Key words : senior pentagon
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A senior Pentagon official says that fighting in eastern Ukraine may drag on for some time as both Russian and Ukrainian forces are familiar with the terrain and using long-range fire.
The official said on Friday that Russia is trying to press the Ukrainians from the north, south and east, and troops who had been deployed in the southeastern city of Mariupol are moving north.
The US Defense Department official also said Russian troops are moving south from Izyum in the Kharkiv region but facing fierce resistance from Ukrainians.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a video released on Friday that the situation in the Kharkiv region is tough. But he said the Ukrainian military and intelligence are having important tactical success.
He also said that constant Russian strikes at infrastructure and residential areas in the Donbas region show that Russia wants to make the area uninhabitable.
He went on to say that the Ukrainian defense is literally "a struggle for life."
In an interview with Polish media, the president said he cannot trust Russia because it has repeatedly broken promises.
He also said one person decides everything in Russia, and talking to that person and reaching an agreement is the only way for promises to be fulfilled.
He added that there is a big risk that peace talks with Moscow will end.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has claimed that ceasefire talks are stalled because Ukraine's position is incoherent.
Speaking to the Middle Eastern satellite TV station Al Arabiya, Lavrov accused the Ukrainian side of playing games.
The minister argued that Ukraine has changed its demand over a proposed security framework agreed in March.
The proposal would ensure Ukraine has security without joining NATO.
Key words : invasion diplomatic solution
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Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio and Indonesian President Joko Widodo say they will boost cooperation to address a range of global issues, including Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Kishida arrived in Indonesia on Friday on the first leg of a tour of Southeast Asia and Europe. He met Joko at the presidential palace in Bogor, near the capital Jakarta.
The two leaders said they will work together to help bring about a diplomatic solution to the crisis in Ukraine. They agreed that Russia's aggression is unacceptable, and that using force to unilaterally change the status quo should not be allowed in any region.
Kishida said Japan and Indonesia are confronted with many challenges, including North Korea and the situation in the East and South China seas.
The prime minister said maintaining and strengthening the free and open international order has become even more important.
He went on to say that Japan and Indonesia will firmly oppose any actions that threaten their shared principles.
Kishida and Joko agreed to strengthen cooperation to realize a free and open Indo-Pacific.
Key words : joko putin
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Indonesian President Joko Widodo says Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend a Group of 20 summit scheduled for November in Bali.
Indonesia holds the rotating G20 presidency this year.
Member nations are divided about whether Putin should be allowed to attend, in light of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
On Friday, Joko revealed that Putin expressed his intention to participate during telephone talks the previous day. He also said the Russian leader extended his thanks for the invitation.
Moscow's presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Friday that Russia is preparing to attend the summit, but it's too early to discuss any details.
Joko also revealed that he extended a special invitation to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during telephone talks on Wednesday.
Key words : rescue worker remote camera
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Rescue workers are using remote cameras to search inside a sightseeing boat that sank off the northern Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido.
The "KAZU I" went missing off the Shiretoko Peninsula during a cruise on April 23. Weather officials say waves were 3 meters high in the area when the vessel disappeared.
The boat was carrying 24 passengers and two crew members. Fourteen passengers have been found but all were confirmed dead. Search operations to locate the other 12 are continuing.
The boat was found on the seabed about 1 kilometer from the shore on Friday. At about 120 meters below sea level, it lies too deep for Coast Guard divers to reach.
Coast Guard and Maritime Self-Defense Force personnel are trying to search the inside of the boat with underwater cameras to see if anyone was trapped inside.
Local fishing boats and tour boats are continuing to help with the search.
Key words : offering flowers
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Key words : taliban explosion
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Police in the Afghanistan capital, Kabul, say an explosion at a mosque has killed at least 10 people and wounded about 30 others.
An eyewitness said the blast occurred during Friday prayers. Footage shows ambulances transporting wounded worshippers away.
No one has claimed responsibility for the explosion, which police suspect was a bomb attack.
It is the latest in a series of deadly blasts to rock Taliban-controlled Afghanistan during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
A bombing at a mosque in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif on April 21, and another in the suburbs of the northern city of Kunduz the following day, both claimed dozens of lives.
And bomb blasts inside two passenger vans in Mazar-e-Sharif on Thursday left at least nine people dead. The Islamic State militant group claimed responsibility for the attack.
Key words : us court
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A US court has sentenced a former Islamic State militant to life in prison for his involvement in the killings of four Americans and two Japanese nationals in Syria.
The US District Court in Virginia handed down the sentence to Alexanda Kotey on Friday.
Kotey, along with another former ISIS militant El Shafee Elsheikh, was charged with the hostage-taking and conspiracy to kill four Americans, including journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff, between 2012 and 2015.
The indictment papers also referred to their involvement in the 2015 killings of Japanese nationals Goto Kenji and Yukawa Haruna.
Kotey pleaded guilty to the charges last September.
A federal jury in the same court found Elsheikh guilty last month. He is to be sentenced in August.
Key words : electric car
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The US electric carmaker Tesla's chief executive, Elon Musk, has sold 8.5 billion dollars worth of shares in the company he founded. It's seen as a move to finance his deal to buy social media giant Twitter.
Filings to the US Securities and Exchange Commission show that Musk sold 9.6 million Tesla shares.
He has announced that he secured 46.5 billion dollars to acquire Twitter, including bank loans. He said he will pay 21 billion dollars with his own funds, without saying how he would raise the money.
Even if he uses the cash he gained through the stock sale for the buyout, he still needs more than 10 billion dollars.
The entrepreneur tweeted on Thursday that no further sales of Tesla shares were planned.
Musk is considered to be the world's richest person, but much of his assets are believed to be stocks.
Market watchers are waiting to see how he will raise the rest of the cash.
Key words : ohtani
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In the Major League Baseball, Japanese two-way star Ohtani Shohei of the Los Angeles Angels has blasted his fourth home run of the season.
Ohtani batted cleanup for the first time since September 2020 as the designated hitter in a game against the White Sox in Chicago on Friday.
In the first inning, he smashed a high fastball over the left-center-field wall for the Angels' second solo shot. It was his first home run since April 16.
Ohtani got two hits and earned one RBI, and stole one base.
The Angels beat the White Sox 5-1 for their sixth straight win.
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