Netanyahu visits troops in Gaza
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel visited Israeli troops combating in Gaza yesterday. His go to got here after Gazan well being officers stated that an in a single day strike on a crowded neighborhood had killed dozens of individuals.
Netanyahu stated that Israel would “deepen” the combating, regardless of the dying toll — which Gaza Well being Ministry officers say stands at about 20,000 folks — and mounting strain from the U.S. to decrease the depth of the warfare.
“We’re not stopping,” he stated. “This will likely be a protracted battle, and it isn’t near ending.”
The strike hit Al Maghazi, a neighborhood the place many newly displaced Gazans had sought shelter. Gazan well being officers initially stated 70 folks had died, with many others nonetheless unaccounted for. Images confirmed individuals who seemed to be digging by way of rubble with out the assistance of any heavy tools.
“These rockets, it’s like they’re made to destroy mountains, not folks,” stated Mohamed Abu Shaah, who had taken shelter in Al Maghazi along with his spouse and 7 daughters.
Navalny present in a distant jail
Aleksei Navalny, the Russian opposition chief, has been discovered: He was moved to an Arctic jail however “is doing effectively,” his spokeswoman stated yesterday.
The information ends a 20-day thriller over his whereabouts. Navalny’s supporters, fearing the worst, had performed an exhaustive, frantic search of Russia’s jail system after he disappeared.
Background: The jail, referred to as IK-3 Polar Wolf, is among the many harshest and most distant in Russia. Inmates endure lengthy, darkish, chilly winters and clouds of mosquitoes in the summertime.
Evaluation: Navalny was final held solely about 160 miles east of Moscow, which means that his legal professionals may attain him in a matter of hours. A supporter stated that the brand new jail — which is a 44-hour prepare journey from Moscow — is an try and isolate Navalny forward of the subsequent presidential race.
Updates from the warfare in Ukraine:
President Vladimir Putin is quietly signaling that he’s open to a cease-fire, based on former senior Russian officers and worldwide officers who’ve acquired the message from Putin’s envoys.
The Ukrainian navy stated yesterday that it had shot down 5 Russian fighter jets in three days, one of many largest weekly losses for the Russian air drive because the warfare started.
Civilian deaths provoke anger in Kashmir
Kashmiris are calling for an investigation into three civilians who had been discovered lifeless on Friday.
They had been a part of a bunch detained by Indian troopers for questioning in reference to an ambush by Kashmiri separatist militants on Thursday. Witnesses claimed that the our bodies of the civilians confirmed indicators of torture. Later, a video that purported to point out the torture of the detained civilians unfold on-line, fueling widespread anger.
Context: The ambush in opposition to the Indian troops on Thursday — which left 4 troopers lifeless and three others injured — was the newest in a marketing campaign of violence by militants resisting Indian rule in Kashmir.
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Mongolia produces among the most coveted circus performers on the earth for marquee names like Cirque du Soleil. However they prepare in squalid situations: There are few locations to observe and little authorities help.
“We’re needed everywhere in the world, however we will’t even correctly prepare in our personal nation,” a circus director stated.
A subtler type on India’s huge screens
Indian cinema is usually equated with the glamour and glitz of Bollywood. However in a nation of 1.4 billion, regional movie industries are as distinct as their languages. Take the southern state of Kerala, which is dwelling to Malayalam-language cinema. Audiences there are more and more turning out for extra nuanced and human-driven tales — just like the current hit “Kaathal,” a few closeted homosexual politician.
The consequence has been business success for the type of low-key movies which are seen elsewhere as experimental, most of the time relegated to competition circuits or despatched straight to streaming platforms.
