Ukraine war: Russia fires hypersonic missiles in new barrage
At least of nine people have died in a new wave of strikes across Ukraine in which Russia used powerful weapons, including rare hypersonic missiles.
Russia had reportedly not fired Kinzhal hypersonic missiles - which can evade air defences - since the early months of the conflict.
The latest barrage was the most severe to hit Ukraine for weeks.
It cut the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant - Europe's biggest - from the grid, although power was later restored.
On Thursday Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said: "High-precision long-range air, sea and land-based weapons, including the Kinzhal hypersonic missile system, hit key elements of Ukraine's military infrastructure."
Family trip abroad ends in ‘bad dream’ as Home Office strands father in Turkey
Siyabonga Twala, who has lived in the UK since he was 15, barred from taking flight back to Britain because of cannabis conviction
For more than two months, Siyabonga Twala’s life has been in a strange state of purgatory, waiting in an unfamiliar country to see if the Home Office will let him back into Britain.
Since New Year’s Eve he has been stuck in Turkey after being barred from boarding a return flight to Manchester, waking each day and wondering if he will ever live with his British son again.
The case of Twala, who told the Guardian of being “stuck in limbo’”, gives an insight into the continued impact of the so-called hostile environment on families at a time when the government is toughening immigration laws.
The turmoil in Georgia over a ‘foreign agents’ bill raises fresh questions over Russia’s influence
The controversial proposed law has been withdrawn for now following mass protests, writes Chris Stevenson
Georgia ruling party has withdrawn a controversial proposal for a “foreign agents” law – condemned by opponents as a Russian-inspired authoritarian bill that could have hit hopes of the country joining the European Union.
The bill, which had been given initial approval by the country's parliament, has sparked several nights of protest, with tens of thousands of people coming out onto the streets. The demonstrations had been forcefully dispersed by police using water cannons and tear gas.
Given Georgia’s status as former Soviet state situated at Russia’s south-west border, any suggestions of influence from Moscow will carry significan weight. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has long seen the country as part of Russia’s sphere of influence. The Russian leader has also upped his rhetoric in the wake of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine about Western institutions, such as the EU and the Nato military alliance, seeking to erode Russia’s standing in the world. Georgia is not a member of Nato, but has sought to join.
Hong Kong: Pro-democracy activist's wife arrested
Police officials in Hong Kong arrested a former union leader after she visited her husband in prison for allegedly "endangering national security."
Elizabeth Tang, a veteran union leader and wife of a prominent pro-democracy activist, was arrested on Thursday after she visited her imprisoned husband in a Hong Kong jail, according to unnamed sources close to the detained.
The city's authorities apprehended Tang on suspicions of "endangering national security" and "colluding with foreign forces," according to the local state-owned newspaper Wen Wei Po.
Who is Elizabeth Tang?
Tang is a labor activist working for the International Domestic Workers Federation. She was also a former executive in the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (CTU), which has been disbanded.
The CTU was the city's largest pro-democracy trade association before it was dissolved in 2021 due to security threats.
Indonesia jails two football match officials for role in deadly stadium crush
An Indonesian court on Thursday jailed two football match officials for negligence over one of the worst stadium disasters in the sport's history.
The crush in October at a venue in the East Java city of Malang killed 135 people after police fired tear gas into packed stands when supporters invaded the pitch.
Hundreds of people fled for narrow exits, resulting in a stampede that left many trampled or suffocated to death, including more than 40 children.
Anti-Netanyahu protesters in Israel block major Tel Aviv roads in latest demonstration
Protesters blocked the road to one of the main terminals of Israel’s central international airport on Thursday, intensifying a nationwide movement against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to weaken the country’s judicial system.
A CNN team at Ben Gurion Airport saw people walking towards Terminal 3 with suitcases because of the blocked road, as scenes emerged of what is being called a “Day of Disruption.”
Israeli television also showed a separate protest in the city of Tel Aviv that appeared to number in the thousands, with demonstrators waving Israeli flags.
Protesters on foot blocked the Ayalon highway, one of Tel Aviv’s main roads, with some resisting police efforts to clear the highway, a CNN team at the scene saw.
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