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People arrive for the Orthodox Easter service at the Church of Archistratigus Michael which was damaged in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict and is now being restored, in Avdiivka (Avdeyevka), in the Donetsk region, a Russian-controlled area of Ukraine, April 20, 2025.
Ukraine reports many Russian drone attacks after truce ends
KYIV — Ukraine's military has reported Russian drone attacks on several regions overnight, just hours after the end of a 30-hour "Easter truce" declared by Moscow.Air raid alerts were issued by Ukraine's air force for the Kyiv region, as well as Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Cherkasy, Mykolaiv and Zaporizhzhia.In the southern city of Mykolaiv, Mayor Oleksandr Senkevych said "explosions were heard". It was not immediately clear whether there were any casualties.Russia's defense ministry confirmed it has resumed fighting, adding that its military had "strictly observed the ceasefire and remained at the previously occupied lines and positions".The truce declared by President Vladimir Putin expired at midnight on Sunday Moscow time (21:00 GMT). Both sides...
April 21, 2025

Ukraine reports many Russian drone attacks after truce ends

People walk through a residential neighbourhood that has been heavily damaged by air attacks in Kostyantynivka, in the eastern Donetsk region, on April 20, 2025
Putin accused of breaching own truce as brief pause to fighting in Ukraine ends
KYIV — Ukraine accused Russia of breaching the Easter truce that was announced without prior warning by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky accusing Putin of only being interested in PR.In a surprise move on Saturday, Putin said he had ordered his forces to “stop all military activity” from 6 p.m. Moscow time that day (11 a.m. ET) until midnight Sunday into Monday (5 p.m. Sunday ET).Ukrainian officials urged Russia to extend the truce. However, the expiration time came with no mention of an extension from Russia.Earlier on Sunday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that Putin had not given a command to extend the brief Easter ceasefire beyond the previously announced timeframe, according to the Russian state news agency...
April 21, 2025

Putin accused of breaching own truce as brief pause to fighting in Ukraine ends

Hashem Abedi attacked officers at HMP Frankland in County Durham
Prison staff to demand electric stun guns in jails
LONDON — Prison officers are to demand that staff be immediately given electric stun guns to protect themselves while guarding the UK's most dangerous jails when they meet the justice secretary on Wednesday.The meeting with Shabana Mahmood comes after Hashem Abedi, one of the men responsible for the Manchester Arena bombing, threw hot oil at officers and stabbed them with makeshift weapons at HMP Frankland in County Durham.Mark Fairhurst, national chair of the Prison Officers' Association (POA), told the BBC that they are "calling for the tactical use of taser".In a statement, Mahmood said, "we must do to better protect our prison officers in the future".Speaking to BBC Breakfast, Mr Fairhurst said: "My concerns are that when we face life-threatening...
April 21, 2025

Prison staff to demand electric stun guns in jails

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio
Rubio: US will abandon Ukraine-Russia peace efforts if no progress made
ODESA — The US will abandon trying to broker a Russia-Ukraine peace deal within days unless there are clear signs a truce can be reached, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has warned."We're not going to continue with this endeavor for weeks and months on end," Rubio said, adding that the US had "other priorities to focus on".Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and has placed a number of conditions on any potential ceasefire.Rubio's comments come just hours after Ukraine took the first step towards signing a minerals deal with Washington that intends to set up an investment fund for Ukraine's reconstruction.Following a meeting with European leaders in Paris about a potential ceasefire on Thursday, Rubio told reporters on Friday:...
April 18, 2025

Rubio: US will abandon Ukraine-Russia peace efforts if no progress made

The cable car is popular for its views of Mount Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples.
At least four dead, one injured in cable car accident in southern Italy
NAPLES — A cable car carrying tourists south of Naples has crashed after the cable snapped, killing at least four people and injuring one, officials said.Italy’s alpine rescue is responding to the accident at Monte Faito in the town of Castellammare di Stabia.Rescue operations at an altitude of about 1,200 meters have been complicated by bad weather and fog, which are hampering communications.The cable car accident happened just a week after the destination reopened for the season.The cable car is popular for its views of Mount Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples.The Torre Annunziata public prosecutor's office says it will open an inquiry into the incident once emergency operations are completed. — Euronews
April 18, 2025

