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At least 125 dead as rival groups clash in Sudan's West Darfur, medical group says
(CNN) have so far claimed at least 125 lives and left 208 others injured in the of Sudan, according to the Western Darfur State Doctors Committee. The violence has continued in El Geneina city, the capital of West Darfur state, for a sixth day in a row, the medical group said. "This is by far the biggest wave of violence in Darfur (since the 2020 peace agreement was reached,)" a doctor working in West Darfur told CNN. Videos posted from El Geneina on Monday and Tuesday showed fires burning in the town. "People were displaced from the conflict villages, they ran carrying nothing but their...…(CNN) have so far claimed at least 125 lives and left 208 others injured in the of Sudan, according to the Western Darfur State Doctors Committee. The violence has continued in El Geneina city, the capital of West Darfur state, for a sixth day in a row, the medical group said. "This is by far the biggest wave of violence in Darfur (since the 2020 peace agreement was reached,)" a doctor working in West Darfur told CNN. Videos posted from El Geneina on Monday and Tuesday showed fires burning in the town. "People were displaced from the conflict villages, they ran carrying nothing but their...WW…
Dozens unaccounted for in Mozambique after Islamist attack, rights groups say
Maputo, Mozambique (CNN)Heavy fighting continued into Saturday around the northern town of Palma in Mozambique, which was attacked by Islamist insurgents on Wednesday, according to multiple sources contacted by CNN.Thousands of people have fled Palma after the attack on Wednesday, according to human rights groups, while the fate of dozens of people who had taken refuge in a local hotel remains unclear.Witnesses reported seeing bodies in the streets after the insurgents, believed to be affiliated with the , attacked Palma from three directions, Human Rights Watch said on Saturday.The town is...…Maputo, Mozambique (CNN)Heavy fighting continued into Saturday around the northern town of Palma in Mozambique, which was attacked by Islamist insurgents on Wednesday, according to multiple sources contacted by CNN.Thousands of people have fled Palma after the attack on Wednesday, according to human rights groups, while the fate of dozens of people who had taken refuge in a local hotel remains unclear.Witnesses reported seeing bodies in the streets after the insurgents, believed to be affiliated with the , attacked Palma from three directions, Human Rights Watch said on Saturday.The town is...WW…
How an alleged Russian spy ring stole NATO and EU secrets from Bulgaria
(CNN)Secretly shot video tells the story of an alleged spy ring at work in Bulgaria's capital. A woman in a white jacket arrives at the Russian embassy in Sofia; she is seen in animated conversation with someone unidentified. Inside a government office, a surveillance camera catches a man counting money at his desk, apparently the reward for his espionage. And in an intercepted phone call, the alleged leader of the group is heard telling an accomplice how his father cried when Stalin died. Then they talk money.The recordings, made by Bulgarian investigators, were released on Friday as...…(CNN)Secretly shot video tells the story of an alleged spy ring at work in Bulgaria's capital. A woman in a white jacket arrives at the Russian embassy in Sofia; she is seen in animated conversation with someone unidentified. Inside a government office, a surveillance camera catches a man counting money at his desk, apparently the reward for his espionage. And in an intercepted phone call, the alleged leader of the group is heard telling an accomplice how his father cried when Stalin died. Then they talk money.The recordings, made by Bulgarian investigators, were released on Friday as...WW…
How an alleged Russian spy ring stole NATO and EU secrets from Bulgaria | CNN
By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Secretly shot video tells the story of an alleged spy ring at work in Bulgaria’s capital.A woman in a white jacket arrives at the Russian embassy in Sofia; she is seen in animated conversation with someone unidentified. Inside a government office, a surveillance camera catches a man counting money at his desk, apparently the reward for his espionage. And in an intercepted phone call, the alleged leader of the group is heard telling an accomplice how his father cried when Stalin died. Then they talk money.The recordings, made by Bulgarian...…By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Secretly shot video tells the story of an alleged spy ring at work in Bulgaria’s capital.A woman in a white jacket arrives at the Russian embassy in Sofia; she is seen in animated conversation with someone unidentified. Inside a government office, a surveillance camera catches a man counting money at his desk, apparently the reward for his espionage. And in an intercepted phone call, the alleged leader of the group is heard telling an accomplice how his father cried when Stalin died. Then they talk money.The recordings, made by Bulgarian...WW…
'I was behind it.' The man responsible for the 1973 oil shock has died
(CNN Business)Ahmed Zaki Yamani, the long-serving who masterminded an OPEC embargo that plunged western economies into recession in 1973, has died at the age of 90, Saudi state TV reported on Tuesday.Yamani became Saudi oil minister in 1962, a rare instance of someone from outside the Royal Family being promoted to such a position of influence. He would go on to drive Saudi Arabia's emergence as an over a period in office spanning nearly a quarter of a century. It was in the 1970s that he became an international figure, reviled in the West for masterminding an oil embargo after the 1973...…(CNN Business)Ahmed Zaki Yamani, the long-serving who masterminded an OPEC embargo that plunged western economies into recession in 1973, has died at the age of 90, Saudi state TV reported on Tuesday.Yamani became Saudi oil minister in 1962, a rare instance of someone from outside the Royal Family being promoted to such a position of influence. He would go on to drive Saudi Arabia's emergence as an over a period in office spanning nearly a quarter of a century. It was in the 1970s that he became an international figure, reviled in the West for masterminding an oil embargo after the 1973...WW…
Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny dupes spy into revealing how he was poisoned
