2024-04-22 03:47:47
We start your news day with you and give you a quick overview of the most important topics of the morning.
USA releases aid to Ukraine: It took months until the US was able to agree on the aid package for Ukraine. The time had come over the weekend. A collective sigh of relief among the Ukrainian population. Even if Russia wanted to immediately smother the germination of hope, etcnd predicted defeat despite US support. More on this.
Israel’s army chief approves continuation of Gaza war: According to the military, Israeli Chief of General Staff Herzi Halevi has approved plans to continue the Gaza war. Halevi approved “further steps” on Sunday, an army spokesman said Daniel Hagari. The Israeli Kan broadcaster reported that part of the plans included a military operation in the southern city of Rafah on the border with Egypt. An evacuation of the civilian population is apparently expected shortly. Find out more in our live coverage of the Gaza war.
Global military spending is higher than ever: Global military spending has once once more reached an all-time high. For the ninth consecutive year, the figures exceeded last year’s spending, according to a new report from the Stockholm peace research institute SIPRI, published on Monday. According to this, spending in 2023 rose by 6.8 percent, adjusted for inflation, to 2.44 trillion US dollars (around 2.28 trillion euros) – the largest year-on-year increase since 2009.
A graph of spending – as of February 2024 WHAT / Comyan / What
Small children are now the largest group of asylum seekers: Children up to the age of seven are now the largest group of asylum seekers. In the first quarter, almost a third of asylum applications came from children between the ages of zero and seven. Around 53 percent of applicants are no older than 18. In addition, the proportion of female asylum seekers has increased significantly. According to asylum statistics, the overall number of applications is falling. More on this.
Serious alternatives? Apparently hardly anyone wants that: Two proposals, once from Vienna’s deputy mayor Wiederkehr (Neos) and once from Social Affairs Minister Rauch (Greens). However, neither of the two proposals on how people with asylum in Austria might be better distributed will be seriously discussed in this election year, nor will other options, writes Klaus Knittelfelder in todays Morning gloss: Nothing will happen. More on this.
Opening arguments in the hush money trial once morest Trump: The jury is selected and sworn in. The hush money trial once morest the former President of the USA continues today, Monday. After around four days of jury search The opening arguments are expected today. Trump is accused of falsifying business documents in connection with hush money payments to a porn actress.
Last year brought the highest number of hot days in Europe: Many people in Europe were confronted with extreme weather conditions and their consequences last year. In 2023, more days of extreme heat were recorded than ever since records began, write the European climate change service Copernicus and the World Weather Organization (WMO) in a report published on Monday. Overall, last year – depending on the data set – was the second warmest or, along with 2020, the warmest year in Europe. More on this.
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