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Venezuela referendum result: voters back bid to claim sovereignty over large swath of Guyana
Disputed territory of Essequibo is larger than Greece, rich in minerals and gives access to part of the Atlantic boasting oil in commercial quantities
Guardian staff and agencies
04, Dec, 2023 @4:19 AM
IDF claims to have found 800 tunnel shafts – as it happened
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Helen Livingstone (now); Maya Yang, Martin Belam, Tom Ambrose and Helen Davidson (earlier)
04, Dec, 2023 @2:03 AM
Three commercial vessels attacked in Red Sea by Houthi rebels, says US
US military says the destroyer Carney shot down three drones as US Central Command says it believes attacks ‘fully enabled by Iran’
Dan Sabbagh in Jerusalem
04, Dec, 2023 @12:51 AM
Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 649
Ukraine investigates alleged ‘execution’ of Ukrainian soldiers trying to surrender; Volodymyr Zelenskiy reports ‘intense battles’ at dozens of locations
Guardian staff
04, Dec, 2023 @12:05 AM
Former Hong Kong activist Agnes Chow flees territory for Canada
Chow was one of nine people arrested in 2020 under the new national security law and says her mental health has suffered
Helen Davidson in Taipei
03, Dec, 2023 @11:54 PM
Israel says its ground forces are operating across ‘all of Gaza’
IDF spokesperson says ‘troops coming face-to-face with terrorists and killing them’
Dan Sabbagh in Jerusalem
03, Dec, 2023 @9:00 PM
Bombing of Catholic mass in southern Philippines leaves four dead
Police say explosion at Mindanao State University gymnasium in Marawi could be revenge by pro-Islamic State militants
Staff and agencies
03, Dec, 2023 @4:53 PM
Russia-Ukraine war live: Ukraine launches inquiry into ‘execution’ of captured soldiers – as it happened
Ukraine says Russian troops committed war crime as video appears to show two men surrendering before being shot
Charlie Moloney (now) and Tom Ambrose (earlier)
03, Dec, 2023 @4:51 PM
Ukraine investigating ‘execution’ of surrendering troops by Russian forces
Video shows two unarmed Ukrainian soldiers being shot dead as they emerge from dugout near Avdiivka
Luke Harding in Lviv
03, Dec, 2023 @4:49 PM
Dozens attend protest in Tel Aviv against Israeli bombardment of Gaza
Demonstration is first time abductees’ families have come together with other activists
Dan Sabbagh and Quique Kierszenbaum in Tel Aviv
03, Dec, 2023 @3:17 PM
Extradition of singer’s alleged killer raises hopes of justice for Pinochet era
Pedro Barrientos touched down in Santiago on Friday to face trial for murder of folk singer Víctor Jara in 1973
John Bartlett in Santiago
03, Dec, 2023 @12:30 PM
Intention: a short story written in the aftermath of Hamas’s 7 October attack on Israel by Etgar Keret
Keret is an Israeli writer of short stories and a film-maker. His books have been translated into more than 45 languages. His latest collection, Fly Already, won the Sapir Prize in 2018
Etgar Keret
03, Dec, 2023 @11:00 AM
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