{"id":80528,"date":"2024-06-25T04:48:06","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T04:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/25\/tuesday-briefing-15\/"},"modified":"2024-06-25T04:48:06","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T04:48:06","slug":"tuesday-briefing-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/25\/tuesday-briefing-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Briefing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1050\" height=\"549\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/06\/24\/multimedia\/25ambriefing-europe-nl-russia\/25ambriefing-asia-russia1-facebookJumbo.jpg?fit=1050,549&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tuesday Briefing\" title=\"Tuesday Briefing\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-78e56d5a\">Attack revived terrorism fears in Russia<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">At least <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/24\/world\/europe\/russia-attack-dagestan.html\" title=\"\">20 people were killed on Sunday in a seemingly coordinated assault<\/a> in the Dagestan region of southern Russia, the deadliest attack in the area in 14 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Russian authorities have designated the assault an act of terror, but it was not immediately clear who was responsible. Gunmen targeted a police station as well as synagogues and Orthodox churches. Fifteen of the victims were police officers. One was an Orthodox priest, who was killed in his church. It is not known whether the attackers were specifically targeting members of law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Five attackers were eventually killed by security forces, officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The attack was reminiscent of the intense violence that gripped the Northern Caucasus, a predominantly Muslim region, in the late 1990s and early 2000s. That bloodshed was caused by a combination of Islamic fundamentalism and organized crime. Suppressing it became one of the central bragging points for the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, after he came to power in 1999.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">That legacy is now at risk of being undermined by <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/24\/world\/europe\/russia-dagestan-attacks-what-to-know.html\" title=\"\">a resurgence of violence<\/a>. In March, four gunmen killed 145 people at a concert hall near Moscow. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for that attack.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Analysis:<\/strong> The assault on Sunday has put a spotlight on the challenges that Russia faces as the war in Ukraine taxes its economy and security apparatus.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"css-7ad88g e1mu4ftr0\"\/><\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-12d050a\">Israel said its military focus might shift to Hezbollah<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Recent remarks by Israel\u2019s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and its defense minister, Yoav Gallant, suggest that the country may soon <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2024\/06\/24\/world\/israel-gaza-war-hamas\/israel-hamas-hezbollah-analysis?smid=url-share\" title=\"\">mount fewer operations in the Gaza Strip and shift its focus to Hezbollah<\/a> in Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In an interview on Sunday, Netanyahu said that after drawing down troops in Gaza, \u201cwe will be able to move part of our forces to the north.\u201d But Netanyahu stopped well short of announcing an invasion of Lebanon, a move that would most likely result in heavy losses for both sides, and left room for a diplomatic resolution with Hezbollah.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-35b38cf0\">Hajj deaths raised questions about Saudi preparations<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">More than <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/24\/world\/europe\/hajj-mecca-explainer.html\" title=\"\">1,300 people have died amid extreme heat<\/a> in Saudi Arabia while making the Islamic pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca this month, raising questions about the country\u2019s preparations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Officials said that most of the dead had not been registered for the hajj. Pilgrims with permits are transported in air-conditioned buses and can rest in cooling tents, while those without permits are left with little protection against temperatures that can reach 120 degrees Fahrenheit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Saudi government has tried to rein in the effects of the heat by increasing shade and misting pilgrims with cool water. But many relatives of the dead and missing complained that the authorities had not done enough to cool all the pilgrims. It\u2019s unclear if the number of deaths this year is higher than in previous years because Saudi Arabia doesn\u2019t regularly release those statistics.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-1uuxri4 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-55bd377a\"><span><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">MORE TOP NEWS<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A.I. is rapidly improving at creating lifelike faces and realistic photographs, fooling many. But there are telltale signs that can help you discern real images from fake ones.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-5c58b27\">A reporter learns his father\u2019s past<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">My colleague Edward Wong, who worked in China as a correspondent and later as the Beijing bureau chief for The Times, knew that his father served in China\u2019s army. But it wasn\u2019t until he was researching his new book, \u201cAt the Edge of Empire: A Family\u2019s Reckoning With China,\u201d that Ed uncovered the full story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Yook Kearn Wong, Ed\u2019s father, was stationed in Xinjiang, a region in China\u2019s northwest, in 1952. There he would take part in efforts that <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/23\/us\/politics\/china-mao-army-communist-party.html\" title=\"\">laid the groundwork for China to rule over that area.<\/a> Later, after he survived famine, he knew he had to escape China. He reached the U.S. in 1967.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI marvel,\u201d Ed writes, \u201cat the ways my family\u2019s story has looped like a M\u00f6bius strip around multiple generations and around the history of China.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/25\/briefing\/russia-terror-attack.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attack revived terrorism fears in Russia At least 20 people were killed on Sunday in a seemingly coordinated assault in the Dagestan region of southern Russia, the deadliest attack in the area in 14 years. The Russian authorities have designated the assault an act of terror, but it was not immediately clear who was responsible. 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