Erin Strotman was charged in one case of child abuse, but detectives were also examining other episodes with similar injuries at a Virginia neonatal intensive care unit.
Ukraine first launched its incursion into Russia's Kursk Region in August (file photo taken in September)
Ukraine has launched a fresh offensive in Russia's Kursk region, the Russian Defence Ministry says.
In a statement, the military said efforts to destroy the Ukrainian attack groups are ongoing. Officials in Ukraine have also suggested an operation is under way.
Ukraine first launched its incursion into Russia's Kursk region in August last year, seizing a large chunk of territory.
In recent months, Russian forces have made big gains in the area, pushing the Ukrainians back, but failing to eject them entirely.
In a statement posted on Telegram on Sunday, Russia's defence ministry said: "At around 9am Moscow time, in order to stop the offensive by the Russian troops in the Kursk direction, the enemy launched a counter-attack by an assault detachment consisting of two tanks, one counter-obstacle vehicle, and 12 armoured fighting vehicles."
The head of Ukraine's presidential office, Andriy Yermak, said there "was good news from Kursk Region" and that Russia was "getting what it deserves".
Ukraine's top counter-disinformation official Andriy Kovalenko said in a Telegram post on Sunday: "The Russians in Kursk are experiencing great anxiety because they were attacked from several directions and it came as a surprise to them."
It's unclear whether the offensive is sufficiently large-scale to lead to any significant changes on the frontline.
Kyiv's forces are reportedly suffering from manpower shortages and have been losing ground in the east of Ukraine in recent months, as Russian troops advance.
It comes as the Ukrainian Air Force said Russia launched another drone attack on Ukraine overnight.
It said it had shot down 61 drones over Kyiv, Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Dnipropetrovsk, Zhytomyr, and Khmelnytskyy regions
There were no direct hits, but a few houses were damaged in Kharkiv Region by an intercepted drone, the air force said.
In November, Ukraine reported its troops had engaged in combat with North Korean troops in the Kursk region.
The appearance of North Korean soldiers was in response to a surprise attack launched across the border by Ukrainian troops in August, advancing up to 18 miles (30km) into Russian land.
Moscow evacuated almost 200,000 people from areas along the border and President Vladimir Putin condemned the Ukrainian offensive as a "major provocation".
After a fortnight, Ukraine's top commander claimed to control more than 1,200 sq km of Russian territory and 93 villages.
Some of that territory has been regained by Russia but Ukraine still has troops in the Kursk region.
Liri Albag's relatives demonstrated in support of a ceasefire deal in Tel Aviv on Saturday
Hamas has posted a video showing a 19-year-old Israeli captive, as indirect talks between the group and Israel on a ceasefire and hostage release deal resume in Qatar.
The footage shows Liri Albag calling for the Israeli government to reach a deal.
She was taken hostage along with six other female conscript soldiers at the Nahal Oz army base on the Gaza border during Hamas's October 2023 attack. Five of them remain in captivity.
The announcement of renewed talks came as Israel intensified attacks on Gaza, with Palestinian rescuers saying more than 30 people had been killed in the bombardment on Saturday.
One strike on a home in Gaza City on Saturday killed 11 people including seven children, according to the Hamas-run civil defence agency.
Images showed residents searching through rubble for survivors and the bodies of the dead wrapped in shrouds.
"A huge explosion woke us up. Everything was shaking," neighbour Ahmed Mussa told AFP.
"It was home to children, women. There wasn't anyone wanted or who posed a threat."
The Israeli military said on Sunday that it had struck more than 100 "terror targets" in the Gaza Strip over the past two days and "eliminated dozens of Hamas terrorists".
Responding to the video showing their daughter, Liri Albag's parents said it had torn their hearts to pieces and they appealed to the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to "make decisions as if your own children were there".
The Hostages and Missing Families Forum Headquarters, which represents hostage families, said the sign of life from Liri was "harsh and undeniable proof of the urgency in bringing all the hostages home".
In a call to Lira Albag's parents, Israeli President Isaac Herzog said his country's delegation would remain at the negotiating table until all hostages were returned home.
Israeli officials have previously described the release of such videos by Hamas as psychological warfare.
Israeli strikes killed at least 30 Palestinians on Saturday
On Sunday the Israeli military said it had intercepted a missile launched from Yemen, the latest in a series of such attacks by the Iran-backed Houthi movement.
The Houthis said they had fired a "hypersonic ballistic missile" towards a power station near the Israeli city of Haifa. The group says it began targeting shipping in the Red Sea and firing projectiles at Israel in response to Israeli military actions in Gaza.
The current war began when Hamas attacked southern Israel on 7 October 2023, killing about 1,200 people and taking 251 others hostage.
Israel's military campaign to destroy Hamas has killed more than 45,700 people, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry.
On Saturday the Gaza health ministry said all three government hospitals in northern Gaza were completely out of service and "destroyed" by the Israeli military.
The Israeli military has imposed a blockade on parts of northern Gaza since October, with the UN saying the area has been under "near-total siege" as Israeli forces heavily restrict access of aid deliveries to an area where an estimated 10,000 to 15,000 people remain.
