Apache helicopters carried out air strikes on “Ansar bayt al-Maqdis militants” in North Sinai on Tuesday, leaving 15 dead and 10 injured, security sources said. Source Al Bawaba
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Apache helicopters carried out air strikes on “Ansar bayt al-Maqdis militants” in North Sinai on Tuesday, leaving 15 dead and 10 injured, security sources said. Source Al Bawaba
30.5, 33.6
Italy’s prime minister Giuseppe Conte is to offer his resignation one week after he survived two confidence votes in parliament.
His office announced he will tell his cabinet on Tuesday morning that he intends to meet President Sergio Matterella to hand in his resignation.
Conte has been under pressure since his governing centre-left coalition, which he has led for 16 months, lost its majority in the Senate. Source EuroNews
Taiwan has reported a large incursion by Chinese warplanes for the second day running, a show of force that coincides with the first days of US President Joe Biden’s term of office. Sunday’s operation involved 15 aircraft and followed a similar drill that led to a warning from Washington. Source BBC
Riot police were called out to cities across the Netherlands on Monday evening in a third night of rioting following the introduction of a curfew to try to stop the spread of coronavirus. By 10pm at least 70 people had been arrested, police chief Willem Woelders told current affairs programme Nieuwsuur. ‘Things were relatively quiet until 7.30pm, but then all hell broke lose.’ Source Dutch News
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