7 d. ago Ukraine war briefing: Strike into Belgorod ‘destroys four Russian helicopters’

Russian missile attack injures 88 in Sumy, officials report; Saudi Arabia ceasefire talks to continue with nothing yet agreed. What we know on day 1,126Ukraine’s special forces said on Monday they destroyed four military helicopters in Russia’s Belgorod region with Himars rocket systems. The special operations command published drone footage and announced: “Special operations forces in cooperation with the GUR of the ministry of defence, missile forces and artillery destroyed two enemy Ka-52 and two Mi-8 helicopters in the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation.” The strikes occurred at a concealed “jumping-off point” for Russian aircraft used in surprise attacks on Ukrainian forces, the group said. Ukrainian forces have since 18 March been striking across the border into areas of Belgorod oblast including the village of Demidovka, according to Russian and Ukrainian war watchers. Some claimed Ukrainian troops had managed to seize a small amount of territory in Belgorod. Their rep...

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2 w. ago Netanyahu warns Israel’s renewed Gaza offensive ‘is only the beginning’

Israeli PM says attacks will continue until Hamas is destroyed and hostages freed, as airstrikes kill hundredsMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe wave of deadly airstrikes that shattered the pause in hostilities in Gaza is “only the beginning”, Benjamin Netanyahu has warned, also promising that the new offensive would continue until Israel achieved all of its war aims – destroying Hamas and freeing all hostages held by the militant group.Any further ceasefire negotiations would take place “under fire”, the Israeli prime minister said in a televised address on Tuesday night, his first after Israel launched attacks that killed more than 400 people in the devastated Palestinian territory, in the bloodiest single day of violence since the first months of the war in 2023. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘I will spend my life rebuilding’: Gaza’s heritage sites destroyed by war

Palestinian experts and British archaeologists say more than two-thirds of heritage, cultural and archaeological sites in Gaza have been damagedHamouda al-Dahda stands in the ruins of Pasha Palace in Gaza City, where before the war the golden limestone walls of the 800-year-old building towered above him, the gardens shaded visitors, and the cool vaulted halls held hundreds of priceless historical artefacts.“The palace was like a small paradise on Earth. Now, there is no life here at all and anyone who comes is sad. They can remember what it once was,” the 40-year-old museum director says. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Jealous neighbours at war as they turn to secateurs sabotage to destroy gardens

They say the grass is always greener, but some anarchist gardeners are making sure it definitely isn't - by destroying their neighbours' patches in a variety of ways

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2 w. ago Israeli attacks on Gaza maternity wards and IVF clinic ‘genocidal acts’, says UN

Israeli forces have used sexual violence as weapon of war to ‘dominate and destroy’ Palestinian people, report also saysIsrael’s systemic attacks on women’s healthcare in Gaza amount to “genocidal acts”, and Israeli security forces have used sexual violence as a weapon of war to “dominate and destroy the Palestinian people”, a UN report states.The 49-page report on sexual and gender-based violence was drawn up by the UN’s independent international commission of inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and presented to the UN human rights council. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump’s US ‘destroying’ world order already questioned by Russia, says Ukrainian ambassador to UK – Europe live

Valerii Zaluzhnyi, former Ukrainian commander-in-chief, says Russia is ‘trying to revise world order but US is finally destroying it’ at Chatham House conferenceSee all our Ukraine war coverageNorwegian prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre has been speaking in the country’s parliament in the last few minutes, announcing plans to “significantly” increase spending to help Ukraine defend itself.He warned that the country was facing “the most serious security situation since the second world war.” Continue reading...

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