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President Joe Biden

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Biden believes Gaza ceasefire talks have ‘a shot’ at succeeding

The US President says "we are closer than we’ve ever been” US President Joe Biden said talks about a ceasefire deal in Gaza have “got a shot” at succeeding. A US official said on Friday that negotiators are working out logistics for the potential release of hostages and distribution of aid as part of any agreement to end the Israel-Hamas war. The official, who spoke to reporters on condition of […]

todayAugust 17, 2024 2

Matthew Perry

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Matthew Perry’s assistant pleads guilty to charges connected to his death

Matthew Perry’s live-in assistant has pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute ketamine connected to the death of the US actor. Kenneth Iwamasa, 59, of Toluca Lake, admitted to “repeatedly injecting Perry with ketamine without medical training”, including performing multiple injections on October 28 2023 – the day he died, the Department of Justice said. He previously pleaded guilty on August 7 “to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine causing […]

todayAugust 16, 2024 5

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Israeli strikes killed at least 16 people in Gaza overnight including baby twins

Israeli strikes in Gaza killed at least 16 Palestinians, including four women and seven children, and orphaned another four children, Palestinian medical officials said on Tuesday. Ten people were killed in a strike late on Monday on a house near the southern city of Khan Younis, where Israel ordered mass evacuations in recent days, saying it must act against Palestinian militants. Nasser Hospital, where the bodies were brought, said another […]

todayAugust 14, 2024 3

President Joe Biden

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US approves 20 billion dollars in weapons sales to Israel

The US has approved 20 billion dollars in arms sales to Israel, including scores of fighter jets and advanced air-to-air missiles, the State Department has announced. Congress was notified of the impending sale, which includes more than 50 F-15 fighter jets, Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles or AMRAAMs, 120mm tank ammunition and high explosive mortars and tactical vehicles. It comes at a time of intense concern that Israel may become […]

todayAugust 14, 2024 2

President Volodymyr Zelensky

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Ukrainian commander says forces control 1,000sq km of Russia’s Kursk region

Ukraine’s top military commander says his forces now control 1,000 square kilometres (386 square miles) of Russia’s neighbouring Kursk region, the first time a Ukrainian military official has publicly commented on the gains of the lightning incursion that has embarrassed the Kremlin. General Oleksandr Syrskyi made the statement in a video posted on Monday to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Telegram channel. In the video, he briefed the president on the […]

todayAugust 13, 2024 2

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Palestinian authorities say more than 60 killed in Israeli airstrike on school

Israel's military has acknowledged the strike in Gaza City on Saturday morning. Palestinian health authorities say an Israeli airstrike hit a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City on Saturday, killing more than 60 people. The Health Ministry’s Ambulance and Emergency service said the strike on the Tabeen school in central Gaza City also wounded 47 people. The Israeli military acknowledged the strike, claiming it hit a Hamas command centre within the school. It did not provide […]

todayAugust 10, 2024 2

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Russia declares federal emergency in area under attack from Ukrainian forces

Russian officials have declared the situation in the Kursk region a “federal level” emergency, four days after hundreds of Ukrainian troops poured over the border in what appears to be Kyiv’s biggest attack on Russian soil since the war began. Meanwhile, a Russian plane-launched missile struck a Ukrainian shopping centre in the middle of the day, killing at least 12 people and wounding 44 others, authorities said. The shopping centre […]

todayAugust 10, 2024 2

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