Late last month the Israeli military forced patients and medical staff to leave Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahia, alleging the facility was a "Hamas terrorist stronghold" and arresting the hospital director Hussam Abu Safiya.
It said it had facilitated the transfer of some medical staff and patients to the Indonesian hospital nearby. But the Gaza health ministry said on Saturday that that hospital had also been taken out of service, along with the hospital in Beit Hanoun.
World Health Organisation chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus again called for an end to attacks on hospitals and health professionals. "People in Gaza need access to health care," he said.
Israel says its forces operate in accordance with international law and do not target civilians.
On Saturday the Biden administration said it was planning an $8bn (£6.4bn) arms sale to Israel. The weapons consignment, which needs approval from US House and Senate committees, includes missiles, shells and other munitions.
The move comes just over a fortnight before Biden leaves office and Donald Trump takes over as president.
Washington has consistently rejected calls to suspend military backing for Israel because of the number of civilians killed in Gaza.
Su Min has captured the curiosity and awe of millions of Chinese women with her video diaries
Sixty-year-old Chinese grandmother Su Min had no intention of becoming a feminist icon.
She was only trying to escape her abusive husband when she hit the road in 2020 in her white Volkswagen hatchback with a rooftop tent and her pension.
"I felt like I could finally catch my breath," she says, recalling the moment she drove away from her old life. "I felt like I could survive and find a way of life that I wanted."
Over the next four years and 180,000 miles, the video diaries she shared of her adventures, while detailing decades of pain, earned her millions of cheerleaders online. They called her the "road-tripping auntie" as she inadvertently turned into a hero for women who felt trapped in their own lives.
Her story is now a hit film that was released in September - Like a Rolling Stone – and she made it to the BBC's list of 100 inspiring and influential women of 2024.
It was a year of big moments, but if she had to describe what 2024 meant to her in a single word, she says that word would be "freedom".
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Su Min's newest SUV is her third car in the four years she has spent on the road
As soon as Su Min started driving, she felt freer, she told the BBC over the phone from Shenyang – just before she headed south for winter in her new SUV with a caravan.
But it wasn't until 2024, when she finally filed for divorce, that she experienced "another kind of freedom".
It took a while to get there: it's a complicated process in China and her husband refused to divorce her until she agreed to pay him. They settled on 160,000 yuan ($21,900; £17,400) but she is still waiting for the divorce certificate to come through.
But she is resolute that she doesn't want to look back: "I'm saying goodbye to him."
The road to freedom
In her new life on the road, Su Min's duty is to herself.
Her videos mostly feature only her. Although she drives alone, she never seems lonely. She chats with her followers as she films her journey, sharing what she has been cooking, how she spent the previous day and where she's going next.
Her audience travels with her to places they never knew they would long for – Xinjiang's snow-capped mountains, Yunnan's ancient river towns, sparkling blue lakes, vast grasslands, endless deserts.
They applaud her bravery and envy the freedom she has embraced. They had rarely heard such a raw first-hand account about the reality of life as a "Chinese auntie".
"You're so brave! You chose to break free," wrote one follower, while another urged her to "live the rest of your life well for yourself!". One woman sought advice because she too "dreams of driving alone" and an awe-struck follower said: "Mom, look at her! When I get older, I'll live a colourful life like hers if I don't get married!"
For some, the takeaways are more pragmatic yet inspiring: "After watching your videos, I've learned this: as women, we must own our own home, cultivate friendships far and wide, work hard to be financially independent, and invest in unemployment insurance!"
Through it all, Su Min processes her own past. A stray cat she encounters on the road reminds her of herself, both of them having "weathered the wind and rain for years but still managing to love this world that dusts our faces". A visit to the market, where she smells chili peppers, evokes "the smell of freedom" because throughout her marriage spicy food was forbidden by her husband who didn't like it.
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Su Min in a traditional outfit when she visited her home province, Henan, in January 2024
For years Su Min had been the dutiful daughter, wife and mother – even as her husband repeatedly struck her.
"I was a traditional woman and I wanted to stay in my marriage for life," she says. "But eventually I saw that I got nothing in return for all my energy and effort – only beatings, violence, emotional abuse and gaslighting."
Her husband, Du Zhoucheng, has admitted to hitting her. "It's my mistake that I beat you," he said in a video she recently shared on Douyin, TikTok's China platform.
A high school graduate, he had a government job in the water resources ministry for 40 years before retiring, according to local media reports. He told an outlet in 2022 that he beat his wife because she "talked back" and that it was "an ordinary thing": "In a family, how can there not be some bangs and crashes?"
When duty called
Su Min married Du Zhoucheng "really to avoid my father's control, and to avoid the whole family".
She was born and raised in Tibet until 1982, when her family moved to Henan, a bustling province in the valley along the Yellow River. She had just finished high school and found work in a fertiliser factory, where most of her female colleagues, including those younger than 20, already had husbands.
Her marriage was arranged by a matchmaker, which was common at the time. She had spent much of her life cooking for and looking after her father and three younger brothers. "I wanted to change my life," she says.
The couple met only twice before the wedding. She wasn't looking for love, but she hoped that love would grow once they married.
