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Lord Cameron has said he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “start talking about the things a Palestinian state can be rather than the things it can’t be”. The foreign secretary told Lebanese broadcaster LBCI that part of UK policy is to say there will be a time when it would look to recognise a…
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The US has bolstered defences at its Tower 22 base in Jordan as it prepares to respond to the drone attack that killed three service members there, an American official has said. A second official said the military had carried out self-defence strikes inside Yemen today against Houthi military targets deemed an imminent threat. British…
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Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency said Thursday it has for the first time managed to “completely shut down” 14 news websites allegedly operated by the extremist group al-Shabab. NISA, in a statement posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, said that following a cybersecurity operation, its cyber division had identified sites working to advance…
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US Central Command has released more details about the strikes, saying it has hit more than 85 targets. In a post on X, it said the strikes were conducted at 4pm Eastern time (9pm UK time) in Iraq and Syria against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force and affiliated militia groups. The strikes…
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The US has begun a wave of retaliatory airstrikes targeting militants in Iraq and Syria, officials have told the Associated Press, Reuters and NBC News. The initial strikes were carried out by manned and unmanned aircraft hitting command and control headquarters, ammunition storage and other facilities, AP has reported. They come in response to a…
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Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry is reporting that 112 Palestinians have been killed and another 148 injured over the last 24 hours. It brings the total number of those killed in Gaza since the conflict began to 27,131, the ministry says. A further 66,287 people have been injured. Israel launched its ground and air offensive in…
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We reported earlier that Israel plans to move the focus of its offensive in Gaza further south after claiming to have dismantled Hamas in Khan Younis. The city has been the scene of intense battles between Israel’s military and the militant group in recent weeks. News agency Reuters has these images of Israeli soldiers operating…
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US arms sales reached a record $238bn (£188bn) last year, new figures show, fuelled in part by demand over the war in Ukraine. Washington directly negotiated $80.9bn (£63.8bn) in sales with foreign governments in 2023 – a 56% increase from the previous year. The rest were direct sales by US firms to foreign nations, according…
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Russia’s state investigative committee has released aerial footage of what it says is Il-76 crash site. The graphic footage shows aircraft debris and what the committee says are the bodies of more than 60 Ukrainian prisoners of war who were set to be exchanged for Russian prisoners. The video highlighted one person’s dismembered hand, blurred…
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The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has launched missiles at a significant Israeli air base on Mount Meron for the second time in a month, the group said in a statement today. They said today’s barrage was in response to “recent assassinations in Lebanon and Syria, and the repeated attacks on civilians and homes” in southern…
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The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar, said the Federal Government has deployed 45 more aircraft to the Nigerian Air Force in the last six months. Abubakar made this revelation in Katsina on Tuesday. Abubakar’s visit to the North-West theatre of operations was to celebrate Christmas and have lunch with frontline troops of…
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The Philippines has condemned the actions of Chinese vessels during South China Sea resupply missions as a “serious escalation.” The Philippines accused Chinese coastguards and maritime militia of repeatedly firing water cannons at their resupply boats, resulting in “serious engine damage” to one and a “deliberate” ramming of another. Philippine Chief of Staff of the…
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Tantrums, tears, temperature, toilet accidents. These travails of childhood are familiar to any parent. But for Doron Katz Asher, the daily whims of children took on a new, frightening dimension while in Hamas captivity with her two young daughters. If the girls cried, militants would bang on the door of the room where she was…
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The US army will sell Israel $106.5m (around £84m) worth of tank shells after the Biden administration used its emergency authority, the Pentagon said. This means about 14,000 tank shells will be sold to Israel without congressional review. The sale will be from army inventory and consist of 120mm M830A1 high explosive anti-tank multi-purpose with tracer…
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European countries must “ramp up investment in ammunition production” against a military threat from Russia in the event that the US cannot reinforce Europe effectively, according to a report by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). In his piece, Professor Justin Bronk, senior research fellow for airpower and technology in the military sciences at RUSI, argues…
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The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has condemned the killings of villagers during an accidental bombing in Tudun Biri in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has condemned the killings of villagers during an accidental bombing in Tudun Biri in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. MEZIESBLOG reports that about 30 people lost…
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