Kyiv slams Germany over arms supplies
- Ukrainian foreign minister accuses Germany of ignoring Kyiv’s pleas for arms.
- Ukraine’s president calls on Western allies to send more arms as counteroffensive gathers pace.
Estonia supplies Ukraine with modern mobile hospital
Estonian defence minister supplies Ukraine with a modern mobile hospital during a visit to Kyiv.
The Estonian president Alar Karis tweeted about the moment and said, “Estonia will continue to support Ukrainian efforts to win this war. and this is another great example of Estonia and Germany working together to make thing happen.”
Armenia claims at least 49 killed in clashes along border with Azerbaijan
Escalation of hostilities between south Caucasus countries prompts Russia and US to call for restraint
Oliver Holmes and agencies
Armenia has said nearly 50 of its soldiers have been killed in clashes along the border with Azerbaijan, in the worst escalation of hostilities since a 2020 war.
The stepping up of decades-old bloodshed between the south Caucasus countries has fuelled fears that a second fully-fledged war could break out in the post-Soviet world in addition to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Armenia said several towns near the border with Azerbaijan, including Jermuk, Goris and Kapan, were shelled in the early hours of Tuesday, and that it had responded to what it called a “large-scale provocation” by Azerbaijan.
Hungary enshrines 'fetal heartbeat' abortion law
Elizabeth Schumacher
Rights advocates have warned that the new statute will make it more difficult for women to access safe abortions. Far-right lawmakers hailed it as a "chance for life."
Rights advocates in Hungary were dismayed on Tuesday at the news that soon, women seeking abortions will be forced to listen to the fetal "heartbeat" before doctors can go ahead with the procedure.
"It is definitely a worrying step back, a bad sign," said Aron Demeter, spokesman for Amnesty International Hungary, told French news agency AFP. "This amendment achieves nothing, but will further traumatize women, put additional pressure on women who are already in a difficult place."
The amendment, which was published late on Monday, will go into effect on Thursday.
Amman building collapse: Rescue operation under way
Major rescue operation is under way to evacuate people after a four-storey residential building collapsed in Jordan’s capital.
A four-story residential building in Jordan’s capital, Amman, has collapsed, trapping several people, according to witnesses and local media reports.
Prime Minister Bisher al-Khasawneh and senior members of the government were seen at the site on Tuesday as a major rescue operation was under way to evacuate people caught under the debris.
Australians are bracing for more pain from rain this summer as third La Niña confirmed
Much of Australia will face unusually heavy rains in coming months, the country’s weather forecaster said on Tuesday, after confirming that a La Niña weather event is under way for the third year in a row and would likely last into next year.
The Bureau of Meteorology firmed up its guidance for this year for the weather pattern known in Australia to produce wet, windy summers, saying it was now under way after it previously had forecast a high chance.
The event puts the country’s densely populated east coast on alert when many residents are still rebuilding after floods linked to the most recent La Niña, which ran into early 2022.
Thai court orders repair of The Beach location 22 years after filming
More than two decades after the Hollywood film The Beach was shot at Thailand’s glittering Maya Bay, the kingdom’s supreme court has ordered officials to press ahead with environmental rehabilitation work.
The 2000 adventure drama, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, drew criticism for the impact of the shoot on the once pristine sands of the bay, located on the island of Ko Phi Phi Leh in southern Thailand.
The film-makers planted dozens of coconut trees to give a more “tropical” feel to Maya Bay and were accused of ripping up vegetation growing on sand dunes.
However, the US production studio 20th Century Fox insisted it left the beach exactly as it had found it and that it had removed tonnes of rubbish.
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