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Ruto: African leaders are threatened with consequences if they fail to attend some international meetings President William Ruto revealed that African leaders are sometimes forced to attend international meetings in foreign powerful countries because of blackmail. Speaking at the Pan-African Parliament Summit on Climate Policy and Equity in Midrand, South Africa on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, Ruto lamented that African heads of state are usually forced to attend international meetings even if there is no meaningful outcome.
Ukraine’s commander in chief hints counteroffensive could be imminent in slick video With just a few words and a slickly produced piece of military propaganda, the commander in chief of Ukraine’s armed forces ratcheted up speculation that a long-awaited counteroffensive by Kyiv against Russia’s occupying forces could be imminent. “The time has come to take back what is ours,” said the official, Gen. Valerii Zaluzhyni. The minute-long video features Ukrainian troops marching, training and apparently preparing for battle. Some are seen using German tanks and American artillery and rocket launchers – the type of armaments Kyiv would use in a potential operation to push Russian forces out of Ukrainian territory. The clip ends with soldiers and their commander chanting a defiant message: “Ukraine, my native motherland, Lord, our heavenly father, bless our decisive offensive, our sacred revenge, our holy victory.” The video came online following weeks of speculation regarding when Ukraine would start its counteroffensive – or whether it might even be said to have already begun. With just a few words and a slickly produced piece of military propaganda, the commander in chief of Ukraine’s armed forces ratcheted up speculation that a long-awaited counteroffensive by Kyiv against Russia’s occupying forces could be imminent. “The time has come to take back what is ours,” said the official, Gen. Valerii Zaluzhyni. The minute-long video features Ukrainian troops marching, training and apparently preparing for battle. Some are seen using German tanks and American artillery and rocket launchers – the type of armaments Kyiv would use in a potential operation to push Russian forces out of Ukrainian territory. The clip ends with soldiers and their commander chanting a defiant message: “Ukraine, my native motherland, Lord, our heavenly father, bless our decisive offensive, our sacred revenge, our holy victory.” The video came online following weeks of speculation regarding when Ukraine would start its counteroffensive – or whether it might even be said to have already begun.
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Jill Biden says the US and Namibia ‘face many of the same challenges’ First lady Jill Biden on Thursday said the U.S. and Namibia face similar challenges, pointing to climate change, economic inequality and strengthening democracy, as she spoke at an event on the second day of her trip to Africa. Biden attended a luncheon at the Namibian state house, along with Namibian President Hage Geingob, Namibian first lady Monica Geingos and Sustjie Mbumba, the spouse of the vice president.“We face many of the same challenges, from climate change to economic inequality to strengthening democracy, which is why the U.S. African Leaders Summit was held in Washington D.C., in December, because it was so important to him,” she said, referring to President Biden. “And it’s why I’m proud to be standing here, standing with a strong democracy,” Biden added. The president announced at the end of the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in December that he will travel to sub-Saharan Africa in 2023. He said at the time that there will also be visits to Africa from other officials, including his wife. The first lady on Thursday called Namibia a leader in gender equality, saying, “Mr. President, you and your government, which is full of strong women are setting an example for the world.” Biden said she was talking to her husband about her trip, and he said the country’s struggle against apartheid inspired him to speak out as a senator. Namibia was previously under the rule of South Africa’s former apartheid system until 1990. “He understood then as he does now that our futures are intertwined,” Biden said.
The Pentagon is considering a proposal to supply Ukraine with cheap, small precision bombs fitted onto abundantly available rockets, allowing Kyiv to strike far behind Russian lines as the West struggles to meet the demand for more weapons. US and allied military inventories are shrinking, and Ukraine faces an increasing need for more sophisticated arms as the war drags on. Boeing’s proposed system, dubbed Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB), is one of about a half-dozen plans for getting new munitions into production for Ukraine and the US’s Eastern European allies, industry sources said. GLSDB could be delivered as early as spring 2023, according to a document reviewed by Reuters news agency and three people familiar with the plan. It combines the GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) with the M26 rocket motor, both of which are common in US inventories. Doug Bush, the US Army’s chief weapons buyer, told reporters at the Pentagon last week the military was also looking at accelerating production of 155mm artillery shells – currently manufactured only at government facilities – by allowing defence contractors to build them. The invasion of Ukraine drove up demand for American-made weapons and ammunition, while US allies in Eastern Europe are “putting a lot of orders” in for a range of arms as they supply Ukraine, Bush added.
