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Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged Sunday that the Ukrainian army’s counteroffensive in opposition to Russia “exists,” however claimed that the operation has “failed.” ...

For the members of the demining unit in Ukraine's thirty fifth marine brigade, each step is fraught with peril - each motion is beset with threat - throughout a interval that has been notably harmful.As the Ukrainians press with their summer time offensive, the Russians have countered with Soviet-era techniques. They have laid hundreds of thousands and hundreds of thousands of landmines.Territory and communities alongside the 1,000km (621 mile) frontier have been saturated with anti-personnel mines, anti-vehicle and anti-tank mines, and remotely-detonated mines.Some mines are buried, others fired from rockets - some are "victim-activated" booby traps.All are designed to maim or kill.Ukraine battle - click on right here for contemporary updatesTogether they represent what woul...

Spanish voters have gone to the polls in a normal election that would see the return of a far-right get together to the guts of energy for the primary time in half a century following the dictatorship of General Francisco Franco.Sky News solutions your key questions from the important thing gamers to what the result could imply. When?Polling stations opened at 9am (8am UK time) on Sunday and shut at 8pm (7pm), with some 36 million voters eligible to solid their ballots in what is predicted to be a decent race.Many Spaniards are livid at being referred to as out to vote on the peak of the sweltering summer season when they're on vacation. Following a chronic heatwave, temperatures are anticipated to common above 35C (95F) on Sunday.As a end result postal votes have set an all-...

Raging wildfires on the Greek island of Rhodes have sparked the evacuation of round 2,000 vacationers from its resorts.The Greek authorities stated it had evacuated 19,000 individuals within the "largest ever" wildfire evacuation within the nation's historical past. Local media stated the fires had reached three accommodations, which had already been evacuated, with three coastguard vessels plus one from the military evacuating individuals from two seashores.But what ought to holidaymakers do if they've booked to journey to the island?Largest ever evacuation from Greece over wildfires in Rhodes; Jet2 and TUI cancel all flights to island at this time - newest on Rhodes wildfires Are airways nonetheless flying to Rhodes?Jet2 cancelled all flights an...

The 1975 have mentioned they've cancelled exhibits in Taiwan and Indonesia - a day after Malaysia banned it from performing there after its frontman kissed a male bandmate on stage and criticised the nation's anti-LGBT legal guidelines."Unfortunately, due to current circumstances, it is impossible to proceed with the scheduled shows," the British band mentioned in an announcement. They didn't elaborate additional.The band had been headlining the Good Vibes Festival in Kuala Lumpur on Friday when Matt Healy staged his protest.The gig was reduce brief and the group had been banned from performing within the Muslim-majority nation, the place homosexuality is against the law punishable by 20 years in jail. The competition had been resulting from proceed on Saturday and Sunday, ho...

Escaping the wildfires in Rhodes felt like "the end of the world", a British vacationer has advised Sky News. Extreme warmth throughout Greece has triggered various fires throughout the nation, with flames in Rhodes burning for the previous 5 days. A variety of areas on the east of the island have been evacuated, which embody vacationer areas.Ian Murison, from London, was staying within the Kiotari space of Rhodes, on the southeast of the island, when he observed the darkish clouds go over his lodge whereas having dinner on Thursday night.Two days in a while Saturday, Ian stated he was having breakfast on the seaside when he observed the orange sky once more, telling Sky News from his rescue boat: "We observed that the ocean had began to change into black with soot and truly ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Tens of 1000's of protesters marched into Jerusalem on Saturday night and a whole bunch of 1000's of Israelis took to the streets in Tel Aviv and different cities in a last-ditch present of drive aimed toward blocking Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious judicial overhaul. ...

SEBASTIA, West Bank (AP) - Israeli forces on Saturday shot and killed a Palestinian in disputed circumstances within the northern a part of the occupied West Bank - the newest in an ongoing surge of violence that has gripped the area. ...

BAGHDAD — Tensions flared once more in Iraq Saturday over a collection of latest protests in Europe involving desecration of the Quran, Islam’s holy ebook, which have sparked a debate over the stability between freedom of speech and spiritual sensitivities. ...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - A Ukrainian drone hit an ammunition depot in central Crimea on Saturday, sparking an explosion, lower than per week after a predawn strike on a key bridge linking the peninsula to Russia prompted Moscow to exit a landmark grain export deal and pound Ukraine’s seaports with drones and missiles. ...