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August 20: Israel Admits Fire on Hind Rajab Car and Russian Strike on Kyiv
In Gaza
Israel’s military has acknowledged that its troops fired on the car carrying five-year-old Hind Rajab in Gaza, reversing an earlier assertion that its forces were not near the vehicle. Hind died after being trapped in the car with relatives, and the military says it has opened a criminal investigation.
In Ukraine
One of Russia’s heaviest missile and drone attacks on Kyiv since the war began has killed at least 15 people and injured dozens more. Homes, a school and a children’s medical centre were damaged in and around the capital. Ukrainian officials say ballistic missiles remain particularly difficult to intercept.
In Britain
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is proposing to spread asylum accommodation more widely across Britain, using shared houses, vacant student housing and former military sites. The plan is meant to avoid concentrating arrivals in a small number of communities, though a proposal to house more than 1,000 people at a former base in Piddington, Oxfordshire, has already drawn local protests.
In U.S. finance
U.S. national debt has passed $40 trillion, with annual interest payments now above $1 trillion, more than the military budget. The bill reflects years of borrowing and higher interest rates, which also feed into the cost of mortgages, car loans and other household credit.
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