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North Korean chief Kim Jong Un provided Moscow his full help for his or her battle in Ukraine throughout talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Pyongyang state media mentioned Sunday.

Lavrov’s go to to North Korea was the most recent in a sequence of high-profile journeys by prime Moscow officers as each nations deepen army and political ties amid Russia’s offensive towards Kyiv.

Pyongyang despatched hundreds of troops to Russia’s Kursk area to oust Ukrainian forces and has additionally supplied the Russian military with artillery shells and missiles.

Kim and Lavrov met on Saturday in “an atmosphere full of warm comradely trust”, North Korea’s official KCNA news company reported.

Russia’s international ministry posted a video on Telegram of the 2 males shaking fingers and greeting one another with a hug.

It mentioned the talks have been held in Wonsan, a metropolis on North Korea’s east coast the place a large resort was opened earlier this month — one among chief Kim’s pet tasks.

Kim advised Lavrov that Pyongyang was “ready to unconditionally support and encourage all the measures taken by the Russian leadership as regards the tackling of the root cause of the Ukrainian crisis”, KCNA mentioned.

The North Korean chief additionally expressed a “firm belief that the Russian army and people would surely win victory in accomplishing the sacred cause of defending the dignity and basic interests of the country”.

He lauded Putin’s “outstanding leadership”, the report mentioned.

The two males in any other case mentioned “important matters for faithfully implementing the agreements made at the historic DPRK-Russia summit talks in June 2024”, KCNA mentioned, referring to North Korea by its official identify.

Lavrov advised Kim that Putin “hopes for continued direct contacts in the very near future”, in keeping with the Russian state-owned news company TASS.

He left Pyongyang and landed in Beijing on Sunday to attend a gathering of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Foreign Ministers’ Council, Russia’s TASS news company reported on its Telegram account.

-Invincible alliance-

Ahead of Lavrov’s latest go to, Russia introduced that it will start twice-a-week flights between Moscow and Pyongyang.

Lavrov lauded Wonsan as “a good tourist attraction”, including: “We hope it will be popular not only with local citizens, but also with Russians.”

KCNA additionally issued an announcement on Sunday on the assembly between Lavrov and his North Korean counterpart Choe Son Hui, held a day earlier within the coastal metropolis, saying that bilateral ties have been turning into an “invincible alliance”.

Moscow “expressed its firm support for the DPRK side in its just efforts for defending the security of the state” in the course of the assembly, KCNA mentioned.

In return, Choe demonstrated “full sympathy and support for all the measures taken by the Russian government to remove the root cause of the Ukrainian conflict”.

TASS earlier reported that Lavrov thanked the “heroic” North Korean troopers who’ve been deployed to assist Russia in the course of the ministerial assembly.

Around 600 North Korean troopers have been killed and hundreds extra wounded combating for Russia, Seoul has mentioned.

North Korea solely confirmed it had deployed troops to help Russia’s battle in April, and admitted its troopers had been killed in fight.

Both sides “emphasised their determination to jointly counter the hegemonic aspirations of extra-regional players, which are leading to escalating tensions in Northeast Asia and throughout the Asia-Pacific region”, Russia’s international ministry mentioned.

The two closely sanctioned nations signed a army deal final yr, together with a mutual defence clause, throughout a uncommon go to by Russian President Vladimir Putin to Pyongyang.

Fatigue over the battle in Ukraine and U.S.-led international support cuts are jeopardising efforts to help individuals fleeing hardship, the top of the U.N. migration company warned in an interview on Friday.

International Organization for Migration (IOM) Director General Amy Pope was talking a day after a Ukraine restoration convention in Rome mobilised over 10 billion euros ($11.69 billion) for the nation.

“It’s three-and-a-half years into the conflict. I think it’s fair to say that everybody is tired, and we hear that even from Ukrainians who’ve been experiencing the ongoing attacks in their cities and often have been displaced multiple times,” she advised Reuters.

“The response to it, though, has to be peace, because ultimately, without peace, there won’t be an end, not only to the funding request, but also to the support for the Ukrainian people.”

Russia’s invasion has triggered Europe’s largest refugee disaster this century, with 5.6 million Ukrainian refugees globally and three.8 million uprooted of their nation, based on U.N. information.

The IOM and different U.N. companies are hampered by main funding shortages as U.S. President Donald Trump slashes international support and European donors like Britain shift funds from growth to defence.

U.S. selections will give the IOM a $1 billion shortfall this yr, Pope stated, saying price range reductions must be phased steadily or else Trump and others threat stoking even worse migration crises.

“It doesn’t work to have provided assistance and then just walk away and leave nothing. And what we see happening when support falls is that people move again … So (the cuts) can ultimately have a backlash,” she stated.

Greece is quickly suspending asylum functions from migrants who attain the nation by sea from North Africa. After two days of debate, the parliament in Athens voted to approve the measure on Friday.

According to an official parliamentary depend, 177 members of parliament (MPs) voted in favour of the change and 74 towards.

The authorities stated that Athens had knowledgeable the European Commission of the transfer.

The measure is primarily supposed as a deterrent and can initially apply for 3 months.

The conservative authorities stated that arriving migrants can be detained and returned to their international locations of origin or provenance as rapidly as attainable.

“The route to Greece will be closed, that is the message to the smugglers,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis stated through the parliamentary debate.

However, repatriations aren’t simple to implement as a result of some international locations of origin aren’t cooperating in taking again their nationals.

