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Evacuated people in the Kursk region queue to fill out the form for humanitarian aid at a humanitarian aid distribution centre in Kursk
Ukrainian forces claim to have taken more ground in Russia's Kursk region
KYIV — Ukraine claims its forces have advanced further into Russia's Kursk region, gaining more ground and capturing more Russian prisoners.The forces also said they destroyed a Russian Su-34 strike jet, used to launch glide bombs at Ukrainian front-line positions and cities, when they attacked the region's military airfields.Commander of the Ukrainian military, General Oleksandr Syrskyi, informed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that assault troops advanced one to two kilometers further into more areas of Kursk and took more than 100 Russian soldiers prisoner.Zelensky said the prisoners would eventually be swapped for Ukrainian prisoners of war."Our advance in the Kursk region is going well today, we are reaching our strategic goal. We have significantly increased...
August 15, 2024

Ukrainian forces claim to have taken more ground in Russia's Kursk region

In this photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Monday, Aug. 12, 2024, marine assault team members ride motorcycles
Ukraine receives €4.2 billion from EU as part of recovery plan
BRUSSELS — Ukraine has received almost €4.2 billion from the European Union. It is the EU's first payment under the Ukraine Facility, a finance plan that aims to support the country's recovery in the face of Russia's aggression. The Ukraine Facility went into force on March 1 of this year. The four-year plan, in which the EU will provide up to €50 billion in grants and loans, aims to play a significant role in Ukraine's recovery, reconstruction and modernization. The announcement comes after Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky acknowledged the Ukrainian incursion into Russia for the first time in a video message. On Monday, Zelenskyy said the military operation in the Kursk region is an attempt to stop Russian shelling. He said, “It is only fair to...
August 14, 2024

Ukraine receives €4.2 billion from EU as part of recovery plan

Burnt out buildings in the area of Vrilissia, a north eastern suburbs of Athens
Fresh evacuation alert as Greek wildfire threat continues
ATHENS — A new evacuation alert for the Greek seaside town of Nea Makri has been ordered on Tuesday, as fierce wildfires continue to affect the suburbs of Athens.One person has died, with a body, believed to be of a woman, found inside a shop in the town of Vrilissia, northern Athens, a source from the fire service told the BBC.Thousands of people have been evacuated after firefighters warned that homes, businesses and schools were under threat.The huge smoke cloud that lingered over Athens cleared as Tuesday dawned, although the air is still hazy.Helicopters were circling the skies after being grounded overnight for safety reasons.Residents in areas of Athens that haven’t even been directly affected by the fire said they have found ash settling on their balconies.Firefighters, who...
August 13, 2024

Fresh evacuation alert as Greek wildfire threat continues

Police officers at the scene in Leicester Square, London, August 12, 2024
Security guard disarms attacker after girl and woman stabbed in central London
LONDON — A security guard said he tried to save an 11-year-old girl and a 34-year-old woman as they were attacked by a man wielding a knife in London’s Leicester Square, one of the busiest tourist destinations in the English capital.London’s Westminster Police said a man, believed to be the only suspect, had been arrested after the attack on Monday morning.The guard, who gave his name as Abdullah, 29, told PA Media he was working at a nearby tea shop in the square when he “heard a scream” and saw the women being attacked by a man who appeared to be in his thirties.“I jumped on him, held the hand in which he was (carrying) a knife, and just put him down on the floor and just held him and took the knife away from him,” Abdullah said.Two other people came to help him hold the...
August 13, 2024

Security guard disarms attacker after girl and woman stabbed in central London

A photo provided by the government of Russia's Kursk region shows people from the border districts of the region boarding evacuation buses
Ukraine claims control of hundreds of square miles of Russian territory, thousands flee
KYIV — Russian President Vladimir Putin promised to “kick the enemy out” of his country’s territory after it emerged that Ukrainian troops were in control of dozens of Russian villages and large swathes of land a week into Kyiv’s surprise cross-border incursion.The scale of the incursion became clearer on Monday when Putin held a meeting with local officials from the border regions as well as some of Russia’s top security, government and law enforcement personnel.The acting head of the Kursk region, Aleksey Smirnov, told Putin that 28 settlements in his region were now under Ukrainian control, adding that Ukrainian troops had managed to advance some 7.5 miles (12 kilometers) into the territory across a 25-mile (40-kilometer) wide stretch of the border.Meanwhile, the Ukrainian...
August 13, 2024

Ukraine claims control of hundreds of square miles of Russian territory, thousands flee

