Rassegna Stampa Internazionale - 30/11/2023

Israele

(Washington post) Two Russian-Israeli hostages freed; 10 more captives expected later

• The Israeli Prime Minister’s office announced that two Russian-Israeli citizens were released from captivity in Gaza on Wednesday, as pressure builds for Israel and Hamas to extend the current pause in fighting.

• The pause is set to expire Thursday, but Israel expects a further extension of “another two to three days”, according to an Israeli official. 

• The Biden administration wants Israel to extend the pause, [...] but the Israeli official said the pause will not “lead to a permanent cease-fire,” adding that the “goal of removing Hamas from its rule in Gaza” remains critical.

Ucraina

(New York Times) NATO Ministers Vow to Maintain Support for Ukraine

• Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and top Western diplomats vowed on Wednesday to sustain support for Ukraine and its bid to join NATO despite dwindling military supplies and competing crises.

(The Guardian) Russia ramping up attacks in Donetsk, says Ukraine

• Russia is ramping up its attacks in the eastern Donetsk region, the Ukrainian military has said. Spokesperson Oleksandr Shtupun has “doubled its artillery fire and airstrikes” and had also “intensified ground infantry attacks”.

• Russian forces claimed to have taken control of the village of Khromove in the same region.

(Kyiv Indipendent) Media: Ukrainian group, SBU hack Russian Labor Ministry database

• A Ukrainian hacker group (called Blackjack) working with the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) hacked into the website of Russia's Labor Ministry and obtained sensitive data concerning the ongoing invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainska Pravda reported on November 29, citing an unnamed security service source.

(Bloomberg) Ukraine Poll Shows 40% Back NATO Bid Without Occupied Regions

• A total of 40% of those asked said they fully or rather supported the idea of Ukraine joining the bloc with only those territories currently under government control, according to the telephone survey of 1,000 people conducted by the Rating pollster on Nov. 22-23. Support for NATO accession slipped to 77% from 83% in July and is now at the same level as it was in March 2022, shortly after Russia started its invasion.

Europa

(New York Times) Germany’s Much-Vaunted Strategic Pivot Stalls

• In the days after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Chancellor Olaf Scholz promised to revitalize Germany’s military. Nearly two years on, major change has yet to be felt.

(Reuters) Kremlin warns of tensions if Poland sends troops to Finnish-Russian border

• Any decision by Finland to allow a "concentration" of troops on its border with Russia would be viewed by Moscow as a threat, the Kremlin said on Wednesday, after Poland offered to send military advisers to help Helsinki police the frontier.

• The head of the Polish National Security Bureau, Jacek Siewiera, said in a post on social media X late on Tuesday that Poland would send military advisers to its NATO ally Finland, in response to "an official request for allied support in the face of a hybrid attack on the Finnish border".

Politica internazionale

Nord America

(New York Times) U.S. Charges Indian Man With Plotting to Kill Sikh Activist in New York

Notizia riportata anche da (Reuters) e (Aljazeera)

• American officials had expressed concerns to New Delhi about the thwarted plan to kill the man, who is a U.S. citizen. The plot that prosecutors described resembled a June assassination in Canada.

• The indictment says the plan was devised by an Indian agent, allegations that could complicate the delicate relations between Washington and New Delhi.

• (Reuters) India needs to take Canada's allegations seriously, Trudeau says after US case

Asia e Pacifico

(Reuters) Pakistan court overturns ex-PM Nawaz Sharif's graft conviction

• A Pakistan court overturned the conviction of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a corruption case on Wednesday, his lawyer said, removing one of the many obstacles for him to qualify to stand in elections in February.

• The Islamabad High Court announced its decision after the national anti-graft body did not contest Sharif's appeal for his acquittal.

(Reuters) All 41 trapped workers rescued from the Indian Himalayan tunnel

• Rescuers on Tuesday pulled out all 41 workers trapped for 17 days inside a collapsed tunnel in the Himalayas after drilling through the debris of rock, concrete and earth to reach them, triggering jubilation across India.

Africa

(Africarivista) Sierra Leone: attacchi a Freetown, le autorità confermano il tentativo di colpo di Stato 

• Le autorità della Sierra Leone hanno dichiarato che gli attacchi di domenica a diverse località della capitale Freetown sono stati un tentativo fallito di rovesciare il governo, (tentativo) guidato principalmente dalle guardie del corpo dell’ex presidente Ernest Bai Koroma.

(Reuters) Militants kill at least 40 in north Burkina Faso attack on Sunday

• Fighters from an al Qaeda-linked group attacked military bases, houses and a displaced people's camp, the U.N. Human Rights Office regional spokesperson Seif Magango said in a statement on Tuesday. [...] The attackers killed at least 40 civilians, injured over 42.