Russian strikes cross 'any lines of decency', US envoy says, as Sumy death toll rises
Summary
At least 34 people have been killed in Russian strikes on the city of Sumy, Ukraine's state emergency service says
US special envoy to Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, says the strikes cross "any lines of decency"
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accuses Putin of ignoring the US ceasefire proposal
For Ukrainians, the idea of peace or a ceasefire feels no closer, writes our Ukraine correspondent
One of the city's residents tells the BBC that during the strikes "everything in my house jumped"
On Friday, US envoy Steve Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss a Ukrainian peace settlement - here's what happened
At least 34 people have been killed in Russian strikes on the city of Sumy, Ukraine's state emergency service says
US special envoy to Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, says the strikes cross "any lines of decency"
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accuses Putin of ignoring the US ceasefire proposal
For Ukrainians, the idea of peace or a ceasefire feels no closer, writes our Ukraine correspondent
One of the city's residents tells the BBC that during the strikes "everything in my house jumped"
On Friday, US envoy Steve Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss a Ukrainian peace settlement - here's what happened
Sumy death toll rises
We've just had an update from Ukraine's state emergency service who say the death toll has risen to 34, from the earlier reported 32.
They add that 117 people are injured, including 15 children.
In a statement they say: "This is an irreparable loss for the whole country.
Palestinians flee as Israeli forces continue destruction of Rafah
- The Israeli army has released images and footage of continuing operations in southern Gaza to destroy infrastructure and take full control.
- Condemnation after an Israeli attack renders al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City out of service.
- The attack comes after the Israeli military issued new displacement orders for residents of the central Nuseirat refugee camp as well as southern Khan Younis.
- A Hamas delegation is in Cairo for truce talks hosted by Egyptian mediators.
Al-Ahli Hospital ‘was never designed for mass casualty events’
Dr Mohammed Mustafa, an emergency physician who left Gaza just days ago, says al-Ahli Hospital is very small and was never designed to be a large hospital.
Mustafa, who was working at the hospital, said when al-Shifa Hospital was destroyed, it forced al-Ahli Hospital to become the focal hospital in Gaza City.
Ecuador to deliver verdict on ‘war on drugs’ in knife-edge presidential runoff
Leftwing challenger Luisa González in statistical tie with President Daniel Noboa who champions ‘iron fist’ policy
Sun 13 Apr 2025 08.00 BST
Ecuador to deliver verdict on ‘war on drugs’ in knife-edge presidential runoff
Leftwing challenger Luisa González in statistical tie with President Daniel Noboa who champions ‘iron fist’ policy
Ecuadorians go to the polls on Sunday in a vote seen as a referendum on a “war on drugs” offensive that has led to numerous human rights violations, as the incumbent Daniel Noboa faces the leftist Luisa González in a tightly contested runoff.
Noboa, 37, edged out González, 47, in the first round in February by just 16,746 votes (0.17%) from a 13.7 million electorate.
How Germany's AfD Intends To Boost Its Influence
By Maria Fiedler, Sophie Garbe, Tobias Großekemper, Christoph Hickmann, Felix Keßler, Paul-Anton Krüger, Peter Maxwill, Severin Weiland und Jean-Pierre Ziegler
The man standing in Zur Daisy, a bar in the small town of Güstrow, just south of the Baltic Sea coastal city of Rostock, can hardly believe his luck. It is a recent Monday evening and the smell of cigarettes hangs thick in the air. Around three dozen men and a couple of women have turned up for a regular gathering of local AfD supporters, glasses of beer or shots of schnapps on the table in front of them, and they are listening to Christoph Grimm, who was recently elected to German parliament as a candidate from the right-wing populist party. He is gushing about his new life in the Bundestag.
Algeria protests to France over detaining consular official
French prosecutors have charged three men, including an Algerian consular official, on suspicion of involvement in the abduction of Amir Boukhors, a TikTok influencer who is popularly known as "Amir DZ."
Algeria Saturday lodged a protest with France after an Algerian consular official was placed under pre-trial detention on suspicion of involvement in the April 2024 abduction of a TikTok influencer.
Three men, including the Algerian consular official, were investigated Friday over abduction, arbitrary detention, and illegal confinement, in connection with a terrorist enterprise, as well as other crimes, according to French prosecutors.
Amir Boukhors, known online as "Amir DZ," is a popular TikTok influencer with over a million followers, and a vocal critic of the Algerian government.
Allergy fear leads boy to create sand that repels fire ants
By KAHO MATSUDA/ Staff Writer
April 13, 2025 at 07:00 JST
A malfunctioning video game console put a 10-year-old boy on a quest to develop a type of sand that can repel one of the most frightening invasive alien species to reach Japan.
It all began when fourth-grader Yoshiaki Shono was playing a game on his handheld console at a park near his home in Tokyo’s Shinagawa Ward in autumn 2023.
The machine suddenly froze.
When he brought it to a shop for repair, he learned that the problem was caused by fire ants that had entered the console through a gap.
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