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An apartment building damaged during what local authorities called a Ukrainian drone attack in Novorossiysk, Russia, on Friday
Russia claims to have thwarted Ukrainian assassination plot 
MOSCOW — Russia’s security service has claimed it foiled a plot by Ukraine to assassinate a high-ranking Kremlin official inside Russia as the alleged target visited a graveyard.The claim by Russia’s Federal Security Service – the FSB – came as residents of Kyiv experienced another heavy night of deadly Russian aerial attacks that killed at least six people, according to Ukrainian officials.Ukrainian special services were planning to target the unnamed official, described as “one of the highest-ranking officials of the Russian state,” while he was visiting the graves of his relatives at a cemetery outside Moscow, according to a Friday statement by Russia’s FSB.The FSB also claimed in its statement that Ukraine is planning similar attacks inside Russia.CNN could not...
November 14, 2025

Russia claims to have thwarted Ukrainian assassination plot 

Galatasaray fans cheer during a Turkish Super Lig soccer match between Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe in Istanbul, 19 May, 2024
Turkish football imposes temporary bans on 102 players over 'moral crisis' betting scandal
ISTANBUL — Turkey's football authority temporarily banned 102 top-tier club players on Thursday over a widening betting scandal.The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) suspended 25 players from the Süper Lig and 77 from the second-tier first division for terms ranging from 45 days to one year.Galatasaray and Turkey defender Eren Elmalı was suspended for 45 days. Club teammate and Turkey Under-21 centre back Metehan Baltacı was suspended for nine months. Konyaspor and Senegal winger Alassane Ndao received a 12-month suspension.Elmalı posted on Instagram this week that he bet on a game about five years ago that did not involve his own team. He joined Galatasaray this year.Baltacı also admitted past bets but insisted they were not games he played in."Years ago I placed a bet at a...
November 14, 2025

Turkish football imposes temporary bans on 102 players over 'moral crisis' betting scandal

Germany plans to boost its army to 260,000 by 2035
Germany agrees new military service plan to boost troop numbers
BERLIN — Germany's coalition government has agreed a new military service plan to boost troop numbers following months of wrangling between political forces.The new military service plan will mandate all 18-year-old men to fill out a questionnaire on their suitability to serve and, from 2027, to undergo medical screening.The decision comes as Berlin aims to create Europe's strongest conventional army.The boss of Germany's biggest defence firm, Rheinmetall, has told the BBC he believes that target could be met in five years.Lawmakers are expected to vote on the plan by the end of 2025.Armin Papperger said Chancellor Friedrich Merz's aim to boost the Bundeswehr was "realistic" and he told the BBC that "clear decisions" were coming from government.Earlier this year...
November 14, 2025

Germany agrees new military service plan to boost troop numbers

Debris is seen at a crash site of a Turkish military cargo plane in Georgia's Sighnaghi municipality, 12 November, 2025
Turkey grounds C-130 planes after crash kills 20 military personnel
ANKARA — Turkey has temporarily grounded all of its C-130 military cargo planes as a precaution, the defence ministry said on Thursday, following a crash in Georgia that claimed the lives of all 20 military personnel on board.The cargo plane was flying from Azerbaijan back to Turkey when it went down in Georgia's Sighnaghi municipality close to the Azerbaijani border on Tuesday.The cause of the crash is still being investigated.The military personnel were part of a unit responsible for the maintenance and repair of Turkish F-16 jets that had flown to Azerbaijan to participate in the country's Victory Day celebrations.The National Defence Ministry said C-130 flights were temporarily suspended to allow the aircraft to undergo detailed technical inspections.Only those who...
November 13, 2025

Turkey grounds C-130 planes after crash kills 20 military personnel

A soldier fires from a RPG-7 during training in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine
Ukrainian forces withdrew from several villages in southeastern Zaporizhzhia
KYIV — Ukrainian forces withdrew from several villages in the Zaporizhzhia region, according to the Southern Defence Forces.Kyiv troops retreated from Rivnopillia to "defensible positions to safeguard the lives of their personnel," the military command said, adding that the advance of the Russian forces in this sector has been halted amid ongoing heavy fighting along the line.In the Oleksandrivka and Huliaipole sectors, the Russian army continues mass strikes and has stepped up assault operations near the settlements of Pryvilne, Zelenyi Hai, Rivnopillia, Pavlivka, Vorone, Stepove and Novopavlivske.Ukraine's top military commander, Oleksandr Syrskyi, said on Tuesday that the situation has "significantly worsened" in eastern parts of the region amid fierce fighting with Russian...
November 13, 2025

