Six In The Morning Saturday 25 June 2022

 

Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk now 'completely under Russian occupation' after months of fighting

By Tim Lister, Oleksandra Ochman, Olga Voitovych and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN

Updated 1434 GMT (2234 HKT) June 25, 2022

The eastern Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk is "completely under Russian occupation," the city's head of military administration said Saturday, following months of grueling and bloody fighting.

"The [Russians] appointed a commandant. But the city is so destroyed that it will be difficult for people to cope with this situation," said military administration chief Oleksandr Striuk.

Regional military officials said Friday that the last troops in Severodonetsk had been ordered to leave, as it was impossible to keep defending their positions. This effectively ceded the city to Russia and put the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk almost fully under Russian control.

Eighteen killed as hundreds try to cross into Spain’s Melilla enclave

Crowd of more than 500 enter border control area after cutting fence in attempt to cross from Morocco

Agence France-Presse in Rabat

Eighteen people have died after a mass attempt to cross from Morocco into Spain’s enclave of Melilla.

About 2,000 people approached Melilla at dawn on Friday and more than 500 managed to enter a border control area after cutting a fence with shears, the Spanish government’s local delegation said in a statement.

Moroccan officials said late on Friday that 13 people had died of injuries sustained in the incursion, in addition to five who were confirmed dead earlier in the day.

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Heat records set as scores in Tokyo treated for heatstroke

THE ASAHI SHIMBUN

June 25, 2022 at 18:35 JST

Much of Japan baked under scorching heat June 25 and the domestic record for high temperature was broken in Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture, when the mercury hit 40.2 degrees.

The previous record of 39.8 degrees for this time of year was set in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture, on June 24, 2011.

Tokyo Fire Department authorities reported that 62 residents in the capital had been rushed to hospitals by ambulance with signs of heatstroke as of 3 p.m.

​Iran and EU agree to restart nuclear deal talks on Borrell visit

Indirect talks between Iran and the US are set to resume after the EU foreign policy chief visits Tehran to resolve the impasse.

By Maziar Motamedi

Published On 25 Jun 202225 Jun 2022

Iran and the European Union have agreed during a visit by the bloc’s foreign policy chief to resume nuclear talks with the United States that have stalled since March.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and the EU’s Josep Borrell announced during a news conference following a “long but positive” talk on Saturday that they have agreed that indirect talks between Tehran and Washington to restore their 2015 nuclear accord will restart within days.

Amirabdollahian told reporters that, for Iran, what matters most is that it can enjoy the full economic benefits that it was promised under the original deal.

Afghanistan earthquake: hospital struggles to help survivors

By Yogita Limaye
BBC News, Paktika province, Afghanistan

Eight-year-old Shakrina's face contorts in pain and she cries as she tries to turn on her side. She has multiple fractures on her body and her left leg is bandaged from the knee down.

From the hospital bed next to her, her mother Mira extends her arm, trying to comfort her.

Mira's right eye is heavily bruised, and she has a number of other injuries.

The two were pulled out from under the debris of their home in the Gayan district of Afghanistan's Paktika province, six hours after an earthquake destroyed it.