ANKARA (Reuters) – Firefighters were battling to contain wildfires in five Turkish provinces on Saturday, the Forestry Minister said, though a blaze in the western Izmir region that broke out on Thursday had eased somewhat and residential areas were no longer at risk. The blaze in Izmir’s Karsiyaka district was caused by a fire built …
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(Reuters) – Safety at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is deteriorating following a drone strike that hit the road around the perimeter on Saturday, according to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director general Rafael Grossi. The Russian management of the plant said a Ukrainian drone dropped an explosive charge on a road outside, endangering its …
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By Justyna Pawlak and Marek Strzelecki WARSAW (Reuters) – Ukraine is reaping “huge political gains” from its military offensive into western Russia but the incursion is not altering the “anti-escalation approach” of the West, Polish Interior Minister Tomasz Siemoniak said. Ukraine says it has seized more than 80 settlements over 1,150 square km (444 square …
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(Reuters) -Russia accused Ukraine on Saturday of planning to attack a nuclear plant in the Kursk region that President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s troops have entered and blame such a “provocation” on Moscow, Interfax news agency said. Kyiv denied that as “insane” propaganda. Ukraine launched an incursion into Russia’s western Kursk region on Aug. 6 to try …
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KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday his troops had strengthened positions in Russia’s Kursk region nearly two weeks into their incursion, and called for bold decisions by Kyiv’s allies to allow long-range strikes. Ukraine says it has seized more than 80 settlements over 1,150 square km (444 square miles) in Kursk since …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia’s foreign ministry said Ukraine had used Western rockets, likely U.S.-made HIMARS, to destroy a bridge over the Seym river in the Kursk region, killing volunteers trying to evacuate civilians. “For the first time, the Kursk region was hit by Western-made rocket launchers, probably American HIMARS,” Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian foreign …
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By Andrew Mills and Nidal al-Mughrabi DOHA/CAIRO (Reuters) -Gaza ceasefire talks in Doha paused on Friday with negotiators to meet again next week seeking an agreement to end fighting between Israel and Hamas and free remaining hostages, as U.S. President Joe Biden said “we’re not there yet”. In a joint statement, the U.S., Qatar and …
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(Reuters) -Ukrainian army chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Friday that Kyiv’s forces were advancing between one and three kilometres in some areas in the Kursk region, 11 days since beginning an incursion into Russia. Kyiv has claimed to have taken control of 82 settlements over an area of 1,150 square kilometres (444 square miles) in …
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ANKARA (Reuters) -A forest fire in Turkey’s western coastal province of Izmir, fanned by strong winds, is near residential areas, forcing some people to be evacuated, the local governor said on Friday, as firefighters also tried to contain other wildfires in the north. The fire in Izmir started late on Thursday in the Karsiyaka district …
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By Nandita Bose and Jeff Mason RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) -Kamala Harris outlined proposals to cut taxes for most Americans, ban “price gouging” by grocers and build more affordable housing on Friday as part of the “opportunity economy” she plans to pursue if she wins the White House. In her first major economy-focused speech as …
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