Category: News

Six In The Morning Wednesday 6 September 2023

The videos ISIS didn’t want you to see: How grainy security footage could help hold abusers to account By Mick Krever and Jomana Karadsheh, CNN. Video by Oscar Featherstone Updated 10:14 PM EDT, Tue September 5, 2023 The footage is mundane and revelatory all at once. The hallway, filmed from an unmoving closed-circuit camera, appears unremarkable. It’s the point …

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Six In The Morning Tuesday 5 September 2023

  How US-made Bradley Fighting Vehicles helped Ukraine win the battle for Robotyne By Melissa Bell, Daria Tarasova-Markina and Pierre Bairin, CNN Published 6:11 AM EDT, Tue September 5, 2023 The T0408 was once a country lane that led peacefully southward through the open fields of Ukraine’s southern Zaporizhzhia region, from Orikhiv through Robotyne and on to Tokmak. Now, the men of Ukraine’s 47th …

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Six In The Morning Monday 4 September 2023

  Burning Man: Revellers begin to leave as boggy conditions improve By David Willis & Kathryn Armstrong BBC News, Burning Man in Nevada & London Weather conditions at the Burning Man festival in the US have eased enough to allow revellers to start leaving. Heavy rain had turned the event, held in a desert in Nevada, …

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Six In The Morning Sunday 3 September 2023

  Threats, insults, and Kremlin ‘robots’: How Russian diplomacy died under Putin By Sergey Goryashko, Elizaveta Fokht and Sofiya Samokhina BBC Russian Russia’s diplomats were once a key part of President Putin’s foreign policy strategy. But that has all changed. In the years leading up to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, diplomats lost their authority, …

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Six In The Morning Saturday 2 September 2023

Aditya-L1: India successfully launches its first mission to the Sun By Geeta Pandey BBC News, Delhi India has launched its first observation mission to the Sun, just days after the country made history by becoming the first to land near the Moon’s south pole. Aditya-L1 lifted off from the launch pad at Sriharikota on Saturday at …

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Six In The Morning Friday 1 September 2023

  Holidaymakers on jetskis reportedly shot after entering Algerian waters At least one man dead after group on holiday in Morocco enter Algerian territory off beach resort of Saïdia Angelique Chrisafis in Paris and agencies Fri 1 Sep 2023 14.29 BST Algerian authorities are believed to have shot dead at least one Moroccan tourist after a group …

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Six In The Morning Thursday 31 August 2023

  At least 73 killed as fire engulfs five-storey building in Johannesburg Seven children among dozens dead after blaze tears through building in South Africa’s largest city Simon Allison in Johannesburg, and Helen Sullivan Thu 31 Aug 2023 14.33 BST At least 73 people, including seven children, have died in a fire in a multi-storey building in the …

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Six In The Morning Wednesday 30 August 2023

Ukraine war: Wave of drone strikes hits several Russian regions By Paul Adams, diplomatic correspondent, Tiffany Wertheimer & George Wright BBC News Moscow has vowed Ukraine will “not go unpunished” after drone strikes hit targets in Russia, while Kyiv saw its heaviest bombardment in months. The drones hit several Russian regions and damaged two military planes, …

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Six In The Morning Tuesday 29 August 2023

  ‘Dying by the dozens every day’ – Ukraine losses climb There has been a dramatic rise in Ukraine’s number of dead, according to new estimates by unnamed US officials. The BBC’s Quentin Sommerville has been on the front line in the east, where the grim task of counting the dead has become a daily …

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Six In The Morning Monday 28 August 2023

Taliban stop female Afghan students leaving country to study in Dubai By Noor Gul Shafaq BBC Afghan “After the Taliban shut universities for women, my only hope was to get a scholarship which would help me study abroad,” says 20-year-old Afghan student Natkai. Natkai’s name has been changed for her own safety. The Taliban have cracked …

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