Tag: Six In The Morning

Prague gunman killed himself on roof as police approached 22nd December 2023, 06:18 PST By Kathryn Armstrong & Sarah Rainsford, Eastern Europe Correspondent in London and Prague Prague police say the gunman who killed 14 people at a university on Thursday afternoon killed himself after being surrounded by the authorities. The attack, which happened at …

Continue reading

  Czech Republic: Fatal shooting at Prague university Czech police say the shooter has been “eliminated,” and that there were several dead and wounded at the university in the capital, Prague. Czech police reported on Thursday a shooting incident at a downtown educational facility in the capital, Prague , that killed and injured an unspecified number of people. Around 11 …

Continue reading

UN set for Gaza vote as Netanyahu says Israel will not stop fighting US spokesperson: Gaza truce discussions are ‘very serious’ Discussions for a truce in Gaza are “very serious”, according to a senior US official. US National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby told reporters aboard Air Force One that there are “very serious discussions …

Continue reading

Iceland volcano: Pollution warning for capital after eruption By Oliver Slow & Marita Moloney BBC News Gas pollution could hit Iceland’s capital after a volcano began erupting late on Monday, the country’s meteorological office has said. The eruption, which broke out on the Reykjanes peninsula of south-west Iceland, comes after weeks of intense earthquakes and tremors. …

Continue reading

Gazans trapped in church fear being shot, says relative 18th December 2023, 07:13 PST By Oliver Slow BBC News Civilians trapped in a church in Gaza City are living in an “unreal” sense of fear, a relative of one of those confined there has said. Fifi Saba, whose sister is trapped inside the Holy Family Church, …

Continue reading

WHO says Al-Shifa ‘looked almost like a battlefield hospital’   Rajini Vaidyanathan BBC News Channel The World Health Organization’s Sean Casey has just returned from a visit to the Al-Shifa hospital in northern Gaza, where they’ve been delivering much needed medical supplies and equipment. Speaking to me from Gaza on the BBC News Channel he painted …

Continue reading

Hostages were holding white cloth on stick when Israeli forces shot them, army says Funeral of killed hostage held in southern Israel Mourners have gathered for the funeral of Samer Talalka, 22, one of the three hostages who were mistakenly killed by Israeli military yesterday, having been held by Hamas in Gaza The IDF said the three men …

Continue reading

Ukraine confident it will secure €50bn in EU aid despite Orbán veto Kyiv hopeful ‘all necessary legal procedures’ will be completed at EU summit in January Luke Harding in Kyiv Fri 15 Dec 2023 15.54 GMT Ukraine has expressed confidence it will receive a €50bn aid package from the EU, despite Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, vetoing the funding at …

Continue reading

  Looking into the eyes of an orphan in Gaza By Clarissa Ward, Brent Swails, Scott McWhinnie and Rachel Clarke, CNN  6 minute read Updated 11:12 AM EST, Thu December 14, 2023 20-month-old Amir Taha lies silently on the bed – his fluffy hair sticking up, his baby soft skin violated by a raw, jagged wound across his …

Continue reading

COP28: Landmark summit takes direct aim at fossil fuels 13th December 2023, 08:01 PST By Georgina RannardClimate reporter at COP28 Nations at the UN climate summit have for the first time taken explicit aim at the use of fossil fuels. The talks in Dubai came close to collapse but in a dramatic turn-around, nations agreed to …

Continue reading