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Residents leave devastated Russian-occupied Oleshky as evacuation corridor opens
Several hundred people are understood to have decided to stay in the frontline town, despite the lack of gas, electricity and running water.
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Severe rainfall and flood warnings issued for central Greece and western Turkey
Turkey has been hit by powerful thunderstorms and a fatal tornado this week with more heavy rain expected Heavy rain and strong winds will continue to affect parts of south-eastern Europe and Turkey over the next few days, as an area of low pressure in the region has allowed for the formation of powerful thunderstorms. Travelling eastwards towards south Asia, strong winds and heavy rainfall have swept across the Indian regions of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh as Cyclone Arnab made landfall.
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What can a global strike of dockworkers achieve for Gaza?
More than 25 dockworkers' trade unions in over 110 ports in 22 countries are going on strike on October 30 .
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The world needs the United Nations more than ever. It needs a new lease on life
The world needs the United Nations more than ever. We need neither ‘peace in our time’ nor ‘perpetual peace’ – but enough peace to keep civilization To save the United Nations from the irrelevance in which it now wallows, the next secretary general will require the concerted backing of the few powers that govern the security council.
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Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta to close, citing pressure from ‘special services’
Independent outlet, whose former editor won Nobel peace prize, says Russian authorities have forced it to shut Europe live – latest updates The Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta has announced it is closing, citing pressure from authorities who recently searched the home of its senior editor and earlier this year detained one of its journalists. “Novaya Gazeta is ceasing to exist,” the editor-in-chief, Sergei Sokolov, said in a video statement published on YouTube on Friday.
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Oil flows are up as Iran war turmoil eases. Why do prices keep rising?
Oil flows are up as Iran war turmoil eases. Brent crude prices are up more than 60 percent compared with pre-war levels, despite rebound in supply.
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Sudan investigation maps commanders linked to wartime rape
Investigative unit CIR identifies 25 commanders present at five sites during periods of reported sexual violence.
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Britain must sanction Israel, not just its settlers
Israeli forces detained our parliamentary delegation and barred us from the West Bank. The violence is state policy.
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How Israel choked off Hebron at 10 entrances, as 5,000 forced to flee
Our analysis exposes the heavy humanitarian and economic toll of the military siege suffocating Palestinians in Hebron.
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Attention Seeking Behaviour by Aea Varfis-van Warmelo review – a slippery liar’s tale
Shortlisted for the Goldsmiths prize, this compelling interrogation of memory, justice and truth offers no easy answers The Goldsmiths prize-shortlisted debut from British-Greek author Aea Varfis-van Warmelo opens with a confession: “I have never told this story before.” From Humbert Humbert’s self-justifying account of abuse in Lolita to the devastating misinterpretation at the heart of Ian McEwan’s Atonement, the trope of the unreliable narrator exposes the dangerous gap between the stories we tell and the truths they obscure.
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Biodiversity Cop17 seems to be stalling. Is it time to reform the process?
But spend any time at biodiversity Cop17 in Armenia and it is clear that the world’s attention is elsewhere. Heat killed ‘staggering’ 50,000 people in Europe’s cities this summer, scientists warn Angry Labour MPs urge leadership not to overrule energy secretary on Rosebank Continue reading...
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Pentagon says Iran war has cost US taxpayers $47bn: What that means
With five days to go before the US midterms, analysts say the war could affect how people vote.
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Sudanese diaspora and human rights groups denounce UAE nominee for UN top job
Critics cite Lana Nusseibeh’s denial of accusations the UAE is fuelling Sudan war by supporting paramilitary RSF Members of the Sudanese diaspora and international human rights monitors have denounced the candidature of an Emirati diplomat for the top job at the UN, citing her denial of accusations that the United Arab Emirates is fuelling the war in Sudan by supporting the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. The UAE nominated Lana Nusseibeh last week to replace the UN secretary general, António Guterres, as he finishes his second five-year term this year, upending a race that had become gridl
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Mahama joins African leaders at Russia – Africa Forum in Moscow
President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday joined fellow African leaders at the Russia –Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum in Moscow, where Russian President Vladimir Putin called for a fairer multipolar world order and greater representation of developing countries in global affairs. Quoting the late Thomas Sankara, former President of Burkina Faso, President Putin criticised debt as a form of neo-colonialism.
