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Michelle Obama backs Harris in Michigan, where Trump courts Muslim vote

By James Oliphant and Trevor Hunnicutt NOVI/KALAMAZOO, Michigan (Reuters) – Republican Donald Trump appealed to Muslim voters in Michigan on Saturday as Michelle Obama made an impassioned plea on behalf of Kamala Harris at the Democrat’s own rally in the battleground state. In Michigan, Harris and Trump are battling for voters that include an Arab …

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Germany’s far right stirs up culture war over Bauhaus legacy

By Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) – It shaped modern industrial design and continues to inspire architects and product designers the world over, but to some on Germany’s far right, Bauhaus is nothing to celebrate. As the East German city of Dessau prepares to celebrate next year’s centenary of the famed design school’s move there, the …

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Putin says Moscow will respond if West helps Ukraine to strike deep into Russia

By Guy Faulconbridge and Lidia Kelly MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that Russia’s defence ministry was working on different ways to respond if the United States and its NATO allies help Ukraine to strike deep into Russia with long-range Western missiles. The 2-1/2-year-old Ukraine war has triggered the biggest confrontation between Russia …

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Russia says it downs 51 Ukrainian drones overnight

(Reuters) – Russia’s air defence units destroyed or intercepted 51 Ukrainian drones overnight, the Russian defence ministry said early on Sunday. Eighteen of the drones were intercepted over the Tambov region, some 450 km (280 miles) southeast of Moscow, the ministry said on the Telegram messaging app. Another 16 were destroyed over the Belgorod border …

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Russia launches drone attack on Kyiv for second night, Ukraine says

(Reuters) – Russia launched a multi-wave drone attack on Kyiv for the second straight night, the military administration of the Ukrainian capital said on Sunday. “It seems that now every night, without long breaks, the Russian armed forces attack the peaceful city of Kyiv,” Serhiy Popko, head of the military administration said on Telegram messaging …

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Russian forces advance toward Ukraine’s strategic Pokrovsk, military bloggers say

(Reuters) – Russian forces have advanced further into several eastern Ukrainian towns, bringing them closer to capturing the strategic city of Pokrovsk, Russian and Ukrainian bloggers said. “The enemy advanced in Selydove,” DeepState, a group with close links to the Ukrainian army that analyses combat footage, wrote on the Telegram messaging app late on Saturday. …

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Israeli army leaves north Gaza hospital, detains medics, says health ministry

By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli forces withdrew from a hospital complex in northern Gaza on Saturday, one day after storming it, and the Palestinian enclave’s health ministry said the troops had detained dozens of male medical staffers and some of the patients. Later on Saturday, the Palestinian official news agency WAFA said at least …

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Georgia’s ruling party wins pivotal election, early results show, as opposition parties cry foul

By Felix Light and Lucy Papachristou TBILISI (Reuters) -Georgia’s most powerful man won a parliamentary election on Saturday, according to early official results, a victory which opposition politicians refused to recognise, alleging “falsification”. The ruling Georgian Dream party’s billionaire founder Bidzina Ivanishvili, the opposition, and foreign diplomats had cast the election as a watershed moment …

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Iran plays down Israel’s strikes, says they caused ‘limited damage’

By Parisa Hafezi, Emily Rose and Ahmed Tolba DUBAI/JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Iran on Saturday played down Israel’s overnight air attack against Iranian military targets, saying it caused only limited damage, as U.S. President Joe Biden called for a halt to escalation that has raised fears of an all-out conflagration in the Middle East. Scores of Israeli …

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