Monday, November 24, 2025

BIG Wrap

Prominent Ukrainian politician shot dead in Lviv

(BBC News) The former speaker of the Ukrainian parliament Andriy Parubiy has been shot dead in the western city of Lviv, officials have said. Unverified footage, purportedly of the shooting, appears to show a gunman dressed as a courier approaching Parubiy on the street and holding up a weapon as he walks behind him, before fleeing. A huge manhunt is now under way for the suspect. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described Saturday's attack as a "terrible...

Zelensky rejects proposals for buffer zone

(BBC News) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has rejected proposals for a buffer zone between Ukrainian and Russian forces as part of a peace deal, arguing it does not reflect the realities of modern warfare. "Only those who do not understand the technological state of today's war propose a buffer zone," he told reporters on Friday. His comments followed a report suggesting European leaders were considering a 40-km buffer zone as part of either a ceasefire or...

European leaders express anger after Russian strikes kill 21 and damage EU HQ

(BBC News) The head of the European Union's executive commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has spoken of her outrage at Russia's deadliest onslaught on Kyiv since July - which also damaged the EU's delegation office in the Ukrainian capital. At least 21 people, including four children, were killed and dozens more wounded in the bombardment, Ukrainian officials said. A five-storey residential building was destroyed, and the EU mission and nearby British Council were damaged. In a statement,...

Intel receives $5.7 billion as U.S. government buys 10% stake

(Al Jazeera Media Network) The chief financial officer for chip manufacturer Intel, David Zinsner, has announced his company received $5.7 billion as part of a deal negotiated with the administration of United States President Donald Trump. During an investor conference on Thursday, Zinsner said that Intel, a leader in the US development of semiconductor chips, received the funds on Wednesday evening. Last week, the White House revealed the federal government would take a 10% stake in the...

Denmark summons top U.S. diplomat over alleged Greenland influence operation

(BBC News) Denmark's foreign minister has summoned the top US diplomat in Copenhagen, following a report that American citizens have been conducting covert operations in Greenland. Denmark's public broadcaster DR quoted sources as saying the aim was to infiltrate Greenland's society and promote its secession from Denmark to the US, although it was unable to clarify who the men were working for. Danish intelligence warned Greenland was being targeted by "various kinds of influence campaigns." Foreign Minister...

Two children killed when gunman fires into U.S. Catholic school

(Al Jazeera Media Network) Two children aged eight and 10 were killed and 17 people injured when a gunman opened fire on schoolchildren attending Mass at a Catholic school in the United States, authorities say. The police chief of Minneapolis, Minnesota, said that of the people injured in the Wednesday morning attack, 14 are children and two are in critical condition. Authorities have not yet discerned a motive for the attack and said the suspected...

Despite huge manpower losses, how is Russia replenishing its military?

(Al Jazeera Media Network) When President Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Ivan Chenin left his comfortable life as a student in Moscow to deliver aid as a volunteer to the separatist Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics of eastern Ukraine, which Russia now claims as its “new territories”. After returning from a trip to the occupied areas of Ukraine last year, Chenin jumped further into the fray, enlisting in the Thunder...

Australia accuses Iran of directing attacks on cafe and synagogue

(BBC News) Australia has given Iran's ambassador seven days to leave the country after alleging the country's government directed antisemitic attacks in Sydney and Melbourne. Intelligence services linked Iran to an arson attack on a cafe in Sydney in October last year, and another on a synagogue in Melbourne in December, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told a press conference on Tuesday. Albanese added the two incidents were "attempts to undermine social cohesion and sow discord in...

Israeli bombardment kills six in Yemen’s Sanaa after Houthi attacks

(Al Jazeera Media Network) The Israeli military has bombed the Yemeni capital Sanaa, Israeli and Yemeni officials say, as tensions in the region continue to escalate amid Israel’s war on Gaza. The Houthi-affiliated Al Masirah TV said the attack on Sunday targeted an oil facility and a power plant in Sanaa. Israel said it also targeted a presidential palace in the Yemeni capital, which it claimed is located on a “military complex”. At least six people were...

Argentina and Chile fans trade blame over ‘barbaric’ violence

(Al Jazeera Media Network) Argentinian and Chilean football fans have traded blame after a pitched battle in a Buenos Aires stadium involving knives, sticks and stun grenades, which left 19 people injured, three seriously. More than 100 people were arrested over some of the worst sporting violence South America has seen in years. Chilean President Gabriel Boric described Wednesday’s incidents as an “unacceptable lynching” of his compatriots and called for justice. The violence flared at halftime in a Copa...