London Mayor Sadiq Khan defies Labour line with call for Gaza cease-fire – POLITICO
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LONDON — Mayor of London Sadiq Khan on Friday urged a cease-fire in the conflict between Israel and Hamas — putting him directly at odds with his party’s leader, Keir Starmer. As the directly elected mayor of London, Khan is one of the opposition party’s most prominent figures, and his comments come amid mounting pressure […]
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Moscow Mayor Sobyanin Reelected: Election Official
A senior Russian election official announced Sunday that Sergei Sobyanin had won a “convincing” reelection as Moscow’s mayor, a vote the Russian opposition said was predetermined. “The winner is unequivocally already known. All of us here in the hall congratulate Sergei Semyonovich (Sobyanin) on such a convincing victory,” the official, Nikolay Bulayev, said in an […]
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Paris Mayor Strips Palestinian Leader Of Honour Over Holocaust Outburst
Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo has stripped Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas of the French capital’s highest honour after he made remarks about the Holocaust that echoed anti-Semitic tropes, her office said on Friday. Abbas could no longer hold the Grand Vermeil medal after he “justified the extermination of the Jews of Europe” in World War II, […]
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Russia Downs Drone Approaching Moscow: Mayor
Russian air defences destroyed a drone as it approached Moscow, the city’s mayor Sergei Sobyanin said early on Saturday. “Tonight, air defense forces destroyed a drone on approach to Moscow in the Istrinskii district,” Sobyanin wrote on Telegram. “Preliminarily, there were no casualties or damage. Emergency services are working on the site,”… Russian air defences […]
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Russia Downs Two Drones Near Moscow: Mayor
Russian air defences downed two “attack drones” over the Moscow region, the city’s mayor said on Tuesday. “Air defence shot down two attack drones. One in the Krasnogorsk area, the other in the Chastsy area,” said Sergei Sobyanin on Telegram, adding that emergency services were responding. bur-rma/leg … Russian air defences downed two “attack drones” […]
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Russia Shoots Down Two Combat Drones Headed For Capital: Moscow Mayor
Russian forces downed two combat drones headed for Moscow, the city’s mayor said on Wednesday, the latest in a surge of drone attacks targeting the capital. “Two combat drones’ attempt to fly into the city was recorded. Both were shot down by air defense,” Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Telegram, without naming an attacker. […]
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Three Ukrainian Drones Downed Over Moscow: Russia Defence Ministry
Three Ukrainian drones were downed over Moscow early Sunday, Russia’s defence ministry said, in an attack that briefly shut an international airport. While one of the drones was shot down on the city’s outskirts, two others were “suppressed by electronic warfare” and smashed into an office complex. No one was injured. Moscow and its environs, […]
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At Least One Person Dead In Overnight Strike On Ukraine’s Kyiv: Mayor
An overnight air strike on Kyiv killed at least one person and wounded others, the city’s mayor said on Thursday, the third night of attacks on the Ukrainian capital. “In Podilsky district, during the firefighting in an apartment building, a body of one dead person was discovered,” Vitali Klitschko posted on Telegram. bur-rma/lb … An […]
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The Syrian Refugee Who Became Mayor Of A German Village
Ryyan Alshebl fled war-torn Syria in 2015, arriving on the Greek island of Lesbos after a harrowing four-hour journey on a rubber boat. Eight years on, he is the mayor of a German village. “It was dark and cold and there was not a single light to be seen on Lesbos,” he recalls. “A few […]
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Russian Drone Attacks Kill One In Kyiv: Mayor
UPDATES with 1 killed, 20 evacuated At least one person was killed Monday night in a “massive attack” by Russian drones on the Ukrainian capital, the city’s mayor said. Rescuers evacuated three injured people and 20 others from a multi-storey building in a southern area of Kyiv after falling debris caused a fire, Vitali Klitschko… […]
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