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Sergei Lavrov warns NATO and EU countries over ‘aggression’ towards Russia
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Vladimir Putin’s top diplomat says Russia has no intention of attacking any NATO or EU member state but warned of a “decisive response” if any “aggression” was directed towards Moscow.
Seregi Lavrov, Russia‘s foreign minister of 21 years, was speaking in New York at the 80th UN General Assembly, where he said threats against his country by Western nations were becoming “increasingly common”.
He was expected to address allegations made against Moscow that it has violated the airspace of several of its neighbours in recent weeks, heightening tensions across Europe.
Estonia said Russian fighter jets flew into its airspace last week and remained there for 12 minutes, while a NATO air defence mission was recently carried out over Poland in response to “unprecedented” Russian drone incursions above the country.
Romania and Latvia also reported that single Russian drones had violated their airspace this month.
“Threats of force against Russia, accused of practically planning an attack on the North Atlantic Alliance and the European Union, are becoming increasingly common,” Mr Lavrov said in New York.
“President Putin has repeatedly debunked such provocations. Russia has never had and does not have such intentions, but any aggression against my country will be met with a decisive response.”
At the start of the week, US President Donald Trump told the UN that NATO nations should shoot down Russian planes in their airspace.
‘They will regret it’
After his UN address, Mr Lavrov held a news conference, where he insisted again that Moscow “has nothing to hide” over the allegations against it.
He was then asked by US correspondent Mark Stone what the Kremlin’s response would be if a nation shot down a Russian drone or plane in Russian airspace.
“Try to understand that a drone, when it is flying not over our territory, but if it crosses someone’s border but has left our airspace, probably everyone has the right to do with that drone whatever they consider necessary to ensure their security.
“But if there are attempts to shoot down any flying object, or indeed any object at all, on our territory, in our airspace, then I think people will seriously regret it, undertaking such a gross violation of our territorial integrity, our sovereignty.”
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Watch: Sergei Lavrov answers Sky News question in New York
‘Hypocrisy’ over Gaza comments
At the start of his UN speech, Mr Lavrov took time to criticise Israel’s actions in the Middle East, accusing it of trying to “blow up” the region and saying it had “no justification” for the “brutal killings” of Palestinians in Gaza.
“The illegal use of force against the Palestinians and aggressive actions against Iran, Qatar, Yemen, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq today threaten to blow up the entire Middle East.”
He also hit out at Israeli plans to annex the West Bank: “There is no justification for plans to annex the West Bank. This is essentially a coup d’etat in diplomatic terms.”
Israel has repeatedly claimed that it does not target civilians in Gaza and says its military actions across the Middle East are strategically vital for its self-defence.
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Mark Stone reflects on Sergei Lavrov’s UN address
Mark Stone said Mr Lavrov’s comments on Israel’s actions will be seen as highly hypocritical given Russia’s war in Ukraine which began in February 2022.
“Lavrov said Israel is bombing schools, it is bombing hospitals in Gaza,” Stone said.
“Well, remember Mariupol and the rest of those cities in Ukraine, where Russia has and continues to do just the same thing? There’s a certain hypocrisy there, for sure.”
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Gardaí (Irish police) are investigating after the bodies of a girl and a man were found at a house in Dublin on Saturday.
Emergency services were called to Finglas in Cappagh shortly before 20:00 local time.
The bodies remain at the scene and the location has been preserved for forensic examination.
The coroner has been notified and the services of the Office of the State Pathologist have been requested.
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Aled ScourfieldBBC Wales
Pupils who still learn in a village hall three years after a fire destroyed their school now face its closure.
Children at Manorbier VC School have been educated at a nearby village hall ever since a fire broke out in the roof space in October 2022.
Parents have accused Pembrokeshire council of letting down the children and the community and breaking promises to rebuild the school, with proposals to now close it permanently.
Cabinet members declined to be interviewed and said “all views will be taken into consideration” during a consultation.
Manorbier is a voluntary controlled school, which means that although it is funded by the local authority, it is affiliated with the Church in Wales.
In May, a majority of councillors from all parties voted to hold a consultation with St David’s Diocese on the closure of Manorbier and Ysgol Clydau in North Pembrokeshire.
More than 1,000 people have now signed a petition on the council’s website calling on it to “honour its promise” and “rebuild the school.”
In July, the St Davids Diocesan board of finance said it had “always required that the school be reinstated” and until May had “always been led to believe that the school would be reinstated by Pembrokeshire County Council.”
Manorbier School opened in 1873, and the building would have celebrated its 150th anniversary in January 2023 had it not been for the fire.
Since the blaze, pupils have been educated at nearby Jameston Village Hall. There are now 28 pupils at the temporary school.
The council said in May that Manorbier VC School had the highest level of surplus places of all Pembrokeshire schools at 77.9%.
Becky, a former pupil and mother of a Year 2 student, praised the efforts of staff but said the village hall was not a permanent solution.
“It’s not big enough and not set up to be a school.
“They’ve done so well setting it up, but we need our building back. I feel like the council has really let us down.
“They led us to believe they were going to rebuild it. They’ve given us false hope and false information. They’ve really let the community and the children down.
“If a community doesn’t have a school, the community doesn’t thrive.”
Charlotte, who has two daughters at the school, added: “This is a wonderful building, but it’s not a school. They had a school.
“It wasn’t their fault that it was taken from them, so why can’t they have it back?”
She claimed there had been no support from the council.
“They didn’t help with anything. It wasn’t acknowledged for months. They didn’t reach out. A lot of us are really angry.
“We moved into the village hall alone, without support – no one came to help us carry the books we could salvage from the fire.
“It was all the parents, teachers, and the local community. I hope they see that we’ve all worked hard and fought hard for this. The kids deserve their school, and so do the teachers.”
In May, officials cited “a falling demographic over several years, significant surplus places, and only 18.5% of children living in the catchment.”
The council also said the capital cost of reinstating the school buildings and the funding per pupil, which is the highest in Pembrokeshire, were prohibitive.
The capital cost of rebuilding Manorbier VC School is estimated to be about £2.6m.
Conservative Senedd member for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire, Sam Kurtz, accused the council of breaking promises.
“There have been promises to rebuild this school from both the current and previous council leaders, yet we are still here now, in a consultation, talking about closing the school.
“That’s wholly unacceptable, given what this school, the community, and the pupils have been through. I think they’ve been forgotten by the council.
“They’re using the excuse of the fire as a reason to bring it forward for closure. Would this school have been earmarked for closure had the fire not happened? I don’t think it would have.”
The council cabinet said in a statement that it could not comment on specifics while a consulation, which is in its final stages and will go live within the coming weeks, is under way.
“All views during this process will be taken into consideration before any decisions on proposals to discontinue schools are taken.
“We appreciate the strong feelings of parents in the Manorbier area, and the petition will be discussed by council in due course.”
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Gardaí are investigating after two bodies were discovered at a house in Finglas in Dublin tonight.
Gardaí were called to a house in the Heathfield estate in Finglas at around 8pm, a relatively new estate at the back of Cappagh Hospital.
When gardaí arrived they made the discovery of the bodies of an adult male and a child who they believe are related.
They believe they are a parent and a child and that the child may be as young as six years old.
The scene has been preserved, a State Pathologist has been called in and the Garda Technical Bureau has been alerted to carry out a forensic examination.
At this stage gardaí are keeping an open mind in the case but there does not appear to be any sign of a break in or indication of third-party involvement.
However, they are stressing it is a very early stage in the investigation.
Gardaí will establish an incident room under a Senior Investigating Officer and appoint a family liaison officer.
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