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Air raid alert extended across Ukraine
Air strike alerts were issued across Ukraine early Friday, with explosions reported in some areas. Air defenses took action in several areas, officials said. The Far West was initially excluded from the warning, but officials later expanded it to include the entire country.
Pentagon accounting error overestimated Ukraine arms aid by $3 billion – sources
The Pentagon overestimated the value of munitions, missiles and other equipment it sent to Ukraine by about $3 billion, a mistake that could lead to more weapons being sent to Kiev for defense, a Senate aide and a defense official said on Thursday against the Russian army. Two senior defense officials said Thursday that the error was the result of assigning a higher-than-guaranteed value to weapons taken from U.S. stockpiles and shipped to Ukraine.
Russian troops retreat near Bakhmut, Ukraine and Wagner
On Thursday, both the Ukrainian military and Russia’s Wagner’s private army reported a further Russian retreat around the city of Bakhmut, as Kiev made its biggest advance in six months before planning a counteroffensive. Ukrainian troops near the front line say Russia is bombing passages to slow a Ukrainian offensive that has shifted momentum after months of slow progress in Russia’s deadliest ground battle in Europe since World War II.
Alberta wildfires hit gas flows from Canada to U.S., prices soar
Alberta officials warned Thursday that more wildfires could spread in the coming hot, dry days, even as firefighters made progress in tackling widespread blazes that have slowed the flow of natural gas from Canada to US speeds, thus driving up prices. Record high temperatures and extremely dry vegetation have led to an early start to this year’s wildfire season in western Canada, and forecasters don’t think conditions will improve until at least next week.
G7 Leaders Face Up to Ukraine, Troubled by Hiroshima Legacy
Leaders of the world’s advanced democracies will grieve the cost of war as they grapple with the conflict in Ukraine as they convene in Hiroshima on Friday for a Group of Seven (G7) summit. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will gather world leaders in front of a peace monument in the Japanese city that was built during World War II ahead of a summit focused on ending Russia’s war in Ukraine and preventing conflict with China. Destroyed by an atomic bomb during World War II.
UK to ban Russian diamonds amid fresh G7 sanctions
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak plans to announce a ban on imports of diamonds and metals from Russia, including copper, aluminum and nickel, in support of Ukraine, the British government said in a statement. Britain also targeted another 86 people and companies from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s military-industrial complex, in addition to those involved in the energy, metals and shipping industries.
Israel’s ‘flag parade’ in Jerusalem angers Palestinians
Tens of thousands of Israeli nationalists marched under heavy security through the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City on Thursday, an annual event condemned by Palestinians. The parade is the main celebration of Jerusalem Day, which Israel captured in the 1967 Middle East War. The incident has become a show of force for Jewish nationalists and, for Palestinians, a flagrant provocation aimed at undermining their ties to the city.
Witnesses tell of gunmen attacking church in Sudanese capital
Masked gunmen belonging to one of Sudan’s warring factions stormed one of Khartoum’s oldest churches last weekend, opening fire on church officials over a horrific four hours as they searched for cash, gold, two witnesses said. and women. The raid was one of many targeting homes, factories, banks and places of worship that residents often blame on the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has been battling the army in Greater Khartoum for the past month .
Man arrested after car crashes out of Vatican gate at high speed
The Vatican said a man was arrested after driving through Vatican security on Thursday night, driving at high speed through the city-state’s gates and reaching the central courtyard of the Apostolic Palace. A Vatican police officer shot the car, a statement said. The man, described as about 40 years old and mentally unstable, was not near the guest house on the other side of the Vatican City where Pope Francis lives.
Devastating Italian floods kill at least 13, destroy homes and farms
Floods that killed at least 13 people in northern Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region have caused billions of euros in damage and hit agriculture particularly hard, the region’s governor said on Thursday. Torrential rains this week devastated the eastern part of the region known as Romagna, causing as many as 300 landslides, flooding 23 rivers, damaging or destroying some 400 roads and flooding 42 cities.
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