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| Hello. Today I'm bringing you the latest updates on Ukraine's incursion into Russia, as well as Tom Bateman's insights on how the US is assessing its support to Kyiv in this new phase of the conflict. In Taipei, Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reports on how China's harsher rhetoric on Taiwan is affecting Taiwanese people who live in the country - as well as those back home. Also in your newsletter: penalties, pandas and pen shells. | |
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TOP OF THE AGENDA | Ukrainian advance prompts US dilemma | | Joe Biden has consistently tried to empower Kyiv without risking an American escalation with Moscow. Credit: Reuters | Ukraine is increasing its footprint in Russia’s Kursk region, although its advances have started to slow now that the surprise effect has subsided. Keeping hold of gains on Russian soil "may well be more challenging than its surprise capture with elite forces", writes James Waterhouse from the Ukrainian border. Meanwhile, US officials are still assessing the impact of the assault on the future of the war, and on the extent of the role they can play in it without risking escalation with Moscow. An aide to President Vladimir Putin claimed in the Russian press on Friday that Nato and the West were directly involved in the planning of last week's incursion, while the White House said it had "nothing to do" with it earlier this week. Americans, who provide the biggest chunk of foreign weapons to Ukraine, still face urgent questions. Does this advance move the set limits on how Ukraine can use its US and Nato arsenal? Does it risk crossing Russia’s red lines over Western involvement in the war? "My sense is that US officials are still working it out," writes Tom Bateman from Washington.
The latest: Both sides claim successful strikes on drones overnight, while Ukraine says it has captured "hundreds" of Russian prisoners of war. Our live page has more updates.
In Kursk region: Ukraine has set up a military administrative office in Russia's border region to "meet the immediate needs" of the population in the area, its top military commander has said.
Russian media: Most Russians get their news watching state TV. My colleague Francis Scarr has been watching too. Here's what he saw. | |
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| China's rhetoric drives Taiwanese back home | Recent Chinese policy moves to criminalise support for Taiwan are unnerving the plummeting number of Taiwanese people who live and work in China, as well as those living on the democratically governed island. |
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| | Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, BBC News |
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| | China’s Taiwan Affairs Office was quick to assure the 23 million Taiwanese that its new polices are not targeted at them, but at an "extremely small number of hard-line independence activists". The "vast majority of Taiwanese compatriots have nothing to fear,” the office said. But wary Taiwanese say they don’t want to test that claim. "I am currently planning to speed up my departure," a Taiwanese businesswoman based in China said. "Any statement you make now could be misinterpreted and you could be reported." |
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BEYOND THE HEADLINES | India's strategic bridge reaching Kashmir |
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| | | Built over the Chenab river, the bridge is 35m taller than the Eiffel Tower. Credit: Afcons | A spectacular railway bridge, 20 years in the making, is set to connect the valley region in Indian-administered Kashmir with the rest of India. Locals say the new transport links could benefit them, but also worry it would be a way for the Indian government to exert more control over the valley in the troubled border region. |
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SOMETHING DIFFERENT | Noble pen shells | These Mediterranean clams are struggling to survive. Can science save them? | |
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And finally... | Hong Kong is celebrating the birth of twin giant pandas by first-time mum Ying Ying. At the venerable age of 19 years old minus one day, she's the oldest giant panda on record to give birth for the first time. Take a look at the (not-so-giant) cubs. | |
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