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      4 May

      Russia says Ukraine attacked Kremlin with drones in failed bid to kill President Vladimir Putin

      Russia on Wednesday accused Ukraine of carrying out a drone strike on Kremin with an intention to assassinate President Vladimir Putin. Videos circulating on social media appeared to show a plume of smoke over Moscow’s Kremlin after the purported strike. Here’s what we know so far … * The Kremlin said two drones had been used in the alleged attack on Putin’s residence in the walled Kremlin citadel, but had been disabled by electronic defences. * It said no damage or casualties took place, adding that Putin was not at Kremlin at the time of the attack. * Russia said it regards these actions as a “planned terrorist act” and an attempt on the president’s life, carried out on the eve…

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    • 4 May

      Robert Mugabe’s daughter’s wealth revealed in divorce case listing 21 farms and Dubai mansion

      A divorce case involving Robert Mugabe’s daughter has listed property worth millions of pounds including 21 farms that were grabbed violently from former white commercial farmers, land in affluent suburbs, a mansion in Dubai and cash, shocking impoverished people in Zimbabwe. The divorce between Bona Mugabe and husband Simbarashe Chikore has laid bare the family’s wealth, with the couple fighting over assets including land worth millions of pounds, property, more than $1m in cash and luxury vehicles including Range Rovers. The two were married at a lavish wedding in Harare in 2014 when Mugabe was still in power. The veteran ruler was removed as president and party leader of Zanu-PF and was replaced by Emmerson Mnangagwa in November 2017 and died in 2019 aged…

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    • 4 May

      Taoiseach urges respect for UK monarchy amid TV coverage row

      Ireland’s premier has urged respect for those who support the monarchy in the UK after two opposition parliamentarians questioned the time Irish national broadcaster RTE is devoting to the King’s coronation. Leo Varadkar stressed that the model of constitutional monarchy is backed by a majority of people in the United Kingdom as he responded to criticism levelled by two socialist TDs in the Dail parliament in Dublin. Why is RTE showing four hours of coronation coverage on Saturday?The monarchy should be abolished – not celebrated.£100 million is being spent on this exercise in rehabilitation when 4 million children in Britain are in food poverty.— Paul Murphy 🏳️‍⚧️ (@paulmurphy_TD) May 3, 2023 Paul Murphy and Richard Boyd Barrett from People Before Profit-Solidarity both raised concerns that RTE One…

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    • 4 May

      ‘Blink if you are safe’ – Israel mocks Iranian FM for tweeting unicorn emoji

      Israel showed Wednesday it’s armed with a sense of humor in the country’s conflict with Iran. “Praying for whoever tweeted this,” the official Twitter account of the Jewish state wrote in response to a tweet of the unicorn emoji accidentally posted by the Iranian Foreign Ministry. “Blink twice if you are safe.”  The Iranian tweet read: “#Iran, #Syria presidents preside over meeting of high-ranking delegations, reaffirm bilateral ties remained stable.” It included one photo of the meeting and another of a laughing unicorn.  Israel’s satire tweet encouraged others to mock Iran’s mishap too. The account for Israel’s embassy in Belgium replied: “Maybe he’s just a @noakirel fan?   #Eurovision2023,” a nod to the Israeli pop-star’s song  ״Unicorn,״ which is Israel’s official entry in…

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    • 3 May

      US police capture suspect in killing of 5 neighbours in Texas

      Francisco Oropesa, 38, is suspected of shooting dead five neighbours aged between eight and 31. San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers, centre, announces the arrest of Francisco Oropesa who is suspected of killing five neighbours in Cleveland, Texas [Evan Garcia] A man accused of killing five neighbours after they asked him to stop firing his rifle in his yard has been captured after a manhunt launched last week, Texas law enforcement said. Francisco Oropesa, the suspected attacker, had eluded authorities since the mass shooting on Friday in the small town of Cleveland in southeastern Texas. “We now have this man in custody,” San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers told reporters at a news conference on Tuesday night. “He was caught hiding in…

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    • 3 May

      Russian defence minister calls for missile production to double

      Russia launched a drone attack on Kyiv overnight on Tuesday, though all drones were shot down, Ukrainian officials say. Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, right, and President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia, in February 2023 [File: Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Pool] Russia’s defence minister has urged a state company to double its production of missiles as an expected Ukrainian counteroffensive looms and both Moscow’s and Kyiv’s forces are reportedly experiencing ammunition constraints. Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, speaking at a meeting with the top military brass on Tuesday, said the state-owned Tactical Missiles Corporation had been fulfilling its contracts in a timely manner. But, Shoigu added, “Right now, it is necessary to double the production of high-precision weapons in the shortest possible time”. Military…

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    • 3 May

      Myanmar to free more than 2,000 political dissidents

      Military, which has used force to stamp out opposition to its rule, says amnesty is for ‘humanitarian’ reasons. Relatives began arriving at Insein prison in Yangon after the amnesty was announced [Stringer] Myanmar’s generals say they have pardoned more than 2,000 political prisoners to mark Wesak, a major Buddhist holiday. The military said 2,153 people jailed for “incitement” would be released on “humanitarian grounds”, Myanmar Now reported on Wednesday, citing a statement signed by Military Council Secretary Lieutenant General Aung Lin Dwe. The Myanmar military has cracked down on its opponents with lethal force and detained thousands of people since seizing power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in a coup in February 2021. Those charged with…

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    • 3 May

      Palestinian groups, Israeli forces agree to Gaza ceasefire

      Israeli forces and armed Palestinian groups in Gaza have agreed to a ‘reciprocal and simultaneous’ ceasefire. Palestinian hunger striker Khader Adnan dies in Israeli prison Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups in Gaza have agreed to a ceasefire after a night of Israeli air strikes that pounded the besieged coastal enclave, while rockets were launched towards Israel following the death in prison of prominent Palestinian hunger striker Khader Adnan. The “reciprocal and simultaneous” ceasefire went into effect at 3:30am (00:30 GMT) and was brought about with efforts from Egyptian, Qatari and United Nations officials, two sources told the Reuters news agency on Wednesday. Islamic Jihad spokesman Tareq Selmi said fighting had ended by dawn on Wednesday. Hamas had engaged in talks with Egyptian,…

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    • 3 May

      Could an old tribal foe undercut Sudan’s Hemedti?

      The RSF could be more vulnerable in its stronghold in Darfur, where a rival foe is challenging Hemedti. Musa Hilal celebrates with former President Omar al-Bashir at the wedding of the former’s daughter [File: Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah] After two weeks of armed conflict, Sudan’s feared paramilitary leader, Mohamed Hamdan “Hemedti” Dagalo, has fought the army to a deadlock in the capital of Khartoum. But his Rapid Support Forces could be more vulnerable in their stronghold in Darfur, where a rival has challenged Hemedti for tribal supremacy, analysts and residents told. Enter Musa Hilal, a respected tribal chief from the same Arab Rizeigat tribe that Hemedti hails. Back in 2003, Hilal fought on behalf of the government against mostly non-Arab armed…

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    • 3 May

      International community concerned about terrorists in Afghanistan: Guterres

      Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday that the international community is concerned about the presence of terrorists in Afghanistan United Nations: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday that the international community is concerned about the presence of terrorists in Afghanistan, which has repercussions for the region and beyond. After a meeting of special envoys on Afghanistan that he convened in Doha, Guterres said that the participants were worried about the stability of that country and expressed serious concerns about “the persistent presence of terrorist organisations — a risk for the country, the region, and further afield”. Drug trafficking is another area of serious concern about Afghanistan, he said. India was one of the 21 countries as well as the European Union and…

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