Sunday, July 14, 2024

Six In The Morning Sunday 14 July 2024

 

Hamas says Gaza ceasefire talks still ongoing, claims military chief survived Israeli strike on camp

Hamas said Sunday that ceasefire negotiations are ongoing and the group's military leader Mohammed Deif was "fine" despite Israel's attack on a humanitarian camp outside Khan Younis Saturday that it said had targeted him and killed more than 90 Palestinians. Israel on Sunday said that Hamas brigade commander Rafa Salama, considered one of Deif's closest associates, had been killed in the strike. 

Hamas said Sunday that Gaza ceasefire talks continue and the group’s military commander is in good health, a day after the Israeli military targeted Mohammed Deif with a massive airstrike that local health officials said killed at least 90 people, including children.

Deif’s condition remained uncertain after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday night “there still isn’t absolute certainty” he was killed. Hamas representatives gave no evidence to back up their assertion about the health of a chief architect of the Oct. 7 attack that sparked the war.



Kenyan police find more female body parts at Nairobi garbage dump

Police have been scouring site in Mukuru since mutilated corpses of at least six women were found on Friday

Kenyan police said that they had found more bags filled with dismembered female body parts on Saturday, the latest macabre discovery at a rubbish dump that has horrified and angered the country.

Detectives have been scouring the site in the Nairobi slum of Mukuru since the mutilated corpses of at least six women were found on Friday in sacks floating in a sea of garbage.

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Saturday said that another five bags had been retrieved from the abandoned quarry, three of them containing female body parts, including severed legs and two torsos.


North Korea: Kim's sister outraged by leaflets from South

Kim Jo Yong, the North Korean leader's sister, has called South Koreans sending balloon-borne leaflets over the border "scum." She hinted that the North might resume sending trash-filled balloons to the South.

Kim Yo Jong, a key spokesperson for the North Korean regime of her brother Kim Jong Un, on Sunday vented her anger at South Koreans who have been sending balloons carrying propaganda over the border.

Her remarks came after the latest batch of what she called "dirty leaflets" was found in North Korean territory along the border, according to a statement carried in English by the official Korean Central News Agency.


Will Paul Kagame win a landslide in Rwanda election? Here’s what to know

Leader for 30 years, the president faces off against a weak opposition with nearly no support as other candidates are barred.

After a low-key election campaign that featured just two parties, 9.7 million Rwandans are eligible to vote next week to choose a president and members of parliament who will serve for the next five years.

President Paul Kagame, who has led the country for the 30 years since the 1994 genocide, is largely unchallenged and is expected to once again win the election.

Despite polling dismally in the last presidential election, two opposition candidates with little support and weak campaign structures are again facing off against Kagame and his ruling Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) coalition. Several other candidates were barred from running.


The West finally allowed Ukraine to strike back at Russia — and it seems to be working


Bankir and his men have been trying to fight off Russian attacks along the Ukrainian front lines for more than two years. But it’s only now that they are finally able to strike where it hurts: Inside Russia’s own territory.

The newly granted permission by the United States and other allies to use Western weapons to strike inside Russia has had a huge impact, Bankir said. “We have destroyed targets inside Russia, which allowed for several successful counteroffensives. The Russian military can no longer feel impunity and security,” the senior officer in Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) told CNN. For security reasons, he asked to be identified by his call sign only

After many months on the back foot because of ammunition and manpower shortages, Kyiv is finally able to take full advantage of Western military aid that started to flow into the country last month, after months of delays





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