Alperen Aktas
17 November 2024•Update: 17 November 2024
ISTANBUL
Here’s a rundown of all the news you need to start Sunday, including Ukraine claiming that North Korea is siding with Russia to access its military technology, fuel shortage in southern Gaza leaves 1.2 million without water and the US, Japan, and South Korea agree to set up a secretariat to advance trilateral cooperation
TOP STORIES
North Korea is involved in the war on Ukraine in exchange for access to Russian missile and nuclear weapons expertise and other military technology, Ukraine said.
The claim was made at a joint press conference in Kyiv by Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha and his Japanese counterpart Ivaya Takeshi.
Speaking to reporters, Sybiha claimed that Russia is involving North Korean troops in the war against Ukraine in exchange for access to Russian military technology for use in its ongoing cold war with South Korea.
The southern Gaza city of Khan Younis warned that a week-long fuel shortage has left more than 1.2 million residents and displaced individuals in the area without access to clean water, amid ongoing Israeli strikes.
In a statement, the city government said: "This persistent fuel stoppage has disrupted essential services, including the operation of water wells and desalination plants, leaving over 1.2 million citizens and displaced individuals in Khan Younis without potable and usable water."
The city also raised concerns about the suspension of sewage treatment facilities, warning that untreated wastewater could flood the streets, exacerbating the risk of environmental and health disasters, and facilitating the spread of diseases and epidemics.
The leaders of the US, Japan, and South Korea agreed on Friday to form a secretariat to help advance their trilateral cooperation, while condemning North Korea and Russia's alleged decision to "dangerously expand" the war in Ukraine.
The agreement was reached during a meeting between US President Joe Burden, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Peru's capital Lima, Seoul-based Yonhap News reported.
The new forum will aim to align their goals and actions further to make the Indo-Pacific "a thriving, connected, resilient, stable, and secure region."
NEWS IN BRIEF
- 34 Palestinians killed, several injured in Israeli airstrikes across war-torn Gaza
- Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan called US President-elect Donald Trump to discuss the situation in the Southern Caucasus region, the premier’s press service said.
- As Super Typhoon Man-yi moves closer to the Philippines, tens of thousands of people have been evacuated, marking the fifth tropical storm to hit the nation in the past three weeks.
- A weekend knife attack at a vocational school in Jiangsu, eastern China left eight people dead and 17 injured.
- At least seven security personnel were killed and over a dozen more injured in an armed attack in southwest Pakistan, marking the latest in a series of terrorist assaults in the region in recent months, according to police.
- Russian forces have captured the villages of Makarivka and Leninskoye in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, the Kremlin claimed.
- Türkiye declared the EU’s Maritime Spatial Planning maps of the Aegean and Mediterranean seas to be “null and void” with “no legal effect.”
- Israel claimed that it intercepted two “suspicious aerial substances” launched from the east, as well as four drones and 35 missiles from Lebanon, following warning sirens that were activated in Eilat in the south and Nahariya and parts of western Galilee in the north.
- The Georgian electoral authority announced the official results of the country's general elections, with the ruling party Georgian Dream winning 89 seats in the 150-seat parliament after receiving 53.93% of the vote on October 26.
- China's Tianzhou-8 cargo spacecraft successfully reached the Tiangong Space Station, which orbits the Earth.
- President-elect Donald Trump named Karoline Leavitt on Friday to be his White House press secretary when he takes office in January.
- Türkiye's Bayraktar AKINCI unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) hit targets Friday with pinpoint accuracy in firing tests conducted with the ELCIN 82 and LACIN 82 kits, according to a statement from the Turkish domestic aircraft manufacturer.
- Chris Wright has been nominated for US energy secretary in the upcoming Trump administration.
SPORTS
Jake Paul, a YouTuber and boxer, defeated legendary boxer Mike Tyson by unanimous decision in a professional heavyweight bout.
The clash was held at the 80,000-seat AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, which is also home to the Dallas Cowboys of the American Football League (NFL).
Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson came out strong, appearing to dominate the first two rounds.