A former Indian mafia boss turned politician, Atiq Ahmed, has been shot dead alongside his brother while giving an interview on live television, after previously claiming there was a threat to his life from the police. Ahmed who was sentenced to life imprisonment in March for kidnapping was under police escort and was talking to reporters when a gun was pulled close to his head in the city of Prayagraj on Saturday night.
Iran Unveils Its First Underground Air Force BaseThe Iranian Army’s Air Force unveiled its first underground military base on February 7. The tactical subterranean airbase named Oghab-44 (Eagle-44) can accommodate and prepare various aircraft, including fighter jets, bombers, and unmanned aerial vehicles, for missions, according to Iran’s Tasnim news agency. This large underground base consists of various sections, such as an alert area, command post, warplane hangars, repair and maintenance centre, navigation and airport equipment, and fuel tanks. Oghab-44 is one of the several tactical underground bases of the Air Force that has been constructed across Iran in recent years. These bases are located under the mountainous areas so that they can be used for sudden aerial operations in the spots and at times that the enemies would not expect. The underground bases accommodate the fighter jets in safe locations and furnish the planes with electronic warfare systems and various bombs and missiles, including Yasin, Qaem and Asef, which allow for standoff aerial operations and extend the strategic range of attacks against remote targets. Addressing the unveiling ceremony of the base on February 7, Iran’s Army Commander Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi said that “based on threats and type of missions, our equipment has been upgraded from tactical to strategic,” and added that the Army’s underground bases will be equipped with new fighter jets in the future. On the same day, the Iranian Air Force unveiled a homegrown long-range missile installed on the Sukhoi Su-24 tactical bombers. The “Asef” air-launched long-range cruise missile is manufactured by Iranian military experts. Asef has a warhead with great explosive and destructive power that can annihilate heavy equipment and structures. Iran is ranked 17th among 145 countries in terms of military power, according to Global Firepower’s 2023 rankings. The Islamic Republic has developed a defense program over the past decades, and now it produces various types of weapons, military equipment and drones domestically and plans to increase military exports. The recent years’ developments indicate that the Air Force is planning to build subterranean bases across Iran. Iran opened a drone factory in Tajikistan in May 2022 to produce Ababil-2, a surveillance drone with an operational range of 100km.
Serbian President Vucic Steps Down As Party Leader Amidst Anti-Government Protests The protests, triggered by recent mass shootings and fueled by allegations of societal divisions and curbed freedoms, demand resignations and media license revocations.Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has stepped down as the leader of his populist party, the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), amid growing anti-government protests. Vucic's decision comes as he plans to form a broader political movement and faces mounting public pressure. He was replaced by Milos Vucevic, the current defense minister, at a party gathering in Kragujevac. Vucic, who had been criticized for simultaneously holding the positions of party leader and president, expressed his gratitude to the SNS members for his 11-year tenure as their leader. He assured them that he would remain a party member.
Drone crashes into building in Russia’s Voronezh city; 3 injured Russia reports a drone attack in its southwestern city which partially borders Ukraine. The latest drone attack to target Russian cities in recent weeks comes as Ukraine has been intensifying its efforts to expel Russian forces from a vast swath of southern and eastern Ukraine that they invaded more than 15 months ago on orders from President Vladimir Putin. In a Telegram post, regional Governor Alexander Gusev said the three residents were hurt by shards of glass from broken windows, and received help on the spot. Russian state media published photos showing a high-rise apartment building with some windows blown out and damage to the facade. Such drone strikes – which have previously hit residential areas in southern Krasnodar and even one at the Kremlin – along with cross-border raids in southwestern Russia, have exposed glaring breaches in Russian air defences and porous border security. Kyiv withholds comment on reports of attacks inside Russia. Separately on Friday, the Ukrainian presidency’s website posted a video statement overnight from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that alluded to the latest efforts of his country’s forces, along various parts of the more than 1,000-kilometre (about 620-mile) front line. Zelenskyy, speaking in what appeared to be a selfie video from inside a train carriage after visiting flood-hit southern Ukraine, said he was in touch with Ukrainian forces “in all the hottest areas” of the fight and praised an unspecified “result” from their efforts. Ukrainian authorities have kept quiet about their latest military moves, refusing to join in on rising commentary from Western military experts and others that a long-anticipated counteroffensive was under way.
God protects me,” says 73-year-old Tamara. She’s one of the few people who have stayed in the town of Konstantinivka, eastern Ukraine. “If there is a need, God will save me. If not,” she adds with a shrug, “it is what it is.” Tamara has lived in the same flat for the past 40 years. Her son, a drug addict she says nonchalantly, is in Russia. Her husband died long ago. Now, it’s just her and her cat. Konstantinivka is 22 kilometres, about 13.5 miles west of the city of Bakhmut, scene of some of the most intense fighting in the war. Tamara is waiting for a bus home, sitting on a broken wooden bench in the square which also serves as the town’s main taxi stand. On this day there is only one taxi with a sign on the windshield offering rides to Dnipro, a four-hour drive to the west, far away from the frontlines. There are no takers.
