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Idaho murders – update: Kaylee Goncalves’ sister brands killer ‘true evil’ amid Bryan Kohberger stalker claim

Bryan Kohberger is accused of murdering Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin in Moscow, Idaho

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 320 of the invasion

Market attack leaves at least two people dead; Ukrainian forces holding positions in Bakhmut under heavy attack, says Zelenskiy

The Guardian - UK

Russia and Ukraine Exchange 50 Soldiers Each in Prison Release Deal

Russia and Ukraine swapped 50 captured soldiers each on Sunday in a deal that both sides welcomed even as they fought one another in eastern Ukraine. Russia's defense ministry said the 50 returned Russian soldiers would be flown to Moscow for medical and psychological rehabilitation. "On January 8, as a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Police in Armenia detain 65 protesters near Russian military base - Ifax

Police in Armenia on Sunday detained 65 protesters near a Russian military base demanding Moscow intervene to dismantle what they say is a crippling blockade by Azerbaijan of an ethnic Armenian enclave, Russia's Interfax news agency reported.

Reuters

Idaho murders – update: Roommate on why she didn’t call 911 as Bryan Kohberger’s class claim he avoided case

Bryan Kohberger is accused of murdering Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin in Moscow, Idaho

The Independent UK

Two Power Plants in Russian-Controlled E.Ukraine Damaged by Rockets

Two thermal power plants in part of Ukraine's Donetsk region controlled by Russian forces were damaged in a rocket attack by the Ukrainian army, Moscow-installed officials and Russia's state TASS news agency said on Sunday. Initial information suggested that the plants in Zuhres and Novyi Svit had been hit and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Arabs Divided over Syrian-Turkish Normalization and its Conditions

The United Arab Emirates – through senior officials - is seeking to join Russia in sponsoring the normalization of relations between Syria and Türkiye. The United States and Arab countries, meanwhile, are seeking to halt the normalization efforts, or at least, place conditions before they can be complete, signaling Arab…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Russia and Ukraine each exchange 50 prisoners of war

Russia and Ukraine each exchanged 50 captured soldiers on Sunday in a deal both sides welcomed even as they fought one another in eastern Ukraine. Moscow said it carried out deadly missile strikes in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk that killed “more than 600 Ukrainian servicemen”, but Kyiv rejected…

France 24

Moscow Ends Self-proclaimed Ceasefire, Vows to Press Ahead in Ukraine

Russia's overnight bombing of regions in eastern Ukraine killed at least one, local officials said on Sunday, after Moscow ended a self-declared Christmas ceasefire and vowed to push on with combat until it reaches a victory over its neighbor. President Vladimir Putin ordered on Friday a 36-hour ceasefire along the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Two power plants in Russian-controlled E.Ukraine damaged by rockets - local officials

Reuters

No sign of casualties after Russia claims revenge attack on Ukrainian soldiers

A Russian missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk missed its targets and there were no obvious signs of casualties, a Reuters reporter said on Sunday, after Moscow claimed the strike killed 600 Ukrainian soldiers.

Reuters

Christmas joy and anger for rival Orthodox churches in historic Kyiv monastery

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Russian airliner lands safely in Moscow after declaring emergency - Tass

A Russian-operated Boeing 737 airliner that declared an in-flight emergency during a domestic flight on Saturday landed safely at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, Tass news agency cited a civil aviation source as saying.

Reuters

No respite in Ukraine fighting as shaky Russian truce ends

Intense shelling reported around Ukraine’s Bakhmut, despite Russia’s unilateral ceasefire for Orthodox Christmas.

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Russia Insists it is Observing Ukraine Ceasefire Despite Kyiv Attacks

Moscow insisted Saturday its army was observing a ceasefire it unilaterally declared in Ukraine to mark Orthodox Christmas despite artillery attacks by Kyiv troops. "Despite the shelling of the armed forces of Ukraine of settlements and Russian positions, the implementation of the declared ceasefire will continue," the Russian defense ministry…

Reuters

Shelling booms around Bakhmut's streets in 'Christmas ceasefire'

Shellfire echoed on Saturday around the near-deserted streets of the Ukrainian town of Bakhmut, current focus of the most intense fighting in Russia's invasion of Ukraine, despite Moscow's declaration of a ceasefire for Eastern Orthodox Christmas.

The Independent UK

Ukrainians celebrate Orthodox Christmas in reclaimed church

Hundreds of Ukrainians heard the Orthodox Christmas service in the Ukrainian language for the first time in decades at Kyiv’s 1,000-year-old Lavra Cathedral

Bangkok Post

Little let-up in Ukraine fighting on Orthodox Christmas

KYIV: Ukrainians and Russians on Saturday marked Orthodox Christmas under the shadow of war, as fighting persisted despite Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin unilaterally ordering his forces to pause attacks.

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Russian and Ukrainian forces exchanged artillery fire at the front lines in Ukraine, even after Moscow said it had ordered its troops to stop shooting for a unilateral truce that was firmly rejected by Kyiv.

The Independent UK

Ukraine hails U.S. military aid as cease-fire said to falter

Ukraine’s president is praising the United States for including tank-killing vehicles in its latest multibillion-dollar package of military aid

France 24

Fighting never stopped as Russia’s Orthodox Christmas ceasefire ends

The unilateral ceasefire that Russian President Vladimir Putin declared from midday Moscow time on Friday ended at 11:00pm in Kyiv (2100 GMT) on Saturday. Ukraine accused the Russian army of not respecting the ceasefire, while Russia said it had been forced to retaliate following Ukraine's rejection of the truce offer.…

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Strikes in East Ukraine despite Putin's Ceasefire Order

Artillery exchanges pounded war-scarred cities in eastern Ukraine on Friday despite Russian leader Vladimir Putin unilaterally ordering his forces to pause attacks for 36 hours for the Orthodox Christmas. The brief ceasefire declared by Putin earlier this week was supposed to begin at 0900 GMT Friday and would have been…

Al Jazeera

Artillery shells fly on Ukraine’s front lines despite ‘ceasefire’

Exchanges of artillery fire were reported along the front lines in Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

Reuters

Putin praises Russian Orthodox Church for backing troops in Ukraine

President Vladimir Putin on Saturday praised the Russian Orthodox Church for supporting Moscow's forces fighting in Ukraine in an Orthodox Christmas message designed to rally people behind his vision of modern Russia.

The Independent UK

Bryan Kohberger’s Idaho murders arrest affidavit was meant to give answers. Instead it raises these new questions

Why did the surviving roommate wait eight hours to call 911 after seeing the killer? Who was the intended target? Is Bryan Kohberger the stalker Kaylee Goncalves complained about? Rachel Sharp reports on the questions still unanswered in the case

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