Su Min did not find love. But she did have a daughter, and that is one reason she convinced herself she needed to endure the abuse.
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Su Min learned to surf in the waters off the coast of Hainan in February 2021
"We are always so afraid of being ridiculed and blamed if we divorce, so we all choose to endure, but in fact, this kind of patience is not right," she says. "I later learned that, in fact, it can have a considerable impact on children. The child really doesn't want you to endure, they want you to stand up bravely and give them a harmonious home."
She thought of leaving her husband after her daughter got married, but soon she became a grandmother. Her daughter had twins – and once again duty called. She felt she needed to help care for them, although by now she had been diagnosed with depression.
"I felt that if I didn't leave, I would get sicker," she says. She promised her daughter she would care for the two boys until they went to kindergarten, and then she would leave.
The spark of inspiration for her escape came in 2019 while flicking through social media. She found a video about someone travelling while living in their van. This was it, she thought to herself. This was her way out.
Even the pandemic did not stop her. In September 2020, she drove away from her marital home in Zhengzhou and she barely looked back as she made her way through 20 Chinese provinces and more than 400 cities.
It's a decision that has certainly resonated with women in China. To her millions of followers, Su Min offers comfort and hope. "We women are not just someone's wife or mother… Let's live for ourselves!" wrote one follower.
Many of them are mothers who share their own struggles. They tell her that they too feel trapped in suffocating marriages – some say her stories have inspired them to walk out of abusive relationships.
"You are a hero to thousands of women and many now see the possibility of a better life because of you," reads one of the top comments on one of her most-watched videos.
"When I turn 60, I hope I can be as free as you," another comment says.
A third woman asks: "Auntie Su, can I travel with you? I'll cover all the expenses. I just want to take a trip with you. I feel so trapped and depressed in my current life."
'Love yourself'
"Can you have the life of your dreams?" Su Min pondered over the call. "I want to tell you that no matter how old you are, as long as you work hard, you will definitely find your answer. Just like me, even though I'm 60 now, I found what I was looking for."
She admits it wasn't easy and she had to live frugally on her pension. She thought the video blogs might help raise some money – she had no idea they would go viral.
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Su Min's stories have touched millions of Chinese women who feel trapped in their own lives
She talks about what she's learned over the years and her latest challenge – finalising the divorce.
"I haven't got my divorce certificate yet, because the law has a cooling-off period and we are now in that period."
One of her followers wrote that the money she paid her husband was "worth every penny", adding: "Now it's your turn to see the world and live a vibrant, unrestrained life. Congratulations, Auntie - here's to a colourful and fulfilling future!"
She says it's hard to get a divorce because "many of our laws in China are to protect the family. Women often dare not divorce because of family disharmony".
At first, she thought that Du Zhoucheng's behaviour might improve with time and distance, but she said he still threw "pots and pans" at her on her return.
He has only called her twice in the last few years – once because her highway access card was tied to his credit card and he wanted her to return 81 yuan (£0.90). She says she hasn't used that card since then.
Undeterred by the delay in securing a divorce, Su Min keeps planning more trips and hopes to one day travel abroad.
She's worried about overcoming language barriers, but is confident her story will resonate around the world - as it has in China.
"Although women in every country are different, I would like to say that no matter what environment you are in, you must be good to yourself. Learn to love yourself, because only when you love yourself can the world be full of sunshine."
There was overnight snow across much of the north-west of England
Published
Liverpool say "every effort" is being made to ensure Sunday afternoon's Premier League match against Manchester United at Anfield goes ahead.
A safety meeting was held at the ground on Sunday morning to assess the weather and travel conditions following overnight snow in the north-west of England, with the match due to kick off at 16.30 GMT.
Following an early morning inspection, league leaders Liverpool said: "At this stage the match is planned to go ahead as normal and every effort is being made to get the game on."
A further safety meeting will take place at midday to "assess the latest conditions".
Liverpool have a five-point lead at the top of the Premier League table, while United are 23 points behind their rivals in 14th place.
The weather has caused disruption further down the football pyramid, with the League Two matches between Chesterfield and Gillingham, and Fleetwood and AFC Wimbledon, postponed on Sunday morning.
The Women's FA Cup third-round tie between Nottingham Forest and Burnley at the City Ground has also been postponed.
Horse racing at Plumpton in Sussex was called off but Sunday's meeting at Chepstow is expected to go ahead.
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Anfield stadium and the surrounding area was coated in snow on Sunday morning
Liri Albag's relatives demonstrated in support of a ceasefire deal in Tel Aviv on Saturday
Hamas has posted a video showing a 19-year-old Israeli captive, as indirect talks between the group and Israel on a ceasefire and hostage release deal resume in Qatar.
The footage shows Liri Albag calling for the Israeli government to reach a deal.
She was taken hostage along with six other female conscript soldiers at the Nahal Oz army base on the Gaza border during Hamas's October 2023 attack. Five of them remain in captivity.
The announcement of renewed talks came as Israel intensified attacks on Gaza, with Palestinian rescuers saying more than 30 people had been killed in the bombardment on Saturday.
