After Boris Johnson abruptly withdrew from the campaign to head the Conservative Party, Rishi Sunak, a former finance minister of Britain, has emerged as the front-runner to become the nation’s next prime minister.
A Russian jet crashed in a civilian neighbourhood inside Siberia killing both the pilots. The jet crashed in the Russian the city of Irkutsk. Several videos circulated on social media showing firefighters working to extinguish the fire on the scene.
Thousands of people including Iranians and Kurds have come out in support of the peaceful protests in Iran. The protests in Iran have been going for the past 37 days triggered by the death of a 22 year old Kurdish woman, in Iranian Police’s custody. The protestors took to streets in Berlin, Los Angeles, Washington, Stockholm, UK and Tokyo, in solidarity with the Iranian people.
Meta, Facebook’s parent company, is planning on selling Giphy just 2 years after it purchased it due to the UK competition watchdog ordering Meta to do so.
Ukrainian capital, Kyiv was shaken by Russian drones with multiple bombing raids. At least 7 people were killed in the air raids that were carried out by suicide drones destroying sensitive infrastructure and cutting off electricity to the region. A number of civilians were injured by the attacks, but the numbers were not confirmed by the authorities.
At Least 11 soldiers have been killed in an attack on a Russian military camp near Ukraine. The attacker also wounded 15 soldiers in the lethal attack. Attack happened in the southwestern Belgorod region that borders Ukraine.
12-year-old girl’s body was found in Paris having multiple torture signs around the throat. The girls went missing on Friday. She went to school and since then she never arrived home according to her mother. The girl’s mother reported her missing child to a nearby Police station.
Coal mine explosion has killed 40 In northern Turkey. Many have not yet been evacuated and the rescue work is in process. The explosion has also injured more than 10 so far. 45 workers have been rescued in the entire evacuation process and the search for others is currently underway. Explosion took place inside state-owned Turkish Hard Coal Enterprises.
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said that Russian forces in Ukraine will be wiped out if it uses nuclear weapons in its war against Ukraine. While talking in Brussels that the west will respond with the same harshness to the Russian nukes. He stated this while talking to an audience in the European Diplomatic Academy.
On Wednesday, the United Nations General Assembly rejected Russia’s annexation of Ukrainian territory supported by an overwhelming majority. Russia officially occupied four key regions of Ukrainian territory in a referendum late September. The move to occupy more than 15% of the territory met with anger from the West and the United Nations.
An important bridge linking Russia to Crimea collapsed after a deadly explosion that occurred on Saturday. Russian officials have so far claimed to have arrested 8 people involved in the bomb blast that destroyed the bridge.
US President, Joe Biden visited the kingdom 2 months ago to talk about the increase in oil production. Saudi Arabia and the oil Cartel OPEC cut down the oil production despite Joe Biden’s insistence to increase the production to decrease oil.
