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Author: Al Jazeera
Published on: 10/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Spokesperson Hassan Abdul Ghani said security threats had been neutralised in Latakia and Tartous provinces. More than 1,000 people, including many civilians, are reported to have been killed in days of deadly violence that prompted international concern. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Monday that nearly 1,500 people had been killed. Rising instability "paving the way for life to return to normal," Abdul Ghani says. Security forces reported that they had repelled an attack on a security checkpoint overnight. Pro-Assad forces coordinated deadly attacks on the new government’s security forces. Estimates suggest about 1,000 civilians were killed amid indiscriminate attacks. Iran, a long-term al-Assad ally, denied on Monday any involvement in the violence.

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Author: Al Jazeera
Published on: 10/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Ukraine has announced plans this year to buy about 4.5 million first-person view (FPV) drones. Ukrainian Ministry of Defence said it would allocate the equivalent of $2.6bn. Kanevsky said all procurement plans for this year have received money in the budget. Both Russia and Ukraine have come to rely on cheaper alternatives to conventional artillery during the three-year conflict.

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Author: Al Jazeera
Published on: 10/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Calin Georgescu said on social media on Monday that he would make an appeal to Romania’s Constitutional Court to lift the ban. Georgescu made the announcement after violent clashes broke between his supporters and police in Bucharest overnight. Police responded with tear gas as rioters threw cobblestones and fireworks. Some posts on social media claimed that Romania was descending into turmoil. In the United States, CBS News described the country as tipping into “chaos”

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Author: Al Jazeera
Published on: 10/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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The government of Syria says it has ended an operation in the coastal governorates of Latakia and Tartous after four days of fighting between security forces and pro-Assad armed fighters. The unrest came only three months after the fall of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad in an offensive by opposition fighters. The “remnants” are Pro-Assad regime fighters who have announced their opposition to the new government. State security troops confronted armed groups led by former officers in al-Assad’s army. There are also unidentified groups who went to the coast to “avenge” the ambushed security forces. The presence of these individuals, the official said, had “led to some individual violations” Alawis resident chose to remain anonymous. Those who remain speak of living in terror fearing armed fighters will attack them in their homes.

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Author: John T Psaropoulos
Published on: 10/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Europe's imports of weapons have skyrocketed in the past five years. Two-thirds of those imports came from the United States. Europe’s ability to build its own weapons will materially affect how well it can defend Ukraine. "There’s actually a slight advantage here for Europe," retired US Colonel Seth Krummrich says. "The days of World War II mass armour attacks are basically going away in this new AI-drone-driven warfare in that dirt laboratory that is Ukraine" Ukrainian parliamentarian Inna Sovsun says Ukraine's defence industrial base has gone from a turnover of 1 billion euros ($1.08bn) when the autonomy policy was announced in December 2023. The Institute for the Study of War estimated that another 30 percent of Ukraine’s weapons were coming from the US and 30 percent from the EU and other allies. Poland’s share increased 40 times over. The EU on Thursday announced it would authorize up to 800 billion euros ($868bn) in new debt for weapons procurement with $158bn earmarked to reward joint procurement from European firms. Russia, in contrast, lost two-thirds of its armaments export market over the past five years. Europe lacks air defence systems as proven as US-based Raytheon’s Patriot and its PAC-3 missiles. France’s Rafale, Sweden’s Gripen and Eurofighter have all lost sales to Lockheed Martin’s F-35.

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Author: Al Jazeera
Published on: 10/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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An oil tanker and a cargo ship collided off eastern England. One crew member was reported missing hours after the collision. Both vessels have sustained significant damage in the impact of the collision and subsequent fire. Both the oil tanker, the Stena Immaculate, and the cargo vessel, Solong, were on fire off the northeastern coast of England. British media showed images of a plume of black smoke and flames rising from the scene. Local MP Graham Stuart had initially reported that all 37 crew aboard the two ships had been accounted for and that one was hospitalised. ‘Ruptured’ fuel tank Crowley said the Stena Immaculate sustained a ruptured cargo tank containing Jet-A1 fuel. Later it emerged that the Solong cargo ship had been carrying 15 containers of sodium cyanide, a toxic chemical used mainly in gold mining. Environmental group Greenpeace said it was “extremely concerned” about “multiple toxic hazards” from the crash.