UK orders China to close ‘secret police stations’ on British soil Britain has probed claims that the Chinese stations were operating at three British police have investigated claims made by the non-governmental human rights organisation Safeguard Defenders that such police stations were operating at three British sites, Tugendhat said on Tuesday. “I can confirm that they have not, to date, identified any evidence of illegal activity on behalf of the Chinese state across these sites,” he said. “We assess that police and public scrutiny have had a suppressive impact on any administrative functions these sites may have had.” US federal agents arrested two New York residents in April for allegedly operating a secret Chinese police station in the Chinatown district of Manhattan., its security minister says. The UK government has ordered China to shut down secret police stations operating on British soil, Security Minister Tom Tugendhat says in a written statement to parliament. Britain has previously said reports of undeclared police stations in the country were “extremely concerning” and that any intimidation on British soil of foreign nationals by China or other states was unacceptable.
Haiti spinning out of control on every metric from gangs to kidnappings, migration to murder Haiti's gangs control most of the capital. 'You never know if a vehicle just wants to pass you' or 'force you to stop for a kidnapping,' says one Haitian.Haitian musician Jean Jean-Pierre says most people he knows who live in Port-au-Prince avoid leaving their homes unless they need food or other essential supplies. The reason? Violence. Murder. Gangs. "When you do go out you are so aware of everything – a car behind you, a motorcycle behind you. You never know if a vehicle just wants to pass you, or pass you and force you to stop for a kidnapping because it happens so often," said Jean-Pierre, 69. "They catch you and demand $200,000. Where do I get $200,000 from?" The Caribbean nation has long been in turmoil.
Afwerki to Putin: Remake world order to end US dominance Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki is calling on Russia to play its part to end what he called a long-standing unipolar world order dominated by the United States. Afwerki’s four-day trip this week, on the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, seemed to be a reward for Asmara’s staunch support for Moscow, now in the bad books of the West for invading Ukraine in February last year. In four votes at the UN General Assembly and the UN Human Rights Council, Eritrea has often opposed negative decisions on Russia. It rejected a vote to condemn Russia’s invasion, calls to condemn Moscow’s decision to occupy certain Ukrainian regions and recently voted ‘no’ when the UN General Assembly decided to direct Russia to withdraw from Ukraine in a February 2023 session. On Wednesday, during a meeting with Putin in Moscow, Mr Afwerki said that “the unipolar world order” dominated by the US had contributed to the “spiral of crises and destruction around the world.” “It is necessary to press for the allocation of the necessary resources that are needed for transition to a new, civilised international order, based on mutual respect, cooperation, mutual complementarity and prosperity, where justice and the rule of law are the highest values. “We must and are obliged to do this. I hope, and I am convinced, that Russia will play its part in this mission of the whole of humanity on the road towards solidarity and cooperation among free peoples,” the Eritrean leader said.
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‘I don't want Russian provocations,’ says Georgia's Zurabishvili The biggest war in Europe since 1945 has prompted several countries to try to speed up their integration with the West. Those include Ukraine itself but also nations in the western Balkans, as well as Moldova and Georgia, which has been knocking on NATO's door for many years. The former Soviet Republic applied for EU membership in March 2022, although it has not yet been given candidate status. Our guest on The Interview is Salome Zurabishvili, the president of Georgia. A longstanding champion of Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations, Zurabishvili argues her ambitions are being undermined by the current government in Tbilisi. Just a few days ago, Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said that a NATO enlargement was one of the reasons for the war in Ukraine – a stark contrast to Zurabishvili’s own opinions. “I’m representing first of all the Georgian constitution, which states that all state institutions – so maybe he (Garibashvili) should read it – should do everything possible in their capacities to move the country towards Euro-Atlantic integration,” she said. Zurabishvili also commented on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent order to resume direct flights between Moscow and Tbilisi, and abolishing visa requirements for Georgian nationals travelling to Russia. “Provocation,” she said. “I don’t want Russian provocations to be played (out) at this time and age when we are moving towards the decision on (EU) candidacy.” The Georgian president also spoke about Georgians’ view on gender equality and LGBT+ issues, noting that although her country may be seen as very traditionalist, “society is moving very, very fast”.
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