Nato jets scrambled as Putin launches 10-hour blitz on Ukraine… while Kyiv's drones hit Moscow for FIFTH night in a row
Kyiv unleashed chaos in Russia after launching its own drone attack on Moscow for the fifth night in a row.
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- Reuters
Russian attacks on Ukraine's Sumy border region injure 14, officials say
July 21 (Reuters) - Russian attacks on Monday in two areas of Ukraine's border Sumy region, where Moscow's troops have gained a foothold in recent months, have injured 14 people. The military administration of Sumy region, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said drone strikes in the town of Putyvl, just inside the border, injured 11 people and damaged civilian infrastructure. To the southeast, the mayor of the city of Sumy, Artem Kobzar, said a guided bomb attack had injured three people and damaged a multi-storey apartment block, smashing windows and balconies. Sumy region was used by Ukrainian forces as a springboard in a large incursion nearly a year ago into Russia's Kursk region. The Kremlin says Ukrainian forces have been ejected from the Russian region, and President Vladimir Putin said Moscow planned to establish a buffer zone in the area. Russia has launched an increasing number of attacks on Sumy region. A missile strike in April on the city of Sumy killed 35 people.
The Independent
37 minutes ago
- The Independent
Sanctions to be introduced to target people-smuggling gangs
Gang leaders, corrupt police officers and companies selling small boat equipment for Channel crossings could face having their assets frozen and being banned from travel to the UK in efforts to curb the people-smuggling trade. The Foreign Secretary announced on Tuesday a raft of sanctions that will be introduced to target anyone involved in assisting illegal immigration to the UK. This ranges from those involved in supplying and financing small boats, fake passports, and 'middlemen' putting cash through the Hawala system, a legal money transfer system, which is also used in payments linked to Channel crossings. The first wave of sanctions comes into force on Wednesday, and will publicly name anyone sanctioned, so it will be illegal for UK businesses and banks to deal with them. The measure is expected to include more than 20 designations, and could include corrupt public officials and police officers in steps to tackle the multi-billion-dollar industry. Foreign Secretary David Lammy said: 'For too long, criminal gangs have been lining their corrupt pockets and preying on the hopes of vulnerable people with impunity as they drive irregular migration to the UK. We will not accept this status quo. 'That's why the UK has created the world's first sanctions regime targeted at gangs involved in people smuggling and driving irregular migration, as well as their enablers. 'From tomorrow, those involved will face having their assets frozen, being shut off from the UK financial system and banned from travelling to the UK.' It follows legislation being introduced under the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill to ramp up enforcement powers for police forces and partners to investigate and prosecute people smugglers. Fresh sanctions aim to target organised crime gangs wherever they are in the world and disrupt their flow of cash, including freezing bank accounts, property and other assets, to hinder their activities. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said: 'It will allow us to target the assets and operations of people smugglers wherever they operate, cutting off their funding and dismantling their networks piece by piece. 'Through the Border Security Command and key partners like the National Crime Agency, we are strengthening our ties with other nations to tackle this global problem. 'Together, we are sending a clear message that there is no hiding place for those who exploit vulnerable people and put lives at risk for profit.'
Daily Mail
37 minutes ago
- Daily Mail
Trump kicks out Wall Street Journal reporter from covering Scotland trip as $10B Epstein lawsuit suffers blow
The White House on Monday removed a Wall Street Journal reporter from the president's trip to Scotland this weekend, after the newspaper reported that the president signed a salacious letter to Jeffrey Epstein for his birthday in 2003. The bombshell report claimed Trump wrote a 'bawdy' 50th birthday card to Epstein, which concluded: 'Happy Birthday - and may every day be another wonderful secret,' and featured a hand-drawn image of a naked woman as well as his signature. The report drew immediate condemnation from the White House as the president decried it as a 'fake' and berated the Journal for publishing the story. The Journal's reporters will no longer be able to travel with the president to Scotland as part of the regular pool rotation. 'Due to the Wall Street Journal's fake and defamatory conduct, they will not be one of the thirteen outlets on board,' Leavitt said to Politico. Every news organization in the entire world wishes to cover President Trump, and the White House has taken significant steps to include as many voices as possible.' The news only adds to criticism of the president from the media, which protest the exclusion of reporters from the press pool. The White House Correspondents' Association condemned the decision as 'deeply troubling.' 'Government retaliation against news outlets based on the content of their reporting should concern all who value free speech and an independent media,' WHCA president Weijia Jiang, a CBS News correspondent, said in a statement. 'We strongly urge the White House to restore the Wall Street Journal to its previous position in the pool and aboard Air Force One for the President's upcoming trip to Scotland,' she added. The president is traveling to Scotland on Friday for a five-day visit to Turnberry and Aberdeen, where he has pristine golf courses. He will also meet with United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer to discuss a trade deal with the United States. Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch, calling the story 'false, malicious, and defamatory.' Trump is requesting a jury trial and is suing 'for damages, punitive damages, court costs, and such other relief as the Court deems just and proper, not to be less than $10 billion dollars.' But Trump's lawsuit may face difficulty as it has landed in the courtroom of Darrin Gayles, a judge appointed to the court by former President Barack Obama. The Trump administration removed the Associated Press from the traveling press pool in February because the media group refused to adopt Trump's executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America. The ban was part of a broader shift in press access, with the Trump administration centralizing control over the press pool - previously managed by the White House Correspondents' Association. AP access to restricted White House events remains blocked for now due to an appeals court's ruling, with a final legal outcome still pending.
