Britain is deploying specialists and equipment to Belgium to assist in tackling a series of disruptive drone sightings that have temporarily shut down airports, the head of the UK armed forces said on Sunday.
Over the past week, drones have been observed over several Belgian airports and military sites, part of a wave of incidents that has caused widespread disruption across Europe in recent months.
Admiral Sir Richard Knighton told the BBC that Belgium had requested support, and that personnel and equipment were already being dispatched. “The defence secretary and I agreed at the end of last week that we would send our people and our equipment to Belgium to assist them,” he said, without providing details about the type of equipment or the number of personnel involved.
Knighton added that the source of the drone activity remained unclear but noted that Russia had engaged in “hybrid warfare” tactics in recent years — a claim Moscow denies.
The drone sightings over airports in Brussels and Liege forced the diversion of flights and the grounding of several departures on Tuesday, while similar incidents temporarily closed airports in Sweden on Thursday.
Germany’s defence minister suggested on Friday that the recent drone incidents in Belgium may be linked to discussions over using frozen Russian assets, held by the Belgian firm Euroclear, to finance a substantial loan to Ukraine.
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The remaining 130 Nigerian schoolchildren abducted in November from a Catholic school in Niger state have been released, President Bola Tinubu's spokesperson said on Sunday, following one of the country's biggest mass kidnappings of recent years.
The death toll from Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades has risen to 161, after forensic analysis confirmed one more victim among the charred remains at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po, more than three weeks after the blaze began, authorities said on Saturday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to meet President Donald Trump on 29 December in Florida, where he is expected to present a package of military options regarding Iran, Israel’s public broadcaster KAN reported on Saturday.
The U.S. Coast Guard is pursuing an oil tanker in international waters near Venezuela, officials told on Sunday, in what would be the second such operation this weekend and the third in less than two weeks if successful.
The United States has proposed a potential new format for peace talks between Ukraine and Russia, which could include American and European representatives, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday, December 20.
A major power outage swept across San Francisco on Saturday, leaving up to 130,000 customers without electricity, disrupting traffic and forcing some businesses to close temporarily, officials said.
Australia on Sunday, honoured victims of an attack that happened a week ago during a seaside Hanukkah celebration, as the prime minister announced a review of the country's law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
Israeli forces have launched new airstrikes across multiple areas of the Gaza Strip, despite an ongoing ceasefire agreement leading to multiple casualties.
Ukrainian forces have withdrawn from several positions in the north-eastern Sumy region, Kyiv confirmed on Sunday, 21 December, in a move linked to intense fighting near the Russia-Ukraine border.
A photo of U.S. President Donald Trump that had been removed from the cache of Jeffrey Epstein files released by the Department of Justice was restored on Sunday.
A Russian general has been killed in a car bomb attack in southern Moscow, with investigators saying Ukrainian special services may have been involved.
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