Millions displaced in Lebanon

Millions displaced in Lebanon

Lebanon says a million people may be displaced as Israel continues air strikes. Israel says it has also attacked military targets of the Iran-backed Houthi movement in Yemen. Chris Watts works with the charity Future Academy in refugee camps in Lebanon. Militant group Hamas meanwhile says its leader in Lebanon, Fatah Sharif, was killed alongside his wife and two children in an Israeli strike in the south of […]

September 30, 2024 26

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Ukraine wants more freedom to strike targets inside Russia

Ukraine says it would urge allies to give its troops more free-dom to strike military targets inside Russia after the United States partially lifted restrictions on the use of some Western-supplied weapons. Washington last week gave Ukraine limited permission to use Western-supplied weapons to strike some military targets on Russian territory. The issue has been deeply divisive among Ukraine's supporters, with some reluctant to permit Ukraine to strike […]

June 4, 2024 18

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Three killed in Russian attacks on eastern Ukraine

Three people including a 12-year-old boy were killed in Russian attacks on eastern Ukraine, where Russian forces have claimed steady advances in recent weeks, local authorities said on Monday. The head of the Donetsk region, which the Kremlin claimed to have annexed in late 2022, said two people were killed and another wounded by Russian attacks on the village of Mykhaylivka. "A 12-year-old boy is among the […]

June 3, 2024 17