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  • خطاب الإنجازات – تغريد إبراهيم الطاسان

    خطاب الإنجازات – تغريد إبراهيم الطاسان

    خطاب الإنجازات – تغريد إبراهيم الطاسان

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  • رومانيا وبلغاريا ترحبان بقرار الاتحاد الأوروبي توسيع منطقة الشنغن

    رومانيا وبلغاريا ترحبان بقرار الاتحاد الأوروبي توسيع منطقة الشنغن

    رومانيا وبلغاريا ترحبان بقرار الاتحاد الأوروبي توسيع منطقة الشنغن

    رومانيا وبلغاريا ترحبان بقرار الاتحاد الأوروبي توسيع منطقة الشنغن

    (CNN)– رحبت رومانيا وبلغاريا بقرار المجلس الأوروبي الصادر بالإجماع، السبت، بشأن توسيع منطقة الشنغن لتشمل البلدين.

    وقالت وزيرة الخارجية الرومانية لومينيتا أودوبيسكو، على منصة إكس (تويتر سابقًا)، إنها “نتيجة مهمة لمواطني رومانيا. شكرنا لجميع شركاء ومؤسسات الاتحاد الأوروبي على الدعم. تظل رومانيا ملتزمة بمنطقة شنغن قوية وآمنة”.

    وردد الرئيس الروماني كلاوس يوهانيس، تصريحات أودوبيسكو، قائلا على منصة إكس، إنها “خطوة مهمة لصالح الشعب الروماني”.

    وفي الوقت نفسه، نشرت وزيرة الخارجية…

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  • Russia-Ukraine war: At least 18 people killed and more than 110 injured in Belgorod shelling, say officials | World News

    Russia-Ukraine war: At least 18 people killed and more than 110 injured in Belgorod shelling, say officials | World News

    Russia-Ukraine war: At least 18 people killed and more than 110 injured in Belgorod shelling, say officials | World News

    Russia-Ukraine war: At least 18 people killed and more than 110 injured in Belgorod shelling, say officials | World News

    At least 18 people – including two children – have been killed and more than 110 have been injured during shelling of the Russian border city of Belgorod, officials in Moscow say.

    They have accused Kyiv of carrying out the attack – a day after an 18-hour aerial Russian barrage across Ukraine killed at least 39 people.

    Russia’s foreign ministry has requested a United Nations Security Council meeting to discuss what officials have called the “indiscriminate” shelling of Belgorod, according to the state-run news agency, RIA.

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    Firefighters in Belgorod. Pic: Russia Emergency Situations Ministry telegram channel via AP

    “The terrorist attack in Belgorod will be the subject of proceedings in the UN Security Council,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova is reported to have said.

    While Kyiv never acknowledges responsibility for attacks on Russian territory or the occupied Crimean Peninsula, larger aerial strikes against Russia have previously followed heavy assaults on Ukrainian cities.

    Images of Belgorod on social media showed cars on fire and plumes of black smoke rising among damaged buildings as air raid sirens sounded.

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    Firefighters in Belgorod. Pic: Russia Emergency Situations Ministry telegram channel via AP

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    A person is carried away after the shelling in the Russian city

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    Belgorod is a Russian city on the border with Ukraine

    One strike hit close to a public ice rink in the heart of the city.

    Earlier on Saturday, officials in Russia reported shooting down 32 Ukrainian drones over the country’s Moscow, Bryansk, Oryol and Kursk regions.

    They also reported that cross-border shelling had killed two people in Russia – one man in the Belgorod area and a nine-year-old in the Bryansk region.

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    Pic: Governor of Russia’s Belgorod Region Vyacheslav Gladkov via Telegram/Reuters

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    Pic: Russia Emergency Situations Ministry telegram channel via AP

    Russia launches missiles and drones

    Meanwhile, Russian drone strikes against Ukraine continued on Saturday.

    The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported 10 Shahed drones had been shot down across the Kherson, Khmelnytskyi and Mykolaiv regions.

    On Friday, Moscow’s forces launched 122 missiles and dozens of drones across Ukraine, an onslaught described by one air force official as the biggest aerial barrage of the war.

    Ukrainian officials said 39 people had been killed – a figure that is expected to rise as the extensive rubble is cleared – with another 160 people wounded.

    Russia’s recent aerial assault on Ukraine may have cost up to $1bn

    It would appear Russia tested the Ukrainian air defences this past few weeks with small-scale attacks to establish where the clusters of air defence capability lie, before launching a massive, co-ordinated attack.

    But what was Russia seeking to target?

    Although Ukraine understandably highlights the damage inflicted on Ukrainian hospitals and schools, it is hard to believe Russia would “waste” scarce (and expensive) missiles on targets that do not further its war aims.

    Instead, Valerii Zaluzhnyi – the head of the Ukrainian armed forces – suggested Russia focused on military targets, transport hubs and defence infrastructure.

    President Zelenskyy desperately needs weapons and ammunition if Ukraine is to prevail in its war with Russia, and has made clear his intent to develop a national Defence Industrial Base.

