Ukraine-Russia war latest: Russian oil depot attacked by Ukrainian drones - The Telegraph

British intelligence said on Sunday that Russian forces are getting ready for a Ukrainian offensive in the strategically important town of Tokmak in southern Ukraine, which is approximately 16km behind the current front line.

The report says that Russia is setting up checkpoints, “hedgehog” anti-tank defences and digging new trenches in the area, which is held by its 58th Combined Arms Army.

“Tokmak is preparing to become a lynchpin of Russian’s second main line of defences”, the Ministry of Defence said. 

Improvements to the town’s defences likely indicates Russia’s growing concern about Ukraine breaking through the first line of defence in the northern part of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, it said.

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Ukraine-Russia war live: Kim Jong-Un inspects hypersonic missiles during Russia tour - The Telegraph

Kim Jong-Un has met with Russia’s defence minister to inspect the Kremlin’s newest military weapons.

Kim viewed Russia’s nuclear-capable bombers, hypersonic missiles and an advanced warship from its Pacific fleet on Saturday.

The North Korean leader’s visit to Russia’s Far East has sparked Western concerns about an arms alliance that could ramp up Vladimir Putin’s attack on Ukraine.

However, Putin has said no such agreement will be made. The allies are both under a catalogue of international sanctions with Pyongyang for its nuclear tests and Moscow for the Ukraine war.

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‘Second humanitarian crisis’ feared in wake of Libya floods as hopes of finding survivors fade - The Guardian

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Iran uprising anniversary: 'My friend killed herself after sexual abuse in jail over hijab law' - The Telegraph

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Flooding death toll soars to 11300 in Libya's coastal city of Derna - Euronews

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UK, France and Germany to keep nuclear sanctions on Iran - BBC

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The UK, France and Germany have announced they will retain sanctions on Iran in an attempt to deter the country from selling drones and missiles to Russia.

In 2015 Iran agreed to a nuclear deal and, under the terms, some sanctions are due be lifted next month.

But the European nations believe Iran breached the deal by enriching and storing uranium.

Iran says their move is "illegal and provocative".

When highly enriched, uranium can be used to make a nuclear weapon.

The European powers announced that they would incorporate expiring UN sanctions into their own laws.

Some of the measures are supposed to stop Iran developing and exporting ballistic missiles and drones. But despite the sanctions, many drones made in Iran have been used by Russia in its war against Ukraine.

Iran agreed to the deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), with a group of world powers known as the P5+1 - the US, UK, France, China, Russia and Germany -eight years ago.

Under the accord, Iran agreed to limit its sensitive nuclear activities and allow in international inspectors in return for the lifting of crippling economic sanctions. The accord bars anyone from buying, selling or transferring drones and missiles to and from Iran.

The deal also included an asset freeze on a list of individuals and organisations believed to be helping advance the nuclear programme.

Countries like Russia and China will no longer be bound by the restrictions if they do not adopt sanctions similar to those of the UK, France and Germany before 18 October.

The latter three countries, known collectively as the E3, said the sanctions would remain in place until Tehran was "fully compliant" with the deal.

Iran said the decision "clearly" violated the E3's obligations under the JCPOA and UN Security Council Resolution 2231, which calls upon Iran not to undertake any activity related to ballistic missiles designed to be capable of delivering nuclear weapons.

The E3 said the decision was compliant with the JCPOA, as Iran had "refused opportunities to return to the JCPOA twice" and had "continued to expand its programme beyond JCPOA limitations and without any credible civilian justification".

The US unilaterally pulled out of the JCPOA in 2018 under President Donald Trump.

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• Iran
• Drones
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Libyan rivals 'co-ordinating over flood relief' - BBC

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The two rival governments in Libya are co-ordinating relief efforts for flood victims, the UN has said.

More than 5,300 people died after two dam bursts brought devastating floods to the eastern city of Derna.

Derna's mayor, Abdulmenam al-Ghaithi said that number could reach as high as 20,000, based on the extent of the area of the city that was destroyed.

Another official from Tobruk-based eastern government said the sea was "constantly dumping dozens of bodies".

"The estimated the number of deaths in the city could reach between 18,000 to 20,000, based on the number of buildings in the districts destroyed by the flood," Mr Ghaithi told the Saudi-owned television station Al Arabiya.

At least 10,000 people are missing and tens of thousands more have been displaced.

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Hichem Abu Chkiouat, minister of civil aviation in the administration that runs eastern Libya, told Reuters that the number of casualties could increase significantly as the "sea is constantly dumping dozens of bodies".

Officials have asked for more international help.

A UN official said that both the eastern and western governments had requested international aid and were talking to each other.

"Both governments have reached out to the international community requesting services and help," Tauhid Pasha, of the International Organisation for Migration, told BBC Radio 4's the World Tonight programme.

"The Government of National Unity [western government] has extended its support to us and its request on behalf of the entire country and they are also co-ordinating with the government in the east," he said.

"The challenge now is the international community responding accordingly to the needs and the requests of the governments," he added.

Mr Pasha said support needed to be scaled up "very, very quickly and to do so we need money".

The Libyan state began to fracture after the fall of long-serving ruler Col Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.

It split between the two rival administrations based in the capital Tripoli in the west and Tobruk in the east.

The country remains mired in conflict between numerous militias.

Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah leads the UN-backed Government of National Unity in Tripoli.

Osama Hamad, the prime minister in the east, leads the rival House of Representatives.

However, many feel power there is really held by Gen Khalifa Haftar, who leads the Libyan National Army,

Gen Haftar received an Egyptian military delegation which came to offer aid and support after the disaster.

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UN High Commissioner on Human Rights Volker Turk stressed that all political groups had to work together in the aftermath of the floods.

"This is a time for unity of purpose," he said.

"All those affected must receive support without regard for any affiliations. It is important that particular care is taken to ensure protection of groups in vulnerable situations who are rendered even more at risk in the aftermath of such a disaster."

Abdulkader Assad, political editor of the Libya Observer, said having an internationally recognised government in the west rivalled by another government in the east had hindered rescue efforts.

"We all know that Libya has been split between two governments for the last decade at least and we haven't actually felt the impact of this division because the presence of two governments was all about vying for power and taking control of the country and parts of the country," he said.

"But now that some of the cities are experiencing this natural disaster, this calamity, we could see that the lack of a unified centralised government is actually affecting the lives of people."

Libyan rescue teams searching for survivors in Derna are being supported on the ground by:

• Search and rescue teams from Egypt and Tunisia
• More than 160 personnel from Turkey
• Firefighters from Italy and Spain

Tommaso Della Longa, spokesman for the president of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, said time to find survivors was running out.

"We know that unfortunately this window will close in the next hours but hope is still there," he said.

Libyan Red Crescent teams in the field, he said, described the disaster as like "a bombardment and earthquake... happening at the same time".

"What they are telling us are really stories of entire areas of the city are not any more there, villages that are completely destroyed and thousands of families that at the moment really need everything," Mr Della Longa added.

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Usama Al Husadi, 52, has been searching for his wife and five children since the catastrophic flood hit.

"I went by foot searching for them... I went to all hospitals and schools but no luck," he told Reuters news agency as he wept with his head in his hands.

"We lost at least 50 members from my father's family, between missing and dead," he said.

The bodies of more than 80 Egyptian migrants killed in the flood were returned to Egypt, the country's emigration ministry said, and were buried in their respective towns.

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