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WORLD BRIEFING: January 27, 2024
WORLD BRIEFING: January 27, 2024

The International Court of Justice, in a historic ruling in The Hague, has ordered Israel to take emergency steps to prevent genocide in Gaza and to allow urgent humanitarian aid in the Palestinian territory. More than 40 senior former Israeli national security officials, celebrated scientists and prominent business leaders have sent a letter to Israel’s president and speaker of parliament demanding that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be removed from office for posing what they say is an “existential” threat to the country

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WORLD BRIEFING: January 24, 2024
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 military. A stunning new poll came out in Israel showing PM Netanyahu and his party would be obliterated 

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WORLD BRIEFING: October 20, 2023
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 17, 2023
WORLD BRIEFING: October 17, 2023

US President Joe Biden will visit Israel on Wednesday to hear about its plans for a ground offensive against Hamas militants in Gaza. Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in Beijing where he will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping 

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WORLD BRIEFING: August 27, 2023
WORLD BRIEFING: August 27, 2023

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin confirmed dead after genetic analysis of bodies found in plane crash, Russian officials say. The Zimbabwean leader knows as ‘the crocodile’ is re-elected 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: July 11, 2023
WAR IN UKRAINE: July 11, 2023

A crucial NATO summit gets under way in Lithuania as Kyiv claims it’s been relieved of the arduous road map to accession to the bloc. President Zelensky, sensing that Ukraine won’t be offered membership anytime soon, adopts a more combative approach

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WAR IN UKRAINE; July 8, 2023
WAR IN UKRAINE; July 8, 2023

Today marks the 500-day mark since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The Biden administration green lights the provision of controversial cluster munitions to Kyiv. 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: May 15, 2023
WAR IN UKRAINE: May 15, 2023

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is undertaking shuttle diplomacy in Western Europe ahead of an expected spring counteroffensive against Russia. It included stops in Rome, the Vatican, Berlin and Paris.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: May 6, 2023
WAR IN UKRAINE: May 6, 2023

The Ukrainian military reported on May 5 that fresh Russian reinforcements were being brought into Bakhmut, the city at the epicenter of Moscow's push in eastern Ukraine. Meanwhile, Russia overnight shelled the southern Ukrainian city of Nikopol, regional authorities said on May 5, as fighting intensified in Bakhmut

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WAR IN UKRAINE: April 1, 2023
WAR IN UKRAINE: April 1, 2023

Today marks the one-year anniversary of the liberation of Bucha, the Ukrainian town that has become synonymous with unspeakable Russian war crimes. Bucha and Bucha district saw 33 days of occupation. More than 1,400 deaths, including 37 children. More than 175 people were found in mass graves and torture chambers. 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: March 17, 2023
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 10, 2023
WAR IN UKRAINE: March 10, 2023

Following what’s been described as the heaviest Russian missile attack on Ukraine in 2023, most regions of the country were back online Bu yesterday evening. Power was also restored to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: March 6, 2033
WAR IN UKRAINE: March 6, 2033

Ukraine's military says it had repelled more than 130 enemy attacks in 24 hours and claimed to be inflicting massive Russian casualties but gave no definitive word on the fate of Bakhmut, where Russian forces were said to have nearly surrounded the devastated city.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: December 31, 2023
WAR IN UKRAINE: December 31, 2023

New Years Eve will be a toned down affair today amid the threat of more Russian attacks and curfews

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WAR IN UKRAINE: October 31, 2022
WAR IN UKRAINE: October 31, 2022

The Black Sea Grain Initiative which unlocked Ukraine shipments of foodstuffs to global markets is officially suspended, with Turkey announcing the stoppage of vessels from Ukrainian ports. 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: September 20, 2022
WAR IN UKRAINE: September 20, 2022

On several occasions today during live coverage of the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, her background role in providing guidance to western leaders and policy makers on the war in Ukraine was mentioned. Russia has reportedly fired dangerously close to another nuclear power plant in Ukraine 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: September 11, 2022
WAR IN UKRAINE: September 11, 2022

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has confirmed that its forces have entered the strategically important town of Kupyansk in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region. President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed that Ukraine had now liberated 2,000 sq km from Russia since beginning a renewed counter-offensive earlier this month.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: September 4, 2022
WAR IN UKRAINE: September 4, 2022

An IAEA mission currently in Zaporyzhzhia aims to establish a permanent presence at the occupied nuclear power plant near the city. Turkey’s president has told his Russian counterpart that Ankara is willing to play a mediating role in the crisis

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WAR IN UKRAINE: August 29, 2022
WAR IN UKRAINE: August 29, 2022

IAEA inspectors are expected to arrive at the Zaporyzhzhia nuclear power plant shortly, but reportedly without mission members from the U.S. or UK. Miami residents are being urged to give up their guns so that they can be sent to Ukraine 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: August 20, 2022
WAR IN UKRAINE: August 20, 2022

Russian leader Vladimir Putin has said UN officials will be granted permission to visit and inspect the Zaporizhzhia nuclear complex. Washington has unveiled a new $775m (£655m) package of defence equipment for Ukraine.

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