    However, factories take months or years to build, and a single bomb to destroy, so it is very likely that Ukraine’s fledgling defence industry was a priority target.

    And, the single wave of attacks probably comprised over $1bn (£785m) of Russian missile capability, so Russia would have wanted to ensure the majority hit their intended targets which explains its detailed preparation.

    To meet its munition demands, Russia is securing over one million rounds of artillery from North Korea, and drones and missiles from Iran. And, Russia is leveraging its significant Defence Industrial Base to increase production rates, funded by its oil revenues.

    However, Ukraine has very limited potential to meet its own wartime requirements, and without Western long-term support, its military prospects are bleak.

    Army chief General Valeriy Zaluzhnyi said the attack targeted critical infrastructure and industrial and military facilities.

    A maternity hospital, flat blocks and schools were also damaged in the attack, according to officials.

    Read more from Sky News:
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    Poland’s defence forces said on Friday that an unknown object had entered the country’s air space before vanishing from radars, and that all indications pointed to it being a Russian missile.

    Poland’s deputy foreign minister summoned Russian ambassador Andrei Ordash on Friday to discuss the alleged breach of Poland’s airspace.

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    Several Ukrainian cities, including Kyiv, were hit in strikes on Friday

    However, Mr Ordash said Poland had provided no proof of Russian involvement.

    In a statement, published by the state-owned RIA news agency, Mr Ordash said: “I was handed a note which contained an unsubstantiated claim that allegedly on the morning of 29 December, an airborne object violated Polish airspace, which Polish specialists identified as a Russian guided missile.

    “No proof was presented. My request for documented proof of what was in the note was refused.”

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  • ‘Reckless’ Red Sea attacks by Houthi rebels on shipping show no signs of stopping – US commander | World News

    ‘Reckless’ Red Sea attacks by Houthi rebels on shipping show no signs of stopping – US commander | World News

    ‘Reckless’ Red Sea attacks by Houthi rebels on shipping show no signs of stopping – US commander | World News

    'Reckless' Red Sea attacks by Houthi rebels on shipping show no signs of stopping - US commander | World News

    Houthi rebels in Yemen are showing no signs of ending their “reckless” attacks on ships in the Red Sea, a top US navy commander has warned.

    Attacks on commercial vessels in the region have continued even as more nations join the international maritime mission to secure the vital waterway and trade traffic begins to pick up.

    The Iran-backed Houthis say their attacks are aimed at Israel-linked ships in an effort to stop the Israeli offensive in Gaza.

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    Vice-Admiral Brad Cooper. Pic: AP

    The crucial trade route via the narrow Bab el-Mandeb Strait connects the Gulf of Aden to the Red Sea and then the Suez Canal, linking markets in Asia and Europe.

    Amid serious attacks and an enduring threat, some shipping companies have ordered their vessels not to enter the strait until the security situation improved.

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    How Houthi rebel attacks are affecting the world

    Since the international operation – which has seen five warships patrolling the waters – began, a total of 17 drones and four anti-ship ballistic missiles have been shot down, according to the US navy’s Vice-Admiral Brad Cooper.

    In the past 10 days, 1,200 merchant ships have travelled through the Red Sea region and none have been hit by drone or missile strikes, he said.

    Read more:
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    Freight price up 80% despite return of some Red Sea journeys

    Vice-Admiral Cooper said the coalition is in direct communication with commercial ships to provide guidance on “manoeuvring and the best practices to avoid being attacked”, and working closely with the shipping industry to coordinate security.

    Since the operation started, the Houthis have stepped up their use of anti-ship ballistic missiles, he added. “We are cleareyed that the Houthi reckless attacks will likely continue,” he said.

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  • Venice to limit size of tourist groups in bid to ease pressure of huge crowds | World News

    Venice to limit size of tourist groups in bid to ease pressure of huge crowds | World News

    Venice to limit size of tourist groups in bid to ease pressure of huge crowds | World News

    Venice to limit size of tourist groups in bid to ease pressure of huge crowds | World News

    The Italian city of Venice is to limit the size of tourist groups.

    The restrictions were announced on Saturday in a bid to reduce the pressure of mass tourism on the canal city.

    June will see groups limited to 25 people – roughly half the capacity of a tourist bus.

    The use of loudspeakers will also be banned, the city said in a statement, amid “confusion and disturbances”.

    Elisabetta Pesce, the official with responsibility for the city’s security, said the policies were aimed at improving the movement of groups.

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    Why 2024 could be the worst year ever for ‘overtourism’

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    Tourists flip gondola while taking selfies

    Venice has already announced plans to trial a new fee for day-trippers.

    Each person will be charged a fee of five euros on 29 peak days between April and mid-July.

    With those days set to include most weekends, the aim is to regulate crowds and encourage longer visits.

    The impact of tourism was cited by the UN cultural agency as a major factor when it twice considered placing Venice on UNESCO’s list of heritage sites in danger.

    The rollout of the day-tripper fees was initially delayed when tourism declined during the COVID pandemic.

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    Venice to limit size of tourist groups in bid to ease pressure of huge crowds | World News