Trump 'strongly considering' fresh Russia sanctions until Ukraine peace deal agreed
Summary
Donald Trump says he's "strongly considering" large-scale sanctions and tariffs on Russia until a ceasefire and peace agreement is reached
It comes after Ukraine says it used French-built Mirage jets for the first time to push back an overnight attack on its energy infrastructure
At least 18 people, including four children, were wounded in the assault, according to Ukrainian officials
In eastern Ukraine, the tide of this war hasn't just changed - it's coming in fast, our correspondent James Waterhouse writes from Donetsk
The barrage comes after the US suspended military aid to Kyiv this week, including intelligence sharing
Meanwhile, Polish PM Donald Tusk announces plans to train all adult men in warfare
What do we know about talks to end the war?
It's just seven days since Ukrainian President Zelensky left the White House following an angry exchange with Trump and JD Vance in front of the media.
It seemed unclear at the time how things might move forward - with the weekend seeing a meeting between a number of international leaders in London to discuss how to end the war.
Evidence of torture found as detention centre and mass grave discovered outside Khartoum
More than 500 people may have been tortured or starved to death and then buried in a secret mass grave north of Khartoum, according to evidence seen by the Guardian.
A visit to a base belonging to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) shortly after it was retaken by the Sudanese military found a previously unknown detention centre, with manacles hanging from doors, apparent punishment chambers and bloodstains on the floor. Accounts from people held at the detention centre describe being repeatedly tortured by their captors.
Nearby was a large burial site with at least 550 unmarked graves, many
After Assad’s fall, over 300,000 Syrians return home
Called “the worlds largest displacement crisis” by UNHCR, more than a million Syrians want to return to their areas of origin. Adequate housing, employment and basic services are challenges facing them if they go back.
More than 300,000 Syrian refugees have returned to Syria, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).
Speaking at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on Friday, spokesperson Celine Schmitt described Syria as "the world's largest displacement crisis” and emphasized that many who fled the war are eager to return home.
Her comments come a day after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that 133,000 Syrians living in Turkey had moved back to Syria.
Paris Gare du Nord travel chaos draws to a close as police defuse WWII bomb on tracks
A French government official said Friday that transport services would gradually resume from 6pm local time (1700 GMT) after the successful disposal operation of a WWII bomb found overnight on train tracks leading to Paris Gare du Nord station. All traffic to the busy station, including the Eurostar service to and from London and Brussels, was halted.
Thousands of passengers in Paris and London were stranded Friday after the discovery of a World War II bomb on tracks leading to the Gare du Nord station halted traffic at France's busiest railway terminus.
All traffic to the train station, which serves international, high-speed and local connections, was halted as police worked to disable the device. All Eurostar trains in Paris were cancelled.
The unexploded bomb was found "in the middle of the tracks" about 2.5 kilometres (1.5 miles) from the station overnight during maintenance work carried out in the northern Paris suburb of Saint Denis, the national SNCF rail company said.
Israel troops attack West Bank mosques during Ramadan Friday prayer
- The Israeli army sets fire to Al-Nasr Mosque in Nablus and prevents firefighters from extinguishing the blaze, one of a series of attacks on religious sites in the occupied West Bank during Ramadan.
- It’s been six days since all aid supplies were blocked from entering war-battered Gaza by the Israeli military as fears grow over rising hunger and no drinking water.
- The US State Department says the plan put forward by Egypt and Arab leaders for the post-war management of the Gaza Strip is not seen as “adequate” by the Trump administration.
- Gaza’s Health Ministry has confirmed 48,440 Palestinian deaths in Israel’s war on Gaza while 111,845 people have been wounded. The Government Media Office updated its death toll to at least 61,709, saying thousands of Palestinians missing under the rubble are presumed dead.
- At least 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks and more than 200 taken captive
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