Päivittäinen keskustelu - 21. helmikuuta 2024

Iran sanoo Israelin kaasuputkiin kohdistuneiden hyökkäysten takana

Iran has accused Israel of being behind two attacks last week on gas pipelines that disrupted supplies in several provinces, further raising tensions between the regional archenemies amid the war on Gaza.

“The explosion of the country’s gas lines was the work of Israel,” Oil Minister Javad Owji said on Wednesday after a cabinet meeting.

NewsIran says Israel behind attacks on gas pipelinesTwo explosions on key south-north gas pipeline network last week disrupted supplies in several Iranian provinces.

There were no reported casualties from the attack. State media reported that…  Lue lisää supplies had been disrupted in the provinces of North Khorasan in the northeast, Lorestan in the west and Zanjan in the northwest.

Iran lähettää Venäjälle satoja ballistisia ohjuksia

Iran has provided Russia with a large number of powerful surface-to-surface ballistic missiles, six sources told Reuters, deepening the military cooperation between the two U.S.-sanctioned countries.

Iran's provision of around 400 missiles includes many from the Fateh-110 family of short-range ballistic weapons, such as the Zolfaghar, three Iranian sources said. This road-mobile missile is capable of striking targets at a distance of between 300 and 700 km (186 and 435 miles), experts say.

Iran's defence ministry and the Revolutionary Guards - an elite force that oversees Iran's…  Lue lisää ballistic missile programme - declined to comment. Russia's defence ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

AI lähtee liikkeelle USA vs. Kiinan asekilpailu

The jockeying for A.I. primacy has huge implications. Breakthroughs in generative A.I. could tip the global technological balance of power, increasing people’s productivity, aiding industries and leading to future innovations, even as nations struggle with the technology’s risks.

As Chinese firms aim to catch up by turning to open-source A.I. models from the United States, Washington is in a difficult spot. Even as the United States has tried to slow China’s advancements by limiting the sale of microchips and curbing investments, it has not held back the practice of openly…  Lue lisää releasing software to encourage its adoption.

Gaza luisuu "ennennäkemättömään nälän tasoon"

The W.F.P. had suspended its deliveries for the past three weeks because of safety concerns, and on Sunday the agency tried to restart them, but “crowds of hungry people” surrounded the initial convoy as it was going to Gaza City, and aid workers were forced to fend off people trying to climb onto the trucks, the organization said in a statement.

The W.F.P. said it did not take the decision to suspend deliveries in Gaza’s north lightly, adding that it meant “more people risk dying of hunger.”

“W.F.P. is deeply committed to urgently reaching desperate people…  Lue lisää across Gaza but the safety and security to deliver critical food aid — and for the people receiving it — must be ensured,” the statement said.

Venäjä saattaa laukaista ydinaseensa avaruuteen tänä vuonna

American intelligence agencies have told their closest European allies that if Russia is going to launch a nuclear weapon into orbit, it will probably do so this year — but that it might instead launch a harmless “dummy” warhead into orbit to leave the West guessing about its capabilities.

The American intelligence agencies are sharply divided in their opinion about what President Vladimir V. Putin is planning, and on Tuesday Mr. Putin rejected the accusation that he intended to place a nuclear weapon in orbit and his defense minister said the intelligence warning was manufac…  Lue lisäätured in an effort to get Congress to authorize more aid for Ukraine.

Yhdysvaltain pitäisi päästä eroon Israelin ja Palestiinan välisestä pelistä

But the awkward, unsayable fact is that a new peace cannot now be found. After the pogrom of October 7, 2023, it must surely be obvious to even the dimmest that the “two-state solution” is just an incantation uttered by people who want to appear serious but are actually not thinking. The idea of a sovereign Arab state right next to the heart of Israel, governed by Hamas or something like it, and separated from the Jewish state by no more than a fence and a raked strip, is so absurd that it is amazing anyone suggests it. But who do the advocates of this “solution” think…  Lue lisää will govern such a state?