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  Eastern residents brace for Russian advance.

  In eastern Ukraine, the tide of this war hasn't just changed -...  moreIn eastern Ukraine, the tide of this war hasn't just changed - it's coming in fast.
  
  
  "We know what's coming," says Mariya as she packs up the TV คาสิโนออนไลน์ufabet in her flat in Kostyantynivka. She's having it delivered to Kyiv before making the journey there with her son.
  
  
  "We're tired all day moods and panic attacks. It's constantly depressing, and we're scared."
  
  
  In February, Russia captured the strategic town of Avdiivka. Since then, the invaders have advanced further west, and taken several villages.
  
  
  Ukraine says its forces are "holding on". But Russian troops are now attacking in five areas along the 1,100km (700 mile) front line.
  
  
  Over 1.2 million people - or two thirds of the population - have left the Ukrainian-controlled Donetsk region since Russia's full scale invasion two years ago.
  
  
  And it's here in the eastern Donetsk region that Ukraine's defenders are being tested the most.
  
  
  People in cities like Pokrovsk, Kostyantynivka and Kramatorsk are now...    less

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  India opposition party claims bank accounts 'frozen'

  India's main opposition Congress party says its bank accounts...  moreIndia's main opposition Congress party says its bank accounts have been frozen by the income tax (IT) department just months before the country holds general elections.
  
  
  
  
  The party later said that IT officials had ufadeal given them access to funds in the accounts pending a hearing in court.
  
  
  
  
  Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge called the freezing of funds as an "assault on democracy".
  
  
  
  
  The government or the IT department have not responded to the allegations.
  
  
  Congress leader Ajay Maken told reporters on Friday morning that the party had been informed two days ago that the cheques it was issuing were "not being honoured" by banks.
  
  
  
  
  On investigating, the party was told that "all its accounts had been frozen".
  
  
   
  
  
  Mr Maken said that the money in the party's accounts had come through online crowdfunding while that in it's youth wing's accounts had come from membership fees. He said that accounts of its youth wing - Indian Youth Congress - had also been frozen.
  
  
  
  
  "We don't have any...    less

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  Imran Khan and Nawaz Sharif each claim advantage.

  The jailed former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan has...  moreThe jailed former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan has claimed victory in Thursday's general election and called on his supporters to celebrate.
  
  
  
  
  Independent candidates linked to him have won most seats so far, with the majority of seats declared.
  
  
  
  
  But another ex-PM, Nawaz Sharif, says his party has emerged the largest and urges others to join him in coalition.
  
  
  
  
  No group or party appears on course to win an overall majority. แทงบอลufabet The final results are yet to be announced.
  
  
  In a staunch video message posted on X created using AI, Mr Khan claimed his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party had won a "landslide victory" despite what he has called a crackdown on his party.
  
  
  
  
  He is currently in jail having been convicted in cases he says are politically motivated.
  
  
   
  
  
  The success of the PTI-linked candidates was unexpected, with most experts agreeing that Mr Sharif - believed to be backed by the country's powerful military - was the clear favourite.  less

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  World Gymnastics Championships.

  American Simone Biles has become the most decorated gymnast in...  moreAmerican Simone Biles has become the most decorated gymnast in history after winning her second gold medal at the World Gymnastics Championships.
  
  After helping the United States to a record seventh consecutive team title earlier this week, the 26-year-old won all-around gold in Belgium on Friday.
   
  
  Her total of 34 world and Olympic medals is more than any other gymnast, male or female.
  Biles took gold with a score of 58.399 points.
  She finished ahead of defending champion Rebeca Andrade of Brazil (56.766), while Biles' American team-mate Shilese Jones took bronze with a score of 56.332.
  It continued Biles' impressive return to international competition, with the Antwerp event her first since taking a break from the sport two years ago to work on her mental health.
  This triumph was her sixth all-around world title to take her overall tally to 27 world medals, which includes 21 golds.
  She could extend that over the weekend where she will aim to make the podium in four other events in the apparatus...    less

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  China censors 'Tiananmen' image of athletes hugging.

  A photo of two Chinese female athletes that made an inadvertent...  moreA photo of two Chinese female athletes that made an inadvertent reference to the Tiananmen Square massacre has been censored on Chinese social media.
  
  
  
  
  The race numbers for Lin Yuwei and Wu Yanni form '64' - a common allusion to the incident which happened on 4 June.
  
  
  
  
  Discussions of the incident remain taboo in China, with authorities routinely scrubbing any mention of the topic from the internet.
  
  
  
  
  In 1989, troops shot dead hundreds of pro-democracy protesters in Beijing.It remains unclear how many people actually died that day, but human rights groups' estimates range from several hundred to several thousand killed.เปิดยูสเซอร์ยูฟ่าเบท  less

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  Norwegian family finds Viking-era.

  A family in Norway were searching for a lost gold earring in...  moreA family in Norway were searching for a lost gold earring in their garden when they decided to get their metal detector out.
  
