Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Rishi Sunak greets Volodymyr Zelenskiy as the Ukraine president arrives in the United Kingdom. The British offer to train Ukrainian pilots on modern Nato fighter jets is a carefully couched hint to the rest of Nato that at some point it may have to provide modern jets to help Ukraine defend its airspace from the Russian air force.
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King Charles commended the people of Ukraine
Britain’s King Charles has commended the people of Ukraine for showing truly remarkable courage and resilience in the face of such human tragedy, in a message marking 12 months of conflict in the country. The King added that it was heartening to see the UK and its allies doing everything possible to help at this most difficult time. King Charles reaffirmed his support to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, whom he met at Buckingham Palace earlier this month, and expressed his personal support for the people of Ukraine.
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The death toll from collided trains in Greece is rising
The death toll from the head-on collision of two trains in central Greece is likely to rise with officials acknowledging that scores of people have yet to be accounted for nearly 24 hours after it left at least 43 dead and many more injured. Larissa’s chief coroner, Roubini Leondari, said 43 bodies had been brought to her for examination and would require DNA identification.
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A magnitude 6.3 aftershock struck southern Turkey
A magnitude 6.3 aftershock struck southern Turkey Monday, killing at least three people and injuring hundreds more. Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Agency (AFAD) officials said that the quake struck Turkey’s southern Hatay province, near the Syrian border. The quake’s epicenter was in the province’s Defne district. Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said that there have been 26 aftershocks since two weeks after a massive earthquake killed tens of thousands of people in both countries.
