The fighting has reportedly left more than 150,000 people dead and triggered one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, with two thirds of the population – 21.7 million people – in need of some form of aid. An economic breakdown caused by
The body’s regional director for Africa, Patrick Youssef, said the enormity of the situation was still unfolding. He called for “quick access and safety for ambulances, medical personnel, and humanitarian actors to be able to evaluate what is happening”.
“The fact that an operation targeting illicit firearms resulted in such massive drugs seizures is further proof, if needed, that these crimes are intertwined,” Interpol Secretary General Jürgen Stock said of the 203 tonnes of cocaine and other drugs found.
“To me, it is outrageous to think that the Chinese police would attempt to set up shop, you know, in New York, let’s say, without proper co-ordination,” Mr Wray said. “It violates sovereignty and circumvents standard judicial and law enforcement co-operation processes.”
“Every time we thought that it’s calming down then suddenly there is another noise,” she told the BBC. “The strongest explosions were this morning when we also saw some air force being deployed, or fighter jets, and we decided to go down
One leaked document, quoted by the Washington Post, said the Ukrainian army faced challenges in massing troops, equipment and ammunition, and could fall well short of its original goals for an expected counter-offensive. The document warned that only modest territorial gains could
Trade unions made a last-ditch appeal to the president not to sign the pension-age increase into law, faced with the public’s “massive rejection of this reform”. The unions pointed out that six concessions that had been added to the reforms had been
National Guardsman Jack Teixeira was arrested by FBI agents in Massachusetts. Attorney General Merrick Garland shared a short statement saying only that Teixeira was arrested in connection with alleged “unauthorised removal, retention and transmission” of classified defence information.
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One document, dated 23 March, refers to the presence of a small number of Western special forces operating inside Ukraine, without specifying their activities or location. The UK has the largest contingent (50), followed by Latvia (17), France (15), the US (14)