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According to a report, 20,000 russian troops are preparing to attack the city of Chasif Yar in Ukraine’s Donetsk region which is about half under russian control. Reportedly, a ukrainian general said his troops had taken up new positions in eastern and northern Ukraine in order to conserve forces. According to a report, fighting has intensified in eastern Ukraine with russian soldiers advancing and ukrainian troops falling back in 3 positions along the front line. Reportedly, russian troops have infiltrated villages in the area.

According to the report, the uk minister for the armed forces said 450,000 russian troops have been killed, the estimate probably does not include the wagner group, and thousands have deserted. Reportedly, he said that well provisioned ukrainian forces could prevent expected summer advances.

According to the report, russian air defence systems destroyed 17 ukrainian drones, 3 drones targeted an oil storage facility just south of Moscow.

According to a report, Saudi Arabia chaired a meeting attended by Qatar’s minister of state, a representative from the United arab emirates, an egyptian diplomat, Jordans foreign minister and a palestinian authority official to discuss the war in Gaza. Reportedly, the group stressed the need to end the war in Gaza and recognise a palestinian state with east Jerusalem as its capital. According to the report, they were against any military offensive in Rafah, and rejected any attempt to displace palestinians from their land, but there isn’t any innitiative to displace palestinians, infact they aren’t allowed to leave.

Reportedly, hamas said they were reviewing a new israeli ceasefire proposal in response to a hamas proposal consisting of a 6 week ceasefire and the release of 40 civilian and sick hostages in exchange for palestinian prisoners. According to the report, Israel’s foreign minister said the planned offensive in Rafah could be delayed if there is a deal to release the hostages. Reportedly, israeli airstrikes in Rafah have killed 27 people in the past 24 hours.

According to a report, Israel launched an attack on hezbollah in southern Lebanon following an attack on an Israeli settlement in Israel. According to the report, more than 350 hezbollah and lebanese and 22 israelis have been killed in border exchanges since the war began.

According to a report, the u.s. said they will immediately send patriot air defence missiles and artillery ammunition to Ukraine though patriot air defence systems will not be sent. Reportedly, patriots are the most capable air defence systems Ukraine has, each patriot battery costs around $1 billion and each missile costs $4 million.

According to the report, Russia carried out a substantial air attack on Saturday, energy facilities in 3 regions and a hospital was hit.

Reportedly, Ukraine launched a drone attack on 2 russian oil refineries causing fires, a military airfield was also hit. According to the report, Russia said they had shot down 68 ukrainian drones over their territory.

According to a report, the u.s. secretary of state said Washington will act if China doesn’t stop selling critical components used to make arms to Russia. Reportedly, speaking in Beijing at a meeting with the chinese president on Friday he said that China was fuelling the biggest threat to European security since the cold war. According to the report, he also said he felt Beijing could play a constructive role in the middle east by using their relationship with Iran to avoid further escalation.

Reportedly, relations between the two have been strained by China’s claims over Taiwan, but the chinese president said they had made some positive progress and the two should be partners not rivals, saying that if the u.s. took a positive view of China’s development relations could get better and move forward.

According to the report, the u.s. has passed a law that forces chinese owned parent company ByteDance to sell TikTok, seemingly because of its content or be banned from the u.s., ByteDance said it is not selling. This was not discussed.

According to a report, atleast five people have been killed during airstrikes in Rafah. Reportedly, Israel have carried out regular air attacks and strategically placed dozens of tanks and armoured vehicles in the area. According to the report, four people were killed as a result of tank artillery in central Gaza.

Reportedly, israeli troops uncovered, examined and placed back bodies in a grave site in the Nasser hospital complex in Khan Younis, they were looking for israeli hostages.

According to a report, two men have been arrested after arriving at a farm in Binyamin, Samaria, one was holding an axe. Reportedly, additional axes and knives were found during a search of their vehicle. According to the report, the men are accused of intending to carry out terrorist attacks, the farm was described as an illegal farming outpost.

According to a report, a force of 25,000 troops are advancing towards the city of Chasif Yar in eastern Ukraine. Reportedly, a russian flag was seen flying over the town of Ocheretyne, 25 kilometres north west of Avdiivka.

According to the report, Russia has warned that nato exercises planned for 26 April near Finland’s border with Russia risks possible military incidents. Reportedly, the russian foreign ministry spokesperson called the drills provocative, saying their task was to exert military pressure on Russia through a demonstration of force. According to the report, Finland joined nato this month after applying following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Reportedly, Ukraine’s foreign ministry is suspending consular services to military age men living abroad except for those heading back to Ukraine. According to the report, a ukrainian drone killed 4 people in the russian controlled Zaporizhzhia region and a missile attack caused a fire at civilian fuel and energy facilities in Russia’s Smolensk region.

According to a report, 5 people died on an overcrowded inflatable boat carrying 112 migrants. Reportedly, though police tried to stop them, the boat set off from Wimereux near Boulogne and landed on a sand bank hundreds of metres from the beach, two people fell out. According to the report, a french patrol boat went to help and found six people unconscious, they were brought back to shore but despite resuscitation attempts five died, including a 7 year old girl. Reportedly, about half the passengers remained on the boat which continued its journey to the uk.

According to the report, on Monday night the uk government passed the Rwanda asylum plan which sends asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing, asylum and resettlement.

According to a report, Germany has arrested 3 men accused of spying for China. Reportedly, the main suspect operated a company as a front, got to know german research organisations and collected sensitive information involving the military, science and research in order to pass on to the chinese ministry of state security.

According to the report, at the time of their arrest they were working on projects that could be of use to the chinese navy, they had already completed a prior project on the operation of marine engines for use on combat ships

According to a report, an election is being held in India from 19 April to 1 May. Reportedly, the opposition party, Congress has a manifesto that promises to redistribute people’s wealth. According to the report, at an election rally on Sunday the indian prime minister said that Congress will distribute people’s wealth to infiltrators and to those who have more children.

Reportedly, the comment has been criticised, the leader of the congress party saying the manifesto refers to equality and justice for all. Results will be in on 4 June.

According to a report, Israel has carried out near daily airstrikes in Rafah. Reportedly, overnight strikes killed 22 people, the first strike killed a man, his wife and their 3 year old child, the woman was pregnant. According to the report, doctors performed a caesarean and saved the baby girl, her uncle said he would look after her.

Reportedly, bakeries have reopened in Gaza following the delivery of food and flour. According to the report, the union of bakery owners in the enclave said 140 bakeries had reopened.

There were hostilities in Samaria. Reportedly, 2 palestinian men attacked a checkpoint armed with a gun and a knife and were shot dead, a palestinian woman who tried to stab a soldier was also killed. Reportedly, an israeli man was injured when he kicked a palestinian flag that was placed in a field which appeared to set off an explosive device. According to the report, an israeli raid in the Nur Shams refugee camp killed 14 militants, 8 suspects were arrested.