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Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson meets with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Budapest. — courtesy Getty Images
Hungary’s Orban lauds new phase with Sweden ahead of vote on its NATO bid
BUDAPEST — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said his country had opened a new phase with Sweden during a joint press conference with Swedish counterpart Ulf Kristersson on Friday as Budapest prepares to ratify Stockholm’s long-delayed NATO bid.Hungary is the last member of the military alliance to approve Sweden’s application to join NATO, which it made in May 2022 after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine.Orban, who said last week that the Hungarian Parliament would vote on ratification on Monday, met with Kristersson on Friday and announced at the press conference that Hungary had bought four fighter jets from Sweden.The Gripen fighter jets would expand Hungary’s fleet, Orban said, “thereby significantly increasing our military capabilities and further strengthening...
February 24, 2024

Hungary’s Orban lauds new phase with Sweden ahead of vote on its NATO bid

Alexei Navalny died on Feb. 16 in a Russian prison inside the Arctic Circle.
Navalny's body returned to mother, spokeswoman says
MOSCOW — The body of leading Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny has been returned to his mother, his spokeswoman says.In a post on X, Kira Yarmysh thanked everybody who had demanded that the authorities hand over his remains."The funeral is yet to take place," she wrote.Navalny's mother Lyudmila had reportedly been told to agree to a "secret" burial. If she refused, he would be buried at the prison colony where he died.She has spent the last week in the town close to the prison where he died, trying to first confirm the location of his body then demanding it be returned to her.After signing a death certificate saying he had died of natural causes, she was then given three hours to agree to a "secret" funeral for her son.If she didn't agree he...
February 24, 2024

Navalny's body returned to mother, spokeswoman says

Two Ukrainian soldiers duck after firing a mortar. —courtesy Getty Images
Two years into Russia's invasion, exhausted Ukrainians refuse to give up
KYIV — It translates as "crooked horn", but President Zelensky calls Kryvyi Rih his "big soul and heart".He credits this gritty, industrial city with molding his character. He grew up in a sprawling block of flats known as the Anthill.When you stand in front of this towering structure, Volodymyr Zelensky's journey from this setting to wartime leader feels remarkable."I want the war to end soon," said Vita, who lived near Zelensky's parents. "He's a normal, good guy who fights for people. I just want this war and the sirens to end sooner."But with minimal Ukrainian progress and growing Russian dominance, there is no end in sight, and that's both fueling and being fueled by influential pockets of Western doubters.At the recent Munich...
February 24, 2024

Two years into Russia's invasion, exhausted Ukrainians refuse to give up

Shameema Begum pictured at Syria's Roj Camp in 2021
UK woman who joined ISIS as a teen loses challenge against citizenship removal
LONDON — A woman who left the United Kingdom to join ISIS at the age of 15 has lost her Court of Appeal challenge over the decision to remove her British citizenship.Shamima Begum flew to Syria in 2015 with two school friends to join the terror group. While there, she married an ISIS fighter and spent several years living in Raqqa.Begum then reappeared in al-Hawl, a Syrian refugee camp, in 2019. She made international headlines as an “ISIS bride” after pleading with the UK government to be allowed to return to her home country for the birth of her son.Then-Home Secretary Sajid Javid removed her British citizenship in February that year, and Begum’s newborn son died in a Syrian refugee camp the following month. She told UK media she had two other children prior to that baby, who...
February 23, 2024

UK woman who joined ISIS as a teen loses challenge against citizenship removal

Ukrainian soldiers are exhausted after two years of fighting
Frontline medics count the cost of two years of war in Ukraine
By Andrew HardingDONETSK, eastern Ukraine — Maj Oleh Kravchenko has the sort of chuckle that's hard to resist — deep and treacly and mischievous."I'm still alive," he said, tilting his head to one side in his wheelchair, like a spectator marvelling at someone else's magic trick.As Ukraine marks the second anniversary of the war, Kravchenko's turbulent story captures something of the journey so many people here — soldiers and civilians alike — have been on, as they've come to understand the sort of sacrifices and patience this long conflict is demanding of them.Kravchenko is 50 years old now, and we're meeting for the third time since Russia launched its latest invasion of Ukraine. His beard — brown and trim when I first encountered him in the...
February 23, 2024

