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Ukraine aims to surround Bakhmut as Russia says it seizes city
Ukraine said on Sunday its forces were still advancing on the edge of Bakhmut, aiming to encircle the devastated eastern city, after Moscow congratulated Wagner’s private army and Russian forces on taking Bakhmut. Russia said on Saturday it had fully captured Bakhmut, which if confirmed would mark the end of the longest and bloodiest battle in the 15-month war. Russian President Vladimir Putin praised his regular army and the Wagner Group.
Sudan ceasefire raises hopes for Khartoum relief
Residents said airstrikes and clashes between Sudan’s warring factions could be heard in the capital Khartoum on Sunday, after a week-long ceasefire brokered by Saudi Arabia and the United States raised hopes of a pause in the five-week conflict. The agreement, signed on Saturday after talks between the military and the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the Saudi city of Jeddah, will come into force on Monday night under an internationally-backed monitoring mechanism. It also allows humanitarian aid to be provided.
Football – At least 12 dead in El Salvador stadium stampede
At least 12 people were killed and an unknown number injured in a stampede at a football stadium in El Salvador on Saturday, the Central American country’s government said. Alianza FC and Club Deportivo FAS were playing their playoff quarter-final second leg at the Cuscatlan Stadium in the country’s capital, San Salvador, when the game was suspended due to a stampede in the general area.
U.S. disturbed by Israeli order on settler presence in West Bank outpost – State Department
Washington is deeply troubled by an Israeli government order allowing Jewish settlers to establish a permanent presence at the Homesh outpost in the northern West Bank, the State Department said on Sunday.US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in a statement that the move was inconsistent with Israel’s commitment to the US government and that advancing West Bank settlements was an obstacle to a two-state solution
At G7 meeting, Zelensky says Bakhmut’s devastation has echoes of Hiroshima
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy compared the devastation of Bakhmut to the horrors of Hiroshima, evoking the symbolism of mass destruction, as he addressed the G7 summit in Japan on Sunday Show up unexpectedly. The Ukrainian president arrived in Hiroshima on a French government plane Saturday afternoon, marking a dramatic turn as U.S. President Joe Biden and other leaders stepped up calls for Moscow to end its invasion, announcing new sanctions and increased military aid.
Biden sees shift in relationship with China ‘soon’, says G7 wants to de-risk, not decouple
U.S. President Joe Biden said on Sunday that the Group of Seven nations had reached an agreement on China, calling for diversification of supply chains to reduce reliance on one country, and hinted he may soon meet with the Chinese president. “We’re not planning to decouple from China. We’re looking to reduce risk and diversify our relationship with China,” Biden told a news conference after a three-day summit with G7 leaders. He said the G7 countries were more united than ever “to resist economic coercion and combat harmful practices that harm our workers”.
Chinese embassy in UK asks London to stop slandering China so as not to cause damage
The Chinese embassy in the UK issued a statement on Sunday, requesting the UK to stop smearing China so as not to further damage Sino-British relations. Earlier, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said China was the world’s biggest challenge to security and prosperity, but other major economies should not decouple from it after the G7 summit.
Biden: Zelensky promised Ukraine would not use F-16s into Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden said on Sunday he had received “clear assurances” from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that he would not use Western-supplied F-16 fighter jets into Russian territory. Biden told reporters in Hiroshima, Japan, at the end of a meeting of world leaders that the F-16s could be used “wherever the Russian military is in Ukraine and the region.”
UK business secretary to visit Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE
British business and trade secretary Kemi Badnoch will visit Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates this week as part of her efforts to seal a trade deal with the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations. Trade talks between the UK and the Gulf Cooperation Council (which also includes Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman) began last year and have gone through three rounds so far.
Greece’s ruling conservative party wins vote but falls short of majority
Greece’s ruling New Democratic Party won a sweeping victory in parliamentary elections on Sunday but fell short of the threshold needed to form a government on its own, making a runoff election more likely within a month. The conservative NDP was far ahead with 40.8 percent of the vote after counting the majority of votes, beating the radical left Syriza, which governed from 2015 to 2019, with 20.1 percent.
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