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Ukraine conflict: Staff at deteriorating Zaporizhzhia plant concern ‘devastation’ on a scale ‘worse than Chernobyl’
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Ukraine conflict: Staff at deteriorating Zaporizhzhia plant concern ‘devastation’ on a scale ‘worse than Chernobyl’

Sitting on the Dnipro River in Russian-occupied Ukraine is Europe's largest nuclear energy station - on the frontline of a worsening conflict.Over a interval of some weeks we spoke to 2 employees on the Zaporizhzhia plant. And the warnings they gave of what may occur ought to ship a chilly chill world wide.The interviews have been performed on the situation of anonymity and at nice private threat to them. They advised us that in the event that they have been caught, they might be tortured, imprisoned, or worse. They know the risks however nonetheless needed to be heard.Ukraine conflict newest:UK now in 'undeclared conflict' with Russia, says Putin ally Neither of the technicians knew that we have been speaking to the opposite. But their testimony of the opportunity of a serio...
Kim Jong Un’s sister vows North Korea will reach launching spy satellite tv for pc
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Kim Jong Un’s sister vows North Korea will reach launching spy satellite tv for pc

Kim Jong Un's sister has vowed North Korea can be profitable in its efforts to launch a spy satellite tv for pc - after its most up-to-date try resulted in failure.Kim Yo Jong mentioned it was "certain" the nation would "correctly" launch its satellite tv for pc within the "near future". It comes after Pyongyang's newest rocket crashed into the ocean on Wednesday throughout an try to launch its "Malligyong-1" satellite tv for pc into orbit.In a uncommon admission of a North Korean setback, the nation's state-controlled broadcaster, KCNA, reported there had been a "grave" defect with the rocket, and it had crashed into the Yellow Sea.Alongside Ms Kim's feedback, KCNA additionally printed photos of what it mentioned was the brand new "Chollima-1" rocket lifting off from a coas...
Jordan prepares for royal wedding ceremony of Crown Prince Hussein and Rajwa Alseif
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Jordan prepares for royal wedding ceremony of Crown Prince Hussein and Rajwa Alseif

Jordan is getting ready for a royal wedding ceremony this week with Crown Prince Hussein set to marry a US-educated architect. The 28-year-old Sandhurst-educated prince is marrying Rajwa Alseif, 29, at Zahran Palace - the place his father King Abdullah II and his grandfather, the late King Hussein, additionally married. Thursday's ceremony is predicted to incorporate a number of the identical options as earlier ceremonies, together with a motorcade of pink Land Rovers escorting the couple by way of the streets of the capital Amman after the ceremony.US First Lady Jill Biden is about to attend alongside royal members of the family from world wide, together with the King and Queen of the Netherlands.Palace officers have saved quiet about different points of the marriage, specif...
‘I am scared’: What it is wish to be LGBTQ+ in a rustic the place you may be killed
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‘I am scared’: What it is wish to be LGBTQ+ in a rustic the place you may be killed

New anti-LGBTQ+ legal guidelines have been handed in Uganda, increasing on guidelines which already criminalised same-sex acts and carried a most penalty of life imprisonment.The new anti-homosexuality regulation now makes "aggravated homosexuality" - which is outlined as sexual relations involving individuals contaminated with HIV, in addition to with these underneath 18, and different classes of weak individuals - punishable with jail sentences of as much as 14 years. On the Sky News Daily, Kamali Melbourne speaks to Jay Mulucha, a human rights activist and government director of Fem Alliance Uganda, who tells us what it is wish to be LGBTQ+ in Uganda and to Ashwanee Budoo-Scholtz, deputy director of the Africa division at Human Rights Watch, concerning the historical past ...
Senior Indian official fined for permitting reservoir to be drained in bid to search out misplaced telephone
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Senior Indian official fined for permitting reservoir to be drained in bid to search out misplaced telephone

A senior Indian authorities official, who accepted a reservoir to be drained so his colleague might discover his telephone, has been fined greater than £500.Sub divisional officer RK Dhivar was handed the effective after reportedly giving meals inspector Rajesh Vishwas verbal permission to empty the Kherkatta dam after he dropped his Samsung smartphone in whereas taking a selfie. Mr Dhivar has been fined 53,000 rupees (£518) for ordering the draining of the dam, in accordance with native media.Over three days, greater than two million litres of water had been pumped from the reservoir so Mr Vishwas might retrieve the cellular, a transfer which led to his suspension.The lead engineer of the Indravati undertaking - which helps divert water for the needs of irrigation and electr...