Israel rockets hit a school in Gaza; Ukraine advances into Kursk, and more
The World in Brief from The Economist
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🗓️ 11 August 2024
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| 0:34.0 | Israeli rockets hit a school in Gaza. |
| 0:40.0 | Hamas claimed that the strike killed 100 people which would make it one of the |
| 0:44.7 | conflict's deadliest attacks. Israel claimed it had hit a Hamas quote |
| 0:49.6 | command and control center in the school. |
| 0:53.0 | Displaced Garzans were using the outer bin school |
| 0:56.9 | in Central Gaza City as a shelter. |
| 1:00.4 | Egypt's foreign ministry said the attack showed Israel had no intention of ending the war. |
| 1:06.0 | Russia introduced new security measures in Western Kursk on the border with Ukraine and in the nearby region of Brunsk and Belgorod. |
| 1:17.0 | It is sending more soldiers and weapons to reinforce the regions following Ukraine's biggest |
| 1:21.9 | cross-border incursion since Russia invaded in 2022. |
| 1:27.0 | On Friday a Russian missile hit a shopping center in Kostantinevka, a city in eastern Ukraine killing at least 14 people, according to |
| 1:36.8 | Ukrainian officials. |
| 1:39.8 | Bangladesh's Chief Justice, Oberdol Hassan, resigned under pressure from protesters. |
| 1:46.4 | He was seen as a loyalist to Sheikh Hasina, the Prime Minister who was ousted earlier this week |
| 1:51.9 | and fled to India. |
| 1:53.7 | Some 500 people have been killed in weeks of unrest, |
| 1:57.4 | according to the local media. |
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