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Russia has said it is updating its nuclear doctrine, in a sign of growing tensions between Moscow and the West.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, citing an earlier statement by Vladimir Putin, told a briefing that “work is under way to bring the doctrine into line with current realities”. He did not provide any further details.North Korea warns US over ‘new world war’ – follow Ukraine live updates The nuclear doctrine currently states it may use nuclear weapons in response to a nuclear attack or in the event of a conventional attack that poses an existential threat to Russia.Tensions between Moscow and…

The president of the Palestinian Olympic Committee has called for Israel to be banned from the 2024 Paris Olympics over the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. In an exclusive interview with DW, Jibril Rajoub highlighted several examples of how he said Israel had broken the Olympic Charter, the set of rules governing the Olympic Games. Rajoub, who is also head of the Palestinian Football Association (PFA), claimed that around 300 sportspeople and officials had been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza since Israel declared war in response to the Hamas-led terror attacks in Israel on October 7, 2023. Sports stadiums…

Botswana, home to the world’s largest elephant population, has been a staunch critic of attempts by some European nations to ban the import of hunting trophies from Africa. The government of the United Kingdom is close to passing a new law that would ban the import of hunting trophies, i.e the body parts of animals hunted for sport on safari in Africa. The legislation would prohibit the import of body parts from elephants, bears, lions, hippos, and zebras into the UK. But critics say the UK should drop the issue, since paid-for hunting finances efforts to combat poaching, provides tourism-related jobs to…

Police in northwestern Pakistan said on Monday that they had arrested at least 23 individuals suspected of being part of a mob that dragged a man from police custody, killed him and burnt his body last week.  The victim was accused of “blasphemy,” the perceived insult of a god or religion, more specifically of desecrating a copy of the Muslim holy book the Quran in his hotel room.  Police continue search for further suspects The mob confronted police in the Swat district of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, demanding they turn the man over to them for immediate punishment. According to…

There is a lot we still don’t know about the attacks in Dagestan.It’s not clear who the gunmen were or what their wider affiliation might be. There has been no immediate claim of responsibility. There are also questions over how many assailants there were and how many people died in total.But despite that uncertainty, conclusions are being made, some more surprising than others.According to the local member of Russia’s parliament, Abdulkhakim Gadzhiyev, there is “no doubt” the attacks are connected to “the intelligence services of Ukraine and NATO countries”. Really? There doesn’t seem to be any evidence.But it’s not the…

He seems to be insatiable. Cristiano Ronaldo is 39 years old and, in his own words, still gets “butterflies in my stomach” just before kickoff. “I’m glad I feel that because once it’s gone, it will be time to retire.” However, this doesn’t appear to be in Ronaldo’s immediate future. As captain, he is aiming to lead Portugal to their second UEFA European Championship title. Their first was at Euro 2016 in France. Ronaldo is playing in his record-breaking sixth European Championship, having made his first appearance in the 2004 tournament. He is also a record-setter with 14 goals in the Euros, having scored in each of his five tournaments…

A Boeing 777 aircraft, intended to reach Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, turned around and landed back in Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport shortly after takeoff on Sunday, reporting an unspecified technical issue. Flight KLM705, operated by Dutch airline KLM, landed safely. A spokesperson for Dutch air traffic control said the plane requested to land as a precaution and turned around over Belgium some 40 minutes after takeoff. The nature of the technical problem was undisclosed. The airline said the safety of passengers and crew were never at risk. The passengers would be flown to Rio de Janeiro on another aircraft on Sunday. Why is Boeing under scrutiny? The…

Twenty bodies were found following a fire at a lithium battery manufacturing plant in South Korea, officials and local media said on Monday. The fire erupted at 10:30 a.m. (0130 GMT) at an Aricell factory in Hwaseong, south of the capital Seoul, following a series of battery cell explosions in a warehouse. What we know about the fire The fire broke out on a floor where lithium-ion batteries are inspected and packaged. Some 35,000 units were being stored in the building at the time. “Due to fears of additional explosions, it was difficult to enter,” Kim Jin-young, a local fire official,…

A hiker who lost more than 13kg after disappearing in California’s woods had to have rocks removed from his back. Pictures have emerged of the moment a shirtless Lukas McClish, 34, was reunited with his family after being lost for 10 days in Big Basin Redwood State Park. Mr McClish was last seen on 11 June but was only reported missing on 16 June, when he failed to show up for a Father’s Day dinner, according to the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office.He was found on Friday after people reported hearing someone scream and drones were deployed to track him down.…

A study has found a major earthquake 2,500 years ago caused one of the largest rivers on Earth to suddenly change course. The high-magnitude earthquake completely rerouted the main channel of the river Ganges in what is now densely populated Bangladesh, and completely changed the surrounding landscape. While it is “normal for river channels to move with time, this was an absolutely extreme event. The river moved to an entirely new area,” said lead author Elizabeth Chamberlain of Wageningen University in the Netherlands. The study, published in the journal Nature Communications, is the first evidence of a large river delta being completely relocated by an…