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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country has “no choice” but to continue fighting in Gaza. He also added that the war on the enclave will only end when three objectives are realised.The Israeli premier says that fighting in Gaza is contingent upon successfully achieving three goals; destroying Hamas, freeing all the hostages and ensuring the enclave poses no threat to Israel in the future.His comments came after at least 92 Palestinians were killed and more than 200 others were injured in the space of two days, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. Israeli troops have been increasing their attacks…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced a temporary Easter ceasefire in Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Saturday. According to the Kremlin, the ceasefire will last from 6 p.m. Moscow time (1500 GMT) on Saturday to midnight (2100 GMT) following Easter Sunday. “Guided by humanitarian considerations, today from 18:00 to 00:00 from Sunday to Monday, the Russian side declares an Easter truce. I order that all military actions be stopped for this period,” Putin said at a meeting with Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov, the Kremlin’s Press Service quoted him as saying. “We assume that the Ukrainian side will…
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday declared a truce for Easter in the war in Ukraine, saying he has ordered “all hostilities” to pause over the weekend. The Kremlin said in a post on its Telegram channel that, “guided by humanitarian considerations, today the Russian side is declaring an Easter truce from 18:00 to zero hours from Sunday to Monday.” “I order all hostilities to stop for this period. We assume that the Ukrainian side will follow our example,” the post went on. “At the same time, our troops must be ready to repel possible violations of the truce and…
The claims were not immediately verifiable. POLITICO has approached the Ukrainian defense ministry for confirmation. Ukrainian forces last year carried out a daring and unexpected offensive into the Kursk region. That decision was controversial even within Ukraine, though President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has insisted the incursion has been a success, and has hinted that Ukraine’s continued control of Russian territory could give Kyiv leverage in any peace negotiations with Moscow. Despite clinging on for months in Kursk, however, the Russian counteroffensive has recently hit Ukrainian forces hard. Military analysts warned last month that Ukrainian commanders would soon have to decide whether…
Iran and the United States have started a second round of negotiations on Saturday over Tehran’s nuclear programme, US and Iranian officials said. The US official spoke to the Associated Press news agency on condition of anonymity to discuss the closed-door negotiations at the Omani Embassy in Rome’s Camilluccia neighborhood. Iranian state media also reported the talks starting just before noon as journalists watched outside. The talks in Italy over Easter weekend will again be led by Steve Witkoff, the Mideast envoy of President Donald Trump ans Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, and will again be mediated by Omani Foreign…
According to people familiar with Vatican thinking, that likely meant that Parolin discussed the Trump administration’s cuts to USAID, a move seen in Vatican circles as an affront to the Church’s charitable efforts, and reiterated the pope’s opposition to Trump’s migration policy. Over the course of his papacy, Francis has repeatedly urged world leaders to treat migrants with dignity, frequently drawing criticism from conservatives. The visit comes at a sensitive moment. With the pope’s health still in question, Vatican officials are leery at the prospect of powerful American Catholic conservatives trying to influence any future conclave. U.S. Catholics are also…
The interpreter said in the interview with Corriere della Sera that such a calamity has never happened to her before. “I’m sorry above all for not having been useful,” she said. “President Meloni was right to interrupt me, it was a very important meeting and every word carried great weight,” Maiolini-Rothbacher said. “She wanted to be perfectly understood by Donald Trump.” Maiolini-Rothbacher said in the interview that although she had not been to the White House before, she is an experienced interpreter and has worked at high-level meetings including the G20. She has worked as an interpreter since 1991, according…
“Hammerhead! Below you!”This was not the Galapagos wildlife encounter I expected, but considering I’d already spotted five of the iconic “Big 15” animals between the airport and the seaport, run-ins with the 9,000 other species that inhabit the archipelago were as inevitable as they were unpredictable. Nearly 200 years after Charles Darwin sailed through the Galapagos Islands on HMS Beagle, I boarded La Pinta, an expedition ship with 39 guests and 33 crew members — roughly the same soul count as Darwin’s vessel. But our voyage wasn’t a retelling of Darwin’s diary with a luxurious slant. Our four-night northern itinerary…
Recycling has become second nature for many of us, but what products in Europe still struggle to find a second life?Municipalities collected half a tonne of waste per person living in the EU in 2023, the latest figures show, with only around48 per cent of that getting recycled. The pressure is now on to raise that statistic. New EU rules state that by the end of this year, 55 per cent of municipal waste and 65 per cent of packaging waste must be prepared for re-use or recycling. But European countries are struggling to hit these goals. Estimates show that two-thirds of…
“Imagine swimming the backstroke with a view of a church vault and stained-glass windows,” says MVRDV founding partner Winy Maas. Well, soon you’ll be able to.Dutch architecture studios MVRDV and Zecc Architecten have just unveiled their heavenly plans for Holy Water, a public swimming pool inside the former St Francis of Assisi Church in the city of Heerlen.Holy Water will take over the nave of the 1923 church, which has been empty for two years, and turn it into a social space with a pool at its heart. And here’s the particularly divine twist: the pool has an adjustable floor,…