One strike on a home in Gaza City on Saturday killed 11 people including seven children, according to the Hamas-run civil defence agency.
Images showed residents searching through rubble for survivors and the bodies of the dead wrapped in shrouds.
"A huge explosion woke us up. Everything was shaking," neighbour Ahmed Mussa told AFP.
"It was home to children, women. There wasn't anyone wanted or who posed a threat."
The Israeli military said on Sunday that it had struck more than 100 "terror targets" in the Gaza Strip over the past two days and "eliminated dozens of Hamas terrorists".
Responding to the video showing their daughter, Liri Albag's parents said it had torn their hearts to pieces and they appealed to the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to "make decisions as if your own children were there".
The Hostages and Missing Families Forum Headquarters, which represents hostage families, said the sign of life from Liri was "harsh and undeniable proof of the urgency in bringing all the hostages home".
In a call to Lira Albag's parents, Israeli President Isaac Herzog said his country's delegation would remain at the negotiating table until all hostages were returned home.
Israeli officials have previously described the release of such videos by Hamas as psychological warfare.
Israeli strikes killed at least 30 Palestinians on Saturday
On Sunday the Israeli military said it had intercepted a missile launched from Yemen, the latest in a series of such attacks by the Iran-backed Houthi movement.
The Houthis said they had fired a "hypersonic ballistic missile" towards a power station near the Israeli city of Haifa. The group says it began targeting shipping in the Red Sea and firing projectiles at Israel in response to Israeli military actions in Gaza.
The current war began when Hamas attacked southern Israel on 7 October 2023, killing about 1,200 people and taking 251 others hostage.
Israel's military campaign to destroy Hamas has killed more than 45,700 people, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry.
On Saturday the Gaza health ministry said all three government hospitals in northern Gaza were completely out of service and "destroyed" by the Israeli military.
The Israeli military has imposed a blockade on parts of northern Gaza since October, with the UN saying the area has been under "near-total siege" as Israeli forces heavily restrict access of aid deliveries to an area where an estimated 10,000 to 15,000 people remain.
Late last month the Israeli military forced patients and medical staff to leave Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahia, alleging the facility was a "Hamas terrorist stronghold" and arresting the hospital director Hussam Abu Safiya.
It said it had facilitated the transfer of some medical staff and patients to the Indonesian hospital nearby. But the Gaza health ministry said on Saturday that that hospital had also been taken out of service, along with the hospital in Beit Hanoun.
World Health Organisation chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus again called for an end to attacks on hospitals and health professionals. "People in Gaza need access to health care," he said.
Israel says its forces operate in accordance with international law and do not target civilians.
On Saturday the Biden administration said it was planning an $8bn (£6.4bn) arms sale to Israel. The weapons consignment, which needs approval from US House and Senate committees, includes missiles, shells and other munitions.
The move comes just over a fortnight before Biden leaves office and Donald Trump takes over as president.
Washington has consistently rejected calls to suspend military backing for Israel because of the number of civilians killed in Gaza.
The M23 says it is protecting ethnic Tutsis from persecution
Rebel forces backed by Rwanda have captured the town of Masisi in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to various reports.
This is the second town seized by the M23 group in as many days in the mineral-rich North Kivu province.
The group has taken control of vast swathes of eastern DR Congo since 2021, forcing hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes.
Angola has been attempting to mediate talks between President Félix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame. But these broke down last month.
"It is with dismay that we learn of the capture of Masisi centre by the M23," Alexis Bahunga, a member of North Kivu provincial assembly, told the AFP news agency.
He said this "plunges the territory into a serious humanitarian crisis" and urged the government to strengthen the capacity of the army in the region.
One resident told AFP that the M23 had held a meeting of the town's inhabitants, saying they had "come to liberate the country".
The Congolese authorities have not yet commented on the loss of the town.
Masisi, which has a population of about 40,000, is the capital of the territory of the same name.
It is about 80km (50 miles) north of the North Kivu provincial capital Goma, which the M23 briefly occupied in 2012.
On Friday, the M23 captured the nearby town of Katale.
It accused the Congolese government of not doing enough to tackle decades of conflict in the east of the country. Rwanda has previously said the authorities in DR Congo were working with some of those responsible for the 1994 Rwandan genocide against ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus.
The M23, formed as an offshoot of another rebel group, began operating in 2012 ostensibly to protect the Tutsi population in the east of DR Congo which had long complained of persecution and discrimination.
However, Rwanda's critics accuse it of using the M23 to loot eastern DR Congo's minerals such as gold, cobalt and tantalum, which are used to make mobile phones and batteries for electric cars.
Last month, DR Congo said it was suing Apple over the use of such "blood minerals", prompting the tech giant to say it had stopped getting supplies from the country.
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The president-elect and his allies have spent four years reinventing the Capitol attack — spreading conspiracy theories and weaving a tale of martyrdom to their ultimate political gain.
The race to lead the Democratic National Committee centers on the favorites, Ken Martin and Ben Wikler, but the party’s infighting over them looks nothing like a broad reckoning with its 2024 defeats.
Edgar Matobato, a member of a death squad linked to former President Rodrigo Duterte, inside a church compound at an undisclosed location in the Philippines in June.
