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Ukraine’s defence forces struck a Russian radar station, electronic warfare system and MESH network signal repeater in Bryansk Oblast on 4 September, the General Staff says.

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A SW Research poll finds that 64.9% of Poles consider warnings about possible further Russian provocations against Poland credible.

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Under the temporary ceasefire around the damaged power line, Ukrainian technicians will begin power line repairs later today following demining of the area, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said

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UN says Israeli settler violence in West Bank displaced 2,500 Palestinians in 2026 Israeli settler violence has resulted in the displacement of more than 2,500 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). OCHA said in a statement that since 2023, more than 6,400 Palestinians in 130 communities across the West Bank have been displaced due to the settler violence and related access restrictions. Half of the 2,500 forced out this year alone are children, OCHA said. That has left 48 Palestinian communities fully displaced since 2023, including a dozen just this year. The statement said that humanitarian partners have warned that the cumulative impact of repeated displacement, recurrent settler attacks, damage to homes and infrastructure, and restrictions on access to land and essential services is deepening humanitarian needs. (AFP) OCHA said that half of the 2,500 Palestinians forced out this year alone from West Bank are children.

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Hong Kong national security police have arrested three people on suspicion of acting with seditious intent over a gathering outside Prince Edward MTR station to mark the 2019 protest flashpoint there. A police force spokesman said on Saturday that two men and a woman were arrested on Thursday for allegedly shouting seditious slogans and holding white flowers outside the station on August 31. “The people concerned were suspected of spreading false information and attacking the Hong Kong Special...

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Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio posted bail at a Manila courthouse on Saturday, a day after an arrest warrant was issued over her alleged death threat against the country’s president. Duterte-Carpio was charged last month with “grave threats” stemming from a late-night news briefing in which she claimed to have hired a hitman to kill President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr, his wife and a congressman cousin should she be cut down first. The... She later said the comments had been misconstrued.

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The announcement came as Russian strikes on Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region killed four overnight, per local authorities.

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Russian forces launched ballistic missiles and 167 drones overnight, with Ukrainian air defences destroying or jamming 128 drones and strikes recorded at 23 locations.

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US President Donald Trump said on Friday he was sending envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow and Kyiv with a plan to end more than four years of war in Ukraine. The move marks Washington’s latest bid to break a diplomatic stalemate in Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War II, which began with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. A senior Ukrainian official said the envoys were due in Kyiv on Sunday. US outlet Axios reported they would meet Russian President Vladimir...

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Russian forces launched 1,032 attacks on 61 settlements in Zaporizhzhia Oblast over the past day, including airstrikes, artillery fire and hundreds of drone attacks, injuring six people.

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Russian attacks on Kherson and Donetsk oblasts killed two people and injured 34 over the past day, damaging residential buildings, infrastructure and cars.

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Russian forces repeatedly attacked a shopping centre in Mykolaiv with drones on 4 and 5 September, damaging retail areas, sparking fires and injuring two people.

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US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are travelling to Moscow and Kyiv this weekend with what US President Donald Trump says is a new proposal to end the Russia-Ukraine war. Despite Trump's promises to resolve the conflict, Washington's efforts to broker a peace have so far come to nothing.

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Israeli strikes in southern and eastern Lebanon late on Friday killed at least three people and wounded 23 more despite a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, the Lebanese health ministry said. The ministry said in a statement that strikes hit five locations in the southern Tyre and Nabatieh regions and the Beqaa region in the east. Follow our liveblog for all the latest developments.

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US sanctions Turkish bank over alleged IRGC ties, accusing it of facilitating millions in transactions for Iran.

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Russian forces struck warehouse facilities in Sviatopetrivske, Kyiv Oblast, four times on the evening of 4 September, causing a fire and heavy smoke but no reported casualties.

