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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov told a visiting delegation of U.S. congressmen on Wednesday that Kyiv’s attack on Russia’s Kursk region was intended to protect Ukraine. Referring to Kursk region, Umerov was quoted as saying in a statement released by his ministry: “Our goals there are to clear the border from Russian …

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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel has not agreed to withdraw its troops from the so-called Philadelphi corridor along the border between Egypt and Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Wednesday, denying an Israeli television report. “Israel will insist on the achievement of all of its objectives for the war, as they have been …

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By Eva Manez TEULADA-MORAIRA, Spain (Reuters) – A severe drought has rendered tap water undrinkable in several towns along Spain’s Costa Blanca, forcing holidaymakers and locals to queue at distribution points for bottled water to cover their basic needs. As water levels have dropped, salinity has increased, prompting authorities in some areas to deem tap …

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By Tom Balmforth and Yuliia Dysa KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Wednesday it had destroyed Russian pontoon bridges with U.S.-made weapons to defend its incursion into Russia’s Kursk region, while Moscow said its forces had halted Kyiv’s advance there and gained ground in eastern Ukraine. Kyiv has announced a string of battlefield successes since it …

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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday his forces understood what Moscow was attempting to do on the Pokrovsk front in eastern Ukraine, scene of Russian advances, and that Kyiv was strengthening its forces accordingly. In a televised address, Zelenskiy urged Kyiv’s partners to keep to the agreed timetable for supplying munitions …

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By Luis Jaime Acosta COLOMBIA’S PACIFIC JUNGLE (Reuters) – Amid stifling heat and humidity in the remote Colombian jungle, guerrillas carrying machine guns and rifles creep their way through the undergrowth, patrolling along a river where their presence assures control over important transport routes for the cocaine they tax. The Segunda Marquetalia group was formed in …

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