Gaza’s health ministry said that 88 people had been killed over the past day. Israeli and Hamas officials have been holding indirect cease-fire talks via mediators in Qatar.
Residents of Syria’s capital are picnicking on a once-forbidden mountaintop and trading openly in dollars and imported Nescafe. They say the city seems theirs again.
A renegade part of Moldova once boasted it would become a Russian-speaking Switzerland. Now without gas, its leader assured residents, “We will not allow a societal collapse.”
Some older Americans have come to depend on virtual consultations with doctors, covered by Medicare. To keep that option in the future, Congress will have to act quickly.
Laurie Stone, a feminist and writer, has always believed that the institution of marriage “has not been a good thing for women.” Then she met Richard Toon.
Faye Louise, from Horsham, began planning her own funeral after a tumour was found in her appendix
A woman who had eight organs removed after being diagnosed with a rare cancer has returned to work.
Faye Louise, from Horsham, West Sussex, began planning her own funeral after doctors found a tumour in her appendix in 2023.
But after "the mother of all surgeries", she said she was cancer free and able to return to work as a flight dispatcher at Gatwick Airport.
"To have been told there is no evidence of disease, it was the greatest Christmas gift that I could have got," she said.
Ms Louise added that she was unsure if she'd be able to work again this time last year.
"The job is very physical, but I love aviation and I'm happy that I'm back in the role," she told BBC Radio Sussex.
Cancer Research UK
Faye Louise said she was "cancer free" having been diagnosed with pseudomyxoma peritonei in 2023
The former model began to have pains in spring 2023, which she initially put down to period problems, before an ultrasound revealed an ovarian cyst.
However, after an operation to rectify the problems, she said she "heard the dreaded C-word" and was diagnosed with pseudomyxoma peritonei – a rare tumour that causes a build-up of a jelly-like substance in the abdomen.
As the tumour had ruptured, spreading cancer cells around her body, Ms Louise needed an operation which involved removing eight of her organs.
The surgery included the removal of her spleen, gallbladder, appendix, ovaries, uterus, fallopian tubes, belly button, greater and lesser omentum - which connect the stomach and duodenum to other abdominal organs - and part of her liver, as well as the scraping of her diaphragm and pelvis.
She will continue to have yearly scans every November as a result.
"Waiting for the results will sadly make or break every Christmas for me. But you just have to keep pushing forward and never give up," she said.
"Some days I have been down to the depths of despair, but more often than not now, I'm having more positive days."
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Faye Louise has been fundraising for Cancer Research UK
She has since returned to work, and fundraised for Cancer Research UK – including being gunged with 15 litres of orange gloop in the garden of the Red Lyon pub in Slinfold.
She has also completed the Race for Life in Stanmer Park, Brighton, to raise funds for the charity.
A vehicle carrying journalist Alexander Martemyanov was reportedly returning from the Russian-held city of Gorlivka when it was hit (file photo)
Russian state newspaper Izvestia says one of its freelance reporters has been killed in a drone strike near the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine.
Moscow has accused Ukraine's military of deliberately targeting Alexander Martemyanov. Ukraine has not commented.
Izvestia said a civilian vehicle carrying Martemyanov was struck as it travelled on a highway in a Russian-occupied zone.
Five other media workers were reportedly injured in the same attack.
"The Ukrainian army launched a drone strike on a civilian car carrying Izvestia's freelance correspondent Alexander Martemyanov," the news outlet reported on its Telegram channel.
"The car was located far from the line of contact."
The vehicle was returning from covering shelling in the Russian-held city of Gorlivka when it was hit, Russia's state RIA news agency said.
Two RIA journalists were wounded in the attack, the agency added.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called the incident "deliberate murder".
In a statement, she described it as "another brutal crime in a series of bloody atrocities" carried out by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's government.
The EU blocked Russian outlets - including Izvestia and RIA - in May, accusing them of enabling the "spread and support the Russian propaganda and war of aggression against Ukraine".
The Committee to Protect Journalists says at least 15 journalists have been killed since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
A vehicle carrying journalist Alexander Martemyanov was reportedly returning from the Russian-held city of Gorlivka when it was hit (file photo)
Russian state newspaper Izvestia says one of its freelance reporters has been killed in a drone strike near the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine.
Moscow has accused Ukraine's military of deliberately targeting Alexander Martemyanov. Ukraine has not commented.
Izvestia said a civilian vehicle carrying Martemyanov was struck as it travelled on a highway in a Russian-occupied zone.
Five other media workers were reportedly injured in the same attack.
"The Ukrainian army launched a drone strike on a civilian car carrying Izvestia's freelance correspondent Alexander Martemyanov," the news outlet reported on its Telegram channel.
"The car was located far from the line of contact."
The vehicle was returning from covering shelling in the Russian-held city of Gorlivka when it was hit, Russia's state RIA news agency said.
Two RIA journalists were wounded in the attack, the agency added.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called the incident "deliberate murder".
In a statement, she described it as "another brutal crime in a series of bloody atrocities" carried out by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's government.
