Fresh strikes near Kyiv as Putin meets Erdogan
West would 'annihilate' Russian army if nuclear weapons used
Russia's army would be "annihilated" by the West's military response if Vladimir Putin uses nuclear weapons against Ukraine, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has warned.
"Putin is saying he is not bluffing. Well, he cannot afford bluffing, and it has to be clear that the people supporting Ukraine and the European Union and the member states, and the United States and Nato are not bluffing either," Borrell said in Brussels.
Summary
- Russia has launched fresh attacks on Thursday morning, Ukrainian officials say, hitting a critical infrastructure facility near Kyiv
- Shelling in the southern city of Mykolaiv has killed two people and a young boy was rescued from the rubble, authorities say
- A military target in the western Lviv region was also hit by missiles but there were no casualties, according to the head of the region
- The head of the occupied Kherson region in southern Ukraine asks for Russian government help to evacuate civilians to Russia
- A residential building in the Russian city of Belgorod has been hit by Ukrainian shelling, the region's governor says
- Russia's Vladimir Putin has met Turkey's President Erdogan on the sidelines of a summit in Kazakhstan
- Putin said Turkey is the most reliable route to deliver gas to Europe, and proposed building a gas hub there
- Meanwhile, Ukraine's Nato-led allies announce deliveries of advanced air defence weapons to Kyiv, hailed by Ukraine as "historic"
Israeli forces use live fire in clashes with Palestinian protesters in Jerusalem
Israeli forces have used live fire during confrontations with hundreds of Palestinian protesters throwing stones and firebombs in the worst violence in the contested city of Jerusalem in months, sparked by the search for a suspected Palestinian gunman.
The killing of an Israeli soldier at a checkpoint in the neighbourhood of Shuafat on Saturday led to raids and the four-day closure of a nearby sprawling refugee camp. By Wednesday, with tensions soaring, Palestinians across occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank launched a general strike in solidarity with the residents of Shuafat, and demonstrations overnight quickly turned violent, with clashes lasting into the early hours of Thursday.
France starts exporting gas to Germany amid energy crisis
French gas network operator GRTgaz says it has started conveying gas to Germany via pipeline for the first time, as Berlin strives to diversity its energy sources
France has for the first time started sending natural gas to Germany, French gas network operator GRTgaz said Thursday, as Berlin strives to diversify its energy supply following the interruption of Russian gas deliveries.
GRTgaz said the gas pipeline connecting both countries at the French border village of Obergailbach has began delivering an initial daily capacity of 31 gigawatt-hours.
Rockets hit Baghdad as Iraq MPs meet to elect president
The much-anticipated session to resolve Iraq's political crisis was delayed by a rocket attack on the capital's heavily fortified Green Zone.
Lawmakers in Iraq elected Kurdish politician Abdul Latif Rashid as new president on Thursday.
It is a key step toward resolving Iraq's stalled government formation one year after federal elections were held.
Rockets struck Baghdad's Green Zone ahead of the parliamentary session.
At least ten people were wounded, officials said without giving more details. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
The rocket attack delayed but did not postpone the parliament session.
Teens journey from bombs and bullets to the glare of a World Cup
When Hazem Attar fled the stricken Syrian city of Aleppo seven years ago, he could not have imagined his brutal journey would lead him to a World Cup football match.
Then aged just 10, Attar told of how seven members of his family packed into a bus to escape the city that had endured more than three years of bombs and bullets from government forces.
They were put in a flimsy boat from the Lebanese coast that took them to Turkey, where they are now based.
"We escaped that tragic situation and now we are here today," he told AFP.
Attar is part of the first Syrian team to take part in the Street Child World Cup in Doha, now in its fourth edition, just ahead of the FIFA World Cup.
Rare protest against China’s Xi Jinping days before Communist Party congress
A rare protest against Chinese leader Xi Jinping and his policies was swiftly ended in Beijing Thursday, just days before he is set to secure a third term in power at a key meeting of the ruling Communist Party.
Photos circulating on Twitter Thursday afternoon show two banners hung on an overpass of a major thoroughfare in the northwest of the Chinese capital, protesting against Xi’s unrelenting zero-Covid policy and authoritarian rule.
“Say no to Covid test, yes to food. No to lockdown, yes to freedom. No to lies, yes to dignity. No to cultural revolution, yes to reform. No to great leader, yes to vote. Don’t be a slave, be a citizen,” reads one banner.
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