The left-wing opposition in Greece sees the transfer as a violation of human rights.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) additionally expressed concern. “The right to seek asylum is a fundamental human right, enshrined in international, European and national law, and applies to everyone regardless of how or where they arrive in a country,” the group stated in a press release.

In current weeks, there was a pointy enhance within the variety of migrants leaving Libya and arriving on the island of Crete. According to the migrants, smugglers cost as much as €5,000 ($5,843) for the damaging 300-kilometre crossing.

Russia on Friday knowledgeable Poland that it’s going to shut the Polish Consulate General in Kaliningrad by Aug. 29, following Warsaw’s earlier resolution to close down the Russian mission in Krakow, in line with the Foreign Ministry in Moscow.

The Polish cost d’affaires in Russia was summoned to the Foreign Ministry and handed a word indicating that Russia is revoking its consent for the consulate’s operations, citing “unfriendly” and “unjustified” actions by the Polish authorities.

Poland on June 30 to withdraw approval for the Russian Consulate General in Krakow.

Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski had accused Russian particular providers of involvement in a May 2024 arson assault on a shopping mall in Warsaw, although no proof was publicly introduced.

“The Russian side proceeds from the fact that no unfriendly attack against our country will remain without an appropriate response and consequences,” the ministry mentioned.

Russian Ambassador to Poland Sergei Andreyev beforehand denied the allegations, whereas Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova warning of reciprocal measures.

Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko had signaled that closing the Polish consulate in Kaliningrad or Irkutsk was into account.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi mentioned on Friday that Beijing and Washington ought to “find the right way to get along with each other in the new era.”

According to a Chinese Foreign Ministry assertion, Wang advised US Secretary of State Marco Rubio that Beijing hopes the US would view China with an “objective, rational, pragmatic attitude.”

Wang and Rubio, who met for the primary time because the latter was appointed final January. had been in Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur for a gathering of international ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

The two sides exchanged views on bilateral ties and shared considerations.

Wang outlined China’s “principled positions” on advancing China-US relations, stressing the necessity to flip the necessary consensus reached by the 2 presidents into concrete insurance policies and actions.

He emphasised that US coverage towards China must be “based on the goal of peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation,” and mentioned the US ought to deal with China in an “equal, respectful and mutually beneficial manner.”

Describing the assembly as “positive, pragmatical and constructive,” Wang and Rubio agreed to strengthen diplomatic channels and communication and dialogue in any respect ranges in all fields, give full play to the function of diplomatic departments in selling bilateral relations, and discover methods to develop areas of cooperation whereas managing variations,” the assertion mentioned.

At least 67 youngsters have died of starvation in Gaza since October 2023 as Israel’s whole blockade of the territory enters its 103rd consecutive day, the Government Media Office in Gaza stated in a press release Saturday.

The workplace warned that the quantity may rise dramatically, with greater than 650,000 youngsters aged beneath 5 now going through extreme and life-threatening malnutrition within the coming weeks because of the continued denial of meals, medication, and gasoline.

“Starvation is now killing what bombs have not,” the workplace acknowledged, describing the continuing siege as one of many “most extreme forms of collective punishment in modern history.”

The media workplace stated “dozens of additional deaths had been recorded in just the past three days alone, as Israeli forces continue to block the entry of flour, infant formula, and vital nutritional and medical supplies.”

It accused Israel of “deliberately pursuing a policy of mass starvation.”

As of now, round 1.25 million individuals in Gaza are enduring catastrophic starvation, whereas 96% of the inhabitants, together with over 1 million youngsters, suffers from acute meals insecurity, the workplace stated.

It held Israel totally accountable for a “systematic and organized starvation campaign” and positioned authorized and ethical blame on its worldwide backers for his or her assist or silence.

“We are sounding the alarm: this is a mass death sentence unfolding before the eyes of the world,” the workplace stated. “Immediate international intervention is not optional, it’s a matter of life or death.”

Rejecting worldwide requires a ceasefire, the Israeli military has pursued a brutal offensive on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, 2023, killing over 57,800 Palestinians thus far, most of them girls and kids.

The relentless bombardment has destroyed the enclave and led to meals shortages and the unfold of illnesses.

Last November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for conflict crimes and crimes in opposition to humanity in Gaza.

Israel additionally faces a genocide case on the International Court of Justice for its conflict on the enclave.

According to stories within the Indian press, the preliminary investigation into the crash is being led by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) of India and is predicted to conclude with a last report inside 12 months. The investigation includes U.S. plane producer Boeing, engine maker General Electric, the airline Air India, and civil aviation consultants.

The publicly launched preliminary report reveals that preliminary findings point out the gas provide to the plane’s engines was interrupted shortly after takeoff. Data retrieved from the plane’s black field reveals that, simply seconds after takeoff, the gas management switches for each engines had been moved from the “run” place to “cutoff,” inflicting each engines to close down and the plane to lose thrust.

Cockpit voice recordings cited within the report seize one pilot asking the opposite, “Why did you shut it off?” to which the opposite responds, “I didn’t shut it off.”

Although the gas management switches had been later returned to the “normal flight” place and the engines routinely tried to restart, just one engine was in a position to regain thrust—although not sufficient to stabilize the plane, the report stated.

The report underscores that reducing gas to the engines is a process usually carried out after touchdown or in emergencies like an engine fireplace. Executing it throughout takeoff is taken into account “highly unusual.”

The preliminary report concludes that there have been no structural defects within the plane or its engines. It states: “Based on current findings, no special warnings or additional precautions are required for Boeing 787-8 aircraft or General Electric GEnx-1B engines.”