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(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push(["_mgc.load"])})(window,"_mgq"); Exclusives Desperate to save Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, Ukrainian forces counterattack and reinforce. A Russian pincer is slowly closing around the last two big free cities in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region. Winter will be a brief reprieve. Military Ukraine's Khartiia soldiers clear 4 km² near Kupiansk, while Russia pushes for main rail hub (VIDEO). On the left bank, Russian supply was so broken that they d

(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push(["_mgc.load"])})(window,"_mgq"); Ukrainian Defense Forces units have been ordered to temporarily observe a ceasefire along the line of contact from 00:00 on 5 September through 23:59 on 8 September, Ukrainska Pravda reported, citing sources in several military brigades and a senior security official. The order comes as US President Donald Trump’s special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are expected to visit Moscow and Kyiv this weeke

Minst tre personer er drept og 23 skadet etter israelske luftangrep sør og øst i Libanon fredag kveld. Det opplyser det libanesiske helsedepartementet, ifølge AFP. Angrepene skal ha rammet fem ulike steder i regjonene Tyr, Nabatieh og Bekaa.

(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push(["_mgc.load"])})(window,"_mgq"); German security authorities have found strong indications that a suspected arson attack near defense companies in Munich may have been carried out on behalf of a Russian intelligence service, German broadcaster Tagesschau reported on 3 September. The attack is part of a growing series of suspected sabotage and espionage operations in Germany as European governments warn that Russia is using covert methods to

USAs president Donald Trump sender i helgen Steve Witkoff og Jared Kushner til Moskva og Kyiv i et nytt forsøk på å få slutt på krigen i Ukraina. Presidenten bekreftet overfor journalister fredag at spesialutsending Steve Witkoff og svigersønnen Jared Kushner reiser til Moskva og Kyiv. Det bekrefter også Ukrainas president Volodymyr Zelenskyj. – I dag har vi diskutert at Witkoff og Kushner vil besøke Moskva og så Kyiv søndag. Vi forbereder oss på besøket, skriver Zelenskyj på X. (NTB)

Det israelske militæret gjennomfører nye angrep mot mål i Sør-Libanon fredag. Det skjer etter at Hizbollah sendte en angrepsdrone mot israelske soldater, opplyser den israelske hæren (IDF) ifølge Reuters. Dronen skal ha blitt skutt ned av de israelske styrkene uten at noen ble skadet. Som svar på droneangrepet har Israel startet en bølge med luftangrep mot det de beskriver som Hizbollah-mål i området.

'Two great negotiators,' the US president told reporters when asked about Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff's weekend trip. 'We have an idea for peace.' Volodymyr Zelensky meanwhile proposed a reciprocal ceasefire with Russia 'for the duration needed to conduct these talks,' the Ukrainian president said in his evening address.

Iarnród Éireann report line will remain closed between Westport and Athlone until further notice

(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push(["_mgc.load"])})(window,"_mgq"); Budapest praised the Verkhovna Rada—Ukraine’s parliament—after it voted 261–0 to classify mass arrests, deportations, and persecution by the Soviet military administration in Zakarpattia (also known as Transcarpathia) from 1944 to 1946 as crimes of the communist regime. The vote makes the Verkhovna Rada the first state body in the world to recognize the repression of Zakarpattia’s Hungarian community as a cr

Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shiite movement, downplayed the Israeli forces' capture of the Ali Taher hill on Thursday and denounced the maneuver as an electoral ploy by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The durability of Meloni’s coalition has been a rarity in postwar Italy, where governments have often fallen before the end of their mandates.

Polls suggest far-right veteran Marine Le Pen is on course to become France’s next president, though the race remains in its early stages. But EU minister Haddad says voters will reject her.

President Donald Trump sier at han vil gi 400 til 500 millioner doller – 4 til 5 milliarder kroner – til republikanske kandidater ved årets mellomvalg. Pengene er samlet inn gjennom hans politiske aksjonskomite, MAGA Inc. Presidenten kom med uttalelsen i et møte med journalister. Ifølge The Economist utgjør 400-500 millioner dollar rundt halvparten av pengene som republikanerne har samlet inn før mellomvalget. Så langt har MAGA Inc bare gitt 2,3 millioner dollar til republikanske kandidater.

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