At least four dead, one injured in cable car accident in southern Italy

An armed Turkish police officer secures a road leading to the U.S. Consulate building in Istanbul
Hundreds detained in Turkey's biggest ever drugs raid in Ankara
ANKARA — Turkish police have detained 525 suspected drug dealers in dawn operations across the capital Ankara in what Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said was the "biggest narcotics operation" in the country's history.The operation involved thousands of police officers, sniffer dogs, drones and helicopters and targeted over 625 addresses, Yerlikaya said.The raids were the result of "technical and physical surveillance" of each suspect over six months, he added.Yerlikaya said many of those arrested were suspected of being involved in the sale of narcotics “in neighborhoods and streets via internet-based communication platforms.”“We have shown those poison peddlers once again very clearly: the streets you have entered is a dead end,” Yerlikaya wrote in a...
April 17, 2025

Hundreds detained in Turkey's biggest ever drugs raid in Ankara

This screengrab taken from a video shows judges at the Supreme Court in London, handing down their judgment on the legal definition of a woman on Wednesday
UK Supreme Court says legal definition of ‘woman’ excludes trans women, in landmark ruling
LONDON — The United Kingdom’s highest court ruled that the legal definition of “woman” excludes trans women, in a case with sweeping consequences for how equality laws are applied.Britain’s Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the definition of a woman in equality legislation refers to “a biological woman and biological sex.”The court was deciding on whether trans women with a gender recognition certificate (GRC) – which offers legal recognition of someone’s female sex – are protected from discrimination as a woman under the nation’s Equality Act 2010.A group of campaigners in Scotland brought the challenge in 2018, arguing that those rights should only safeguard those assigned as women at birth. But the Scottish government said that a trans woman with a GRC is...
April 16, 2025

UK Supreme Court says legal definition of ‘woman’ excludes trans women, in landmark ruling

One of the suspects arrested in the Europol-led Operation Bulut
232 arrested as Europol dismantles four major drug smuggling networks
BRUSSELS — Authorities have dismantled four major criminal networks responsible for fuelling the flow of drugs into the European Union and Turkey, the EU's law enforcement agency Europol said in a statement.It follows a series of "coordinated raids" supported by the agency, which led to the arrest of 232 suspects, including several "high-value targets".Europol said the investigation, codenamed Operation Bulut, took place across multiple jurisdictions and involved authorities in Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain.The law enforcement agency said that the groups were arrested in connection with the seizure of at least 21 tonnes of drugs in Europe and Turkey, including 3.3 million MDMA tablets.Europol said the groups had used both traditional...
April 16, 2025

232 arrested as Europol dismantles four major drug smuggling networks

Russian journalist Sergey Karelin in court in Moscow, 15 April, 2025
Four journalists accused of working for Kremlin foe Navalny convicted of extremism
MOSCOW — A Russian court has convicted four journalists of extremism for working for an anti-corruption group founded by the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny and sentenced them each to 5 1/2 years in prison.Antonina Favorskaya, Kostantin Gabov, Sergey Karelin and Artyom Kriger were found guilty of involvement with a group that had been labelled as extremist.All four had maintained their innocence, arguing they were being prosecuted for doing their jobs as journalists.Favorskaya and Kriger worked with SotaVision, an independent Russian news outlet that covers protests and political trials.Gabov is a freelance producer who has worked for multiple organizations, including Reuters.Karelin, a freelance video journalist, has done work for Western media outlets, including The Associated...
April 16, 2025

Four journalists accused of working for Kremlin foe Navalny convicted of extremism

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, left, and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, visit a wounded Ukrainian soldier at a hospital in Odesa 15.04.2025
NATO chief Mark Rutte reaffirms support for Ukraine during surprise visit to Odesa
ODESA — NATO's support for Ukraine remains "unwavering," the alliance's secretary general has said, emphasizing that more than €20 billion in security assistance have already been pledged by allies in the first three months of 2025.Mark Rutte made a surprise visit to Ukraine on Tuesday and met with President Volodymyr Zelensky in the southern port city of Odesa."I'm here today because I believe Ukraine's people deserve real peace, real safety and security in their country, in their homes," Rutte said during a joint press conference with Zelensky.They both visited a hospital in the city where they met with wounded Ukrainian soldiers.Rutte's visit came days after two Russian ballistic missiles struck the center of Sumy on Palm Sunday, killing at...
April 16, 2025

NATO chief Mark Rutte reaffirms support for Ukraine during surprise visit to Odesa

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