Posts tagged diplomacy
WORLD BRIEFING: May 31, 2024

A Manhattan jury found Donald Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in his New York hush money criminal trialEurope has only a fraction of the air defence capabilities needed to protect its eastern flank, according to Nato’s own internal calculations, laying bare the scale of the continent’s vulnerabilities

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WORLD BRIEFING: October 28, 2023

A ground invasion appears under way in Gaza as mobile phone service and internet connectivity ceases. The U.N. reiterates pleas for humanitarian aid to resume and for a ceasefire to be implemented. The wives and children of active Ukrainian servicemen plead for limits to their tours of duty on the frontlines.

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WORLD BRIEFING: October 25, 2023

Death toll rises in Gaza as more Israeli refugees are released. The main UN agency responsible for Palestinian refugees in Gaza could run out of fuel as early as Wednesday. Russia continues to target civilian targets in Ukraine.

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WORLD BRIEFING: October 23, 2023

Another group of lorries passed into Gaza from Egypt bringing much needed aid. Israel strikes targets in Gaza and the West Bank. A private Ukrainian postal depot was struck by Russian missiles - dead and injured

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WORLD BRIEFING: October 20, 2023

Tensions high as Gazans await the opening of the crucial Rafah border crossing with Egypt. An important Ukrainian advance to the left side of the Dnipro River 

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WORLD BRIEFING: October 19, 2023

U.S. President Joe Biden returns home after a one day visit to Israel derailed by the destruction at a Gaza hospital claiming the lives of hundreds of civilians and prompting protests across the Middle East. Humanitarian aid access to Gaza still uncertain. Russian missiles continue to strike Ukrainian populated areas

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WAR IN UKRAINE: April 23, 2023

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin welcomed Defense Secretary Oleksii Reznikov to the start of the 11th Ukraine Defense Contact Group summit at the Ramstein air base in Germany

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WAR IN UKRAINE: August 11, 2022

Foreign ministers from the G7 group of nations say Russia must immediately hand back control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to Ukraine. President Zelensky calls upon western countries to up sanctions on Russia by banning their nationals from EU member states

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WAR IN UKRAINE: August 3, 2022

As US house speaker Nancy Pelosi touches down in Taiwan, possibly triggering a retaliation from China, Ukrainians nervously look on. Odesa port at a standstill some 24 hours after the first vessel in months departed mined Black Sea waters for world markets

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WAR IN UKRAINE: July 28, 2022

The agreement between Ukraine and Russia moved one step closer with the opening of a Joint Coordination Center in Istanbul. However, as I said on global media, that was one of the easier parts of implementation 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: July 10, 2022

Russian missile and rocket strikes have caused more widespread damage in towns and cities across eastern and southern Ukraine, regional officials say. A lieutenant general in the U.S. Army says the West should do “as much as it takes, as long as it takes” to support Ukraine

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WAR IN UKRAINE: June 30, 2022

The NATO Summit in Madrid wraps up with a much more enhanced presence in Europe as well as new pledges to support Ukraine. However Kyiv is still left without the full amount of support requested - as well as without the ability to close its skies to long-range Russian missiles 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: June 20, 2022

Russia's blockade of millions of tonnes of Ukrainian grain is a "real war crime", says the EU. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Zelensky says it’s bid to join the bloc could bring “greater hostile activity” from Russia. 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: April 13, 2022

Leaders of neighboring countries come to Kyiv to speak to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky as the battle for they key port city of Mariupol intensifies 

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