G7 meets as Ukraine hit by fresh Russian strikes
Putin afraid of mutiny from generals - former Russian air force officer
A former member of the Russian air force has told BBC News Vladimir Putin is afraid of mutiny from his generals.
Gleb Irisov, who fled the country, is also a former military correspondent for a Russian news agency and says he knows the new commander in charge of the war against Ukraine, Sergei Surovikin.
Speaking to Newshour, Irisov said Surovikin was appointed because of his “deep loyalty" to the Russian regime and president personally.
Summary
- President Zelensky has urged US President Biden and leaders of the other G7 industrialised countries for further support for Ukraine
- The group met a day after Russia launched a wave of attacks on cities across the country in what is seen as an escalation of the war
- There were further attacks today - in the western city of Lviv, energy facilities were hit, causing widespread power blackouts
- The southern city of Zaporizhzhia was shelled again, and there were strikes on the central-eastern region of Dnipropetrovsk
- People across Ukraine have been advised to stay in shelters, and not to ignore air raid sirens
- Meanwhile, the UK's spy chief has said there are no current signs Russia is considering using nuclear weapons
Iranian security forces intensify crackdown in Kurdistan
Reports of indiscriminate violence come as UK ambassador summoned by Tehran over sanctions
Weronika Strzyżyńska and Haroon Janjua
Rights groups have sounded the alarm over an intensifying crackdown by Iranian security forces against protesters in the western province of Kurdistan, as Tehran summoned the British ambassador in response to UK sanctions against the morality police.
Security forces in the provincial capital, Sanandaj, have used firearms and fired teargas “indiscriminately”, including into people’s homes, Amnesty International reported.
A female protester in the city told the Guardian that a “massacre” by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was taking place. “They have shut down the city and are slaughtering people inside with guns and bombs just because they are chanting for freedom,” she said.
South Sudan's ruling elite probed for $1B 'scam'
Isaac Mugabi
South Sudan's top officials "robbed" vulnerable communities of millions of dollars earmarked for food and medicines, according to a report by investigative organization The Sentry. DW speaks with its lead investigator.
Cash Grab, a three-year investigation into bank credit lines, alleges that South Sudanese President Salva Kiir's family and his inner circle of military generals benefited from so-called briefcase companies which ultimately deprived children and communities across the country of fuel, food and medicine.
The report claims that funds to the tune of around $1 billion (€1.03 billion) disappeared into a maze of international shell companies that never provided any goods or services, leaving people to die as hospitals were gutted of medicine and neonatal ward generators went cold.
"The equipment in the neonatal intensive care unit at Juba Teaching Hospital needs a 24-hour power supply," the report states.
Love and Grad rockets: The husband and wife fighting on Ukraine's frontline
Andriy Dolgopolov, a Grad rocket battery commander, and his wife Tetiana Dolgopolova, a first aider in the Ukrainian army, met three years ago while serving in the Donbas. Now, they find themselves fighting side-by-side against Russia's full scale invasion. "The most important thing is that couples are not jealous of each other," says Andriy. "And that love, of course, fills your heart."
Elon Musk a businessman who ‘doesn’t know much about Taiwan’: Su
Taiwanese premier rebukes world’s richest man after he suggested island should become ‘special administrative zone’ of China similar to Hong Kong.
Su Tseng-chang, the premier of Taiwan, has said Elon Musk “doesn’t know much” about the self-ruled island, after the billionaire suggested it should become a “special administrative zone” of China similar to Hong Kong.
The world’s richest man, whose Tesla electric car company operates a large factory in China, has sparked anger in Taiwan over a recent interview he gave to the Financial Times which touched on the island’s often tense relationship with Beijing.
‘The worst is yet to come’: IMF issues stark recession warning
The International Monetary Fund has once again downgraded its forecast for the global economy with a sharp warning: “The worst is yet to come, and for many people 2023 will feel like a recession.”
The agency said Tuesday that it expects global growth to slump to 2.7% next year, with a 25% probability it could fall below 2%. That compares with projected growth of 3.2% this year.
The figure for next year is 0.2 percentage points lower than the IMF’s July outlook, as Russia’s war in Ukraine, high inflation and a slowdown in China drag on activity.
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