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US, allies push IAEA board to report Iran to UN Security Council The United States, Britain, France and Germany are seeking a resolution by the UN nuclear watchdog's board next week reporting Iran to the UN Security Council for the first time in 20 years, according to diplomats and the proposed text seen by Reuters. If passed, the resolution would follow up on one adopted on June 12 of last year declaring Iran in breach of its non-proliferation obligations for not fully cooperating with an investigation into uranium traces found at undeclared sites. Israel started bombing Iran's nuclear facilities the next day, soon joined by the US Iran's uranium-enrichment plants were destroyed or badly damaged. Iran has not let International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors return to the bombed sites since then or verify what remains of its stocks of enriched uranium, some of which was enriched to up to 60 percent purity, a short step from weapons grade. (Reporting by Reuters)

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The France forward took his time to develop but his attacking verve and ability to exploit spaces can endear him to Liverpool fans “As a kid, he always spoke to me about Liverpool,” says Amaury Barlet, one of Bradley Barcola’s youth coaches. No wonder that when the Merseyside club came knocking, the forward “didn’t ask any questions”, as he said in his first interview after a £123m move to Anfield. Barcola joined after three seasons with Paris Saint-Germain, but came through the ranks at Lyon, where interviews are conducted with returning youth players at the start of each campaign. It was during one such discussion that Barcola made his revelation to Barlet. “When he was 15, 16, it was his dream [to play for Liverpool],” Barlet says. “Maybe that changed when he was 19 or 20 … ” Or perhaps not. Continue reading...

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A first win for Andoni Iraola’s Liverpool, the introduction of the latest star signing in Bradley Barcola making for a successful Friday night. Better yet, continuing signs that Alexander Isak, last year’s model, is coming back to life, his two, well-taken early goals securing the three points. That Cody Gakpo, Isak’s supplier, might have been at Manchester City or Tottenham had the transfer runes been right, added further to a sense of renewal. Liverpool’s attackers were full of the speed and invention sorely lacking for much of last season. Once Barcola arrived in the second half, those velocity levels increased yet further, Liverpool playing the attacking style, high on risk and entertainment, the appointment of Iraola promised. “We are starting to get to the way we want to play,” said Isak afterwards. Continue reading...

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Patrick Radden Keefe, Ben Macintyre and the Guardian’s Charlotte Higgins are among the 13 authors selected for the nonfiction award The Guardian’s chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins joins American investigative journalist Patrick Radden Keefe and bestselling historian Ben Macintyre on this year’s Baillie Gifford prize longlist. Higgins’ book, Ukrainian Lessons: Art in a Time of War, examines the role of culture in Ukraine’s resistance to Russia’s invasion, drawing on multiple reporting trips to Ukraine. Keefe, who won the prize in 2021 with Empire of Pain, is listed again for London Falling, which tells the story of Zac Brettler, a teenager who fell from a luxury London apartment after having posed as the son of a wealthy Russian oligarch. Macintyre’s Redwood: The Untold Story of the Cold War’s Most Extraordinary Spy, tells the story of a KGB double agent cultivated by MI6 in revolutionary Tehran. Continue reading...

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Lance Hammer’s first film in 18 years is a heart-wrenching masterpiece about family, mental decline and sexual consent. He and supporting actor Juliette Binoche discuss how they brought unabashed realism to a condition rarely seen on screen The first time we see Martin and Leslie, the elderly couple at the centre of Lance Hammer’s wrenching new film, Queen at Sea, they are walking together up a set of stone steps: one of their regular outings, we assume, in days filled with pottering and quiet companionship. They have their backs to us, and we can’t see their destination beyond a bleached sky that fills the top half of the screen. Symbolically, it may be deemed a bit on the nose: two people near the end of their lives, moving gently towards the white light of oblivion. There’s a whiff of sentimentality about it. But any doubts about this story’s willingness to confront difficult truths are blasted away by the next scene. Leslie’s daughter, Amanda, played by Juliette Binoche, pays a visit to the couple’s house in drizzly, middle-class north London, her teenage daughter in tow. Unable to find her mother and stepfather, she arrives at the bedroom door. Opening it, she finds Martin (Tom Courtenay) on top of Leslie (Anna Calder-Marshall), who lies impassively beneath him, the mask of dementia obvious on her face. Continue reading...

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Israeli attacks killed four children and destroyed humanitarian aid supplies in what turned out to be a deadly week in war-ravaged Gaza, the UN emergency relief agency, OCHA, said on Friday.

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He was born without arms, a legacy of four decades of nuclear explosions at the Semipalatinsk test site in his native Kazakhstan.

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Israel attacks Lebanon’s Mifdoun and Beqaa Valley An Israeli air strike has targeted the town of Mifdoun in the Nabatieh district of southern Lebanon, Al Jazeera reported. The network said a separate strike hit the vicinity of Ain al-Tineh in the western Beqaa Valley in eastern Lebanon.

