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Hamas hands over four Israeli soldiers under Gaza ceasefire and prisoner exchange deal
GAZA CITY — The Palestinian group Hamas handed over four female Israeli soldiers on Saturday as part of a Gaza ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement with Israel.The four soldiers, dressed in Israeli military uniforms, smiled and waved on a stage at Palestine Square in Gaza City as they were handed over to representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).The Israeli army confirmed the soldiers were transferred to its forces in Gaza before being moved to Israel. During the handover, ICRC representatives signed documentation formalizing the release.The event drew thousands of Palestinians to Palestine Square, including members of Hamas' armed wing, the Qassam Brigades.The released soldiers were identified as Liri Albag, 19, Daniella Gilboa, 20, Karina Ariev,...
January 25, 2025

Hamas hands over four Israeli soldiers under Gaza ceasefire and prisoner exchange deal

The issue of hostages has gripped Israel since they were captured in October 2023
Hamas to name next Israeli hostages set to be released
GAZA — Hamas is expected to hand over to Israel the names of four hostages to be released on Saturday under the Gaza ceasefire deal.It is thought they will be soldiers and civilians, all female.They will be freed in exchange for 180 Palestinian prisoners held in Israel.It will be the second exchange since the ceasefire came into effect last Sunday. Three hostages and 90 prisoners were released in the first swap.The ceasefire halted the war which began when Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October 2023. About 1,200 people were killed and 251 taken back to Gaza as hostages.More than 47,200 Palestinians, the majority civilians, have been killed in Israel's offensive, Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry says.Hamas is also expected to provide information about the remaining 26 hostages due to...
January 24, 2025

Hamas to name next Israeli hostages set to be released

A still taken from video verified by the BBC as genuine at the Ryazan oil refinery
Ukraine claims drone strike on Russian oil refinery
KYIV — Ukraine reportedly hit a Russian oil refinery and targeted Moscow during an attack involving a wave of at least 100 drones, one of the largest single operations of its kind during the war.Video footage verified by the BBC shows a fireball rising over the refinery and pumping station in the Ryazan region, southeast of Moscow, which Ukrainian officials said was a target.Russia said it had shot down 121 drones that had targeted 13 regions, including Ryazan and Moscow, but reported no damage.Elsewhere, Ukrainian authorities said three people were killed and one was injured when a Russian drone hit a residential building in the Kyiv region.Andriy Kovalenko, head of Ukraine's centre for countering disinformation, said on Telegram that an oil refinery in Ryazan had been hit, as well...
January 24, 2025

Ukraine claims drone strike on Russian oil refinery

Commuters brave strong winds and rain as they cross London Bridge on Friday morning as Storm Eowyn lashes the United Kingdom
Severe storm lashes parts of UK and Ireland, causing travel chaos
LONDON — A rare “stay at home” warning has been issued for parts of the United Kingdom and Ireland as a severe storm lashes the region, bringing dangerous 100mph (160 kmh) winds and unleashing travel chaos.Storm Éowyn, an extratropical “bomb” cyclone that has formed in the North Atlantic and intensified rapidly, has hit rail services, delayed flights and forced road closures.The strongest winds and most significant impacts are expected in Northern Ireland and central and southwestern parts of Scotland, according to the UK’s Met Office. A red weather warning was established Friday morning local time in Northern Ireland and parts of Scotland.A yellow warning for snow is also in force through Friday for northern and central areas of Scotland. While accumulations are possible over...
January 24, 2025

Severe storm lashes parts of UK and Ireland, causing travel chaos

A building draped with a banner stating Je Suis Charlie or We are Charlie.
Man jailed for 30 years for Charlie Hebdo meat cleaver attack
PARIS — A man has been jailed for 30 years for attempting to murder two people with a meat cleaver outside the former Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo in 2020.Zaheer Mahmood, 29, from Pakistan, attacked and badly wounded two employees of the Premieres Lignes news agency, days after Charlie Hebdo had republished cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).He was unaware Charlie Hebdo had moved offices to a secret location after 12 people were killed there in a gun attack claimed by al-Qaeda following the original publication of the cartoons in 2015.Mahmood was convicted of attempted murder and terrorist conspiracy. He will be banned from France when his sentence is served.Five other Pakistani men, some of whom were under 18 at the time of their crimes, were jailed for between three and...
January 24, 2025

