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Wall Street Journal
a day ago
- Politics
- Wall Street Journal
Putin's Blitz Has United Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine Photojournalist Anton Shtuka has documented the aftermath of Russian attacks across Ukraine. Last month a missile hit close to home—down the street from his parents' house. When crowds gathered, 'it was so weird to see all the people from childhood around that collapsed building—my mom, the mother of my childhood friend,' he recalls. On Instagram he mused that 'today came the realization that the front line has moved much closer. . . . Kyiv has turned into Kharkiv,' the hard-hit city just south of Russia.
The Guardian
01-07-2025
- The Guardian
Grim aftermath of Israeli missile strike on busy Gaza cafe described by witnesses
Witnesses have described the bloody aftermath of an Israeli strike on a crowded seaside cafe in Gaza, which left at least 24 dead and many more injured on Tuesday. Al-Baqa cafe, close to the harbour in Gaza City, was almost full in the early afternoon when it was hit by a missile, immediately transforming a scene of relative calm amid the biggest urban centre in Gaza into one of carnage. Among those killed, who included many women, children and elderly people, was a Palestinian photojournalist and an artist who had exhibited internationally. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Tuesday that it was reviewing the attack, which it said had struck 'several Hamas terrorists in the northern Gaza Strip'. Abu al-Nour, 60, said he had stepped outside the cafe to get some lunch and was returning when the attack took place. 'Just as I was close, a missile struck. Shrapnel flew everywhere, and the place filled with smoke and the smell of gunpowder. I couldn't see anything. I ran toward the cafe and found it destroyed. I went inside and saw bodies lying on the ground. All the cafe workers were killed,' he told the Guardian. 'There was a family there with their young children –why were they targeted? It was a place where people came to find some relief from the pressures of life.' The cafe and restaurant had so far survived more than 20 months of war and offered some respite from the relentless violence of the conflict. 'There's always a lot of people at that spot, which offers drinks, spaces for families and internet access,' said Ahmad al-Nayrab, 26, who was walking on the nearby beach when he heard a loud explosion. 'It was a massacre,' he told AFP. 'I saw bits of bodies flying everywhere, bodies mangled and burned. It was a bloodcurdling scene; everybody was screaming.' Adam, 21, was working nearby, renting chairs and tables on the small promenade. 'When the strike happened, we dropped to the ground as shrapnel began falling on us. We started running, trying to understand what had happened, and we helped with the rescue efforts. When I reached the site, the scenes were beyond anything imaginable. I knew all the workers at the place. It was full of customers of all ages,' he told the Guardian. Other witnesses described seeing a dead four-year-old child, an elderly man with both legs severed and many others with severe injuries. Photographs showed pools of blood and flesh amid shattered concrete columns and roofing, as well as a deep crater suggesting the use of a powerful weapon by Israel. The IDF spokesperson said that 'prior to the strike, steps were taken to mitigate the risk of harming civilians using aerial surveillance'. Two other strikes in Gaza City killed 15 people, according to al-Shifa hospital, which received the casualties, and there were also reports from witnesses, hospitals, and Gaza's health ministry that Israeli forces killed 11 people who had been seeking food in the south of the territory. Israel has ramped up its offensive in Gaza in recent days, with multiple waves of airstrikes and new 'evacuation orders' which have forced tens of thousands of people to leave makeshift homes across a swath of the north of the devastated territory. The orders warned of impending assaults and told Palestinians to head south to overcrowded coastal zones where there are few facilities and a limited supply of water. About 80% of the territory is now covered by such orders or controlled by Israeli forces. The IDF has signalled that it plans to advance into the centre of Gaza City, the most densely populated part of Gaza, to fight Hamas militants based there. The war began when Hamas-led militants launched an attack into southern Israel on 7 October 2023, killing about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking about 250 hostages back to Gaza. Israel's subsequent military offensive has killed more than 56,500 Palestinians, mostly civilians, displacing almost the entire 2.3 million population of Gaza and reducing much of the territory to rubble.
ABC News
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- ABC News
Chimerica: Trailer
Chimerica Drama American Compelling Watch Trailer Article share options Share this on Facebook Twitter Send this by Email Copy link WhatsApp Messenger When accusations of fake news are levelled against an American photojournalist, he tries to reclaim his credibility by setting out to find the subject of his most famous picture - the Tank Man of Tiananmen Square.
The Guardian
10-06-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
A West Bank incursion, a Bali sunrise and Brad Pitt: Photos of the day
Mourners gather by the body of the Palestinian photojournalist Moamen Abu Alouf, who was killed with three paramedics during an Israeli bombardment Photograph: Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP/Getty Images A girl mourns over the body of one of the three paramedics killed in the attack Photograph: Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP/Getty Images Israeli soldiers take aim during a raid in the old town Photograph: Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP/Getty Images Women hold up signs during a ceremony to apologise to survivors of Catholic moral rehabilitation institutes, where thousands of women and girls suffered harsh treatment during the Franco dictatorship Photograph: Juan Medina/Reuters Military police remove climate activists protesting outside the lower house of parliament Photograph: Yara Nardi/Reuters Smoke billows from the Singapore-flagged container ship MV Wan Hai 503, which caught fire 78 nautical miles out of port Photograph: Indian Coast Guard/AFP/Getty Images The Colombian senator Paloma Valencia cries at a mass for her colleague, Miguel Uribe, who is in a critical condition after being shot at a campaign rally Photograph: Iván Valencia/AP A resident look at the damage caused to an apartment building by a Russian drone strike Photograph: Nina Liashonok/Reuters A holds up signs in support of Donald Trump while people take part in an ICE Out of Austin protest Photograph:A protester takes part in a demonstration against the Trump administration's immigration raids Photograph: Ethan Swope/AP The K-pop band BTS's members RM (left) and V react after being discharged from military service Photograph: Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images Members of the Coldstream Guards board a train at King's Cross station bound for Scotland, where they will mark the 375th anniversary of the regiment's foundation Photograph:Brad Pitt attends a photocall for F1: The Movie at Toreo Parque Central Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images Anglers fishing at sunrise Photograph: Sonny Tumbelaka/AFP/Getty Images
Times
16-05-2025
- Times
Capturing the Highlands with a former war correspondent
A five-day photography retreat in the Highlands isn't my usual kind of holiday. On a Venn diagram connecting amateur photographers and outdoor enthusiasts, I would be somewhere far outside the circumference of both circles, sipping margaritas on a beach. That said, my reluctance to leave my comfort zone has left my Instagram looking a little stale, which is why I find myself kneeling on the wet, rocky shoreline of Loch Duich. Rain blurring the lens, wind biting my nose, borrowed Canon DSLR pointed towards a young bagpiper silhouetted against brooding storm clouds. I'm surprised to find that I am loving every second. 'Get lower,' our guide, Paul Hackett, tells me. Hackett is used to going to extreme lengths for the perfect shot. A retired photojournalist,