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Jewish groups back stronger measures on Israel in letter to Andy Burnham Leading members of Jewish civil society groups have written to British Prime Minister Andy Burnham urging him to adopt stronger measures on Israel and "oppose any further attempts to muzzle the Palestine marches". This comes as the Burnham government prepares to announce a raft of new measures on the occupied West Bank, including a ban on goods from illegal Israeli settlements. Major British Jewish organisations, including the Jewish Leadership Council and the Board of Deputies of British Jews, urged the government not to impose a ban on settlement goods earlier this week and met Burnham in Downing Street. UK Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis said on Monday that he had met Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband and warned sanctions on Israel would have a "negative impact" on British Jews. Read more: Jewish groups back stronger measures on Israel in letter to Andy Burnham Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham meets with Jewish community leaders inside 10 Downing Street in central London on 3 September 2026 (AFP)

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Death toll from Israeli attacks on Lebanon rises to three We earlier reported that an Israeli drone strike killed two people in the town of Kfar Rumman in southern Lebanon's Nabatieh district. The Lebanese health ministry says that Israeli strikes in southern and eastern Lebanon late on Friday killed at least three people and injured 23. The ministry said strikes hit five locations in the southern Tyre and Nabatieh regions and the Beqaa region in the east.

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US okays $5.75 billion munitions, engines sale to Saudi Arabia The US State Department said it had approved the potential sale of Joint Direct Attack Munitions-Extend Range to Saudi Arabia for an estimated $5 billion. The principal contractor is Boeing, the state department said. The State Department also approved a possible sale of AGT-1500 engines to Saudi Arabia for an estimated $750 million. The principal contractor for sale of the engines is Honeywell, the department said, according to Reuters. “The proposed sale will improve Saudi Arabia’s airborne defence capability to counter current and future regional threats, strengthen its homeland defence, and improve interoperability with systems operated by US forces and other Gulf region partners,” the State Department said in a statement. The sale will also “support the foreign policy goals and national security objectives of the United States by improving the security of a Major non-NATO Ally,” the department said.

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Kpler says Hormuz traffic dropped sharply on 31 August, Bab el-Mandeb stable Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz fell sharply on August 31, with five confirmed crossings, down 50 percent from 10 a day earlier, according to maritime data firm Kpler. Four vessels entered the Middle East Gulf and one exited, using a mix of Iranian, Omani and negotiated routes. Two of the crossings involved shadow vessels, while one involved a sanctioned vessel. Kpler said the figure remained preliminary, noting that additional “dark” crossings could be retrospectively identified and added as new confirmation data becomes available. Activity through the Bab el-Mandeb was comparatively stable, with 35 confirmed crossings, up 2.9 percent day on day. Nineteen vessels entered the Red Sea and 16 exited. No dark transits were recorded, while the International Maritime Organization verified no additional attacks. Hormuz crossings fall by half Strait of Hormuz traffic declined sharply on 31 August, with five confirmed crossings, down 50% from 10 a day earlier. pic. Four vessels entered the Middle East Gulf and one exited, using a mix of Iranian, Omani and negotiated routes. Two crossings… twitter. com/8D4rxHW2hk — Kpler (@Kpler) September 4, 2026

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Maritime traffic through Hormuz significantly reduced, UKMTO says Maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains significantly reduced, with vessel operators favouring the northern route amid ongoing security concerns, projectile attacks and heightened enforcement activity, according to the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO). UKMTO said AIS-detected transits were approximately 90 percent below pre-conflict baseline levels since the peak recorded on 24-26 June. The southern Omani route remains the highest-risk corridor, accounting for 21 of 24 projectile strike incidents reported by UKMTO since 6 July. Tanker traffic accounts for 46 percent of movements through the Strait, although overall traffic volumes remain suppressed. Vessel operators favour the northern route amid ongoing security concerns. (AFP) UKMTO said 27 projectile strike incidents had been reported since 6 July, causing bridge, engine-room and structural damage to vessels operating in and around the Strait. The Joint Maritime Information Centre’s threat assessment remains unchanged, with the Strait of Hormuz assessed as severe risk and the Gulf of Oman, Gulf of Aden and Bab el-Mandeb as substantial risk.

