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Israeli West Bank killings

Israeli forces have killed two Palestinian men in the occupied West Bank amid rising tensions. One of the victims, Yazan Afana was shot dead during Israel’s storming of a neighborhood in the city of al-Bireh. The second victim, Samer Khalid was killed by the Israeli fire during a regime’s raid on the Balata refugee camp east of the city of Nablus. In recent months, the Israeli regime military has stepped up deadly raids in the occupied West Bank, launching fiercest assaults on the local population. The raids usually leads to clashes with Palestinians, protesting the Israeli violations. 

UK falling household incomes

A British think tank says household incomes in the UK will fall by ten percent by the end of next year, and that would be the biggest drop in the standards of living for at least a century.The Resolution Foundation focuses on the standards of living for low- and middle-income families. It projects household spending power in Britain will likely be cut by an average 3,000 pounds. The analysis says soaring energy bills will push an extra three million people into poverty. The Resolution Foundation says the outlook for living standards in Britain is "shocking and terrifying". It blames both the war in Ukraine and low growth in earnings over the past decade for the current circumstances. The UK inflation currently stands at a 40-year high of over ten percent. Speculations are that it could climb to over 18 percent next year.

Russia's Moldova warning

The flame of war in Ukraine is apparently expanding to Moldova. Moscow has warned the country against threatening the security of Russian forces. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says threatening the security of Russian troops in the breakaway region of Transnistria would be considered an attack on Russia. Lavrov cautioned against a potential military confrontation with Moscow. Russia says its army is there to maintain peace and stability, but Moldova wants Moscow to withdraw its forces. Moscow has had peacekeeping troops deployed in Transnistria since the early 1990s. Back then, an armed conflict saw pro-Russia forces take control of much of the region from Moldova.