Moscow — Former Royal Ballet star Sergei Polunin, famous for his tattoos of Russian President Vladimir Putin, on Wednesday announced that he plans to leave Russia. The Ukrainian-Russian dancer was one of the most prominent stars who backed Russia’s unilateral 2014 annexation of Crimea and its military assault on Ukraine. He was rewarded with prestigious state … Read more
Ukraine says it assassinated top Russian general – CBS News Watch CBS News Ukraine is claiming responsibility for the assassination of a top Russian general in Moscow. Lt. General Igor Kirillov, who oversaw Russia’s chemical weapons unit, was killed when a bomb hidden in a scooter went off as he left a Moscow apartment building. … Read more
The head of the Russian military’s biological and chemical weapons unit, Lt. General Igor Kirillov, was killed along with his deputy early Tuesday in an explosion in Moscow, Russia’s Investigative Committee said. Ukrainian security sources told CBS News the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) killed Kirillov in a special operation. The claim couldn’t be independently … Read more
Damascus — A CBS News team drove through a Syrian military airbase on the outskirts of capital city Damascus Monday, and the devastation caused by Israeli air strikes was abundantly clear. Israel has said it’s determined to destroy weapons and other military hardware that ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad and his father spent half of a century … Read more
Ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah on shaky ground – CBS News Watch CBS News Last week’s truce between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon gave renewed impetus to negotiations for a Gaza ceasefire. But in Lebanon, people had not even had time to bury those killed in the past two months before the ceasefire started looking … Read more
As a ceasefire the U.S. helped broker between Israel and the Iran-backed group Hezbollah came into effect Wednesday, President Biden said his administration would quickly launch “another push” with international partners to secure a deal to end the even deadlier war in the Gaza Strip. Mr. Biden, who has less than two months left in … Read more
How the Israel, Hezbollah ceasefire came together – CBS News Watch CBS News Margaret Brennan explains how the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah came together, and what role the Biden administration played. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On
President Biden announced Tuesday that the U.S. helped secure a ceasefire deal in Lebanon, which would end fighting between Israel and Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah. His announcement came as Israel’s Cabinet approved the ceasefire after urging from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The war between Israel and the Iran-backed group has killed almost 3,800 people … Read more