The EU blocked Russian outlets - including Izvestia and RIA - in May, accusing them of enabling the "spread and support the Russian propaganda and war of aggression against Ukraine".
The Committee to Protect Journalists says at least 15 journalists have been killed since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
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打破惯例开始第3任期：2023年3月10日，中国第14届全国人民代表大会第3次全体会议上，2952名与会代表投票表决，一致支持69岁的习近平续任国家主席及中国中央军事委员会主席。宣布当选之际，现场响起如雷掌声。由此，习近平打破邓小平之后中共领导人执政两届共10年的惯例，开始其第3个任期。
老虎苍蝇一起打，建立个人权威：2013年，习近平在十八届中央纪委二次全会提出要「坚定不移惩治腐败、从严治党」，并且喊出「老虎、苍蝇一起打」的口号，随后中共展开了一系列党内整治运动。 2014年，前中共政法委书记周永康成为因腐败被捕的最高级别官员，被开除党籍、公职，判处无期徒刑，打破了自邓小平时代以来「刑不上常委」的潜规则。中国官方透露，从2012年12月到2021年5月，中国纪检监察机关共立案审查省部级以上领导干部392人、厅局级干部2.2万人、县处级干部17万余人、乡科级干部61.6万人；查处人数共计408万9000人。反腐运动除了打击腐败官员之外，也是习近平铲除政治异己的手段。
取消连任限制，加深个人崇拜：2017年10月的中共19大上，「习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想」、「实现中华民族伟大复兴的中国梦」被写入党章。普遍认为，习近平在此时巩固了在党内的核心领导地位。隔年2018年第十三届人大一次会议正式批准修宪案，取消了邓小平时期定下的国家主席任期限制，为习近平在二十大后继续连任铺平了道路。 2021年公布的《中共第三份历史决议》再度加深了对于习近平的个人崇拜，《决议》写道：「党确立习近平同志党中央的核心、全党的核心地位，确立习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想的指导地位」。
习：脱贫胜利 李：6亿人月收入不到1000元：习近平在2012年出任最高领导人时曾宣布，消除贫困是他的首要施政目标。 2021年2月，他在全国脱贫攻坚总结表彰大会上宣告，「经过全党全国各族人民共同努力，脱贫攻坚战取得了全面胜利，现行标准下9899万农村贫困人口全部脱贫。」然而，世界银行对于「极度贫困」的标准是每人每天生活支出低于1.9美元，中国的标准略低于世界银行，约为每天1.7美元。经济学家胡星斗曾表示，如果按照联合国或世界银行标准来衡量，中国还有好几亿贫困人口。值得注意的是，中国国务院总理李克强曾在2020年表示，仅管中国人均年收入是3万元人民币，「但是有6亿人每个月的收入也就1000元，在一个中等城市可能租房都困难。」
提共同富裕，私企大佬成目标：尽管宣布脱贫成功，中国贫富差距的鸿沟却越来越大。为了调节此现象，2021年8月习近平在中央财经委员会第十次会议上提出「共同富裕」是社会主义的本质要求，是中国式现代化的重要特征。该次会议强调要合理调节过高收入，鼓励高收入人群和企业更多回报社会。会议中也提到「三次分配」的规划，即在道德力量的作用下，鼓励富人捐赠，让资金流向相对贫困人群而实现社会收入转移。此后，多家私企成为中国政府打击的目标，私企大佬如阿里巴巴创办人马云、京东创办人刘强东等人纷纷宣布退居幕后，避免惹祸上身。
整治房地产业，打击教培行业：近几年，中国政府开始采取对资本敌视和打压。在习近平「房住不炒」的口号下，北京开始采取实质性措施抑制房地产市场的畸形扩张。 2021年推出对房地产企业实施限制融资的「三条红线」，要求房企压缩负债，这导致以恒大为代表的一批地产开发商陷入巨大的债务危机，也使以往热络的房地产投资市场明显降温。 2021年7月，中国政府推出「双减」政策整顿教培行业：严禁教培机构资本化运作，规定现有学科类培训机构统一登记为非营利性机构，被视为宣告教培行业的「死刑」。教培领军企业新东方和好未来的股价，分别暴跌超过80%和90%。
