Saturday, October 7, 2023

Hundreds feared dead after powerful earthquake rocks western Afghanistan

People clear debris from a collapsed home.

A powerful magnitude-6.3 earthquake followed by strong aftershocks killed dozens of people in western Afghanistan on Saturday, the country's national disaster authority said.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/afghanistan-earthquake-dead-1.6990380?cmp=rss

'We are at war,' Israeli PM says after Hamas launches surprise attack, takes hostages

Rockets are launched toward Israel, from Gaza, on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gaza-israel-rockets-1.6990209?cmp=rss

A prominent U.K. Sikh died just before another activist was killed in B.C. Some see a connection

An alleged "hit list" published by Indian media of Sikhs who support an independent homeland and are accused of extremist activities. Avtar Singh Khanda who died in Birmingham in June is on the far left.

One Sikh community near Birmingham, U.K., is questioning the official version of the death of a prominent local independence activist in light of the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/avtar-singh-khanda-inquest-1.6989059?cmp=rss

Hamas launches surprise attack as gunmen enter Israel

Black smoke rises from burning cars.

The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas launched the biggest attack on Israel in years on Saturday in a surprise assault that combined gunmen crossing into several Israeli towns with a heavy barrage of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gaza-israel-rockets-1.6990209?cmp=rss