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Israel pulverises Gaza after Hamas attack as it collects its dead

10 Oct 2023 10 Oct 2023

By Dan Williams, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM/GAZA/KFER AZA (Reuters) -Israeli air strikes hammered Gaza on Tuesday, razing entire districts and filling morgues with dead Palestinians as Israel took revenge for the Hamas assaults that have triggered some of the worst blood-letting in 75 years of conflict. Across the barrier wall enclosing the coastal …

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Russia accuses US of nuclear testing site activity, says it won’t test unless US does

10 Oct 2023 10 Oct 2023

By Andrew Osborn (Reuters) -Russia accused the United States on Tuesday of carrying out preparations at its nuclear test site in Nevada but said that Moscow would not restart its own nuclear testing programme unless Washington did. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov made the charge as Russia’s lower house of parliament urgently studies how to …

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EU’s Borrell: Israel has to adhere to international law

10 Oct 2023 10 Oct 2023

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Israel has the right to defend itself but some of its decisions would breach international law, European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told reporters on Tuesday. In response to the attack on Israel by Palestinian militant group Hamas, Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said on Monday no electricity, food, water or …

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Belief in humanity gives son hope for mother missing after kibbutz raid

10 Oct 2023 10 Oct 2023

By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) – Without any news on the fate of his mother, Noam Sagi has been left looking for clues in the online videos that show Hamas militants celebrating as they raided the kibbutz where the 75-year-old woman lived. Ada Sagi has been missing since Saturday after she told her son Noam, …

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Finland says ‘outside activity’ likely damaged gas pipeline, telecoms cable

10 Oct 2023 10 Oct 2023

By Anne Kauranen and Terje Solsvik HELSINKI (Reuters) -A subsea gas pipeline and a telecommunications cable connecting Finland and Estonia under the Baltic Sea have been damaged in what may have been a deliberate act, the Finnish government said on Tuesday. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said NATO was sharing its information over the damage …

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Eight French citizens have died from attacks in Israel -minister

10 Oct 2023 10 Oct 2023

PARIS (Reuters) – The death toll of French citizens from the attacks in Israel has risen to eight, French foreign affairs minister Catherine Colonna told a parliamentary hearing on Tuesday. Colonna added there would be a special Air France flight on Thursday to help repatriate French nationals from the region. (Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta and …

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Kremlin rejects Zelenskiy claim that Russia wants to inflame war in Middle East

10 Oct 2023 10 Oct 2023

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Tuesday Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s suggestion that it was in Russia’s interests to stoke war in the Middle East to weaken global unity had no basis in fact. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the conflict was long-standing, with very deep roots, adding that Russia was in contact with …

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All miners evacuated after fire at Evraz-owned mine in Russia

10 Oct 2023 10 Oct 2023

MOSCOW (Reuters) – All miners were evacuated from a coal mine owned by Russian steel producer Evraz in the Kemerovo region after a fire broke out on Tuesday, the mine’s operator and local emergency services said. “A fire occurred on the surface,” a spokesperson for the mine’s operator Raspadskaya said. “All employees were taken out …

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Ukraine investigates 260 cases of alleged military recruitment abuses

10 Oct 2023 10 Oct 2023

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian authorities are investigating 260 criminal cases involving alleged “violations” at military recruitment offices, the State Bureau of Investigations (SBI) said on Tuesday. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy dismissed the heads of regional recruitment centres in August after widespread allegations of criminal abuse and corruption. The SBI said 21 indictments against 35 individuals had …

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Austria says it plans an evacuation flight from Israel on Wednesday

10 Oct 2023 10 Oct 2023

VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria is arranging an evacuation of its citizens from Israel by military transport aircraft on Wednesday, Chancellor Karl Nehammer said on Tuesday. Roughly 200 Austrians have so far informed the Austrian authorities that they wish to leave Israel, Nehammer told Puls 24 television on a trip to Turkey. The Foreign Ministry later …

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