Frontline medics count the cost of two years of war in Ukraine

Joe Biden
US to impose 500 new sanctions on Russia and its war machine
WASHINGTON — The US Treasury Department announced on Friday that it will impose 500 new sanctions on Russia and its war machine, as the country tries to keep up financial pressure on Moscow two years after the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine.The sanctions would be the largest tranche of penalties imposed on Russia since February 24, 2022, and come after the US Justice Department issued a new series of indictments and arrests targeting Russian businessmen.The announcement is also trying to reassure Kyiv of the unwavering support from Washington after political tensions in the country have delayed the delivery of a military aid package to Ukraine. The €55 billion ($60 billion) package is still waiting for a final congressional vote to be approved.US President Joe Biden has also...
February 23, 2024

US to impose 500 new sanctions on Russia and its war machine

Ukrainian firefighters work on the site of a burning building after a Russian attack in Odesa.
Odesa drone attack kills three as US delegation promises to deliver aid
KYIV — At least three people died in Odesa last night after a Russian drone attack caused a fire in a shopping district.Posting on Telegram, regional governor Oleh Kiper said that Ukrainian air defence forces had destroyed nine of the ten drones launched during the night at the port city in southern Ukraine.Ukrainian military sources said Russia launched a total of 31 drones against Ukraine last night, with air defences destroying 23 of them.Some of the drones that escaped Ukrainian defence crashed in the city of Dnipro, injuring eight people. According to the local authorities, they hit a nine-storey building destroying several flats. Search operations are still underway.According to the Ukrainian NGO Humanitarian Platform, an independent body of 78 Ukrainian and international NGOs...
February 23, 2024

Odesa drone attack kills three as US delegation promises to deliver aid

A Russian Su-25 warplane is seen from the cockpit of another such aircraft as they fire rockets on a mission over Ukraine
Russia pushes northeast as Ukraine plans to extend military draft
KYIV — Russian forces are probing Ukrainian defences for weak points in the country’s northeast, an official said on Thursday.This is an area where analysts believe the Kremlin seeks to build on its recent success in taking the strategically important eastern city of Adviika, possibly by mounting an ambitious four-pronged offensive to break through the front line.Russia overwhelmed Ukraine’s army in Adviidka with a significant battlefield advantage in men, aircraft and artillery.Emboldened by its first major triumph in the war in nine months, Moscow appears determined to leverage its superiority as it shifts its economy onto a war footing.The UN’s humanitarian appeal to meet needs in Ukraine is only 10% funded for 2024, the country’s resident coordinator said on Wednesday,...
February 22, 2024

Russia pushes northeast as Ukraine plans to extend military draft

A major police operation was underway after the Wuppertal attack (file pic)
Teen held after students wounded at German school
BERLIN — A 17-year-old has been arrested after five students were wounded in an apparent knife attack at a school in the western German city of Wuppertal.A female teacher said the pupils were attacked with a knife and a pair of scissors, German media reported.Teenagers at the Wilhelm-Dörpfeld secondary school are said to have barricaded themselves in their classrooms.The suspect was among those wounded and reports say he is also a student.Details of the attack are unclear but police said they launched a major operation shortly before 10:00 (09:00 GMT) on Thursday.The school was then evacuated and roads around it were closed off."Students have been injured," police said in a statement on social media, adding later that the school had been cleared and all the students were safe...
February 22, 2024

Teen held after students wounded at German school

Dani Alves was first arrested in January 2023 and has been in pre-trial detention ever since
Ex-Brazil player guilty of Barcelona nightclub rape
BARCELONA — A court in Spain has found former Barcelona and Brazil footballer Dani Alves guilty of raping a woman in a Barcelona nightclub.He has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison.The 40-year-old, who is one of the most decorated footballers in history, had denied sexually assaulting the woman in the early hours of 31 December 2022.His lawyer had asked for his acquittal and Alves can appeal against the sentence.As well as handing Alves a four-and-a-half year sentence, the court ordered him to pay €150,000 (£128,500) to the victim and said he should face five years' probation afterwards.Prosecutors said Alves and his friend had bought champagne for three young women before luring one of them to a VIP area of the nightclub with a toilet which she had no knowledge...
February 22, 2024

Ex-Brazil player guilty of Barcelona nightclub rape

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