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Putin arrives in China on mission to deepen partnership with Xi

President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Beijing for talks with his Chinese counterpart and “old friend” Xi Jinping as he seeks to deepen ties after launching some of Russia’s most significant incursions into Ukraine since its invasion in 2022.

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Middle East crisis live: Israeli tanks push deeper into Rafah as Qatar PM warns ceasefire talks heading ‘backwards’

Israeli tanks pushed deeper into eastern Rafah on Tuesday morning, entering the neighbourhoods of al-Jneina, al-Salam and al-Brazil, residents said.

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Thousands protest in Israel amid anger at Netanyahu over hostages held in Gaza

Thousands of Israelis joined protests over the weekend calling for a deal to bring home hostages still held in Gaza by Hamas, early elections and the immediate resignation of Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister.

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‘The stakes could not be higher’: world is on edge of climate abyss, UN warns

The world is on the verge of a climate abyss, the UN has warned, in response to a Guardian survey that found that hundreds of the world’s foremost climate experts expect global heating to soar past the international target of 1.5C.

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Israeli offensive on Rafah would break international law, UK minister says

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Guterres: Gaza risks running out of fuel this evening after border crossings closed by Israel

The UN secretary-general has warned that Gaza may run out of fuel as quickly as tonight following Israel’s closure of the Kerem Shalom crossing and seizure of the Rafah crossing on Gaza’s border with Egypt.

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Middle East crisis live: Hamas condemns Israeli order to evacuate Rafah as a ‘dangerous escalation’

Militarmente, el cerco a Rusia es una pieza fundamental. Por un lado es la única potencia militar equiparable a Estados Unidos, con desarrollos tecnológicos que en varios campos lo rebasan, con inteligencia estratégica y con un ejército disciplinado, consistente y de gran tamaño, conocedor de la zona, sus lenguas y costumbres mucho más que el ejército estadounidense y, por otro, su vasto territorio, sus riquezas minerales, su historia y la fuerza de su estado la colocan en una posición regional de liderazgo y en el complemento idóneo para una coalición con el otro gigante asiático que es China.

El caso de Ucrania revela la complejidad de una sociedad compuesta por culturas cercanas pero diferentes, e incluso confrontadas por una historia de despojo y colonización con matices variados y a veces contradictorios. La sociedad ucraniana es en una parte rusa, pero en otra completamente antirrusa, lo que complica el establecimiento de límites y fronteras, no sólo políticas sino culturales y hasta familiares.

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Middle East crisis live: Rebuilding Gaza will cost $30bn to $40bn, UN says as scale of destruction is ‘huge and unprecedented’ – as it happened

“The United Nations Development Programme’s initial estimates for the reconstruction of … the Gaza Strip surpass $30bn and could reach up to $40bn,” said UN assistant secretary general Abdallah al-Dardari.

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Jordan says some Israeli settlers attacked aid convoys on way to Gaza – as it happened

The ministry said the Israeli government’s failure to safeguard the aid convoys and allowing the attack to occur is a flagrant breach of its legal obligations as the occupying power and its duty to facilitate aid access to Gaza.