Smoke blew into Athens - including in the sky above the Parthenon
Residents evacuated as wildfires near Athens spread
LONDON — Thousands of residents are being evacuated from their homes as a large wildfire continues to rage north of Athens, with flames leaping as high as 25m (80ft).The historic site of Marathon is among the areas where residents are being moved to safety by the emergency services.Houses and properties in the nearby town of Varnavas were burning, according to the fire brigade. Firefighters were also evacuating people trapped by flames in a convoy of 20 to 25 vehicles that had been trying to escape the area.Forty fires have broken out in Greece since Saturday afternoon with firefighters still battling seven.Climate crisis and civil protection minister Vassilis Kikilias warned that extremely dangerous weather would continue. Greece has just experienced its hottest June and July on...
August 12, 2024

Residents evacuated as wildfires near Athens spread

The UN's nuclear watchdog said it saw 'strong dark smoke' coming from the facility
Ukraine and Russia trade blame over fire at nuclear plant
LONDON — Ukraine and Russia have blamed each other after a fire broke out at the giant Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant on Sunday.Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian forces had started a fire at the plant, which has been occupied by Moscow's forces for more than two years. Zaporizhzhia's Kremlin-installed governor said Ukrainian shelling caused the blaze.The UN's nuclear watchdog said it saw "strong dark smoke" coming from the facility — but said there was "no impact reported" for nuclear safety.The development comes as Ukrainian troops have advanced up to 30km inside Russia, in the deepest and most significant incursion since Moscow began its full-scale invasion in February 2022.On Sunday, Yevgeny Balitsky, the Kremlin-installed...
August 12, 2024

Ukraine and Russia trade blame over fire at nuclear plant

Actor Tom Cruise descended from the roof of the stadium to collect the Olympic flag, before departing on a motorcycle to begin its journey across the Atlantic
Tom Cruise abseils off stadium roof in daring Olympic finale
PARIS — Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise made a dramatic appearance at Sunday night's Paris 2024 closing ceremony, abseiling off the Stade de France roof.Spectators shrieked in delight as the Mission: Impossible star, dressed in leather jacket and gloves, lowered himself into the stadium while his compatriot H.E.R. performed on guitar.To mark the handover to Los Angeles, which will host the Olympics in 2028, Cruise was seen in a pre-recorded film traveling through Paris and onto the US.There he journeyed to the legendary Hollywood sign and unfurled the Olympic colours. The ceremony in Paris marked a formal "au revoir" from this year's host city.Cruise grinned as he was mobbed by a surging crowd of athletes the moment he landed in the stadium — having rappelled about 50m...
August 12, 2024

Tom Cruise abseils off stadium roof in daring Olympic finale

Journalists in the Sumy region witnessed Ukrainian armour moving towards the Russian border
Ukrainian troops now up to 30km inside Russia, Moscow says
MOSCOW — Ukrainian troops have advanced up to 30km inside Russia, in what has become the deepest and most significant incursion since Moscow began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.Russia's defense ministry said its forces had engaged Ukrainian troops near the villages of Tolpino and Obshchy Kolodez, as the offensive in the Kursk region entered a sixth day.Foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova accused Kyiv of "intimidating the peaceful population of Russia".President Volodymyr Zelensky, who directly acknowledged the attack for the first time in an address last night, said 2,000 cross-border attacks had been launched by Russia from Kursk this summer."Artillery, mortars, drones. We also record missile strikes, and each such strike deserves a...
August 12, 2024

Ukrainian troops now up to 30km inside Russia, Moscow says

Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont made a dramatic return to Spain on Thursday morning
Ex-Catalan leader ‘eludes police manhunt and flees Spain’
MADRID — Carles Puigdemont, the exiled ex-Catalan leader, has evaded a massive police manhunt and fled Spain, his party has said.Spanish authorities launched a large manhunt for Puigdemont on Thursday after he made a shock return to Spain, gave a short speech to crowds in Barcelona and then disappeared.The 61-year-old is wanted by Spain on charges linked to a failed bid for Catalan independence in 2017.After a tumultuous 24 hours on the run, Puigdemont is now back in Belgium where he lives, his party's secretary general Jordi Turull said on Friday.In 2017, Catalonia's pro-independence leaders including Puigdemont organized a referendum - which was ruled illegal by Spain's constitutional court - and later declared independence for the region.Madrid imposed direct rule on the...
August 09, 2024

Ex-Catalan leader ‘eludes police manhunt and flees Spain’

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