Saturday, April 20, 2024

15 Palestinians killed across West Bank in Israeli forces raid, settler violence: health officials

People walk amid the rubble near a damaged building.

Israeli forces killed 14 Palestinians during a raid in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, while an ambulance driver was killed as he went to pick up wounded from a separate attack by violent Jewish settlers, Palestinian authorities said.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/west-bank-violence-settlers-israel-1.7180203?cmp=rss

Ukraine strikes 8 Russian regions in long-range drone attacks

A soldier speaks into a walkie talkie while crouching as a drone flies.

The overnight attacks, which were confirmed by the defence ministry in Moscow, came amid a Russian airstrike campaign that has battered Ukraine's energy system and pounded its cities in recent weeks.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-drone-strike-russia-fuel-depot-1.7180137?cmp=rss

As Russia presses forward, Ukraine pleads with Canada for armour, air defence

Ukrainian Parliament member Oleksandra Ustinova cries as she speaks during a protest against Russia's war on Ukraine in Lafayette Park near the White House on Sunday, March 13, 2022 in Washington.

A leading member of the Ukrainian parliament delivered stark warnings to Canadian politicians and top defence officials this week in a series of mostly under-the-radar meetings in Ottawa ahead of the long-anticipated aid vote in the U.S. Congress.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/oleksandra-ustinova-ukraine-russia-freeland-budget-1.7179373?cmp=rss