Only half the recommended number of trained medical staff were on duty the night that two people died in a crush at the O2 Brixton Academy, it has been claimed. Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, and security guard Gaby Hutchinson, 23, died in hospital after a crowd surge outside the venue, as […]
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Wang Yi meets Putin in sign of deepening China-Russia ties
The warmth of Russia’s and China’s relationship has been on display in the Kremlin as President Vladimir Putin held talks with China’s top diplomat Wang Yi and hailed the importance of the two countries’ cooperation. Images showed Wang and Putin exchanging a firm handshake and sitting across the table from […]
Israel-Palestine conflict live news: Israel bombs Gaza
Israel has launched air strikes north of Gaza City after rockets were fired from the besieged Palestinian enclave following an Israeli raid on the West Bank city of Nablus that killed 11 Palestinians. No Palestinian group has claimed responsibility for the rockets fired hours earlier from the Gaza Strip, which […]
GCC: How will Raisi’s Beijing visit affect Iran-China ties?
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi was warmly welcomed by his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing, but the same issues that have hampered their relationship for years – mainly economic ties – pose a challenge to the deals signed by the two. Raisi wrapped up a three-day trip to China on […]
Russia’s Wagner fighters suffer 30,000 casualties in Ukraine: US
Russia’s Wagner mercenary group has suffered more than 30,000 casualties since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine last February, with about 9,000 of those fighters killed in action, the United States has claimed. The US estimates that 90 percent of Wagner Group fighters killed in Ukraine since December 2022 were convicts, White […]
Ohio train derailment: Rail firm pulls out of meeting with residents
A public meeting that was meant to ease fears about a toxic chemical spill in an Ohio town only heightened anger when the rail firm at the heart of the disaster failed to show up. Representatives of the Norfolk Southern railway company, whose train carrying the chemicals derailed 13 days […]
A year into the Ukraine war, Russians quietly call for peace
Despite strict government censorship and the threat of jail, residents of Russia’s capital are finding subtle ways to express alarm and dissent about the Kremlin’s year-long offensive in Ukraine. The messages are barely visible but omnipresent throughout Moscow – scrawled on signposts, graffitied on walls, or pasted as stickers on […]
Biden to host Germany’s Scholz in March
US President Joe Biden will host German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Washington on March 3 for talks focused on Ukraine, the White House has said. “At the one-year mark of Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, the leaders will discuss our ongoing efforts to support Ukraine, impose costs on Russia for […]
China calls for Iran sanctions to be lifted during Raisi’s visit
China’s President Xi Jinping and his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi have called for the lifting of sanctions on Iran, as a three-day “fruitful” trip to China by the Iranian leader drew to a close. Iran agreed with major world powers in 2015 to rein in its nuclear programme in return […]
Russia-Ukraine live: Belarus threatens to join war if attacked
Israel ‘committed to sovereignty’ of Ukraine: Foreign minister Israel’s foreign minister has said his country is “committed to the sovereignty” of Ukraine during the first visit by an Israeli minister to the war-torn nation since Russia launched its invasion. “Israel stands firmly in solidarity with the people of Ukraine and […]