Man jailed for 30 years for Charlie Hebdo meat cleaver attack

The Israeli military's 7th Brigade in southern Lebanon this month. Israel Defense Forces
Israel seeks to remain in Lebanon past Sunday withdrawal deadline
TEL AVIV — The Israeli government is seeking to keep military positions in southern Lebanon past a Sunday withdrawal deadline, set in a November ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah, the country’s ambassador to the US said on Thursday.The Israeli military invaded southern Lebanon on October 1 – the culmination of a yearlong, low-level war with Hezbollah, which attacked Israeli-held territory on October 8, 2023, in solidarity with Hamas.The Israeli government has told US President Donald Trump’s administration that it wants Israeli troops to remain in Lebanon for at least an additional 30 days, an Israeli official told CNN. The Israeli security cabinet met Thursday night to discuss the issue.It is unclear whether the Trump administration has responded to the request or...
January 24, 2025

Israel seeks to remain in Lebanon past Sunday withdrawal deadline

In 2020 hundreds of thousands of Belarusians took to the streets to protest. In 2025 demonstrations are unlikely
Belarusian opposition denounces election as sham
MINSK — Svetlana Tikhanovskaya refuses to call what's happening this weekend in Belarus an election."It's a sham," the exiled opposition leader says. "This is a military-style operation; a performance staged by the regime to hold on to power."For three decades, the country has been led by an increasingly authoritarian Alexander Lukashenko, now firmly backed by Vladimir Putin who makes use of his neighbor in his full-scale invasion of Ukraine.This Sunday, Belarusians will see Lukashenko's name on the ballot paper once again, with four other names chosen carefully to be no challenge.No independent observers are allowed.The tight controls have been put in place because last time Belarusians voted for a president, the country was swept by giant protests.In...
January 24, 2025

Belarusian opposition denounces election as sham

Ashraf (l) persuaded his sister Julia to join him in the family apartment, which he believed was safe from IDF strikes
Israeli military said bombed apartments were Hezbollah base but most of the dead were civilians
BEIRUT — Julia Ramadan was terrified — the war between Israel and Hezbollah was escalating and she'd had a nightmare that her family home was being bombed. When she sent her brother a panicked voice note from her apartment in Beirut, he encouraged her to join him in Ain El Delb, a sleepy village in southern Lebanon."It's safe here," he reassured her. "Come stay with us until things calm down."Earlier that month, Israel intensified air campaigns against Hezbollah in Lebanon, in response to escalating rocket attacks by the Iran-backed armed group which had killed civilians, and displaced tens of thousands more from homes in northern Israel.Ashraf was confident their family's apartment block would be a haven, so Julia joined him. But the next day, on 29...
January 24, 2025

Israeli military said bombed apartments were Hezbollah base but most of the dead were civilians

A Chinese court said that Zhou carried out the attack due to his overwhelming debt
China sentences man to death over attack on Japanese school bus
BEIJING — A Chinese man who attacked a Japanese mother and child with a knife and killed a Chinese woman who tried to protect them has been sentenced to death, according to the Japanese government.A Chinese court said that Zhou Jiasheng, 52, had carried out the attack on 24 June after he lost the will to live, following the loss of his job and subsequent debts.The attack had taken place outside a Japanese school in the Chinese province of Suzhou — and was one of three attacks on foreigners in China last year.It comes as Chinese authorities have carried out several high-profile executions in recent days.Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters at a press conference that the court ruled that the attack was an "intentional murder" and the penalty was given due to...
January 24, 2025

China sentences man to death over attack on Japanese school bus

Underwater images captured by a Russian NGO appeared to show significant amounts of oil sitting on the ocean floor
Russia suffering 'environmental catastrophe' after oil spill in Kerch Strait
MOSCOW — Oil has leaked into the strait from two ships which ran into trouble during bad weather on 15 December. Volgoneft-239 ran aground following the storm, while Volgoneft-212 sank. ​​Up to 5,000 tons of oil has now leaked, and media reports and official statements analyzed by BBC Verify suggest the spill has spread across the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. A senior Russian scientist called the spill the country's worst "environmental catastrophe" of the 21st Century. "This is the first time fuel oil has been spilled in such quantities," Viktor Danilov-Danilyan — the head of science at the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) — said in a 17 January interview with a Russian newspaper. Russian scientists said in December that this spill could be...
January 24, 2025

Russia suffering 'environmental catastrophe' after oil spill in Kerch Strait

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