Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky criticises the refusal of Israel’s government to sanction Russia, during an address by the Jewish leader to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Rahat (Israel) (AFP) – A rare ancient mosque has been excavated in the Bedouin town of Rahat, in the southern Negev desert of Israel. Officials from the country’s Antiquities Authority says the discovery sheds light on the region’s transition from Christianity to Islam.
Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is pulling out the stops to secure a positive response to Kyiv’s application for “candidate status” to join the EU. “Today I spoke with 11 leaders,” he says.
Bermal District (Afghanistan) (AFP) – “When I came out of my house it was all quiet because all the people were buried under their homes”: Zaitullah Ghurziwal was awake when an earthquake in eastern Afghanistan destroyed his home.
Qingyuan (China) (AFP) – Buildings and streets lie inundated in the flood-stricken southern Chinese city of Qingyuan after heavy rains pushed water levels in the Pearl River delta to their highest in almost a century.
Santiago (AFP) – Workers at Chile’s state mining company Codelco, the largest producer of copper in the world, launched an open- ended strike Wednesday to protest the closure of a foundry in one of the country’s most polluted regions. DURATION: 01:19
Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – Their surfboards may be old, but that doesn’t stop these young Gazans from riding the waves in a surfing event organised by The Palestinian Sailing and Rowing Association. “It’s a difficult and dangerous hobby,” says amateur surfer Mohammed Ghanem, “but it’s one of the most beautiful hobbies that we have practiced so far.”
Sharan (Afghanistan) (AFP) – Bibi Hawa’s face is distorted by tears as she tries to grasp her predicament from a hospital bed in Sharan, capital of Afghanistan’s Paktika province. At least a dozen members of her family were among over 1,000 people killed by a devastating earthquake that struck the region early Wednesday, and she fears she has been left all alone.
Hong Kong (AFP) – Flags, posters and decorations adorn Hong Kong streets ahead of the 25th anniversary of the city’s transfer from British to Chinese rule and halfway point of the “One Country, Two Systems” political model. DURATION: 00:50
Zaporizhzhia (Ukraine) (AFP) – As they prepare for a potential Russian offensive, women in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia learn to use Kalashnikovs and take part in training for brutal building-to-building urban combat.
Berlin (AFP) – Ukraine and Russia are a long way from ending the war through negotiations, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says, adding that President Vladimir Putin still believes he can dictate the terms of peace. “Nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine, is our motto!”
Paktia Kot (Afghanistan) (AFP) – A military helicopter lands in Afghanistan’s Paktika province to evacuate civilians after a powerful earthquake that has so far killed at least 1,000, officials estimate.
