Other news of the day: the Chinese navy and air force are holding out around Taiwan. The Indian military, concerned about the Chinese works on the border with Bhutan. Seoul: part of the US intelligence documents that ended up on the Internet are false. Burmese soldiers shell a village, killing 11 civilians. In Ukraine, tensions between the population and the Orthodox clergy loyal to Moscow.
ISRAEL
Benjamin Netanyahu reinstated yesterday as head of the Ministry of Defense to Yoav Gallant, who had been fired a fortnight ago for requesting the freezing of the controversial judicial reform. The Israeli prime minister is under pressure from street protests, clashes in the Palestinian Territories, attacks from Lebanon, Syria and the Gaza Strip, and his falling popularity rating.
CHINA-TAIWAN
Chinese warships and planes They remain deployed around Taiwan, after three days of military exercises announced by Beijing on April 9. The maneuvers began after the return to the island of President Tsai Ing-wen, who days before had met in Los Angeles with the speaker of the US House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy.
INDIA-CHINA
Concern of the Indian Armed Forces over the huge construction works that the Chinese carry out in the valley of Amo Chu. The area lies on the Himalayan border, the subject of a dispute between Delhi and Beijing and formally part of Bhutan. In 2017, both armies clashed in this section of the mountain range.
SOUTH KOREA-USA
The South Korean government affirmed today that many of the intelligence services documents Americans that were leaked and ended up on the Internet. Among them, those referring to Seoul’s alleged opposition to arms transfers to Ukraine. For Washington, the publication of the material constitutes a serious threat to national security and relations with allies.
MYANMAR
An air strike by the coup military junta left 11 civilians dead in Falam, a town in the state of Chin. The shelling was unleashed yesterday after local opposition forces stormed and burned down a police station.
UKRAINE-RUSSIA
The inhabitants of the Ukrainian city of Kamenetsk-Podolsky gathered in masses outside the gates of the local Orthodox Church to ask the priests to separate from the Orthodox Patriarchate of Moscow, passing from the jurisdiction of UPZ to the autocephalous jurisdiction of PZU. In Ternopol, UPZ worshipers were forced into the church amid a crowd protesting against them.
TURKMENISTAN
In the Balkan velayat, local hospitals have started accepting blood donations as payment for the treatment of patients including those awaiting urgent surgery. The relatives and friends of the affected people crowd into the laboratories to request extractions.
