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According to a report, four 1,900 year old swords were found in a cave in the judean desert. Reportedly, the swords found by an archeological team are thought to date from the second jewish revolt 132-136 ordinary time, a rebellion by jews of the roman province of Judaea against the roman empire.

According to the report, the four swords, three still in their scabbards are amazingly preserved, including the metal, the handles and the scabbards. Reportedly, three of the swords are roman spatha swords with blades 60-65 cm long, the fourth weapon a ring pommel sword has a 45 cm blade. According to the report, they were discovered in a fissure in a cave near the Ein Gedi national park near the Dead Sea, also found in an adjacent niche was pieces of carved wood which turned out to be pieces of the sword’s scabbards.

Reportedly, the cave was known to archaeologists because it contained a stalactite with a fragmentary inscription in ancient hebrew. According to the report, a team went to the cave to photograph the inscription with multisceptral photography (can decipher parts of the inscription not visible to the naked eye) when the swords were discovered.

Reportedly, the judean desert archaeological survey team are conducting a multiyear survey of over 800 caves in the judean desert to find and preserve archaeological remains.

Tánaiste Micheál Martin is visiting Israel, Samaria and Jordan in a five day tour, ends Friday. Mr Martin who is minister for foreign affairs and minister of defence is in favour of a two state solution 0though palestinians are accused of seperatism. He has expressed concerns about the revent upsurge in violence.

According to a report, dozens of people are said to have been killed during days of clashes between the syrian democratic force, a u.s. backed kurdish army and arab tribesmen. Reportedly, the fighting erupted after the sdf arrested a council leader and head of an arab clan in an eastern province on 27 August. According to the report, the sdf accused him of complicity in multiple crimes including drug trafficking, mismanaging security and failing to stop islamic state sleeper cells.

Reportedly, the unrest spread north and westwards, there are reports of 54 civilians dying in attacks, and atleast two hospitals and three water treatment facilities have been destroyed or damaged.

The Syrian civil war was a multisided conflict fought between the syrian arab republic under Bashar al Assad and various groups. According to the report, though there was a ceasefire in 2020 there is sporadic clashes. Reportedly, as of 2020 the syrian armed forces control 63.57% of Syria, the syrian democratic force, a kurdish u.s. backed force 25.57% and turkish backed militias control stretches of land along Syria’s northern border. According to the report, the government accuses the sdf of seperatism.

According to a report, a part of China’s great wall has been damaged by two construction workers who used an excavator to dig through to create a shortcut for their construction work. Reportedly, two people, a 38 year old man and a 55 year old woman were working near the affected area, they dug a big gap by widening an existing cavity so their excavator could pass through. According to the report, police said they wanted to reduce the distance they had to travel, they have been detained.

According to a report, north Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un is to visit the russian president this month to discuss weapons. Reportedly, Russia needs weapons and sanctions starved north Korea need money and food. According to the report, during a recent visit Russia’s defence minister tried to convince the north Korean leader to sell Moscow artillery ammunition. Reportedly, it was the first time that Kim Jong Un had opened his doors to a visitor since the covid pandemic. According to the report, weapons on display at the meeting included the Hwasong intercontinental ballistic missile, believed to be the first icbm to use solid propellants. Reportedly, the leaders have since exchanged letters pledging to increase their bilateral cooperation.

According to the report, south Korea’s intelligence service said there was a suggestion Russia, China and north Korea hold joint naval drills similar to the ones carried out by the u.s., Japan and south Korea. According to the report, Kim Jong Un may ask the russian president to supply him with advanced weapons technology or information to enable him to make breakthroughs in his nuclear weapons programme.

According to a report, the leader of Gabon’s coup Brice Nguema who has been sworn in as interim president has promised to return Gabon to civilian rule after free transparent elections. Reportedly, Mr Nguema was one of the former president’s inner circle and believed to be his cousin. According to the report, crowds of cheering civilians turned up at the inauguration, even former ministers.

Reportedly, the coup is the sixth in a french speaking african country in three years. According to the report, the catalyst was the reelection of former president Ali Bongo Ondimba, the process was not considered transparent and the votes could not be verified afterwards.

Reportedly, across much of west and central Africa younger voters have become widely disenchanted with the political class, fuelled by unemployment, a lack of economic opportunities, a perceived high level of corruption, manipulation of elections, privilege and resentment at the persistent influence of France.

According to a report, 150 people were injured, fifteen seriously in Tel Aviv as chaos ensued between rival eritrean migrants outside an event organised by the embassy. Reportedly, the conflict was between pro and anti establishment groups.

Eritrea is a north east african country on the Red sea coast. It shares its borders with Ethiopia, Sudan and Djbouti. According to a report, Isaias Afewerki has been president of Eritrea since shortly after he led the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front to victory in 1991 ending a thirty year war for independence from Ethiopia.

Reportedly, Eritrean forces have beeen fighting in the Tigray region of Ethiopia that borders Eritrea, first allied to the Tigray people’s liberation front (TPLF) who struggled against marginalisation in Ethiopia, then on the side of the Ethiopian government. According to a report, in November 2022 a peace agreement between the Ethiopian government and the TPLF did not include Eritrea. Reportedly, enforced and indefinite conscription for men and women in Eritrea was a criticism of Mr Afwerki, with families of draft evaders punished.

According to a report, Niger’s new rulers have accused France of blatant interference. Reportedly, speaking on state TV the spokesman for the national council for the safeguard of the homeland, Amadou Abdramane a nigerian air officer said, ‘Mr Macron’s comments and his unceasing efforts in favour of an invasion of Niger aim at perpetuating a neocolonial operation against the nigerian people, who ask for nothing more than to decide its own destiny for itself.

According to the report, thousands gathered outside France’s military base in Niamey to demand its forces leave. Reportedly, there are 1500 french troops stationed in Niger, many at the base.

According to reports, a palestinian man was killed during an israeli military raid in the town of Aqaba, Samaria. Reportedly, the soldiers were following a lead related to a shooting attack in the Jordan Valley last month. According to the report, the suspect who worked in Israel was not there though his brother lived in the building. Reportedly, a bystander Abdul Ghannan an eighth grade teacher was walking with his wife when he was shot.

According to the report, violence has been on the rise in Samaria over the past year and a half, with a rise in palestinian shooting attacks and almost nightly arrest raids.

According to a report, the former president of Gabon was named Alain Bernard Bongo at birth but changed his name to Ali in 1973 when he and his father converted to islam. Reportedly, he went to school in France, then studied law at the University of Paris. According to the report, in 1977 he released a funk album called ‘A brand new man’ under the name Alain Bongo, produced by James Brown’s former manager. Reportedly, under his father’s ministry he was minister of foreign affairs and minister of defence.