Moscow (CNN)A Russian agent sent to tail opposition leader Alexey Navalny has revealed how he was poisoned in August -- with the lethal nerve agent Novichok planted in his underpants. The stunning disclosure from an agent who belonged to an elite toxins team in Russia's FSB security service came in a lengthy phone call following last week. In what he was told was a debriefing, Konstantin Kudryavtsev also talked about others involved in the poisoning in the Siberian city of Tomsk, and how he was sent to clean things up. But the agent was not speaking to an official in Russia's National...…Moscow (CNN)A Russian agent sent to tail opposition leader Alexey Navalny has revealed how he was poisoned in August -- with the lethal nerve agent Novichok planted in his underpants. The stunning disclosure from an agent who belonged to an elite toxins team in Russia's FSB security service came in a lengthy phone call following last week. In what he was told was a debriefing, Konstantin Kudryavtsev also talked about others involved in the poisoning in the Siberian city of Tomsk, and how he was sent to clean things up. But the agent was not speaking to an official in Russia's National...WW…
CNN-Bellingcat investigation identifies Russian specialists who trailed Putin's nemesis Alexey Navalny before he was poisoned
Tomsk, Russia (CNN)At about 9 a.m. on August 13, a 33-year-old Russian woman named Maria Pevchikh checked in for a flight from Moscow to the Siberian city of Novosibirsk. She was not alone.Trailing her to Domodedovo airport that morning was a member of an elite unit of the Russian Security Service, the FSB. Oleg Tayakin, a slim, balding man with blue-green eyes, remained at the airport until Pevchikh left. Pevchikh was traveling in advance of a visit to Siberia by Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, whose anti-corruption campaign she leads.The Navalny team is constantly watched by the...…Tomsk, Russia (CNN)At about 9 a.m. on August 13, a 33-year-old Russian woman named Maria Pevchikh checked in for a flight from Moscow to the Siberian city of Novosibirsk. She was not alone.Trailing her to Domodedovo airport that morning was a member of an elite unit of the Russian Security Service, the FSB. Oleg Tayakin, a slim, balding man with blue-green eyes, remained at the airport until Pevchikh left. Pevchikh was traveling in advance of a visit to Siberia by Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, whose anti-corruption campaign she leads.The Navalny team is constantly watched by the...WW…
CNN-Bellingcat investigation identifies Russian specialists who trailed Putin's nemesis Alexey Navalny before he was poisoned | CNN
Video Ad FeedbackCNN investigation uncovers tailing of Navalny prior to poisoningNever-before-seen flooding leaves one-third of Pakistan underwaterForeign fighters join Ukraine's southern counteroffensive against RussiaMore than a third of Pakistan is underwater. See what's happening thereWatch the moment Liz Truss enters Downing Street as PMMan survives 11 days in ocean floating alone in a freezerIsrael Defense Forces: Soldier had no idea shots were fired toward journalist'Blades, not bullets': Timeline of mass stabbing in CanadaIsland could lose 98% of land from climate change. See how...…Video Ad FeedbackCNN investigation uncovers tailing of Navalny prior to poisoningNever-before-seen flooding leaves one-third of Pakistan underwaterForeign fighters join Ukraine's southern counteroffensive against RussiaMore than a third of Pakistan is underwater. See what's happening thereWatch the moment Liz Truss enters Downing Street as PMMan survives 11 days in ocean floating alone in a freezerIsrael Defense Forces: Soldier had no idea shots were fired toward journalist'Blades, not bullets': Timeline of mass stabbing in CanadaIsland could lose 98% of land from climate change. See how...WW…
Trump deal with Morocco is yet another headache for Biden team | CNN Politics
Analysis by , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — On Thursday, Morocco became the fourth Arab state this year to announce it would establish relations with Israel. It was another diplomatic win for the Trump administration, with that it was “a massive breakthrough for peace in the Middle East!”Setting aside the hyperbole – Morocco and Israel have long had a quietly amicable relationship – the Moroccans extracted a high price from the US: recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over the long-disputed territory of Western Sahara.After nearly four decades of lobbying for that outcome, success...…Analysis by , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — On Thursday, Morocco became the fourth Arab state this year to announce it would establish relations with Israel. It was another diplomatic win for the Trump administration, with that it was “a massive breakthrough for peace in the Middle East!”Setting aside the hyperbole – Morocco and Israel have long had a quietly amicable relationship – the Moroccans extracted a high price from the US: recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over the long-disputed territory of Western Sahara.After nearly four decades of lobbying for that outcome, success...WW…
The world's now scrambling for dry ice. It's just one headache in getting coronavirus vaccines where they need to go
(CNN) like to be kept cool, none more so than the Pfizer candidate for , which has to be deep-frozen. And that's going to be an issue for developing countries -- and for rural areas in the developed world. The "cold chain" is just one of the challenges in distributing vaccines worldwide.There are plenty of others: decisions about priority populations and databases to keep track of who's received what vaccine, where and when. Additionally, different vaccines may have more or less efficacy with different population groups; and governments will need PR campaigns to persuade people that...…(CNN) like to be kept cool, none more so than the Pfizer candidate for , which has to be deep-frozen. And that's going to be an issue for developing countries -- and for rural areas in the developed world. The "cold chain" is just one of the challenges in distributing vaccines worldwide.There are plenty of others: decisions about priority populations and databases to keep track of who's received what vaccine, where and when. Additionally, different vaccines may have more or less efficacy with different population groups; and governments will need PR campaigns to persuade people that...WW…