoning, seemingly pitting the long-fought battle to assert their rights against a global push for power. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenWeather tracker: Cyclone Fytia in Madagascar kills several people and floods homes
Island’s first tropical storm of season may bring 150mm of rain – meanwhile, eastern Europe freezes with possible night-time lows of -30C At least three people have died and nearly 30,000 people have been affected by flooding after Madagascar’s first tropical storm of the season hit over the weekend. Tropical Cyclone Fytia formed to the north-west of Madagascar over the northern Mozambique Channel on Thursday. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenIsrael agrees to limited reopening of Rafah border crossing in Gaza
Tens of thousands of ill and wounded Palestinians await evacuation as diplomatic efforts inch forward Middle East crisis – live updates The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt has been reopened by Israel for a limited number of people on foot, as fragile diplomatic efforts to stabilise the conflict inch forward. Israeli forces took control of the Rafah crossing – Gaza’s only crossing not shared with Israel – in May 2024, describing it as necessary to prevent weapons smuggling by Hamas. The move isolated the territory, cutting off a critical lifeline for Palestinians seeking access to medical care, travel and trade. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenEighty kidnapped Nigerians return home after escape
They were among 177 people seized last month from three churches in northern Kaduna state.
for 1 dag sidenJagland i e-post til Epstein: «Extraordinary girls»
Thorbjørn Jagland har tidligere hevdet at hans kontakt med Jeffrey Epstein var «normal diplomatisk aktivitet». I en e-post til Epstein skriver Jagland om jenter i Albania.
for 1 dag sidenEide til DN: UD jobber med å få oversikt over Mona Juuls Epstein-kontakt
Utenriksdepartementet jobber med å få oversikt over ambassadør Mona Juuls kontakt med Jeffrey Epstein, sier Eide til Dagens Næringsliv.
for 1 dag sidenUS shift away from Europe ‘didn’t really start with President Trump,’ says EU’s top diplomat – Europe live
She said that the US shift away from Europe is a “long term” process and the bloc needs to urgently adapt After 378 days, January is finally over, and so welcome to the new year month of February. It’s a Groundhog Day in the US. Although, let’s be honest, you would be forgiven for feeling like you have been living your own personal time loop since 20 January last year lately. “Actually, if we look at the transatlantic policy, or we look at what, what the US administration … the decisions that they have taken. it didn’t really start with President Trump. I think there’s a lot of convergence with the policies of different administrations. So … it might be so easy to think that one personality comes, there are elections, then another one, but I think it’s a long term that we really need to look at.” Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenSvensk FN-topp trekker seg etter Epstein-avsløringene
Joanna Rubinstein besøkte den dømte sexforbryteren på hans private øy.
for 2 dager sidenAvgjørende viktig
USAs «homeland security» starter på mange måter i våre nordområder.
for 2 dager sidenGaza's key Rafah border crossing with Egypt reopens
Only dozens of Palestinians and no goods will be able to cross in both directions each day.
for 2 dager sidenKey Rafah crossing into Egypt reopens for limited travel in and out of Gaza – latest updates
Rafah crossing in the south, which has largely been closed since May 2024, has reopened for those travelling on foot Earlier, an Israeli defence official said the crossing could hold between 150 and 200 people altogether in both directions. There would be more people leaving than returning because patients left together with escorts, the official added. Lists of people due to pass through the crossing had been submitted by Egypt and approved by Israel, the official said. Reopening the border crossing was a key requirement of the first phase of the US president Donald Trump’s plan to end the conflict. But the ceasefire, which came into effect in October after two years of fighting, has been repeatedly shaken by rounds of violence. Continue reading...
for 2 dager siden'Enemy' insults and questioning Putin: Steve Rosenberg on tightrope of reporting from Russia
The BBC's Russia editor reflects on the difficulties of working as a British journalist in Moscow.
for 2 dager sidenInternational law meant to limit effects of war at breaking point, study finds
Report covering 23 conflicts over last 18 months concludes more than 100,000 civilians have been killed as war crimes rage out of control An authoritative survey of 23 armed conflicts over the last 18 months has concluded that international law seeking to limit the effects of war is at breaking point, with more than 100,000 civilians killed, while torture and rape are committed with near impunity. The extensive study by the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights describes the deaths of 18,592 children in Gaza, growing civilian casualties in Ukraine and an “epidemic” of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Continue reading...
for 2 dager sidenChina executes four more Myanmar mafia members
China has executed four members of the Bai family mafia, which ran scam centres in Myanmar, state media report.
for 2 dager sidenThree West African juntas have turned to Russia. Now the US wants to engage them
The US signals that restoring democracy is no longer a priority and it is ready to work with Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger.
for 2 dager sidenUS is in talks with Cuban leadership, says Trump, after blockade threats
US president announces efforts being made to strike a deal having earlier threatened to stop island importing oil Washington is negotiating with Havana’s leadership to strike a deal, Donald Trump has said, days after threatening Cuba’s reeling economy with a virtual oil blockade. “Cuba is a failing nation. It has been for a long time but now it doesn’t have Venezuela to prop it up. So we’re talking to the people from Cuba, the highest people in Cuba, to see what happens,” Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida on Sunday. Continue reading...
