Crimea bridge attack arrests as market in Donetsk region attacked
By Robert Greenall & Robert Plummer
Russia says it has detained eight people in connection with Saturday's explosion on a key bridge linking Russia to Crimea.
Its FSB security service said five of those held were Russians, while the others were Ukrainian and Armenian.
It says Kyiv was behind the attack but a Ukrainian official described Russia's investigation as "nonsense".
The news came as at least seven people were reported killed in an attack on a market in the eastern town of Avdiivka.
Shanghai says water supplies 'normal' after shortage scare sparks hoarding
People rush to stockpile bottled water amid emergency measures at reservoirs after record drought
A wave of panic buying has swept Shanghai in recent days, as rumours swirled of drinking water shortages despite assurances from local authorities that supplies remained normal.
Record-breaking droughts in China dried up parts of the Yangtze River, and prompted saltwater intrusions into the estuary and depleted reservoirs feeding Shanghai, which sits at the mouth of the crucial river. Caixin media reported on Tuesday that Shanghai authorities had taken emergency measures to secure water supply after the intrusions contaminated two of Shanghai’s four primary reservoirs and forced their temporary closure.
The news report, combined with government announcements of routine maintenance shutdowns to small parts of the city, led to a rush of people stockpiling bottled water in fear of citywide shortages, according to social media posts.
Ukraine’s forgotten refugees: They fled Putin’s war too – but Britain won’t help because of their nationality
Refugees Welcome: Non-Ukrainian nationals who escaped the same invasion have been cut out of the schemes offering sanctuary. Now they find themselves alone with nowhere to turn, reports May Bulman
Deborah Amoda’s heart still races with fear every time she hears a loud noise. She can’t shake the memory of bombs crashing around her, the terror each time the air raid sounded and she had to sprint to the nearest shelter in Kharkiv, her home of three years as she studied medicine.
Six months on from the start of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, though the 19-year-old Nigerian has escaped to safety, she faces yet more anguish. All she wants is to be with her close family in the UK - but while Ukrainian nationals are welcomed to Britain, Deborah is being blocked from doing so. Instead, she is living hundreds of miles away in an unfamiliar city, alone.
Syria: Thousands affected by cholera outbreak
Roshni Majumdar
Cholera, caused by the consumption of contaminated food or water, has infected more than 13,000 people in Syria since the beginning of September, according to an aid organization.
A cholera outbreak has infected thousands of people in Syria, nonprofit group Caritas International said Wednesday.
The relief organization, based in Germany, said at least 13,059 people have been infected in Syria so far, with 60 having officially died as a result of diarrhea and vomiting.
Cholera is an acute diarrheal infection caused by bacteria found in contaminated water. The disease affects millions worldwide every year.
More than 100 dead in Iran crackdown on Mahsa Amini protests, rights group says
At least 108 people have been killed in Iran's crackdown on more than three weeks of nationwide protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, said Oslo-based group Iran Human Rights.
The Iranian security forces also killed another 93 people during separate clashes in the city of Zahedan, in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan, IHR said in a statement.
Protests erupted across Iran on September 16, when Amini died three days after falling into a coma following her arrest in Tehran by the country’s morality police for an alleged breach of Iran's strict dress code for women.
Palestinians strike against Israeli siege on Jerusalem camp
Israeli forces have blocked entrances and exits to Shuafat refugee camp and surrounding areas, affecting more than 100,000 people.
Palestinians in the Shuafat refugee camp and surrounding neighbourhoods in occupied East Jerusalem have launched a general strike in protest against a days-long siege by Israeli forces that has affected severely access to basic services.
Stores and schools in the area remained shut on Wednesday, while labourers refused to go to work. Students at Birzeit University, in the Ramallah area, also boycotted classes in solidarity. The city of Nablus, in the northern occupied West Bank, also observed a general strike, while confrontations broke out with Israeli forces at checkpoints near Ramallah and Bethlehem, with several injuries from live ammunition reported. Israeli forces also fired tear gas at Shuafat refugee camp residents marching against the siege.
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