Canadian military evacuation flights begin from Israel
All eyes are on the Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel Thursday with the scheduled departure of two Canadian evacuation flights and as more countries plan evacuations.
Day: October 12, 2023
Ukraine-Russia war – live: IOC bans Russian Olympic Committee for including annexed territories
Russia was banned for recognising the regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, which belong to Ukraine
Hurricane Lidia makes landfall in Mexico as category 4 storm
Forecasters predict it could still be a Category 1 hurricane when it brushes by Guadalajara, Mexico’s second-largest city
British families of Israeli hostages say Hamas attacks are a ‘second Holocaust’
Relatives call for more information about their missing loved ones as US secretary of state Anthony Blinken visits Tel Aviv in show of support
IOC suspends Russian Olympic Committee for incorporating Ukrainian sports regions
The Russian Olympic Committee was suspended by the IOC on Thursday for breaching the Olympic Charter by incorporating sports bodies in four regions in eastern Ukraine.
‘World’s oldest skydiver’ dies aged 104 just 7 days after record attempt
Dorothy Hoffner ‘just kept going’ and told cheering audiences after her latest skydive that ‘age is just a number’
Blinken says ‘how Israel does this matters’ as Gaza siege nears
‘Our humanity, the value we place on human life and human dignity … is what makes us who we are,’ Blinken says
Scalise lacks votes from hard-line Republicans to become next House speaker – US politics live
Steve Scalise appears to be struggling to convince several Republican holdouts to support his bid for House speakerHard-right holdouts may block US House speakership for Steve ScaliseHere’s a little more from South Carolina’s Republican representative …
UK announces repatriation flights from Israel
Announcement comes after series of airlines serving UK and Israel suspended servicesIsrael and Hamas at war – live updatesThe UK government is organising repatriation flights from Israel as countries around the world scramble to evacuate citizens amid …
FA criticised by Jewish groups over response to Hamas attacks
Silence for all Israel-Palestine victims and no lit Wembley archCampaign Against Antisemitism says plan ‘utterly shameful’Leading Jewish groups, the culture secretary, and the government’s independent adviser on antisemitism have hit out at English foo…