In a video address to world leaders at a security conference in Munich in the face of mounting fears that Russia is planning a new offensive, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said that The west needs to hurry up its support for Ukraine as Vladimir Putin will gain a military advantage unless arms deliveries and further sanctions arrive soon.
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Six dead on Hawaii wildfires
Six people have died and more have been injured by wildfires sweeping the Hawaiian island of Maui. Thousands are without power or cell phone service due to fires that are being fuelled by winds from a nearby hurricane in the Pacific Ocean.
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Winter storm canceled more than 1,100 flights in United States
More than a thousand flights were canceled in the United States on Tuesday and thousands more delayed as a winter storm bringing heavy snow, winds and coastal flooding moved into the Northeast. As of 7 p.m. ET, almost 1,150 flights within, into or out of the United States had been canceled, according to flight tracking site FlightAware. More than 4,700 flights were delayed. New York’s LaGuardia International Airport and Boston Logan International Airport both had about 300 cancellations. Newark Liberty International Airport had almost 150 cancellations as of 7 p.m.
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10,000 British tourists on Rhodes as wildfires sweep across parts of the Greek island
There are up to 10,000 British tourists on Rhodes as wildfires sweep across parts of the Greek island. Repatriation flights have begun returning hundreds of British holidaymakers from Rhodes, while sea evacuations have been taking place at a beach in Corfu to transport individuals fleeing wildfires on that Greek island.
