Ukraine war: Russia dive-bombs Kyiv with 'kamikaze' drones
Russia has hit Ukraine with a wave of attacks, dive-bombing the capital, Kyiv, with what appear to be Iranian-made "kamikaze" drones.
Critical infrastructure was hit in the Kyiv, Dnipro and Sumy regions, with electricity cut in hundreds of towns and villages, the government says.
At least eight people were killed, four in Kyiv and four in Sumy.
Calls have mounted for sanctions on Iran, which continues to deny supplying drones to the Russian military.
A week ago, the Ukrainian capital was hit by Russian missiles at rush hour, part of nationwide attacks which left 19 dead.
‘From my cell I could see people being tortured’: Sanaa Seif on fleeing Egypt – and fighting to free her brother
Since becoming swept up in the revolution of 2011, the British-Egyptian dissident has been imprisoned three times. Now in London, she is campaigning for the release of her brother, Alaa Abd El-Fattah, one of the country’s most high-profile political prisoners
The decision to leave Cairo wasn’t one Sanaa Seif made lightly, despite the long stretches in prison, vicious beatings and threats of worse to come from Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s repressive regime. For the 28-year-old pro-democracy activist, going into exile didn’t only involve saying goodbye to home, friends and family. It meant leaving the country where her brother, Alaa Abd El-Fattah, is jailed and on hunger strike.
“It took a lot of contemplation,” she says, sitting at the kitchen table of her temporary London home and reflecting on her most recent time in prison. “I had time to think – this was my third stretch inside.” During exercise breaks, there was a tree in the courtyard under which she would sit and consider her options. Opposite were the cells where those facing a death sentence were detained. “I had to accept that could be my future,” says Seif. “That’s what the authorities threatened. Maybe I’m naive not to have realised it earlier, but Cairo was never going to be safe again.”
What happened to Lola? France rocked by murder of 12-year-old girl found in suitcase
Footage shows girl walking inside her building followed by female suspect
The chilling final moments of a 12-year-old girl, whose body was found inside a suitcase in Paris, were captured in CCTV footage which shows her walking inside her family’s building alongside a suspect in her murder.
The girl, Lola Daviet, disappeared on Friday afternoon. Her body was found hours later, mutilated and stuffed in a suitcase.
The police said her body was found with her feet and wrists bound. The numbers “1” and “0” were imprinted across her chest, which police said could have been placed by a “device”, according to sources cited by French broadcaster BFMTV.
Ethiopia vows to seize airports in Tigray as conflict rages
Ethiopia's government said it was seeking a "peaceful resolution" to the conflict even as it announced new strategic objectives. Further peace negotiations are on hold but both sides said they are willing to talk.
Ethiopia's government said Monday it wants to take control of airports and other federal facilities in the northern Tigray region, claiming it is necessary to seize key infrastructure in the north to protect airspace and distribute humanitarian aid.
"It is thus imperative that the Government of Ethiopia assumes immediate control of all airports, other federal facilities, and installations in the region," he government communication service said in a statement on Monday.
The government added it was committed to the "peaceful resolution" of the two-year-old conflict with the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and its allies.
Women hit the political glass ceiling at China’s Communist Party Congress
Sun Chunlan, China’s “Iron Lady” and the only woman in the ruling party’s Politburo, is due to step down from her post at the 20th Communist Party Congress this week. There’s no guarantee that another woman will succeed her, providing yet another example of the systemic under-representation of Chinese women in leadership positions, which can have very real consequences for the world’s most populous nation.
Sun Chunlan is a special case in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) galaxy: She is the only woman in the Politburo, the Beijing regime’s powerful executive body. But it’s not for long. Sun is expected to step down from her post during the 20th Chinese Communist Party Congress, the weeklong, twice-a-decade meeting, which began on Sunday, October 16. At 72, China’s “Iron Lady” is past the usual retirement age of 68.
Inmates say guards fired tear gas after deadly blaze at Iranian prison
Details of a chaotic night marked by tear gas and explosions have emerged from an Iranian prison following a deadly fire at the facility on Saturday.
The death toll from the blaze at Tehran’s Evin prison has risen to eight, state-aligned news agency Tasnim posted on Twitter Monday. Citing Iranian authorities, earlier reports by state-run news agency IRNA said dozens of others were injured after prisoners set fire to a warehouse.
The notoriously brutal facility is known for housing political prisoners in the country, which has seen mass protests in recent weeks against the Islamic regime that has ruled it for decades.
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