Ukrainian forces withdrew from several villages in southeastern Zaporizhzhia

Health workers stand in a corridor in an NHS hospital
Thousands of NHS staff in England to lose jobs after deal approved
LONDON — Thousands of NHS staff redundancies in England will now go ahead after a deal was reached with the Treasury to allow the health service to overspend this year to cover the cost of pay-offs.The government said earlier this year 18,000 admin and managerial jobs would go with NHS England, the body that runs the NHS, being brought into the Department of Health and Social Care alongside cuts to local health boards.NHS bosses and health ministers had been in talks with the Treasury over how to pay for the £1bn one-off bill with the health service wanting extra money.The Treasury blocked that, but the BBC understands a compromise has been reached with the NHS permitted to overspend this year.As the job cuts result in savings in future years, the NHS will be expected to recoup the...
November 12, 2025

Thousands of NHS staff in England to lose jobs after deal approved

UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting
UK Health Secretary Streeting denies plotting against PM after leadership claims
LONDON — UK's Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said suggestions from the prime minister's allies that he is seeking to challenge for the leadership are "self-defeating nonsense" and has urged Sir Keir Starmer to sack whoever is briefing the media.On Tuesday evening, friends of Sir Keir had told several news outlets his job might be under immediate threat and that they were particularly suspicious of Streeting's leadership ambitions.Speaking to the BBC on Wednesday, the health secretary said he could "not see any circumstances under which I would do that to our prime minister".He added that briefings to the press against him were "the worst attack on a faithful since Joe Marler was banished in The Traitors final"."Someone has definitely been watching too much Celebrity...
November 12, 2025

UK Health Secretary Streeting denies plotting against PM after leadership claims

German federal police officers board a train near a border crossing point between Germany and Czech Republic at the station in Furth am Wald. (File photo)
Narco-sub carrying 1.7 tons of cocaine seized in Atlantic
LISBON — Four people have been detained after Portuguese authorities intercepted a narco-sub carrying more than 1.7 tons of cocaine in the mid-Atlantic.The semi-submersible vessel was bound for the Iberian peninsula and was seized in recent days, according to officials.Footage shows the police and navy surrounding the vessel before boarding, seizing the Class A substance and arresting four crew members, who are said to be from South America.The suspects, including two Ecuadorians, a Venezuelan and a Colombian, were remanded in pre-trial custody after their court appearance in the Azores on Tuesday, said police.Vítor Ananias, head of Portugal's police unit to combat drug trafficking, told a press conference that their different nationalities showed the organisation behind them was...
November 12, 2025

Narco-sub carrying 1.7 tons of cocaine seized in Atlantic

Diana Loginova sits during a court session in St. Petersburg, 11 November, 2025
Russian court extends jail time of teenage singer over performance of anti-war songs
MOSCOW — A Russian court extended the jail time of an 18-year-old street singer on Tuesday on charges seen as punishment for performing anti-war songs, an action denounced by human rights activists as part of a crackdown on free speech over the war in Ukraine.Diana Loginova was ordered held for another 13 days by the court in St. Petersburg on charges of violating public order with her October performance.It was the third consecutive sentence for Loginova, who has remained in custody since her initial arrest on 15 October.Loginova, a music student who goes by the stage name Naoko in the band Stoptime, was also ordered to pay fines for "discrediting the Russian armed forces."Alexander Orlov, a fellow Stoptime member, has been handed repeated sentences along with Loginova. They denied any...
November 12, 2025

Russian court extends jail time of teenage singer over performance of anti-war songs

Migrants prepare to board an Italian Navy ship to be taken away from Lampedusa Island after being rescued at sea
EU to relocate asylum seekers from Spain, Italy, Greece and Cyprus 
BRUSSELS — Spain, Italy, Greece, and Cyprus have been considered "under migratory pressure" by the European Commission in its first Annual Asylum and Migration Report, unveiled on Tuesday.These countries were interested last year in a "disproportionate level" of migrant arrivals, including those rescued at sea.Spain, Italy, Greece and Cyprus will therefore benefit in 2026 from the solidarity of other EU member states, which could be expressed by relocating asylum seekers over their territory or by financial contribution.Together with this assessment, the Commission proposed to the EU 27 member states the Annual Solidarity Pool, a mechanism to determine the total number of asylum seekers to be relocated and the amount each country should allocate, or to compensate for by paying.The...
November 12, 2025

EU to relocate asylum seekers from Spain, Italy, Greece and Cyprus 

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