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According to a report, cypriot diplomats with the u.n. and an eu envoy are seeking to revive peacetalks on the divided island of Cyprus. Reportedly, Cyprus was under british rule from 1878, it formed part of an important trade route to and from Africa via the Suez canal. According to the report, under uk rule, 78% of the cypriot population were greek, 18% turkish; the turkish population favoured british rule, the greeks union with Greece. Power sharing didn’t work. Reported pogroms resulted in turkish cypriots withdrawing from government and moving north.

According to the report, in 1974 a coup on behalf of greek cypriots was followed by a turkish invasion and the partitioning of the island with barbed wire fencing and concrete blocks; now forms part of a u.n. buffer zone. Reportedly, the width varies largely from under 20 metres to 7 kilometres. According to reports, northern Cyprus is the unrecognised turkish republic of northern Cyprus. May be a sticking point in Turkey’s ambition to join the eu. Reportedly, the uk retains military bases in Cyprus as part of an important trade route from Africa and the middle east.

According to reports, turkish war planes have carried out airstrikes in northern Iraq after a news agency claimed the pkk or kurdish workers party was responsible for a suicide attack near government buildings in Ankara on Sunday morning. Reportedly, the pkk is an armed kurdish group who were in favour of Kurdistan in what is now south eastern Turkey and northern Iraq, from 1984-2015 they waged war with Turkey.

According to reports, tánaiste Micheál Martin is attending an eu foreign ministers meeting in Kyiv in what is the first ever meeting outside the eu. Reportedly, the eu’s foreign policy minister, Josep Borrell convened saying that Ukraine’s future lies within the eu, the meeting is to show solidarity.

According to the report, the eu have funded Ukraine €84.82 billion. Reportedly the u.s. have been the second biggest funder at €69.49 billion, though congress did not support president Joe Biden’s request to provide more security assistance to Ukraine.

According to a report, many people are facing a crisis of hunger in Sudan and south Sudan. An imparity of aid means Sudan receives only 32% of the required funding while south Sudan receives 53%. The world health organisation only mention south Sudan where they say three out of four people are facing a humanitarian crisis.

Reportedly, in the Democratic republic of the Congo more than 23 million people face crisis levels of food insecurity. According to a report, the drc have asked the u.n. to withdraw its troops, saying it has failed to protect civilians. Rumours abound concerning wagner’s presence in drc.

Reportedly, floods in Niger have resulted in 14,000 homes collapsing. According to the report, victims have been supplied with mattresses, blankets and other essentials.

Reportedly, some people in Gabon are without water services. According to the report, president Oligui hasn’t yet initiated contact with Gabon water co.

According to a report, India’s commissioner to the uk was invited to a Glasgow gurdwara or sikh place of worship to discuss community and consular matters when he was confronted by three activists, one who appeared to make an attempt to open his car door, another said, I think its best if you go. Reportedly, the car drove away, followed by a complaint to the foreign office. This follows an international row over accusations that indian agents were responsible for the killing of seperatist Hardeep Nijjir which may have preempted the invitation. Hardeep Nijjir was accused of plotting to kill a hindu priest.

According to a report, a suicide bomb attack occurred outside ministerial buildings in Turkey’s capital, Ankara. Reportedly, two terrorists arrived in a commercial vehicle around 9.30 am local time, one blew himself up, the other was neutralised. According to the report, the explosion which injured two officers happened hours before parliament was due to reconvene. Reportedly, president Erdogan was due to speak at the opening of the parliamentary session, which must validate Sweden’s entry into nato.

According to reports, civil war in Sudan began in April with a conflict between general Burhan the leader of the armed forces and his deputy who became leader of the rapid support forces (rsf). Reportedly, a recent flight was the first passenger plane to fly into Sudan since war broke out. According to the report, Port Sudan is the only airport that has opened, the capital, Khartoum has experienced daily airstrikes, gun battles and artillery fire.

Reportedly, sudanese armed forces have relocated from Khartoum to Port Sudan, general Burhan was besieged until he managed to leave. According to the report, the rsf now control government buildings in Khartoum. Sudan has two governments. Reportedly, u.n. agencies have moved to Port Sudan; and checkpoints, controls and a 23.00-6.00 curfew control the situation there, though there are power cuts for several hours of the day.

According to the report, Port Sudan has become home to hundreds of families who have moved away from the fighting, some of them live in schools and other buildings with a lack of food. Reportedly, more than 4 million people are displaced because of the fighting. According to reports, Chad has 420,000 sudanese refugees and has u.n. relief camps, Egypt has no u.n. but has 320,000 sudanese refugees. According to the report, there are now daily flights to Port Sudan, all fully booked, mainly for the elderly returning home to a few small towns and villages unravaged by fighting, and some younger people returning by bus. Reportedly, the sudanese army became the subject of controversy after atrocities were inflicted on the population of Darfur when clearing land for oilfields.

According to a report, a spokesman for Armenia said that 100,417 people had entered Armenia from Nagorno Karabakh, many are hungry, exhausted and in need of assistance. Reportedly, just over 1500 remain, they are mainly emergency service employees and volunteers.

According to the report, Azerbaijan said they will allow a u.n. mission in at the weekend to assist the humanitarian situation, but there will be few there. Reportedly, an armenian ambassador has criticised the timing, he said, “no one is going to stay in Nagorno Karabakh”. According to the report, Azerbaijan said that they want to reintegrate the region and treat armenians as equals but they are not believed.

According to a report, atleast 50 people have been killed and more than 50 injured in a bomb attack near a mosque in Pakistan. Reportedly, a spokesman for the police said two suicide bombers and a vehicle full of explosives were intercepted at the gate to a mosque, one of the bombers was neutralised when the bomb went off. According to the report, the roof of the mosque fell and people may be trapped under the rubble. Reportedly, the mosque is part of a police complex that has a capacity for 40-50 people. According to the report, the area borders Afghanistan and Iran but islamic state are thought to be responsible.

Reportedly, another bomb attack occurred at a mosque in north western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, injured people were helped by bystanders and emergency workers. In July in the province more than 40 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack at a political rally.

According to a report, police checking for possible links between the killing of Atef Kalib in Haifa and a family of five in the village of Basmat Tab’un think that the killing of the family of five was a response to the killing of Atef Kalib that morning. Reportedly, the shooting in Haifa was thought to be revenge for the shooting of a man, Edmund Dibi on Saturday night. According to the report, the shootings have raised the number of arabs killed in violent circumstances to 188 this year compared to 80 during the same period last year.