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Miliband says Gaza situation ‘horrific’, UK must act ‘more decisively’ Submitted by MEE staff on Sat, 09/05/2026 - 02:10 The foreign secretary said people on the ground in Gaza informed him about 'medicines being blocked, children dying while waiting for vital life-saving treatment' Miliband told British MPs on Tuesday that his government plans to impose "comprehensive" package of sanctions on Israel in the coming weeks. (AFP) Off British foreign secretary Ed Miliband has said the situation unfolding in Gaza was “horrific” and the UK government needed to act “more decisively than we have”. “So, I just came out of this meeting talking about Gaza to people who've been there and are there on the ground and frankly it was horrific what is unfolding,” Miliband said in an Instagram video released by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. “You know the stories that people were telling me of medicines being blocked, children dying while waiting for vital life-saving treatment. When you hear that account of what is happening you know that we as a UK government, as the Prime Minister has said, have got to act and act more decisively than we have,” he added. On Tuesday, Miliband told British MPs that his government plan to impose "comprehensive" package of sanctions in the coming weeks. Miliband said Israel's new plan in area E1 "risks making a Palestinian state unviable". The proposed Israeli E1 project is designed to connect Jerusalem to Ma'ale Adumim and other settlements east of the city, carving into land on which Palestinians seek to establish their state. "This government will not acquiesce in the destruction of the two-state solution," Miliband said. Speaking to lawmakers as foreign secretary for the first time since his appointment in July, Miliband said that “we need to look, and we are looking indeed, at our wider economic relationship with the occupied territories and the different tools we have to tackle it”. “I want to be very clear: we do not want British companies financing, constructing, or advertising new settlements,” he added. Miliband also condemned what he called "appalling settler terrorism" in the occupied West Bank. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar, however, warned that Israel would retaliate should the UK imposed sanctions over illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. During an interview with Israeli news outlet Ynet on Tuesday, Sa'ar was asked about the tense relationship between Israel and the UK over recent Israeli plans to further expand settlements. Sa'ar accused the Labour government of "acting systematically against Israel", adding that it has "already harmed defence exports to us and imposed sanctions on ministers". "If Britain acts against Israel, Israel will act against Britain," Sa'ar said. He told Ynet that Israel is now bracing for UK sanctions and preparing a response. In response to UK’s plans to introduce stronger measures against illegal Israeli settlements, Israel is also considering expelling British officials from the US-led International Gaza Support Center (IGSC), which was established to monitor the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. According to the Financial Times, the Israeli government is also considering expelling Italy and Germany from the IGSC. The British government’s plans for sanctions have sparked calls from Jewish and Palestinian groups for a stronger action against Israel. UK Jewish groups urge ‘stronger’ action Leading members of Jewish civil society groups have written to British Prime Minister Andy Burnham urging him to adopt stronger measures on Israel and "oppose any further attempts to muzzle the Palestine marches". Major British Jewish organisations, including the Jewish Leadership Council and the Board of Deputies of British Jews urged the government not to impose a ban on settlement goods earlier this week and met Burnham in Downing Street. UK Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis said on Monday that he had met Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband and warned sanctions on Israel would have a "negative impact" on British Jews. But on Thursday, leading members of Holocaust Survivors and Descendants against Gaza Genocide (HSD), Jewish Voice for Liberation (formerly Jewish Voice for Labour) and Jews for Justice for Palestinians, sent a letter to the prime minister arguing the opposite. Seen by MEE, the letter says: "There are several Jewish 'communities' and a wide diversity of views on Israel among Jewish people in the UK and we trust that you will meet with us and other members of the Jewish Bloc in the near future. " The letter also says: "We eagerly await your premiership in the light of your recent call for stronger action against Israel, along with your apology for the Labour Government's slowness to call for a ceasefire. " Act ‘urgently and comprehensively’ The Labour Muslim Network (LMN) and International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP) have published a legal briefing urging the British government to act "urgently and comprehensively" to apply pressure on Israel over its actions in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. The LMN, a group within the Labour Party, told Middle East Eye: "The Israeli government’s E1 settlement project could destroy the future of a viable Palestinian state. "Settlement expansion, settler violence and terrorism, and the forcible displacement of Palestinian communities in the West Bank are accelerating on a daily basis. " Israel's genocide in Gaza News Post Date Override 0 Update Date Mon, 05/04/2020 - 21:19 Update Date Override 0