Israel shrugs off school-strike critics to issue new Gaza evacuation order
Palestinians left with nowhere to flee as Israel extends its attacks across the enclave.
Israel issued new evacuation orders overnight covering areas of southern Gaza as it pressed on with its assault on the enclave, despite global condemnation of a devastating strike on a school-turned-shelter.
The Israeli military issued the order to clear parts of the city of Khan Younis, including part of an Israeli-declared humanitarian zone from which the army said rockets had been fired, early on Sunday. The order came a day after an Israeli air strike on al-Tabin School in Gaza City reportedly killed more than 100 people sheltering there.
Ukraine aims to ‘destabilise Russia’ with thousands of troops in Kursk incursion
Official says Kyiv is seeking to ‘stretch the enemy’ and western partners were ‘indirectly’ involved
Agence France-Presse and ReutersSun 11 Aug 2024 11.58 BST
Sun 11 Aug 2024 11.58 BST
Thousands of Ukrainian troops are taking part in an incursion aiming to destabilise Russia by showing up the country’s weaknesses, a top official from Ukraine has said as the assault entered its sixth day.
“We are on the offensive. The aim is to stretch the positions of the enemy, to inflict maximum losses and to destabilise the situation in Russia as they are unable to protect their own border,” the security official said on condition of anonymity.
Russia’s army had said about 1,000 Ukrainian troops were deployed in the cross-border incursion that began on Tuesday and appeared to catch the Kremlin off guard, allowing Ukraine’s forces to penetrate Russian defensive lines.
How the Prisoner Exchange Came AboutSuccess for the West, Triumph for Putin
It was one of the most dramatic prisoner exchanges in years. How did it come about?
By Matthias Gebauer, Christo Grozev, Roman Lehberger und Fidelius Schmid
When the assassin Vadim Krasikov was asked for a statement in prison by the immigration authorities in the small Bavarian city of Straubing, he lied. Even five years after his bloody deed in a Berlin park, the Russian contract killer claimed he was just a sports teacher and had a degree in civil engineering. He was innocent, he added, and merely a "victim of political games.”
On this day in February, Krasikov – who had been sentenced to life in prison – also said that he would naturally have no objections to being deported to Russia. His partner and two children lived in Moscow, and he also had a house further south, in Bryansk.
Tunisia's electoral commission approves two candidates and incumbent Saied for presidential vote
Tunisia's electoral commission said Saturday it had approved three out of a possible 14 presidential candidates, including incumbent Kais Saied. Tunisian opposition parties and human rights groups have accused the country's authorities of using "arbitrary restrictions" and intimidation to ensure Saied's re-election.
Tunisia's electoral commission said on Saturday it had preliminarily accepted only three presidential candidates, including incumbent Kais Saied, amid widespread criticism of what the opposition says are moves to exclude serious contenders.
The commission said it had accepted the candidacies of Saied and Zouhair Magzhaoui, who is seen as close to Saied, and Ayachi Zammel for the Oct. 6 election, while rejecting 14 others.
Zammel is the head of the Azimoun party, and has not previously been regarded as an influential politician.
Landslide at landfill in Uganda’s capital kills 17 people as rescuers hunt for survivors
The death toll from a landslide at a vast garbage dump in Uganda’s capital Kampala has risen to 17, a Red Cross official said on Sunday, as rescue workers continued to dig for survivors.
After torrential rain in recent weeks a huge mound of garbage at the city’s only landfill site collapsed late on Friday, crushing and burying homes on the edge of the site as residents slept.
Four more bodies were retrieved on Sunday, bringing the total to 17, Irene Nakasita, spokesperson for Uganda Red Cross said.
No films, no music, no sleep: Is 'raw-dogging' long flights heroic or foolish?
Lucy Hooker
Last week, Damion Bailey posted on Instagram that he had just achieved his “personal best” – a 13-and-a-half hour flight between Shanghai and Dallas without any in-flight entertainment, films, books or music.
“It’s quite tough, honestly,” the 34-year-old from Miami, Florida tells BBC News. But he keeps doing it.
Mr Bailey is part of a new travel trend, known as “raw-dogging”, where passengers spend long hours mid-air just staring straight ahead.
The longer you do it, the tougher you have apparently proven yourself to be.
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