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Iran’s state-run IRNA news says 32 Islamic Revolutionary Guard members, including volunteer Basiji forces, were also wounded.Published On 1 Oct 20221 Oct 2022An attack by armed separatists on a police station in a southeastern city killed 19 people, including four members of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard Corps. The assailants in Friday’s attack hid among worshippers…

The wide-ranging hearing gave a timeline of events leading up to the January 6 riot, showing how former United States President Donald Trump “summoned a mob” to Washington, DC, despite knowing that his claims of election fraud were false, the January 6 committee. Trump had a responsibility to tell his supporters the truth that he…

A British and Moroccan fighter sentenced to death by a Russian-backed separatist court in east Ukraine for fighting for Ukraine have appealed against their sentences according to the Russian state news agency TASS. Germany has condemned alleged Russian missile attacks on Ukraine’s Odesa region. According to Kyiv, at least 19 people were killed in the…

Ukrainian forces will “have to be withdrawn” from the mostly Russian-occupied battleground city of Severodonetsk, the governor of Luhansk says, a day after he announced that troops had left areas around Lysychansk. The United States is sending $450m more in military aid to Ukraine, including another four High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS). President Volodymyr…

European Council President Charles Michel asserts Russia’s blocking of food exports from Ukraine is “pushing people into poverty and destabilising entire regions”. Zelenskyy maintains his country’s forces are not giving up positions in Severodonetsk, where “fierce” street fighting is raging. UN official Pramila Patten declares the “unprecedented” displacement of millions of Ukrainians is “turning into…

Germany’s foreign minister accuses Russia of attempting to “extinguish civilisation” in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region. US President Joe Biden announces a new $700m military aid package for Ukraine that includes the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), a move the Kremlin warns will add “fuel to the fire” and increase the risk of a direct…

At least one person reported wounded as powerful explosions rock Kyiv after weeks of calm. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the main church at Sviatohirsk Lavra, one of the country’s holiest Orthodox Christian sites, has burned down following a Russian attack. He says street fighting is continuing in the city of Severodonetsk, where the situation…

Russian troops are slowly advancing towards the centre of the city of Severodonetsk, the governor of Luhansk says. A Russian separatist leader claims Moscow’s forces now control a third of Severodonetsk but their advance is slower than hoped. The mayor of Mariupol discloses city staff have discovered 25 new grave trenches where bodies were being…

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made his first trip to the country’s east since the launch of Moscow’s invasion. Russian President Vladimir Putin tells the leaders of France and Germany that Moscow is ready to look for ways to ship grain stuck in Ukrainian ports. Putin cautions German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron…

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accuses Western countries of lacking “unity” over Ukraine, citing differing positions on weapons supplies to Kyiv and disagreements within the NATO military alliance. Russian official says Moscow is ready to provide a safe corridor for vessels carrying food to leave Ukraine in return for the lifting of some sanctions. An adviser to…