UK sanctions New Zealand insurer Maritime Mutual after Reuters report – Reuters

  1. UK sanctions New Zealand insurer Maritime Mutual after Reuters report  Reuters
  2. UK targets Russia's Transneft in new sanctions on Ukraine war anniversary  Reuters
  3. UK wants to ban firms from insuring Russian oil  politico.eu
  4. UK announces biggest sanctions package against Russia four years on from full-scale invasion of Ukraine  GOV.UK
  5. U.K. Exempts Druzhba Pipeline from New Sanctions Targeting Russian Oil Exports  Pipeline Technology Journal
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IDF stood by as settlers killed Palestinian teen, stole hundreds of sheep – report – The Times of Israel

  1. IDF stood by as settlers killed Palestinian teen, stole hundreds of sheep – report  The Times of Israel
  2. Israeli settlers kill 19-year-old Palestinian American, officials and witnesses say  NPR
  3. Israeli Settlers Shot Three Palestinians in the West Bank, as IDF Troops Looked On  Haaretz
  4. How this North Jersey community is mourning teen killed in West Bank  Bergen Record
  5. Palestinian-American Teenager Killed in West Bank Is Laid to Rest  The New York Times
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Authority in Board of Peace is structured around Trump, not its members, legal experts say – The Jerusalem Post

  1. Authority in Board of Peace is structured around Trump, not its members, legal experts say  The Jerusalem Post
  2. Donald Trump’s own private UN  Financial Times
  3. Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ Presses Hamas on Disarmament, Officials Say  The New York Times
  4. Meet the companies and billionaires looking to make a massive profit off Trump’s plans in Gaza  Mondoweiss
  5. A Piece of Gold in Gaza  Countercurrents.org
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‘I’ve been to Ukraine 13 times – the last was definitely the hardest’ – BBC

  1. 'I've been to Ukraine 13 times - the last was definitely the hardest'  BBC
  2. Ukrainians were shocked by Russia’s war. Now many are numb and hopeless  Al Jazeera
  3. ‘Systemic Degradation’: How 4 Years of Occupation Have Devastated the Economy of Eastern Ukraine  The Moscow Times
  4. Life is harsh and dangerous in Russian-run parts of Ukraine, activists and former residents say  Associated Press News
  5. What It’s Like to Live in Ukraine, 4 Years Since Russia’s Invasion  Time Magazine
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South Africa says most of a group of 17 men lured into fighting for Russia set to return home – Yahoo

  1. South Africa says most of a group of 17 men lured into fighting for Russia set to return home  Yahoo
  2. Ramaphosa thanks Putin for release of South Africans lured into Russia-Ukraine war  BBC
  3. South Africa secures return of 11 men ‘lured’ into Russia-Ukraine war  Al Jazeera
  4. South Africa secures release of 11 nationals lured to Russia to fight against Ukraine  AP News
  5. Ramaphosa Thanks Putin for Release of South Africans Lured to Fight in Ukraine  The Moscow Times
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China military purge taking toll on command and readiness, study finds – Reuters

  1. China military purge taking toll on command and readiness, study finds  Reuters
  2. How Xi's military purges could hamper China's ability to fight  NBC News
  3. How China’s Xi Purged His ‘Big Brother’ to Achieve Absolute Power  WSJ
  4. Xi’s purges of Chinese military run deep, raising questions of readiness, think tank says  CNN
  5. The Purges Within China’s Military Are Even Deeper Than You Think  ChinaPower Project
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Legal changes under consideration to remove former Prince Andrew from line of succession – Associated Press News

  1. Legal changes under consideration to remove former Prince Andrew from line of succession  Associated Press News
  2. ‘We’ve been paying for happy endings for Andrew for years’: the inside story of a royal disgrace, by his biographer  The Guardian
  3. As Andrew fell, Queen Elizabeth II held out hope, and Charles and William fumed  The Washington Post
  4. Australia backs removing Andrew from royal line of succession  BBC
  5. Flying the flag for London Fashion Week  Financial Times
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Destitute survivors of south-east Asia’s cyberscam farms an ‘international crisis’

Not enough support for freed victims, say aid agencies, with growing numbers sleeping on the streets, unable to travel home without passports or money

Charities and aid workers have called for urgent international government support for victims of south-east Asia’s deadly scam compounds, following a damning report by Amnesty International.

The numbers of survivors of cyberscam “farms” left destitute and abandoned on the city streets of Cambodia and Myanmar is an “international crisis”, according to the research published in January.

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