for 2 dager siden– I Danmark går praten veldig mye på om det norske monarkiet vil overleve
Kronprinsesse Mette-Marit vil få en bratt motbakke i sin videre offentlige rolle, mener utenlandske eksperter.
for 2 dager sidenTodd Blanche says review of Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking case ‘is over’
Deputy US attorney general says victims ‘want to be made whole’ but that doesn’t mean ‘we can just create evidence’ The deputy US attorney general, Todd Blanche, the point person on the Trump administration’s Epstein files release, told ABC News on Sunday that prosecutors’ review of the Jeffrey Epstein-Ghislaine Maxwell sex-trafficking case “is over”. Separately, in comments to CNN about Epstein, Blanche said that “victims want to be made whole” after surviving the scheme attributed to the late convicted sex offender and which led to a 20-year prison sentence for Maxwell beginning in 2022. Continue reading...
for 2 dager sidenBoy, 5, and father detained by ICE return to Minnesota after release
A congressman confirmed that Liam Conejo Ramos had been released and was at home with his hat and backpack.
for 2 dager sidenC of E bishops criticise UK inaction over Israel’s ‘West Bank de facto annexation’
Three bishops accuse British government of contributing to ‘culture of impunity’ in the occupied territory Three prominent Church of England bishops have accused the UK government of contributing to a “culture of impunity” in which Israel has accelerated its de facto annexation of the West Bank. Guli Francis-Dehqani, the bishop of Chelmsford, Rachel Treweek, the bishop of Gloucester, and Graham Usher, the bishop of Norwich, visited Palestinian Christian communities in the occupied West Bank last week. Continue reading...
for 2 dager sidenVenezuela release rights activist Javier Tarazona
It is latest in a series of prisoner releases announced by the government amid US pressure for reforms.
for 2 dager sidenRussian drone attack on bus carrying mine workers in Ukraine kills at least 12
Employees of Ukraine’s largest private energy firm, DTEK, were travelling about 40 miles from frontline, says police A Russian drone attack on a bus carrying mine workers in Ukraine’s central-eastern Dnipropetrovsk region has killed at least 12 people, officials said. The bus was driving about 40 miles (65km) from the frontline, according to police. Images published by Ukraine’s state emergency service showed what appeared to be an empty bus, its side windows shattered and windscreen hanging from the front. Continue reading...
for 2 dager sidenFive-year-old Liam Ramos and his father released from Texas detention center
Boy and his father back in Minneapolis after being detained by ICE and held in immigration facility for more than a week A five-year-old boy and his father were back in Minneapolis on Sunday after being released from a Texas immigration detention center where they were held for more than a week, according to US House representative Joaquin Castro. “Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack. Thank you to everyone who demanded freedom for Liam,” Castro, a San Antonio Democrat, said in a post on X. “We won’t stop until all children and families are home.” Continue reading...
for 2 dager sidenTwelve killed by Russian strike near bus in Ukraine, official says
Seven others were reported injured in the strike on Sunday, according to preliminary information.
for 2 dager sidenLiam (5) løslatt etter å ha blitt tatt av ICE
Både Liam og faren har blitt løslatt fra et interneringssenter i Texas.
for 2 dager sidenIsrael kaster Leger Uten Grenser ut av Gaza
Israel opplyste søndag at Leger Uten Grenser (MSF) ikke lenger vil få lov å operere i Gaza fra 28. februar.
for 2 dager sidenFrench tech giant Capgemini to sell US subsidiary working for ICE
The firm's move comes amid global scrutiny of the methods used by the US immigration enforcement agency.
for 2 dager sidenPakistan targets Balochistan separatists after ‘unprecedented’ assaults
Officials say calm restored to province day after dozens killed in suicide and gun attacks in at least 10 cities Pakistan’s security forces have intensified their operations against separatist militants in Balochistan province who launched a majorassault on Saturday in which at least 31 civilians and 17 security personnel were killed. A day after the militants carried out suicide attacks in the heart of the province’s capital, Quetta, the chief minister of the south-western region, Sarfraz Bugti, said 145 people he described as militants had been killed in 40 hours and that their bodies were in the custody of the authorities. Continue reading...
for 2 dager sidenIsrael to ban MSF from working in Gaza over refusal to provide staff list
Medical charity Medicine Sans Frontières said it would not share the list as it had not been able to ensure staff would remain safe.
