France boosts military presence in New Caledonia amidst riots
It happened while you were sleeping. This is what global agencies reported overnight from Thursday to Friday.
France announced that seven more mobile military units will soon arrive in New Caledonia as reinforcements. This will bring the total to around 3,500 military personnel. Macron announced that the police and gendarmerie units deployed in New Caledonia will remain as long as necessary, including during the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris. In two weeks of riots sparked by the contested electoral reform and fueled by sharp economic disparities between the indigenous Kanak population and people of European descent, seven people have died, hundreds have been arrested, and numerous buildings and cars have been destroyed.
During the night, the Ukrainian army once again carried out a successful operation on the territory of the Russian Federation. Ukrainian drones struck an oil depot in the town of Livny in the Oryol region, causing a fire.
Russia is conducting more and more sabotage actions in Europe to disrupt the supply of military equipment to Ukraine, writes "The New York Times." According to US and allied intelligence assessments, these actions are part of a Russian campaign aimed at undermining efforts to provide military support to Ukraine.
Israel carried out an air raid on Rafah after Palestinian Hamas launched rocket attacks on Tel Aviv for the first time in several months. According to the Associated Press, the Israeli attack destroyed tents for displaced people in a refugee camp housing about 110,000 people. According to a Palestinian medical organization, 22 people died in Israel's Sunday attack. Meanwhile, Hamas claims that as many as 30 people were killed. The number of injured remains unknown.
The French maritime prefecture in the Atlantic reported the seizure of as much as 400 kg of cocaine on a yacht sailing under the Polish flag in the Bay of Biscay. The operation, which took place overnight from Thursday to Friday, was carried out with the consent of Polish authorities.
