An apparent Israeli air strike hits a residential building in Damascus. U.S. Republican bickering lessons chances of Kyiv receiving tens of billions in crucial aid.
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A wave of Russia drone attacks overnight in Ukraine: the southern port city of Odesa was particularly hard hit. Damage to residential buildings and infrastructure and some injuries. At least 10,600 children have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza since October 7
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The South Pacific nation of Nauru has announced it is severing diplomatic ties with Taiwan and would instead recognise China. Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine almost two years ago, only 517 children of some 20,000 who were illegally taken and held in Russia have been returned
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The winner of Taiwan's presidential election says voters have shown the world "how much we cherish democracy" after his party, which champions autonomy from China, secured a third term. Attacks by US-led coalition on Houthi targets continue
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The US carries out a new attack on a Houthi site in Yemen, a day after wider attacks led by the US and the UK. Another massive Russian missile and drone attack in Ukraine
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A surprise cabinet shuffle in the UK that brings an unelected former PM to lead the Foreign Office. Gaza Strip’s hospitals “must be protected,” President Biden said. Turkey joins other countries in mass deportations of Afghan refugees.
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Ukraine’s military intelligence has claimed, without offering evidence, that Russia is plotting a “large-scale provocation” at a nuclear power plant it occupies in the southeast of the country with the aim of disrupting a looming Ukrainian counteroffensive.
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Poland appears closer to sending German-built Leopard tanks to Ukraine, with or without the approval of Berlin. Patience in western capitals is wearing thin with German intransigence to assist Ukraine.
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Amid more violent strikes by Russia on the homes of civilians in Ukraine and following the move by the UK to provide Kyiv with main battle tanks, European countries are said to be readying a decision to provide German-built Leopard tanks.
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In Dnipro, a child's body was recovered from the rubble, bringing the number of dead to 41. Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the new commander of Russia’s war against Ukraine, Valeriy Gerasimov, to seize the Donbas by March
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Heavy shelling and artillery fire were reported in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region overnight. Russia will continue targeting Ukraine’s power supply, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said
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Ukrainian repair crews continue to scramble to return power to millions of homes following devastating Russian missile attacks this week on infrastructure facilities, while Kyiv said near-constant Russian bombing was affecting a handful of population centers in the east. In a rare public spat involving Ukrainian leaders, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy criticized the mayor of Kyiv for doing what he said was a poor job setting up emergency shelters to help those without power and heat after Russian attacks.
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Fighting intensified in the eastern parts of Ukraine as concerns grow over Kyiv been cornered into an unpalatable peace agreement
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More horror stories of Russian war crimes as Ukraine makes its case on the world stage for more robust western support.
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Ukrainian forces pushing back valiantly as their opponents attempt to seize land in the south
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As pressure grows on Ukraine from western partners to trade land for peace, President Volodymyr Zelensky says negotiations are the only way to end the war.
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Ukraine nears difficult negotiations with captured soldiers from the Azovstal plant in Mariupol.
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