for 2 dager sidenCuba on the brink as Trump turns up the pressure: ‘There is going to be a real blockade’
Country is already suffering acute fuel shortage; experts say complete cutoff will be ‘catastrophic’ to its infrastructure It’s just gone midday on Linea, one of the main roads through Havana’s Vedado neighbourhood, and Javier Peña and Ysil Ribas have been waiting since 6am outside a petrol station. They’re passing the time fixing a leak on Ribas’s 1955 gold and white Mercury. A tanker has pulled up on the forecourt in front of them, and so the queue behind is growing fast. Although this station only takes US dollars, at a cost far out of reach of most Cubans, Peña says it’s their only choice. “There is no gas in the national pesos,” he says, shrugging. Continue reading...
for 2 dager sidenÅtte døde i bussulykke i Tyrkia – 26 personer skadet
Åtte personer er døde og flere skadet etter at en passasjerbuss kjørte av veien i Antalya i Tyrkia.
for 2 dager sidenZelenskyj: Nye Ukraina-samtaler i Abu Dhabi onsdag og torsdag
De neste samtalene mellom Ukraina, Russland og USA er avtalt 4. og 5. februar, skriver Ukrainas president Volodymyr Zelenskyj på X.
for 2 dager sidenPreparations begin for reopening of Gaza’s Rafah crossing, officials say
Approximately 20,000 Palestinians expected to leave territory for urgent medical care abroad Preparations to reopen Gaza’s main border crossing into Rafah began on Sunday though it was uncertain if any Palestinians would pass through it before the day’s end, officials have said. Before the war, the Rafah border crossing with Egypt was the only direct exit point for most Palestinians in Gaza to reach the outside world as well as a key entry point for aid. It has been largely shut since May 2024. Continue reading...
for 2 dager sidenÅtte døde i bussulykke i Tyrkia – 26 personer skadet
Åtte personer er døde og flere skadet etter at en passasjerbuss kjørte av veien i Antalya i Tyrkia.
for 2 dager sidenIran in 'serious discussions' with US, Trump says, as military threat looms
Iran is expected to begin a live-fire naval exercise in the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping route.
for 3 dager sidenUS, UK, EU, Australia and more to meet to discuss critical minerals alliance
About 20 countries including G7 states in talks on rare earths including calls for US to guarantee minimum price Ministers from the US, EU, UK, Japan, Australia and New Zealand will meet in Washington this week to discuss a strategic alliance over critical minerals. The summit is being seen as a step to repair transatlantic ties fractured by a year of conflict with Donald Trump and pave the way for other alliances to help countries de-risk from China, including one centred on steel. Continue reading...
for 3 dager sidenInside Myanmar’s five-year armed resistance – a photo essay
Five years after the junta’s coup, the civil war devastating Myanmar has reached a turning point. The military is carrying out large-scale counter-offensives across the country to reclaim territory seized by pro-democracy rebels of various ethnic and religious backgrounds In Tanintharyi, the southernmost region of Myanmar, the local resistance has managed to contain the military. After five years of guerrilla warfare, the revolutionary youth there remain determined to restore democracy through armed struggle. A long, narrow stretch of land at the southern tip of Myanmar, between the Andaman Sea to the west and Thailand to the east, Tanintharyi region is one of the areas where the resistance challenges the military’s authority. For decades, the region has been home to an armed rebellion led by the Karen ethnic minority, which operated mainly in the peripheral mountains. Soldiers from the Karen National Union (KNU) inspect the ruins of a Buddhist monastery destroyed by a junta airstrike in Myeik district, Tanintharyi region Continue reading...
for 3 dager siden‘It’s not just about surviving’: the Ukrainian frontline city where life goes on under cover
Whether in streets draped in anti-drone nets or deep in urban basements, Kherson residents go about their everyday activities with the constant threat of Russian bombing Galyna Lutsenko, a crisis psychologist, is moving busily among a small group of children seated around a table in a basement in Kherson, unique in being Ukraine’s only leading city almost directly on the frontline with Russian forces – and one where people live with the daily threat of attack. She dangles a plasticine butterfly on a thread over a playhouse on the table. Her own house in the city, she says, was hit by Russian shelling in 2024, injuring her in the leg and stomach. Continue reading...
for 3 dager sidenLiving hell of North Korea’s ‘paradise on Earth’ scheme back in spotlight in Japan
Plaintiffs in case say they were lured from Japan, exploited for labour and cut off from families for generations It has been more than six decades since Eiko Kawasaki left Japan to begin a new life in North Korea. Then 17, she was among tens of thousands of people with Korean heritage who had been lured to the communist state by the promise of a “paradise on Earth”. Instead, they encountered something closer to a living hell. They were denied basic human rights and forced to endure extreme hardship. Official promises of free education and healthcare plus guaranteed jobs and housing had been a cruel mirage. And to their horror, they were prevented from travelling to Japan to visit the families they had left behind. Continue reading...
for 3 dager sidenIsraeli air strikes kill at least 32 Palestinians in Gaza, rescue officials say
Israel's military confirmed the strikes, which come during a ceasefire that Israel and Hamas accuse each other of breaking.
for 3 dager sidenPakistan military says it has killed 92 militants in Balochistan
It says 15 security personnel and 18 civilians were also killed after militants attacked many cities in Pakistan's province.