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Odesa: Russian missiles hits Black Sea port hours after grain deal

It comes shortly after Ukraine and Russia signed a breakthrough deal to reopen ports and resume grain exports

Evening Standard · Jul 23, 2022

Monkeypox declared global health emergency by WHO after surge in cases

In a statement this afternoon WHO said the outbreak in more than 70 countries is an "extraordinary" situation that now qualifies as a global emergency

Daily Mirror · Jul 23, 2022

Monkeypox declared global health emergency by WHO as cases surge

Declaration is strongest call to action agency can make, with most recent such announcement being for Covid

The Guardian - UK · Jul 23, 2022

Rwanda says it can only bring in 200 migrants from UK under controversial deportation scheme

The African nation had originally agreed to take up to 1,000 migrants from the UK

Evening Standard · Jul 23, 2022

Vladimir Putin 'spits in the face' of UN in 'betrayal' attack on Odesa after grain deal

Oleksiy Honcharenko, a local Ukrainian MP, wrote on Telegram "these scumbags sign contracts with one hand and direct missiles with the other" after Kremlin forces struck the Black Sea port

Daily Mirror · Jul 23, 2022

U.N. secretary-general condemns reported strikes on Ukraine's Odesa port

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres "unequivocally condemns" reported strikes on Saturday on Ukraine's Odesa port, a U.N. spokesperson said, adding that all parties in the Russia-Ukraine war had committed to a deal on Friday for the export of grains from Ukrainian ports.

Reuters · Jul 23, 2022

Clashes Erupt on Outskirts of Libya’s Misrata

Armed clashes erupted on Saturday on the outskirts of the Libyan city of Misrata between rival factions near the junction of the main coastal highway leading to Tripoli. Rival forces allied to the two main sides in a political standoff over control of the Libyan government have mobilized in the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 23, 2022

Russia strikes Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa hours after grain deals signed

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry denounced Saturday's strike as "spitting in the face" of Turkey and the United Nations, which brokered the grain export agreements.

WEKU · Jul 23, 2022

Irish holiday hotspot Marbella hijacked by criminal gangs with body found with holes drilled through toes

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: Marbella has been dubbed the "United Nations" of organised crime, with some 113 gangs from 59 countries spreading violence in the region

Irish Mirror · Jul 23, 2022

Ukrainian child overwhelmed with gifts before first day at school

“There is a clear sense of community within Liverpool"

Liverpool Echo · Jul 23, 2022