Kharkiv offensive: Russian forces retreat as Ukraine takes key towns
By Hugo Bachega in Kyiv and Matt Murphy in London
BBC News
Russian forces have withdrawn from key eastern towns, as a rapid Ukrainian counter-attack makes further gains.
Ukrainian officials said troops entered Kupiansk, a vital eastern supply hub for Russian forces, on Saturday.
Special forces posted photos on social media which they said showed their officers in the town.
Separately, Russia's defence ministry told state media that its troops have retreated from the nearby town of Izyum to allow them "to regroup".
Bolsonaro fan stabs Lula supporter as Brazil election turns deadly
A supporter of Brazil’s far-right president Jair Bolsonaro has stabbed to death a backer of leftist former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in the latest instance of rising political tensions in the buildup to this year’s election.
The violence happened in the west-central state of Mato Grosso, after tempers frayed during an argument over support for the two candidates. Bolsonaro trails Lula in the polls in an election riven by intense polarisation.
According to the police report of the attack, Rafael Silva de Oliveira, 24, killed Benedito Cardoso dos Santos, 42, by stabbing him with a knife. The suspect was taken to the police station, where he confessed and was charged.
Iran: Germany raises concerns on future of nuclear deal
Germany, France and the UK raised concerns about Iran's commitment to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal Saturday.
The three European countries, known as E3, say Tehran has reopened separate issues relating to its "legally binding international obligations under the Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and its NPT safeguards agreement concluded with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)."
Even though talks between representatives from the European Union, the United States and Iran have continued intermittently for months now, talks broke down in March over several issues.
Unification Church ex-members in Japan say they were treated like an 'economic army'
When Sun Myung Moon, the Korean founder of the Unification Church, needed money for its extensive spiritual and business ventures he would look to Japan, according to some former members.
"Senior officials would tell us he needed hundreds of millions of dollars and that Japan had to pay," said Masaki Nakamasa, a Kanazawa University professor who was a member of the church for 11 1/2 years until 1992.
Moon, a self-proclaimed messiah, died in 2012. His church's doctrine still urges its tens of thousands of Japanese members to make donations to atone for atrocities perpetrated during their country's 1910-1945 occupation of Korea.
Welcome to the Cold War without the communism
Updated 0605 GMT (1405 HKT) September 10, 2022
More than six months after the war on Ukraine started, the worldwide fracture it set off is hardening.
Chief Justice John Roberts defends legitimacy of court
Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday defended the authority of the Supreme Court to interpret the Constitution, saying its role should not be called into question just because people disagree with its decisions.
When asked to reflect on the last year at the court in his first public appearance since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Roberts said he was concerned that lately some critics of the court’s controversial decisions have questioned the legitimacy of the court, which he said was a mistake. He did not mention any specific cases or critics by name.
“If the court doesn’t retain its legitimate function of interpreting the constitution, I’m not sure who would take up that mantle. You don’t want the political branches telling you what the law is, and you don’t want public opinion to be the guide about what the appropriate decision is,” Roberts said while being interviewed by two judges from the Denver-based 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at its conference in Colorado Springs.
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