Dozens killed in Israeli attack on northern Gaza’s Beit Lahiya
Attack levels a multistorey residential building, with many people trapped under the rubble and rescue efforts hampered.
At least 87 people were killed or are missing under the debris after an Israeli air attack in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip, authorities said.
The overnight raid hit several houses and a multistorey residential building, known as the Beit Lahiya Project, the Gaza Government Media Office stated.
On Sunday, Gaza’s Ministry of Health said 87 people were killed or missing under the rubble after the attack, adding that more than 40 people were injured.
Russian ambassador accuses UK of waging proxy war in Ukraine
Andrei Kelin says by providing weapons Britain is ‘killing Russian soldiers and civilians’
Sun 20 Oct 2024 14.15 BST
Moscow’s ambassador to London has said the UK is waging a proxy war against Russia, while predicting the “end of Ukraine” as Russian invading forces make deeper advances into the country.
In an interview with the BBC, Andrei Kelin said Ukraine continued to fight but claimed “the resistance is more feeble and feeble”.
Surrounded by WarThe Christians of Lebanon Refuse to Evacuate
When the situation grew desperate, they came to the church. The war has surrounded them, and now, the 100 remaining residents of Qlayaa, a Christian village in southern Lebanon not far from the border with Israel, are waiting for Pierre Raï, the priest.
A woman has tears in her eyes, while the children are vying to see who gets to hang on the greasy rope to ring the church bell. If they pull hard enough, rope pulls them a few centimeters into the air.
Moldovans elect president, vote on EU path as claims of Russian meddling spike
Voters in Moldova cast their ballots on Sunday in two decisive polls regarding the country's future: a presidential election and a referendum on joining the EU. Frontrunner and incumbent President Maia Sandu is seeking a second term in office but is likely to come up short of the majority needed to avoid a second round of voting.
Moldovans voted on Sunday in a presidential election and a referendum on joining the European Union, with fears of Russian meddling amid the war in neighbouring Ukraine.
The elections are a test of the former Soviet republic's pro-European turn under incumbent President Maia Sandu, who is seeking a second term.
Police made hundreds of arrests after discovering a massive vote-buying scheme, warning this week that up to a quarter of the ballots cast in the country of 2.6 million could be tainted by Russian cash.
With Gaza at war, rights in Egypt are ignored
With Egypt working to mediate the Israel-Hamas war, other governments have been willing to forgive the country's dismal human rights record. That has been a boon to Cairo's coffers — and very bad for domestic dissidents.
Until late 2023, Egypt's focus had been on its tremendous economic problems and fending off scrutiny of its dire human rights record, as well as criticism for its failure to implement democratic structures and political reforms.
In particular, President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi has been widely seen as autocratic ruler who secured himself a third term in December's presidential election by cracking down on opposition candidates and silencing dissent.
International human rights organization have meanwhile put the number of political prisoners in Egyptian prisons at more than 70,000.
Exclusive: Inside the prison that executes people for supplying cannabis
Though he is provided with a straw mat, Matthew says he prefers to sleep on the concrete floor of his cell in the maximum-security wing of Singapore’s Changi Prison.
“It’s more cooling that way,” says the 41-year-old former schoolteacher, who was sentenced to more than seven years in prison and seven strokes of the cane for selling methamphetamine.
CNN met Matthew, who spoke on condition that his last name be withheld, during an exclusive tour of Changi Prison provided by Singapore authorities as they defended the city-state’s uncompromising position on drugs.
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