新冠疫情：从最初掩盖真相到强硬清零政策：2019年末，新冠疫情首先在武汉悄悄扩散，当局在疫情初期试图隐瞒消息。武汉市中心医院医生李文亮曾在私人微信透露可能是SARS病毒，并且质疑当局「没有人传人」的说法。他随后遭到上级约谈、被央视新闻报导成「传播谣言」，却在一个月后死于新冠肺炎。如今，在全球疫情肆虐两年多后，大部分国家逐渐恢复正常生活，但习近平仍强调，中国防疫将继续坚持「动态清零」。中国一再出现大中城市全城被“静态管理”，动辄数千万居民处在被封锁的状态，经济发展也严重受到防疫政策影响，2022年第二季度GDP同比增长仅0.4%，创下两年来的新低。
从铜锣湾书店事件跨境抓人到国安法砸毁香港一国两制：2016年，香港铜锣湾书店5名书店股东及员工突然失踪，其中书店经营者李波事后证明在香港被抓，引起舆论对于「内地执法人员跨境抓人」的不满。三年后，香港2019年爆发反《逃犯条例》修订草案运动，民众发起的示威游行遭到香港政府镇压。一年之后，中国人大2020年表决通过了《香港国安法》，批评政府的人士将有可能被冠上「颠覆国家政权」的罪名，多间香港新闻媒体遭到警方调查或主动宣布停止运作。习近平今年会晤新任香港特首李家超时表示，今年适逢香港「回归祖国」25周年， 「尽管经历了许多风雨挑战，但『一国两制』在香港的实践取得了举世公认的成功。」事实上，在批评者眼中，「一国两制」、「港人治港」等自治方针如今只剩下口号。
从新疆再教育营海外曝光到人权理事会出台报告：中国政府长期以来称，须以严厉手段打击新疆的“分离主义、极端主义和恐怖主义势力”。习近平2014年访问新疆就曾说过：「对暴力恐怖活动，必须保持严打高压态势，先发制敌，露头就打。」自2017年起，新疆大规模设立「再教育营」，拘押维吾尔族等少数民族。德国独立学者郑国恩（Andrian Zenz）的研究首先披露了这一现象，后来国际媒体的报导逐渐揭示有关营内强制劳动、虐待、洗脑等侵犯人权的做法。中国至今仍否认新疆再教育营存在，称这些机构为杜绝极端主义、为维吾尔人提供就业技能的职业技能教育培训中心。 2022年8月，联合国人权高专办公室发布了报告，称中国在新疆对维吾尔人及其他少数民族实施酷刑的指控是可信的，并提到中国可能犯下反人类罪。
大国外交：一带一路从大张旗鼓「撒币」到问题重重：中国政府于2013年开始倡议并主导被称为「一带一路」的跨国经济带，其范围涵盖了历史上的陆上和海上丝绸之路。这也是习近平所提出的「大国外交」的一部分 ── 将自身明确定位为世界上具有影响力的大国，与开发中国家发展经济合作伙伴关系。中国政府称一带一路倡议「旨在加强区域互联互通，拥抱更美好的未来」，至2021年为止，已对163个国家总计投资8430亿美元。但近年来此倡议却遭到不少批评，一些西方国家称之为「债务陷阱外交」，例如斯里兰卡和黑山便因为积欠中国高额贷款，而陷入债务危机。中国政府慷慨援助外国、免去穷国债务，则被一些人戏称为「大撒币」。此外，输出中国工人到海外大量兴建基础建设，也引起生态和人权等相关争议。
中美关系恶化：从贸易战到芯片战：2018年，时任美国总统特朗普宣布对中国进口商品征收大规模关税，其理由是中国窃取美国智慧财产权。接下来几个月，美国和中国互相对从对方国家进口的商品征收高额关税，中美贸易战开打。习近平当时曾称，中国希望与美国达成贸易协定，但中国不怕打贸易战，如有必要中国会「反击」。 2020年1月，中美代表在华盛顿签署第一阶段经贸协议，中国除了承诺将在未来两年扩大进口美国商品外，也承诺将进行一系列实质性改革。美国方面则除了少部份关税有所降低，大部份维持不变。拜登上任后继续延长对华加征关税。今年8月，拜登签署《芯片法案》策进美国半导体产业发展。9月，美国政府宣布禁止芯片公司英伟达和AMD出口高阶AI芯片至中国。美国商务部表示正在审查其他有关中国的政策和做法，「防止先进技术落入坏人之手」。
对台政策：中国人不打中国人，但不放弃使用武力：习近平多次公开表示：坚决反对「台独」分裂和外部势力干涉，绝不为任何形式的「台独」势力留下任何空间。 2019年，习近平在《告台湾同胞书》发表40周年纪念会上表示「中国人不打中国人」，愿意以最大诚意、尽最大努力争取和平统一的前景，但不承诺放弃使用武力，保留采取一切必要措施的选项。 2022年8月，美国众议院议长佩洛西访台后，中国解放军在包围台湾的六个海域空域展开军事演训行动，并组织实弹射击。解放军还宣布，往后将常态组织台海方向战备警巡。
宣称中俄没有合作的『禁区』：2019年，中俄关系提升为新时代全面战略协作伙伴关系。自乌俄战争以来，中国至今一直拒绝谴责俄罗斯，而直指美国和北约挑起冲突。如今各国对俄罗斯实施抵制，中国反而渔翁得利，从俄罗斯购买了大量低价石油。在今年俄罗斯入侵乌克兰的几周前，习近平在北京接待了普京，期间双方发表了一份联合声明，反对北约东扩，还称「两国友谊没有界限，没有合作的『禁区』。9月14日至16日，习近平在新冠疫情之后首度迈出国门，飞往中亚出席上合组织峰会，当然也和普京会了面。
