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Breakaway territory of 450,000 people suffers painful and immediate hit as Ukraine ends transit agreementThe shutdown of Russian gas supplies to Moldova’s breakaway Transnistria region has forced the closure of all industrial companies except food producers.The mainly Russian-speaking territory of about 450,000 people, which split from Moldova in the 1990s as the Soviet Union collapsed, has suffered a painful and immediate hit from Wednesday’s cut-off of Russian gas supplies to central and eastern Europe via Ukraine. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/02/moldovan-region-transnistria-shuts-down-its-industries-after-loss-of-russian-gas Author : Reuters Publish date : 2025-01-02 20:29:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Recordings by Shamsud-Din Jabbar contain diatribes against music, drugs, sex and other sensuous pleasuresNearly a year before he allegedly killed 14 people and injured dozens more by driving a pickup truck flying an Islamic State (IS) flag through a crowd of New Year’s revelers in New Orleans, Shamsud-Din Jabbar expressed his beliefs that music, intoxicants, sex and other pleasures were evils deserving of destruction.An account on the SoundCloud platform under the name of Jabbar posted three recordings totaling about 20 minutes each containing those and other expressions of extremist religious views. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/02/new-orleans-attack-suspect Author : Ramon

Engineers assess damage as heavy rains cause first major breach of Bridgewater canal since 1970sEngineers are assessing the scale of damage to a canal built more than 250 years ago after flood waters caused a dramatic collapse of part of its elevated embankment in Cheshire.The Bridgewater canal, which was previously used to transport coal but is now a leisure waterway, caved in near Dunham Massey, in the first major breach of the waterway for 54 years. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jan/02/bridgewater-canal-embankment-cheshire-collapse-flooding Author : Sandra Laville Environment correspondent Publish date : 2025-01-02 18:32:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the

Party loses overall control of Broxtowe borough council over claims Labour has abandoned traditional valuesTwenty councillors at a local authority in Nottinghamshire have quit Labour, saying the party has “abandoned traditional Labour values” under Keir Starmer’s leadership.The move means that Labour has lost overall control of Broxtowe borough council, which it gained in 2023, and those defecting include the council leader, Milan Radulovic, who had been a party member for 42 years. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jan/02/labour-loses-20-councillors-broxtowe-nottinghamshire-keir-starmer-leadership Author : Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent Publish date : 2025-01-02 17:27:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.