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West is under political censorship, says exiled Chinese artist – after exhibition cancelled over Israel-Hamas comments Political censorship in the West today is “exactly the same” as it was in China under its ruthless communist leader Mao Zedong, exiled artist Ai Weiwei has told Sky News. The 66-year-old dissident was responding to a question about…
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Hamas is studying a proposed ceasefire deal that would include prolonged pauses in fighting in Gaza and the swapping of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners, the group’s senior leaders have said. Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas’ top political leader, and Osama Hamdan, a senior Hamas official in Beirut, said the group remains committed to its initial demands…
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The United States Treasury has issued new Iran-related sanctions. The sanctions target four Iran and Hong Kong based companies for providing materials and technology to Iran’s ballistic missile and drone programmes and a Hong Kong-based firm for selling Iranian commodities. Six officials from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp’s Cyber Electronic Command have also been sanctioned for malicious…
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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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The Pentagon has said it cannot confirm reports the US has begun retaliatory strikes in the Middle East. Fox News reported a US defence official as saying airstrikes have begun on Middle East targets from “multiple platforms”. But ABC News said the strikes, which targeted Syria, were not launched by the US. Both Central Command…
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The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) says one of its employees has been killed. Posting on social media, the organisation says Israeli forces have been firing towards its headquarters in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis. It says “a number” of displaced individuals were also killed and others wounded. The PRCS has named the female…
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News agency AP is quoting a Hamas official, saying the group will respond “very soon” to a proposal aimed at securing the first extended ceasefire since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war. The proposal followed talks in Paris involving intelligence chiefs from Israel, the US and Egypt, with the prime minister of Qatar. It would…
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Half of US adults believe Israel has “gone too far” in its military campaign in Gaza, according to a new poll from The Associated Press- NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. That is up from 40% in the same poll in November. The poll was conducted from 25-28 January, which overlaps with the deaths of three…
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An estimated 17,000 children are unaccompanied or have been separated from their families in Gaza, according to UNICEF. It says more than one million children in the territory also require mental health support and are displaying emotional outbursts and panic. “They present symptoms like extremely high levels of persistent anxiety, loss of appetite. They can’t…
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Five people have been killed in Russian shelling in northern and eastern Ukraine, according to local officials. Four people died in two villages in the northeastern Sumy region, officials said. Meanwhile, Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne said a woman died after suffering serious head injuries in a mid-afternoon shelling of the heavily-bombarded eastern town of Avdiivka.…
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European Union envoys have agreed unanimously to set aside billions of euros of windfall profits from Russian central bank assets frozen in Europe. Ambassadors of the 27 EU countries agreed in principle the first step of a plan to help fund Ukraine reconstruction after Russia’s invasion, according to a source from Belgium. The text will…
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Iraq has condemned the attack that killed three US service members in Jordan yesterday. The Iraqi government “condemns the ongoing escalation, particularly the recent attack on the Syrian-Jordanian border, and is closely monitoring with great concern the alarming security developments in the region”, spokesman Basim Alawadi said. Joe Biden has accused “radical Iran-backed militant groups…
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In a surprising turn on January 16, Iran launched missile strikes into Pakistan’s Baluchistan province, claiming it had hit two strongholds of anti-Iran insurgent group Jaish al-Adl (Army of Justice). Iran announced the attack in Pakistan concurrent to its strikes in Iraq and Syria. Less than two days later, Pakistan hit back with not only missiles but also fighter jets in…
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The Ministry of Defence has said the crew of HMS Diamond had to once again shoot down a Houthi attack drone that targeted the ship. In its statement, it said the vessel “destroyed a drone targeting her”, with “no injuries or damage” sustained to the Diamond or her crew. “These intolerable and illegal attacks are…
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Rishi Sunak needs to make a tangible “multiyear” commitment to Ukraine in the face of Russia’s aggression, a former NATO chief has said. “[We must] keep Ukraine at the top of the agenda because they’re fighting for us out there,” Lord Robertson, former NATO secretary general, told Sky News. “What I want is a multiyear commitment,” he…
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