中印关系从高点跌到谷底：中国和印度相互接壤，自1962年印中边界战争以来，印度便对中国长期有着不信任感。但在习近平掌权之后，中印将 2014年定为「中印友好交流年」并发表《关于构建更加紧密的发展伙伴关系的联合声明》，接下来连续数年，习近平每年都和印度总理莫迪进行至少一次会面。 不过，2020年中印两国部队数度在两国边界附近的加勒万河谷发生冲突，造成双方人员伤亡，后续在两国官员进行数轮会谈之后，事件才逐渐平息。期间，印度政府宣布禁止民众使用中国手机应用程序、印度全国贸易商总会呼吁全国抵制中国货。近两年，中印双方关系仍因边界纠纷而处于谷底。尽管习近平和莫迪皆出席了本月的上合组织峰会，但双方并未如外界预期一般在峰会期间进行会晤。
欧盟称习近平「转向独裁」：默克尔任德国总理期间，德中经济交流大幅增加。 2021年默克尔卸任德国总理前，中国官媒称默克尔为「中国人民的老朋友」。与此同时，中国同其他欧洲国家互动也非常热络：在「一带一路」倡议下，中欧之间大幅提升铁路货运量；中国企业在欧盟国家投资基础建设工程、收购经营不善的公司。此种友好局面近年逐渐产生变化，2019年欧盟宣布将中国称为「制度性竞争对手」。 2020年，中欧完成投资协定谈判，但由于中国的人权争议而被欧洲议会无限期冻结。 2021年，欧委会主席冯德莱恩指出：「欧中之间存在根本分歧，无论是在经济制度与应对全球化上，民主与人权上，还是在与第三国打交道上。」该文件也强调，习近平「转向独裁」引发欧盟严重关切。欧盟在今年中欧峰会之际对中国喊话：「希望中国即使不支持我们（对俄罗斯）的制裁行动，也至少别对其加以破坏。」不过，习近平仍高调展现和普京的友好关系。
南海筑岛礁建军事基地：2015年，菲律宾向中驻菲使馆提出外交抗议，要求北京停止在距离菲律宾仅有135公里的填海造陆活动。华盛顿智库公布的图像显示了中国自2014年以来在南沙群岛的填海造陆进展，其中包含建设可供轰炸机起降的跑道、人造新岛等。接下来几年，中方继续进行扩建工程。中国官媒《人民日报》2017年底刊文称「南海岛礁的面貌焕然一新」。同年度的一份智库报告指出，中国在南海岛礁上又兴建了飞机库，地下仓库，导弹发射井和雷达等设施。 今年3月，美军印太司令阿奎利诺表示，中国至少有3座南海人造岛礁已完全军事化，中国外交部发言人汪文斌对此回应，中方「在本国领土上部署必要的国土防御设施，是主权国家的当然权利」。然而，2015年习近平与前美国总统欧巴马会谈时曾称，中国在南沙群岛工程，「不是以他国为目标或给他国造成影响的活动」，中国「没有追求军事化的意图」。如今中国官方宣布完成南海岛礁军事化，与过去习近平之言背道而驰。
战狼外交：激起中国民族主义情绪：与过去几十年素来温和的中国外交官们相比，自从川普出任美国总统，中美贸易战开始之后，中国外交官在国际间的作风渐渐转为强硬的「战狼式外交」。 「战狼」一词来源于2015年中国的一部同名电影，剧中一些台词如「犯我中华者，虽远必诛」成功点燃了中国人的民族主义情绪。路透社2020年的一篇报导称，有中国外交官证实习近平曾指示，面对中美关系恶化等国际挑战，外交官们必须立场强硬地展现「斗争精神」。有学者认为，与其说是借战狼姿态维护国家尊严，不如说是想表演给国民看，展示中国不好欺负的形象。政治评论员邓聿文指出，以前中国总被骂软弱外交，故如今外交官们的「战狼外交」深受民众欢迎。国家的外交迎合国民喜好，使激化的民族主义情绪更加膨胀，却在国际间引起其他国家反感。
言论审查：微信敏感词87%与习近平有关：加拿大多伦多大学公民实验室2020年公布的研究显示，社交平台微信在新冠疫情开始初期屏蔽了大量敏感词，内容广泛，包括中国政府防疫措施、港澳台防疫工作、李文亮事件等。当中192组敏感词涉及中央领导层，其中87%与习近平有关，包括「习近平到武汉」、「习近平+疫情蔓延」等。该报告指出，中国领导人在疫情初期强调「牢牢掌握新闻舆论的领导权」，一方面是为了减低公众恐慌，另一方面是避免领导人尴尬，维持中央政府的威信。
监控密度居世界之冠，社会事件仍频传：2022年6月，《纽约时报》公布的调查报告称，中国政府正透过手机和监控取得公民个资以稳固政权。中国也连续数年蝉联监控摄像头密度最高的国家，全球近10亿个监控摄像头中，有一半以上在中国。这些监控网和自2014年以来推动的「社会信用体系」紧密相连，以规范公共行为、惩罚「失信者」。习近平曾多次强调社会信用体系建设的重要性，表示要构建「一处失信、处处受限」的信用惩戒大格局。尽管看似布下了涵盖各个角落的安全网，社会事件仍时有所闻，今年发生的丰县铁链女事件和唐山烧烤店打人事件引起大众关注，这也暴露了社会弊端不是仅靠监控和社会信用体系就能根治的。
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