The Eastern
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| Members | Adam McGrath |
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| Record labels | Social End Product |
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About The Eastern
Ukraine war: Soldier tells BBC of front-line 'hell'
... Ukraine s General Staff reported in its daily update on Sunday that its forces were maintaining their positions on The Eastern bank of the Dnipro, and were inflicting " fire damage on the enemy s rear"...
South Africa: The region where political violence is on the rise ahead of elections
... The 35-year-old local councillor from South Africa s governing African National Congress (ANC) was shot dead in Greytown in The Eastern coastal province of KwaZulu-Natal last year...
Israel-Gaza: UK launches surveillance flights to find Hamas hostages
... " In support of the ongoing hostage rescue activity, the Ministry of Defence will conduct surveillance flights over The Eastern Mediterranean, including operating in air space over Israel and Gaza...
New UK weather warnings for snow and ice as sporting events cancelled
... But, previous yellow warnings issued on Friday for the northern coast and south-west Scotland, as well as the South West and The Eastern coast of England came to an end on Saturday morning...
UK weather: Snow forecast and warnings in place as temperatures plummet
... A yellow ice and snow warning is in effect down The Eastern side of Scotland and England until 11:00 GMT...
Ukraine war: Zelensky says fortifying front lines must be accelerated
... Russian forces are trying to encircle The Eastern town of Avdiivka...
Royal Navy sends second warship to Gulf
... It has sent a US carrier strike group east of Suez, as well as placing a second aircraft carrier in The Eastern Mediterranean...
Russia says it shot down Ukrainian drone headed towards Moscow
... Ukrainian forces said this week they had gained a foothold on The Eastern bank of the Dnipro about 30km (19 miles) from the city of Kherson...
China urges calm over 'spy' balloon in US airspace
China has urged " cool-headed" handling of a dispute over a giant Chinese balloon heading for The Eastern US.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken earlier called off a visit to Beijing, saying the " surveillance" balloon's presence was " an irresponsible act".
Later the US reported a second Chinese balloon floating over Latin America .
China expressed regret over the balloon over the US, saying it was a weather airship that had been blown astray. It was last spotted over Missouri.
It is expected to reach America's East Coast near the Carolinas this weekend.
The US has decided not to Shoot Down the high-altitude airship due to the danger of falling debris,
The Incident comes amid fraying tensions between the US and China.
In a statement on Saturday, the Chinese foreign ministry said Beijing " never violated The Territory and airspace of any sovereign country".
It said it had discussed The Incident with Mr Blinken, stressing that maintaining communication channels at all levels was important, " especially in dealing with some unexpected situations in a calm and reliable manner".
And it added that " some politicians and media in the United States used The Incident as a pretext to attack and smear China. "
According to US officials, the airship floated over Alaska and Canada before appearing over the US state of Montana, which is home to A Number of sensitive nuclear missile sites.
The Incident angered top US officials, with Mr Blinken saying it was " a violation of our sovereignty".
" This is an unacceptable as well as an irresponsible action, " He Said . " It's even more irresponsible coming on the eve of a long-planned visit. "
America's top diplomat had been set to visit Beijing from 5 to 6 February to hold talks on a wide range of issues, including security, Taiwan and Covid-19. It would have been The First high-level US-China meeting there in years.
But on Thursday, US defence officials announced they were tracking a giant surveillance balloon over the US.
While the balloon was, The Pentagon said, " travelling at an altitude well above commercial air traffic" and did " not present a military or physical threat to people on the ground" its presence sparked outrage.
On Friday, China finally acknowledged the balloon was its property, saying that it was a civilian airship used for meteorological research, which deviated from its route because of bad weather.
And late on Friday, The Pentagon said a second Chinese spy balloon had been spotted - This Time over Latin America .
" We Are seeing reports of a balloon transiting Latin America . We now assess it is another Chinese surveillance balloon, " said Pentagon press secretary Brig Gen Patrick Ryder. He provided no further details about its location.
China has So Far made no public comments on the reported second balloon.
Source of news: bbc.com
