Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Six In The Morning Wednesday 21 November 2024
Ukraine fires UK-made Storm Shadow missiles into Russia for first time
Ukraine fires UK-made long-range missiles into Russia, BBC understands
The BBC understands that UK supplied Storm Shadow missiles have been used on targets inside Russia for the first time.
Former Ukrainian minister defends Biden's landmine decision
Let's return now to one of the other major news lines from today, which is that President Joe Biden has agreed to give Ukraine anti-personnel landmines, a US defence official tells the BBC.
A bit earlier, former Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba spoke to the BBC News channel about the US's decision, which has triggered pushback from some campaign groups.
Iran has offered to keep uranium below purity levels for a bomb, IAEA confirms
Wed 20 Nov 2024 15.21 GMT
Iran has offered to keep uranium below purity levels for a bomb, IAEA confirms
UN inspectorate chief calls Tehran’s move a ‘concrete step in the right direction’, amid threat of restored sanctions
Iran has offered to keep its stock of uranium enriched up to 60% – below the purity levels required to make a nuclear bomb – the head of the UN nuclear inspectorate, Rafael Grossi, has confirmed amid the threat of restored European sanctions over Tehran’s nuclear activities.
“I think this is … a concrete step in the right direction. We have a fact which has been verified by us. It is the first time Iran has agreed to take a different path,” Grossi said in Vienna on Tuesday.
Russia denies cutting Baltic Sea cables as tensions rise
Russia on Wednesday refuted suggestions it was responsible for damage caused over the weekend to two fiber-optic data telecommunication cables in the Baltic Sea.
European governments accused Moscow on Tuesday of escalating hybrid attacks on Ukraine's Western allies, days after one cable running between Finland and Germany, and another going between Sweden and Lithuania, were severed.
European officials stopped short of accusing Russia of destroying the cables but Germany, Poland and others suggested it was an act of sabotage.
G20 Rio summit ends with Ukraine blame game as Lula pushes climate action
Ukraine's allies and Russia on Tuesday traded blame for a dramatic escalation in the war in Europe, which dominated the final day of talks at a G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro.
The two-day gathering wrapped up with a plea from Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva for the world's most powerful leaders to rescue stalled UN climate talks in Azerbaijan, calling it a matter of the planet's "survival."
Joe Biden, attending his last summit as US president before he hands power to Donald Trump -- a noted climate skeptic -- also appealed for urgent action.
Elections in 2 Indian states are seen as a test of Prime Minister Modi’s popularity
Millions of people are voting in state elections in Maharashtra, India’s western industrial hub, and the mineral-rich eastern province of Jharkhand on Wednesday, in a test of the popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party and its regional partners.
Politically significant Maharashtra is India’s wealthiest state and home to the financial and entertainment capital, Mumbai. It is currently ruled by a coalition of Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party and a Hindu nationalist ally. An opposition alliance, including the Congress party, is in power in eastern Jharkhand state.
US vetoes another UN Security Council resolution calling for Gaza ceasefire
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
There's Nothing Like Naked Censorship
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer confronted China's Xi Jinping about alleged human rights violations during a meeting at the Group of 20 summit in Brazil.
— Bloomberg TV (@BloombergTV) November 18, 2024
Chinese officials quickly interrupted and ordered British journalists out of the room https://t.co/60QnnWLj8g pic.twitter.com/qCdFRq7HYp