EU critica Netanyahu; De Santis si ritira dalle primarie US; il caso Donetsk 🗞️ Rassegna 22/01/24

Israele

(Reuters) Gaza death toll from Israeli strikes 25,000, health officials say

The toll of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on the GazaStrip since war broke out between Israel and Hamas in October has passed 25,000, Gaza health officials said, while Israeli attacks and street battles raged across the Hamas-run enclave on Sunday.

Israeli forces and Hamas fighters clashed in several places, from Jabalia in the north to Khan Younis in the south, the focus of recent Israeli operations.

Gaza's health ministry said 178 Palestinians were killed in the past 24 hours, one of the deadliest days of the war so far. Israel's military said a soldier was killed in fighting.
 

Ucraina

(Reuters) Twenty-five killed after Ukraine shells Russian-controlled city of Donetsk, officials say

• Twenty-five people were killed and 20 injured after Ukrainian forces shelled the Russian-controlled city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, Denis Pushilin, the Russian-appointed head of the Donetsk region, said on Sunday.

• According to Alexei Kulemzin, the city's Russian-installed mayor, Ukrainian forces shelled a busy area where shops and a market are located.

• Pushilin said the city was shelled by Ukrainian artillery. There was no immediate comment from Ukraine.

Russia

(Reuters) Fire erupts at Russia's Novatek Baltic Sea terminal after suspected Ukrainian drone attack

• A fire broke out at a Baltic Sea terminal belonging to Novatek (NVTK.MM), opens new tab, Russia's largest liquefied natural gas producer, after a suspected Ukrainian drone attack, forcing the company to suspend some operations there.

• The Ust-Luga complex, located on the Gulf of Finland about 170 km (110 miles) west of St. Petersburg, processes stable gas condensate into light and heavy naphtha, jet fuel, fuel oil and gasoil, according to Novatek's website. The port is used to ship processed products to international markets.
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  The Interfax-Ukraine news agency, citing unnamed sources, said the fire was the result of a special operation carried out by Ukraine's security services.

Europa

(Reuters) Polish president criticizes EU's executive for blocking funds

• Polish President Andrzej Duda on Sunday criticized the European Commission for blocking EU funds in what he said was "an attempt to force Poland to change" its government, adding he was open to negotiations over changes in the justice system.

(Reuters) Hundreds of thousands demonstrate against right-wing extremism in Germany

• Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets across towns and cities in Germany this weekend as the country enters a second week of nationwide protests against the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.

• Demonstrations have gained momentum after reports emerged from investigative news website Correctiv of a meeting of right-wing extremists in Potsdam at which migration policies including mass deportations of people of foreign origin were discussed.

• The AfD, which is polling second in nationwide surveys, has denied the reported migration plans are party policy.

(France 24) Tens of thousands of protesters across France call on Macron not to sign immigration law

According to the Interior Ministry, 75,000 people took part across the country, with 16,000 protesters turning out in Paris. The hard-left CGT union put the number of protesters nationwide at 150,000.

The timing of the protests was critical, coming four days before the Constitutional Council decides on Thursday whether all articles in the law — passed in December — conform with the French Constitution. 

The bill strengthens France’s ability to deport foreigners considered undesirable and makes it tougher for foreigners to take advantage of social welfare, among other measures. 

Politica internazionale

Nord America

(Reuters) Ron DeSantis drops out of 2024 election, leaving Haley to take on Trump

• Ron DeSantis, once viewed as Republicans' best shot at moving past Donald Trump, ended his White House bid on Sunday two days before the New Hampshire primary, leaving Nikki Haley as the former U.S. president's sole challenger for their party's nomination.

Medio Oriente

(AP) An Israeli airstrike on the Syrian capital killed at least 5 Iranian advisers, officials say

• An Israeli strike on the Syrian capital on Saturday destroyed a building used by the Iranian paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, killing at least five Iranians, Syrian and Iranian state media reported.

• The Israeli military did not comment.

• A few hours later, an Israeli drone strike on a car near the southern Lebanese port city of Tyre killed two Hezbollah members who were in the vehicle and two people who were in a nearby orchard, an official with the group and Lebanon’s state news agency said.

Asia e Pacifico

(Reuters) Putin willing to visit Pyongyang soon, North Korea says

• Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his willingness to visit Pyongyang soon when he met with North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui in Russia last week, North Korea's state news agency KCNA reported on Sunday.

• Putin also thanked North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for his invitation to visit, KCNA said, citing North Korea's foreign minister's assistant office.
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  Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday that Russia hoped a Putin visit to North Korea, at Kim's invitation, would take place "in the foreseeable future", but he said no date had yet been agreed.

(AP) Japan becomes the fifth country to land a spacecraft on the moon

• Japan became the fifth country in history to reach the moon when one of its spacecrafts without astronauts successfully made a soft landing on the lunar surface early Saturday.

• However, space officials said they needed more time to analyze whether the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, achieved its mission priority of making a pinpoint landing. 

• Officials also said the craft’s solar panel had failed to generate power, which could shorten its activity on the moon.

Africa

(Reuters) President Sisi says Egypt will not allow any threat to Somalia or its security

• Egypt will not allow any threat to Somalia or its security, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Sunday, according to a statement from the presidency, after Ethiopia said it would consider recognising an independence claim by Somaliland.

• Trying to "jump on a piece of land" to try to control it is something that no-one will agree to, Sisi said in a news conference with Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in Cairo.