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Trump again pushes debunked water claim:US President-elect Trump has again used false claims to attack California Governor Newsom. In a post on Truth Social Trump called on the state official to “release the water”.“What is wrong with you?” Trump added in his characteristic all caps. Earlier in the day, Trump called on Newsom to “release the water from up north”.Politifact has debunked several claims made by Trump throughout the fire, including the charge that Newsom’s state water management could have opened more northern water reserves to the south of the state.Experts have repeatedly said there is enough water in southern California for fighting wildfires, with shortages caused by city infrastructure not designed to respond to such a large blaze. Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/1/13/los-angeles-wildfires-live-news-death-toll-in-california-rises-to-24

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Here is the situation on Monday, January 13: Fighting Politics and Diplomacy Environment Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/13/russia-ukraine-war-list-of-key-events-day-1054

Security forces arrested two terrorists and injured two others during operations, says ISPR Nine terrorists have been killed and two others arrested by security forces in two separate engagements in Dosalli and Esham areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan district, Inter-Services Public Relations said on Sunday. The intelligence-based operations (IBOs) were conducted by the security forces on January 11 on the reported presence of terrorists in the areas. The first IBO was conducted in the tribal district’s general area Dosalli in which troops effectively engaged the terrorists’ location and resultantly, six terrorists were killed and two others were apprehended. Subsequently, three terrorists were neutralised by security forces after an intense fire exchange in the Esham area. Two terrorists were also wounded in the gunbattle, the military’s media wing said. It added that weapons and ammunition were also recovered from killed terrorists, who remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities against the security forces as well as target killing of innocent civilians. “Sanitisation operations are being conducted to eliminate any other kharji [terrorists] found in the area, as security forces of Pakistan are determined to wipe out the menace of terrorism from the country,” it concluded. The nation has been reeling under rising violent attacks since the Taliban rulers returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021, particularly in the bordering provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. The year 2024 turned out to be the deadliest for Pakistan’s civil and military security forces in a decade with at least 685 fatalities and 444 terror attacks, according to “CRSS Annual Security Report 2024” issued by the Centre for Security and Strategic Studies. Equally alarming were the cumulative losses of civilians and security personnel, ie, 1,612 fatalities, accounting for over 63% of the total recorded this year, marking 73% more losses compared to 934 outlaws eliminated, The News reported citing CRSS report. The overall fatalities recorded the previous year were a record 9-year high and over 66% more than in 2023. On average, nearly seven people lost their lives daily, with November emerging as the deadliest month across all metrics, compared to all other months of the year. The violence took the heaviest toll on KP which topped in human losses with 1,616 fatalities, followed by Balochistan with 782 fatalities. In 2024, the country suffered 2,546 violence-linked fatalities and 2,267 injuries among civilians, security personnel and outlaws. This tally of casualties stemmed from 1,166 incidents of terror attacks and counter-terror operations, marking a grim year for the country’s security landscape. PM, President hail troops Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif hailed officers and soldiers of the security forces for a successful operation carried out against terrorists in North Waziristan. In a laudatory message, the premier paid glowing tribute to the security forces, saying the war would continue till the complete annihilation of the demon of terrorism from the country. He said the armed forces stand as an iron wall in defence of the country against terrorists, adding that the people of Pakistan stand shoulder to shoulder with the security forces. PM Shehbaz said the officers and jawans were serving the country steadfastly day and night. The whole nation pays rich tribute to its valiant armed forces, he concluded. President Asif Ali Zardari also praised the security forces for the successful operations against terrorists and expressed commitment to eliminate terrorism from the country. He added that the entire nation stands united against terrorism and actions would be continued to uproot the menace. Source: https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1271441-nine-terrorists-killed-in-two-separate-ibos-in-north-wazristan-ispr

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An airstrike by Myanmar’s army on a village under the control of an armed ethnic minority group killed about 40 people and injured at least 20 others, officials of the group and a local charity said Thursday. They said hundreds of houses burned in a fire triggered by the bombing. The attack occurred Wednesday in Kyauk Ni Maw village on Ramree island, an area controlled by the ethnic Arakan Army in western Rakhine state, they said. The military has not announced any attack in the area. The situation in the village could not be independently confirmed, with access to the internet and cellphone service in the area mostly cut off. Myanmar is wracked by violence that began when the army ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021. After the army used lethal force to suppress peaceful demonstrations, many opponents of military rule took up arms and large parts of the country are now embroiled in conflict. Khaing Thukha, a spokesperson for the Arakan Army, told The Associated Press that a jet fighter bombed the village on Wednesday afternoon, killing 40 civilians and injuring more than 20 others. “All the dead were civilians. Among the dead and injured are women and children,” Khaing Thukha said. A fire started by the airstrike spread through the village, destroying more than 500 houses, Khaing Thukha added. It was unclear why the village was targeted. The leader of a local charity group and independent media also reported the airstrike and casualties. The military government has stepped up airstrikes over the past three years on armed pro-democracy groups collectively known as the People’s Defense Force and on armed ethnic minority groups that have been fighting for decades for greater autonomy. The two groups sometimes carry out joint operations against the army. Ramree – 340 kilometers (210 miles) northwest of Yangon, the country’s largest city – was captured by the Arakan Army in March last year. The Arakan Army is the well-trained and well-armed military wing of the Rakhine ethnic minority movement which seeks autonomy from Myanmar’s central government. It is also a member of an alliance of armed ethnic groups that recently gained strategic territory in the country’s northeast on the border with China. It began its offensive in Rakhine in November 2023 and has now gained control of a strategically important regional army headquarters and 14 of Rakhine’s 17 townships, leaving only the state’s capital, Sittwe, and two important townships near Ramree still in military government hands. A leader of the charity group, which has been assisting residents of the village, told AP on Thursday that at least 41 people were killed and 50 others were injured in the airstrike, which targeted the village’s market. The leader, who was away from the town at the time of the airstrike, spoke on condition of anonymity because of security concerns. He said he received the information from members of his group who were in the village and were facing a shortage of medicine to treat the injured people. Rakhine-based news outlets including Arakan Princess Media also reported the attack and posted photos online showing people putting out fires at their homes. Rakhine, formerly known as Arakan, was the site of a brutal army counterinsurgency operation in 2017 that drove about 740,000 minority Rohingya Muslims to seek safety across the border in Bangladesh. Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/09/asia/myanmar-village-army-airstrike-intl-hnk/index.html

It is hoped that rescue teams will soon reach the workers trapped inside mine which collapsed due to gas explosion Eight colliers remain trapped inside a collapsed coal mine in Quetta’s Sanjidi area with authorities retrieving the corpses of four workers who have died in the unfortunate incident. Rescuers have removed the debris up to 3,600 feet by using heavy machinery, the rescue efforts, however, have faced a delay due to the laying of a second power line and the removal of debris. It is hoped that the rescue teams will soon reach the workers trapped inside the mine which collapsed due to an explosion caused by the accumulation of gas. A day earlier, Deputy Director of Rescue Asghar Jamali said that the colliers were trapped at a depth of 4,000 feet. The rescue teams, including mine rescue and the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), were facing difficulties due to the gas and debris. Reacting to the incident Mineral Resources and Finance Minister Mir Shoaib Nosherwani has taken notice of the incident and had ordered an investigation. Meanwhile, Balochistan government spokesperson Shahid Rind has assured a thorough probe into the incident while warning that strict action will be taken against those responsible for negligence. Source: https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1271044-mine-collapse-eight-colliers-remain-trapped-as-authorities-retrieve-four-bodies

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