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WORLD BRIEFING: July 3, 2024

Democrats’ panic over Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance is turning to anger at the president’s family and close circle of advisers for concealing his condition and their unwillingness to countenance his exit from the White House race. French voters are waiting to see the full line-up for the second round of parliamentary elections, as scores of candidates stood aside in order to help defeat the far-right National Rally (RN)

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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: April 17, 2024

Ukraine’s top military commander has issued a bleak assessment of the army’s positions on the eastern front, saying they have “worsened significantly in recent days.” Ukraine faces "danger" if the United States does not quickly pass much-needed military aid, former U.S. national-security adviser John Bolton said 

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WORLD BRIEFING: March 12, 2024

Donald Trump “will not give a penny” to Ukraine if he is re-elected US president, the far-right Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán, said. The EU is pushing to give Ukraine €2bn-€3bn this year from profits derived from Russia’s frozen assets.

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WORLD BRIEFING: February 22, 2024

A new U.S. intelligence assessment found it is likely that some employees of a United Nations agency that distributes aid to Palestinians took part in Hamas’s Oct. 7 assault on Israel, but says the U.S. can’t verify Israeli allegations that a larger number of U.N. workers have links to militant groups. The ex-husband of Ksenia Karelina, a dual US-Russian citizen facing a life sentence from the Kremlin for donating $50 to the Razom for Ukraine charity, has broken his silence.

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WORLD BRIEFING: January 24, 2024

More death and destruction in Ukraine from Russian missile attacks. Authorities in Russia are set to implement a new law allowing them to seize money or property from those, including journalists, who have been convicted of spreading “fake news” about, or otherwise discrediting, the militaryA stunning new poll came out in Israel showing PM Netanyahu and his party would be obliterated 

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WORLD BRIEFING: October 4, 2023

The U.S. House speaker gets turfed with the help of hardline Republicans. NATO’s European countries running out of ammo for Ukraine war. Russia to block VPN access

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WAR IN UKRAINE: June 16, 2023

Ukrainian counteroffensive operations are underway, and it's been hard fighting for Kyiv's forces. But Ukraine is still miles from Russia's main line of defense, and a tougher fight is probably still to come, experts say

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WAR IN UKRAINE: April 24, 2023

Reports that the Ukrainian military has crossed the Dnipro River and established positions on the eastern side heightened expectations on April 23 that Kyiv is on the verge of its long-awaited counteroffensive

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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: March 17, 2023

Russian troops launched several waves of attacks on Ukrainian positions in and around Bakhmut over the past day, Ukraine's military said on March 16, as the monthslong battle for the city in the eastern region of Donetsk continued at high intensity.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: March 3, 2023

Russian forces blew up a key bridge linking the besieged city of Bakhmut to the nearby village of Khromove overnight, police in the Donetsk region said. EU plans to deliver jointly funded ammunition to Ukraine within weeks

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WAR IN UKRAINE: February 14, 2023

The NATO Secretary General urged members of the bloc to expedite their sending of military hardware to Ukraine, saying it will ‘save lives.’ The true extent of challenges faced by the agricultural sector in Ukraine is revealed 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: January 14, 2023

Russia's military says it has captured the Ukrainian salt-mine town of Soledar after a long battle, calling it an "important" step for its offensive. But Ukrainian officials said the fight for Soledar was still going on and accused Russia of "information noise,” reported the BBC. 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: January 2, 2023

Air raid sirens sounded in Kyiv on Sunday night as the latest wave of drone and missile strikes from Russia continued. An attack which began shortly before midnight targeted critical infrastructure,

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WAR IN UKRAINE: December 14, 2022

There’s been another wave of Russian drone attacks in Kyiv. The Biden administration is finalizing plans to send the Patriot missile defense system to Ukraine that could be announced as soon as this week, according to two US officials and a senior administration official, according to CNN

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WAR IN UKRAINE: November 28, 2022

Ukrainian forces fought pitched battles in the east, repelling waves of attacks in Donetsk, Ukraine's General Staff of the armed forces said on November 28 as President Volodymyr Zelensky warned of more Russian attacks. 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: November 22, 2022

More than 8,300 civilians have been killed so far in Russia's war against Ukraine, investigators in Kyiv said. There’s growing concern over safety at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Europe’s largest.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: November 10, 2022

The Ukrainian army says it has made major gains over the last day around Kherson, after Russia said it was withdrawing from the southern city. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky warns that Russian intentions with Kherson may be a trap

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WAR IN UKRAINE: October 3, 2022

Russian forces used nearly a dozen S-300 missiles, targeting Zaporyzhzhia and two villages in the region early on Oct. 3, Ukraine says. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov says his three sons, aged 14,15 and 16, will soon travel to the Ukraine front line to fight with Russian forces.

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