Israel reopens border crossings with Gaza Strip; UK sets conditions for extending transition period
(Baonghean.vn) - The world over the past 24 hours has been filled with many outstanding news such as: The Israeli government ordered the reopening of border gates with the Gaza Strip; The UK set conditions to extend the transition period after leaving the EU; The US asked India to buy F-16 fighters to be exempted from sanctions; Türkiye declared that it would not allow the Khashoggi case to be covered up...
Israeli government orders reopening of border crossings with Gaza Strip
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| Erez border crossing in Beit Hanun, Gaza Strip. Photo: AFP/VNA |
Israel on October 21 ordered the reopening of the Kerem Shalom cargo crossing and the Erez crossing with the Gaza Strip to people after four days of closure. The decision came after violence in Gaza had subsided over the weekend and Hamas militants had tried to de-escalate tensions.
Earlier, Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman ordered the closure of the above-mentioned border crossings with the Gaza Strip after a rocket launched from the Palestinian territory hit a house in Beersheba, the largest city in southern Israel, prompting Israel to respond with airstrikes on 20 Hamas targets. Hamas denied the information and said it was investigating the incident.
President Trump announces withdrawal from nuclear treaty with Russia
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US President Donald Trump announced his withdrawal from the INF. Photo: Reuters |
Early on October 21 (Vietnam time), US President Donald Trump announced that he would withdraw the US from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) with Russia, signed during the Cold War, and accused Russia of violating this document "for many years now".
The Russian Foreign Ministry quickly responded, emphasizing that Mr. Trump's decision was motivated by the American "dream" of world domination, and accused the US of "deliberately" sabotaging the INF for many years.
US asks India to buy F-16 fighters to get sanctions exemption
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F-16 fighter jet in service with the US Air Force. Photo: USAF. |
The US has confirmed that ordering F-16 fighters will help India avoid sanctions over its purchase of Russian S-400 air defense missiles.
"US President Donald Trump needs a good deal to exempt India from sanctions under the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA). Washington proposed that New Delhi order a large number of F-16 fighters for this purpose in early October," the newspaper said.Indian ExpressIndia cited an anonymous diplomatic source as saying.
UK sets conditions for extending transition period after leaving EU
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| British Prime Minister Theresa May attends the EU summit in Brussels, Belgium on October 17, 2018. Photo: THX/TTXVN |
On October 21, the British Brexit minister Suella Braverman announced that London would accept the possibility of extending the transition period by a few months if this would help break the deadlock and avoid the EU's proposal to eliminate a hard border.
The EU has proposed that Northern Ireland stay in the union and follow its trade rules after Britain leaves the bloc. However, London has criticised this as a threat to the UK's territorial integrity.
Türkiye says it will not allow Khashoggi cover-up
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Journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Photo: AFP. |
Türkiye has warned of “serious legal consequences” for Saudi Arabia over the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. “If the incident happened as it is being reported around the world, the Saudi authorities cannot cover up the story by saying that a team from Saudi Arabia came and two or three of them killed him,” Numan Kurtulmus, deputy head of Türkiye’s Justice and Development Party (AKP), said in an interview withCNN, referring to the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
After two weeks of denying any involvement in the death of Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Arabia on October 20 finally admitted that the journalist had died at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Türkiye, after a fight.
Mexico opens border to women and children migrating from Honduras
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Women and children in a Honduran migrant caravan at the Mexico-Guatemala border on October 20. Photo:AFP. |
Mexican Ambassador to Guatemala Luis Manuel Lopez confirmed that dozens of women and children from the Honduran caravan had entered Mexican territory before going through immigration procedures in the city of Tapachula, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) from the border. About 900 others attempted to cross the Suchiate River separating Guatemala and Mexico in makeshift boats, with Mexican police not trying to stop them as they climbed ashore. Many of them had been on the Suchiate Bridge for more than 24 hours, suffering from heat and thirst.
The Mexican government insisted that those on the bridge must apply for asylum one by one before being allowed to enter, while Guatemalan authorities deployed buses to take Honduran migrants home. More than 300 of the thousands stranded at the Guatemala-Mexico border have chosen to return home, abandoning the idea of entering the United States via Mexico.
Afghanistan: 11 people killed in roadside bomb attack
At least 11 civilians were killed in a roadside bomb attack on October 21 in the eastern province of Nangarhar. Attaullah Khogiani, a provincial official, said the incident occurred at 11 a.m. local time when a vehicle carrying civilians hit an explosive device planted by militants on the side of a road in Achin district. Among the 11 killed were a woman and six children.
The bombings occurred as parliamentary elections entered their second day in 14 of 34 provinces. On the first day of the election, October 20, the Taliban carried out 168 attacks.
Coal mine collapses in China, dozens of workers trapped
A victim of the Long Van coal mine collapse is taken to the emergency room. ABC screenshot
At least two workers were killed and 20 others were trapped in the collapse of the Longyun coal mine of Shandong Energy Group in Yuncheng County, Shandong Province (China). The incident occurred at around 11 p.m. on October 20 when 334 miners were working below when a large rock suddenly collapsed into a drainage tunnel under construction.
By the morning of October 21, more than 170 rescue workers had been dispatched to the scene. However, by the afternoon of the same day, information about the status of the trapped workers was still unclear.