  
  
  
  They did not find the earring but did stumble upon something else: artefacts dating back more than 1,000 years.
  
  
  
  
  The Aasvik family dug up a bowl-shaped buckle and another item that appear to be part of a Viking-era burial.
  
  
  
  
  Experts believe the artefacts were used in the ninth-century burial of a woman on the small island of Jomfruland.
  
  
  The discovery was made under a large tree in the centre of the family's garden on the island, off Norway's south coast.
  
  
  
  
  "We congratulate the family who found the first safe Viking-time find at Jomfruland," the Cultural Heritage of Vestfold and Telemark County Council wrote in a Facebook post.ป๊อกเด้งออนไลน์  less

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  Anxious Chinese home buyers reel from crisis.

  "When I think about it, I cry," says Mrs Guo about the home she...  more"When I think about it, I cry," says Mrs Guo about the home she had bought. "It's hard, and I feel sorry for my son and myself."
  
  
  
  
  In 2021, just months before the Chinese property giant Evergrande showed the first signs of crisis, Guo Tianran (whose name has been changed on request) and her husband bought an apartment off-plan for their only child from the top-selling developer.
  
  
  
  
  The couple, nearing their 60s, had scrimped to afford the $30,000 (£24,500) down payment on the yet-to-be-built flat. They bit the bullet in pledging to use 75% of their income to pay for the mortgage.
  
  
  
  
  "We wanted to help our son, to give him a place to start out on once he graduates from college," Mrs Guo told the BBC earlier this month. But just months after their purchase, Evergrande's facade began to crack.
  
  
   
  
  
  In Henan, the central Chinese province where they had bought the home, building work ground to a halt.
  
  
  
  
  "We saw the main frame being built, and suddenly we heard that Evergrande was falling. Then...    less

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  PM summons army chief after surge in killings.

  Sweden's prime minister has summoned the head of the armed...  moreSweden's prime minister has summoned the head of the armed forces to help curb a surge in gang killings.
  
  
  
  
  The two men and the country's police chief will meet on Friday to discuss what role the military could play.
  
  
  
  
  It comes after a bloody 12 hours that saw two men shot dead in Stockholm and a 25-year-old woman killed in a blast at home in a town north of the capital.
  
  
  
  
  "We will hunt the gangs down and we will defeat them," PM Ulf Kristersson promised in a rare televised address.
  
  
   
  
  
  Armed forces chief Micael Byden told Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter he was prepared to assist police efforts.
  
  
  
  
  It is not clear exactly how the military might get involved but previous talks suggest soldiers may take over certain policing duties to allow officers to free up resources for crime-fighting.
  
  
   
  
  
  Some critics have described the proposed measures as superficial, arguing they treat the symptoms rather than root causes of the violence.
  
  
  
  
  So far this month, 12 people have been killed in gang...    less

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  How are lorries checked for concealed migrants?

  What checks are made at...  moreWhat checks are made at ports?
  
  
  
  Some 3.6m lorries and containers entered the UK in 2018, using 40 main ports.
  
  
  
  
  The Home Office says they are searched on a "targeted basis" by Border Force staff but would not say how many are checked.
  
  
  
  
  A number of methods are used including carbon dioxide detectors, motion sensors and sniffer dogs.
  
  
  
  
  The government did not explain how lorries are targeted for a search, with a spokeswoman saying it was down to "experienced Border Force staff identifying containers to be searched at port".
  
  
  Lucy Moreton from the Immigration Services Union, which represents customs and border staff, said the sheer number of containers coming into the UK every day made it impossible to look inside them all.
  
  
  
  
  "We don't have the facility to check the vast majority of freight which arrives in the UK," she said.
  
  
  
  
  And she said it was "certainly the case" that "disconnected freight containers", of which there are "hundreds of thousands" a day, are less likely to be searched...    less

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  Hollywood writers agree to end five-month.

  Hollywood writers will end their strike at midnight Pacific...  moreHollywood writers will end their strike at midnight Pacific time (07:01 GMT) on Wednesday, after nearly five months.
  
  
  
  
  The Writers Guild of America (WGA) said in a statement that union leaders "voted unanimously to lift the restraining order and end the strike".
  
  
  
  
  Its 11,500 members will then vote on whether to approve a three-year deal that offers pay raises and protections around use of artificial intelligence.
  
  
  
  
  A separate dispute involves actors, who are also on strike.
  
  
  The writers' walkout began on 2 May, which members of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) joined on 13 July, making it the longest strike to affect Hollywood in decades. They were striking in a row over pay and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the industry.
  
  
  
  
  It has cost the US economy around $5bn (£4.08bn), according to an estimate from Milken Institute economist Kevin Klowden.
  
  
   
  
  
  The dispute has shut down many of America's top shows, including Billions, The Handmaid's Tale, Hacks, Severance, Yellowjackets,...    less

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