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Ukraine's Zelenskiy dismisses Prime Minister Svyrydenko after only year

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on ​Sunday he planned to replace Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko after only a year in office, triggering the resignation ‌of the government. Zelenskiy did not specify who he would ask to lead the government or what Svyrydenko's new position would be, but added that there would also be changes among the heads of law enforcement agencies. He said the changes ​were needed to "ensure the implementation of an updated political strategy", but gave no further details. "I ​am grateful to Yuliia for her clear, steady, and effective work as prime minister, ⁠for her years of productive service on Ukraine's team, and I have offered her the opportunity ​to lead a new and important area of relations with a key partner," Zelenskiy said on X. "I ​expect that, together with MPs, we will make the corresponding changes in the Government of Ukraine." Ukraine dealing with corruption scandals Svyrydenko, an eco...
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Israel targets more than 500 acres in occupied West Bank with military orders

Israel has issued 49 military orders targeting 2,093 dunams (517 acres) of privately owned Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank since January, the Palestinian Colonisation and Wall Resistance Commission said Saturday. It said the orders, issued under “security measures,” do not formally confiscate the land or transfer ownership. They impose sweeping legal and physical restrictions, however, by allowing the removal or trimming of trees, restricting access to the land and preventing its cultivation. Read: Israel grants US confiscated Palestinian land to build Jerusalem embassy complex for $1 The commission said the measures are mainly concentrated around Israeli settlements, settlement roads, the separation barrier and military sites, effectively expanding Israeli control over Palestinian land without formally changing ownership. Israel issued 47 orders covering 1,613 dunams during 2025, compared with 49 orders affecting 2,093 dunams in the first half of 2026, according to the commission. It said the increase reflects growing use of such military orders to expand settlement-related infrastructure and tighten restrictions on Palestinian access to their land. The commission’s semiannual report said Israeli occupiers carried out 3,488 attacks in the occupied West Bank during the first half of 2026, including assaults on Palestinian communities, arson attacks, shootings, land seizures and the establishment of settlement outposts. Read More: UN says Israel did not provide 'iota' of evidence it took efforts to prevent sexual violence amid blacklisting Peace Now, an Israeli anti-settlement watchdog, estimates that 500,000 Israeli occupiers live in the occupied West Bank, in addition to 250,000 in occupied East Jerusalem. Since the genocide in the Gaza Strip began in October 2023, the West Bank has witnessed intensified Israeli military offensives and occupier violence, which, according to official Palestinian figures, have killed at least 1,175 Palestinians, injured 12,919, displaced 33,000 and led to the arrest of nearly 24,000 people.

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