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Divisions: Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu will find it hard to negotiate a peace deal with support from the extreme right of his cabinet. EPA-EFE/Ronen Zvulun/pool

Benjamin Netanyahu’s biggest problem in negotiating an end to war with Hamas and Hezbollah may be his own government

Facing opposition to a peace deal within his own cabinet, Israel’s prime minister will find it difficult to agree an international peace deal and hold on to power.
‘The earth rose in the air to the height of hundreds of feet.’: but a delay in the infantry attack meant that hundreds of British troops were killed.

Battle of the Somme: new research shows detonating a massive mine under German lines too early led to a British slaughter

Thanks to modern geological exploration technology we can piece together the events of July 1 1916 when a tactical error came with massive cost to the British army.
Metropolitan Epiphanius of Kyiv leading a Christmas Eve prayer service at the St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, 24 December 2023. EPA-EFE/Oleg Petrasyuk

Ukraine’s churches are adopting the western calendar – but not everyone is happy

The Orthodox church has sought to distance itself from Russia, but changing the calendar means abandoning a principle that survived decades of Soviet repression.