Zelensky: UN must ensure security at Zaporizhzhia power plant
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says the United Nations must ensure the security of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant occupied by Russian forces.
His comments follow talks with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who is currently visiting the city of Lviv in western Ukraine.
Zelensky has also held talks today with Turkey's leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Zelensky wrote on Telegram: "Particular attention was paid to the topic of Russia's nuclear blackmail at the Zaporizhzhia NPP."
Summary
- UN chief Antonio Guterres is to meet Ukraine and Turkey's leaders to discuss finding a political solution to the war
- They will also talk about efforts to increase Ukraine's grain exports and the risk of a catastrophe at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant
- The plant in southern Ukraine - the biggest in Europe - has been occupied by Russian troops since March
- Heavy shelling has been taking place around the nuclear facility in recent days, with both sides blaming each other
- Russia has continued its shelling of residential areas in Kharkiv, with at least nine people killed overnight
Israeli forces raid offices of six Palestinian human rights groups
Property confiscated in move decried as ‘appalling attack’ on Palestinian civil society in occupied West Bank
Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem
Israeli forces have raided the offices of six Palestinian human rights groups in the occupied West Bank that it previously accused of being terrorist organisations, a move decried as an “appalling attack” on Palestinian civil society.
Property belonging to the prominent advocacy groups was confiscated and entrance doors sealed by soldiers in the early hours of Thursday.
At the offices of Al-Haq, an internationally respected human rights organisation based in Ramallah, the front door was welded shut and a Hebrew statement left saying it would remain closed for “security reasons”. The minister of an Anglican church on the ground floor of the building, which rents the space to Al-Haq, said the church was also raided and its glass doors smashed.
Leaked video of partying PM Sanna Marin sparks controversy in Finland
Video shows Sanna Marin dancing, singing and drinking with a group of friends
Finland’s prime minister Sanna Marin is facing backlash after a leaked video of her partying emerged on social media on Wednesday.
The video shows Ms Marin drinking with a group of friends, singing and dancing to songs by Finnish rapper Petri Nygård and pop singer Antti Tuisku.
The video appears to be from Instagram stories, reported news.com.au.
It also shows several Finnish public figures, including singer Alma, influencer Janita Autio, TV host Tinni Wikström, YouTuber Ilona Ylikorpi, radio host Karoliina Tuominen, stylist Vesa Silver and MP Ilmari Nurminen from Ms Marin’s Social Democratic Party, reported Iltalehti newspaper.
Why China's economy is in trouble and what it means for you
Beijing this week slashed interest rates to boost demand after its zero-COVID policy and a property crash rocked the economy. China's woes will hurt global growth but could also help to cool inflation.
As growth in major global economies slows as a result of high inflation, exacerbated by the Ukraine war, many economists are hoping that China will again come to the world's rescue.
But this is not 2008, when China's then rapidly expanding economy and a huge stimulus unleashed by the Beijing government, helped Western countries to recover much faster from the financial crisis. This time, China's economic woes run deep. The government has all but given up on this year's target of 5.5% GDP growth and Premier Li Keqiang warned last month there was little appetite right now for more expansionary policymaking.
France rejects Mali's accusations that it helped arm Islamist fighters
France on Thursday denied accusations by Mali's foreign minister that the French army has provided support to Islamist groups and violated Malian airspace. Mali's relations with Paris have been deteriorating since a junta took power in an August 2020 coup, eventually culminating in the withdrawal of French troops that was completed on Monday after a nearly decade-long mission.
The accusations mark a new low in relations amid reports that Russian mercenaries hired by Mali's military government were flocking to fill the power vacuum left by French troops leaving the country, prompting new worries among Western powers over the security situation in the Sahel region.
Mali says France has violated its airspace and delivered arms to Islamist militants in an attempt to destabilise the West African country, the latest in a barrage of accusations that have marked a bitter end to their once-close relations.
Imprisoned Saudi activist Salma al-Shehab ‘reported on app’
PhD student Salma al-Shehab received the longest-known sentence for a Saudi activist on Monday.
A Saudi Arabian student sentenced to 34 years in prison for her social media activity had been reported to the country’s authorities using a crime-reporting app, highlighting the use of technology by Saudi authorities to clamp down on dissent.
Salma al-Shehab, a 34-year-old mother of two children who was studying at Leeds University in the United Kingdom, was reported for her Twitter content through the “Kollona Amn”, or “We Are All Security” app, the Guardian newspaper reported.
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