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Author: Andrew Mitrovica
Published on: 10/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Mark Carney's big and anticipated victory was not a “reinvention” of the Liberal Party. It was, rather, in keeping with its ruthless tradition of disposing with yesterday’s has-beens in favour of tomorrow’s saviour to hold onto their prestigious jobs, and, more importantly, power. Poilievre has framed the upcoming federal election as a choice between Canada’s “broken” present – fashioned by an exhausted, out-of-touch Liberal Party – and a prosperous, even egalitarian, future where “left-behind” Canadians could share in the country’s abundant wealth and promise. The question was no longer what kind of future the country would mould but whether the country had a future at all. Carney has devoted much of his adult life to honing his skills to convey a simple, clear message with a convincing measure of conviction and sincerity. Canada’s fate may rest on the outcome of a battle waged by Pierre Poilievre and Mark Carney over the soul of an anxious nation worried to its core about what comes next.

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Author: Al Jazeera
Published on: 10/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Hundreds are reported to have died in the violence, including members of the Alawite minority. Security forces are accused of carrying out “revenge” attacks after the ambushes carried out against them. Al-Sharaa blamed the outbreak of the violence on supporters of the former regime. Independent committee was formed on Sunday and has been tasked with probing the killings within 30 days. A second committee was established to preserve civil peace and reconciliation. Foreign powers The Syrian leader did not identify the foreign power. Talks are ongoing over its military presence in two strategic Mediterranean military bases. Russian presence in Syria poses a threat to any country in the world, al-Sharaa says. Ties with Moscow were so key that we tolerated the Russian bombardment.

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Author: Al Jazeera Staff
Published on: 10/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Israel imposed a blockade of humanitarian aid entering Gaza early in March in an attempt to force Hamas into extending the ceasefire’s first phase. It wants to do that to avoid moving to the second phase, which would entail a permanent end to the war. Israel has denounced the decision, citing its humanitarian impact and international laws prohibiting the collective punishment of a civilian population. The plant supports about 600,000 mostly displaced civilians in central and southern Gaza. The plant will now subsist on stored power, generators and what remains of the solar panels not damaged or destroyed by Israeli shelling. Israel has also launched military strikes across the enclave and has told the media it is preparing a resumption of fighting in Gaza.

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Author: Al Jazeera
Published on: 10/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Germany's Green Party threatens to torpedo plans put forward by chancellor Friedrich Merz. Merz wants to relax strict limits imposed by the “debt brake” in Germany to invest more in defence and security. Germany’s constitutional “debt brake” limits new borrowing to 0.35 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) Merz’s proposal would exempt military spending from that rule – setting no upper limit for “necessary defence spending” The changes would also establish the fund for infrastructure to be spent over 10 years. The AFD on Monday lodged urgent legal motions with the constitutional court. Merz and his partners from the SPD were creating a “treasure chest” to fund their political priorities, including tax cuts.

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Author: Al Jazeera
Published on: 10/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Marco Rubio wrote in a post on the social media platform X. Rubio did not specify exactly which programmes were being cancelled and which would be allowed to continue. Musk has led a broad campaign of layoffs and downsizing within the federal government. The New York Times reported last week there had been open tension between Musk and Rubio at a recent cabinet meeting. USAID is the “principal US agency to extend assistance to countries recovering from disaster, trying to escape poverty, and engaging in democratic reforms” US senator Bernie Sanders slammed the dismantling of USAID last week. Before the aid freeze, the US was the largest distributor of foreign assistance in the world.

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Author: Unknown
Published on: 10/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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At least 16 people have died in flash floods that swept through Argentina. Emergency services are working to rescue people after a year’s worth of rain fell in a matter of hours.

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