The Russian Defense Ministry announced the downing of 33 Ukrainian drones in the Lipetsk, Rostov and Volgograd regions. Al Jazeera will appeal to the ICC over the killing of one of its cameramen in Gaza
by Silvia Martelli
An Israeli tank in the Gaza Strip.
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Russia: Putin: “Finland in NATO? I will create a new district with military units.”
The restructuring of the Leningrad Military District was decided on October 8 and includes the deployment of soldiers and increased militarization of the Russian border with Finland. “We have always had the friendliest and warmest relations,” he said of relations with Finland, “and we will not have them because we will create the new Leningrad Military District and concentrate several units there.” Putin pointed his finger West for “pulling” Finland into NATO: “Do we have territorial disputes with them?” I believe that we settled all disputes, including the territorial disputes of the last half of the century, a long time ago.” The agreement, that The deal Finland will sign with the US will provide for 15 facilities and areas in the Scandinavian country to which US forces will have unhindered access and where they can store military equipment and ammunition.
10:50 a.m
Trump incites New Hampshire: “I will destroy the corrupt Biden”
We will win the New Hampshire primary and then destroy the corrupt Joe Biden next November.” Donald Trump said this as he spoke to around 4,000 supporters in the second state to host the Republican primary after Iowa on January 23. “New Hampshire will eliminate the fake Rinos (Republicans in name only),” the former president attacked, referring to his rivals Ron DeSantis, who also held a rally in New Hampshire, and Nikki Haley, Trump’s former UN ambassador . “They will betray you, just like they betrayed me,” the tycoon warned his followers, who chanted “We love you.” Trump didn't miss a chance to insult the state's governor, Chris Sununu, who pledged his support for Haley on Tuesday, calling him a “spoiled brat.”
10:36 a.m
London and Berlin are calling for a “sustainable” ceasefire
The foreign ministers of the UK and Germany, David Cameron and Annalena Baerbock, have called for a “sustainable ceasefire” in the conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip and the immediate implementation of a mechanism to ensure lasting peace in the Middle East. “Our goal cannot simply be to end the fighting today. It must be a peace that lasts for days, years, generations. We are therefore in favor of a ceasefire, but only if it is sustainable,” the two ministers said in a joint statement published in the Sunday Times. Cameron and Baerbock warned Israel that it “will not win this war if its operations destroy the prospects for peaceful coexistence” with the Palestinians. Israel, the ministers stressed, “has the right to eliminate the threat posed by Hamas, but too many civilians have already been killed.”