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Ghana has begun discussions with Rosatom on first nuclear power station – Mahama
President John Dramani Mahama has announced that Ghana has begun discussions with the Russian State Nuclear Energy Corporation, Rosatom, to establish the country’s first nuclear power station. “We have initiated discussions with Rosatom on the establishment of Ghana’s first nuclear power station,” adding that Russia has a comparative advantage in renewable energy and nuclear power, an area where cooperation between Russia and Africa could yield tangible results.
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Iran Guards says three tankers on fire after hitting mines in Hormuz
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Thursday that three oil tankers had caught fire after hitting mines while attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s armed forces have repeatedly accused US Central Command (CENTCOM), which oversees US military operations in the region, of encouraging vessels to use a southern corridor near the Omani coast that Tehran considers unauthorised.
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Russia’s Rusal plans to mine bauxite in Ghana – RIA
Russian aluminium giant Rusal plans to establish a joint venture in Ghana to mine and process bauxite, the raw material used to produce aluminium, Russia’s RIA state news agency reported, citing a memorandum signed on Thursday. Rusal, the world’s largest aluminium producer outside China, already has major bauxite operations in Guinea, where it owns and operates Compagnie des Bauxites de Kindia (CBK), develops the Dian-Dian deposit, and runs the Friguia complex.
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Russia-Africa agricultural ties key to strengthening food security, says analyst
NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 30 – African countries must demand greater participation in production, processing and trade as they deepen economic partnerships with Russia and other global powers, Kenyan public policy analyst Raphael Obonyo has said. Obonyo says discussions on Russia-Africa relations should therefore focus on practical opportunities that support local production and industrial development.
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China expels a record number from Communist party amid Xi’s intensified purges of top officials
The unprecedented number of empty seats at the fifth plenum – a symbol of expulsions – serve as a symbol for the scale of the purges under Xi Jinping China expelled a record number of officials from the Chinese Communist party (CCP) as it concluded a major political gathering, which saw an unprecedented number of empty seats indicating the scale of the purges under Xi Jinping. A record 33 members were expelled at this week’s fifth plenum, a gathering of top officials that takes place roughly once a year.
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Mbappe, Real Madrid and La Liga face long road to redemption in China
Kylian Mbappe, Real Madrid and La Liga have apologised for the superstar striker’s comments about Mao Zedong, but the damage to their reputation in China won’t be easily or quickly repaired, experts say. “It causes serious damage to the image of La Liga and Real Madrid in China.
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Ukraine war briefing: Outrage in Europe after Russian drone kills 14 on rail platform in Dnipro
What we know on day 1,710 European leaders have reacted with outrage to a deadly attack by a Russian drone that slammed into a busy railway platform in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Thursday, as Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Ukraine had intelligence about more ballistic missile strikes to come. After the Dnipro attack, Zelenskyy renewed his criticism of a deal struck between Trump and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin to ease some US sanctions on Russia allowing Moscow to release diesel on to global markets.
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How to stop the US-Israel war on Iran
Arab states must reject Israeli hegemony and build a regional security framework independent of Washington.
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Stephen Curry, Warriors hold nerve to beat Timberwolves in tight NBA battle
Warriors beat Timberwolves, Philadelphia 76ers power past Indiana Pacers and Cleveland Cavaliers top Washington Wizards.
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China made Mbappé apologise, but many people don’t know exactly what he said
On Monday night, as Kylian Mbappé attended the Ballon d’Or ceremony in London, he also became the centre of a major controversy on Chinese social media. It is illegal to “insult” or “slander” Communist Party martyrs and war heroes in China A portrait of Mao overlooks Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, a symbol of how central he is in the modern Chinese imagination.