'My sister was severely injured' - Wounded Afghans transferred to Nangarhar Hospital amid Pakistan escalation

'My sister was severely injured' - Wounded Afghans transferred to Nangarhar Hospital amid Pakistan escalation

"Several injured Afghans were seen being taken to the Nangarhar Regional Specialization Hospital in Jalalabad city for treatment after sustaining injuries in the Afghanistan-Pakistan military escalation in border areas, including the Torkham region. Footage on Thursday shows people receiving treatment at the hospital as worried relatives sat by their side. "When we were having iftar, a fight broke out between Afghan and Pakistani forces," stated Basit Khan, a relative of one of the injured. "After that, heavy gunfire came at us, and a shell landed directly inside our tent. My wife was hit in the arm and was injured, and my sister was severely injured, the doctors told me that her health condition is not very good." At time of publication, the Pakistan army alleged 274 'Taliban fighters' had been killed - and 12 Pakistani soldiers. Afghanistan’s defence ministry said that 55 Pakistani soldiers had been killed, along with eight Afghan soldiers. It comes after months of tensions, with both sides trading cross-border fire that left multiple casualties. Afghanistan launched what it called a 'major offensive' on Pakistan military posts near the border on Thursday, which the Taliban government said was a response to deadly airstrikes earlier this month. Pakistan, which said those earlier attacks were on 'militants' who were being 'suicide attacks', carried out airstrikes on the capital Kabul and two other provinces over Thursday night and into Friday. Pakistan also claims that Kabul harbours Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants, which the Taliban government strongly denies. "

Premier League clubs angered by Uefa release of financial details without warning

Premier League clubs angered by Uefa release of financial details without warning

Chelsea left particularly frustrated by Uefa actions Clubs were not briefed about plans to release information Premier League clubs are unhappy with Uefa’s decision to reveal details of their financial results before some have been published and without warning. Chelsea’s record pre-tax loss of £355m last season formed a key part of Uefa’s European Club Finance and Investment Landscape report, which was presented by its executive director, Andrea Traverso, at the Financial Times’s Business of Football Summit on Thursday, with the losses incurred by Tottenham and Aston Villa also featuring prominently. Continue reading...

‘Fighting this slave-driving government!' - Clashes in Buenos Aires as senate debates controversial labour reform

‘Fighting this slave-driving government!' - Clashes in Buenos Aires as senate debates controversial labour reform

"Employees of Argentine tire company Fate clashed with police officers at a demonstration in Buenos Aires on Friday, where they were protesting the closure of the company as well as labour reforms that the ruling party is seeking to pass in the Senate on the same day. Footage shows protesters confronting police, who dispersed the protest using pepper spray and rubber bullets. Protester Willy Vater described the labor reform as "anti-worker, anti-people," and stated that it "takes away all the rights we had." "I mobilise with a lot of anger, with a lot of need, and I call on all comrades, all the workers of the country to jump in and fight for what is theirs," he explained. "In defence of FATE jobs and the hundreds of thousands of families who will be affected by this labour reform. They are an example of struggle, this factory must not close because just as there are lawmakers making deals in Congress, they will have to apply it in the workplaces and they will find us working women in the front lines of the resistance to prevent it, just as retirees are," another protester said. Protesters blocked 9 de Julio and Corrientes avenues near the Obelisk in Buenos Aires, and several of them headed toward Congress to continue mobilising against the labour reform. A police officer was reportedly injured during the clashes and was taken to hospital for medical attention. The labour reform being debated in the Senate proposes lower severance payments for companies in cases of layoffs. It would also allow a maximum 12-hour workday through a system of overtime compensation and restrict the right to protest in sectors considered ‘essential’."