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TWITTER SPORTS @newsofbahrain BUSINESS 8 Global shares hit record highs in festive cheer INSTAGRAM Northern Thunder /nobmedia 28 wins feature race LINKEDIN SATURDAY newsofbahrain DECEMBER 2019 Northern Thunder 210 FILS WHATSAPP stunned the field and 38444692 ISSUE NO. 8339 lifted the Nass Cor- pora- tion BSU Cup yester- day in FACEBOOK /nobmedia the feature race of the day at Rashid Equestrian and MAIL [email protected] Horseracing Club (REHC) in Riffa. WEBSITE newsofbahrain.com P12 Kylie Minogue returns as ‘Neighbours’ character 10 CELEBS WORLD 5 12 killed after jetliner crashes in Kazakhstan Russia deploys hypersonic missile Trump, Sisi agree on need to end Libya conflict system and urged parties to the conflict recent weeks in some southern Moscow The maritime deal to take “urgent steps” to resolve suburbs of the capital with the • the fighting, the White House help of Russian and Sudanese ends Turkey’s isolation in said. fighters, diplomats say. ussia’s first regiment of the East Mediterranean It comes after Turkey said it Last month, Ankara signed RAvangard hypersonic as it ramps up offshore will send troops to Libya at the two separate accords with the missiles has been put into energy exploration that request of Tripoli as soon as GNA, led by Fayez Al Serraj, one service, the defence ministry next month, putting the North on security and military cooper- says. has alarmed Greece and African country’s conflict at the ation and another on maritime The location was not given, some other neighbours. centre of wider regional fric- boundaries in the eastern Med- although officials had earlier tions. iterranean. indicated they would be de- Cairo Libya’s internationally recog- The maritime deal ends Tur- ployed in the Urals. nised Government of National key’s isolation in the East Med- Trump El Sisi President Vladimir Putin S President Donald Accord (GNA) in Tripoli has been iterranean as it ramps up off- has said the nuclear-capable Trump and Egyptian struggling to fend off Field Mar- support in the air, on the ground Bashagha, suggested in com- shore energy exploration that missiles can travel more than UPresident Abdel Fattah shal Khalifa Haftar’s forces. and at sea. ments to reporters in Tunis that has alarmed Greece and some 20 times the speed of sound El Sisi agreed in a phone call An official in Tripoli con - The official, who asked not no such request had been made. other neighbours. The military and put Russia ahead of other on Thursday that they reject firmed a formal request had to be named, spoke after the Field Marshal Haftar’s fight- deal would preserve its lone ally nations. “foreign exploitation” in Libya been made for Turkish military GNA’s interior minister, Fathi ers have made small gains in in the region, Tripoli. They have a “glide system” that affords great manoeu- vrability and could make them impossible to defend against. Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu confirmed the “Avan- gard hypersonic glide vehicle entered service at 10:00 Mos- cow time on 27 December”, calling it a “landmark event”. Mass exodus again Japan to send More than 235,000 flee northwest Syria flare-up warship to Mideast Idlib is dominated by the Tokyo The region hosts country’s former Al-Qaeda af- • filiate, Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham, apan will send a warship some three million whose chief this week urged Jand patrol planes to pro- people, including militants and allied rebels to tect Japanese ships in the many displaced by head to the frontlines and battle Middle East as the situation years of violence in “the Russian occupiers” and the in the region, from which it regime. sources nearly 90 per cent other parts of Syria. The region hosts some three of its crude oil imports, re- million people, including many mains volatile, Japan’s top Backed by Moscow, displaced by years of violence in government spokesman Damascus• launched other parts of Syria. said on Friday. a blistering offensive The Damascus regime, which Under the plan approved now controls 70 per cent of Syr- by Prime Minister Shinzo against Idlib in ia, has repeatedly vowed to take Abe’s cabinet, a helicop - April, killing around back the area. ter-equipped destroyer and 1,000 civilians. Backed by Moscow, Damas- two P-3C patrol planes will cus launched a blistering offen- be dispatched for informa- Beirut sive against Idlib in April, kill- tion-gathering aimed at ing around 1,000 civilians and ensuring safe passage for displacing more than 400,000 Japanese vessels through ore than 235,000 peo- people. the region. ple have fled the Idlib Despite a cease-fire an- Mregion over the past nounced in August, the bom- two weeks, the UN said Friday, The mass displacement within Idlib has left the violence-plagued Maaret Al Numan region almost empty. bardment has continued, amid heightened regime and prompting Turkey this week to Russian attacks on Syria’s last an August cease-fire deal and The bombardment and clash- press for a fresh cease-fire deal major opposition bastion. calls for a de-escalation from es have amplified displacement during talks in Moscow. The mass displacement be- Turkey, France and the United from Maaret Al Numan and France on Tuesday called for DON’T MISS IT tween 12 and 25 December Nations. the nearby town Saraqeb in the an “an immediate de-escala- has left the violence-plagued The increased air strikes southern Idlib region, the UN tion,” warning of deteriorating Maaret Al Numan region in came as Russian-backed regime 370,000 said. humanitarian conditions. southern Idlib “almost empty,” forces advance on the ground. people have been killed “People from Saraqab and The war in Syria has killed UN adopts the UN said in a statement. They have since December since war began in Syria its eastern countryside are more than 370,000 people Since mid-December, Rus- 19 seized dozens of towns and over half-a decade ago. now fleeing in anticipation of and displaced millions since Bahrain’s sian-backed regime forces have villages from the militant amid fighting directly affecting their it began with anti-govern - 02 Initiative to mark pressed with an assault on mili- clashes that have killed hun - communities next,” a statement ment demonstrations brutally the International tants in southern Idlib, despite dreds on both sides. said. crushed by security forces. Banks Day ZERO ACTION Muharraq may 03 get first farmers market Bahrain’s AI Climate change linked to major disasters in 2019 Paris 04 success ‘focus of Aid, looked into 15 of the most destruc- in October and November, which cost struck India and Bangladesh, parts conference’ tive droughts, floods, fires, typhoons $25bn to control. September and Oc- of China experienced their highest t least 15 natural disasters that and cyclones of 2019, each of which tober saw Typhoons Faxai and Hagibis rainfall for 60 years and in Northern have occurred this year due to caused damage of over $1 billion. All of cause more than $20bn of damage India, a stronger than usual monsoon 210 fils (includes VAT) Aaccelerating climate change these disasters were related to climate in Japan as well as disrupt the Rug - led to floods that killed 1,900 people. have caused damage of over $1 billion change, the UK charity said. by World Cup which was being held Christian Aid warned that these fig- (Dh3.67bn), a new report revealed on Seven of the 15 events cost more there. ures were likely to be underestimates, Friday. than $10bn each, the report found. The May and June were particularly bad as in some cases they didn’t take into Counting the Cost 2019: a year of cli- most expensive disaster was the dam- times for Asia, seeing $28bn in climate account uninsured losses and lost pro- mate breakdown, released by Christian age caused by the California wildfires change-caused damage. Cyclone Fani ductivity. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2019 02 HH Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports and President of Bahrain Olympic Committee yesterday arrived in Jeddah city, Saudi to attend BRAVE 33. The event is organised by Brave Combat Federation. Upon his arrival, HH Shaikh Khalid witnessed the official weigh-ins of the fighters in the presence of many MMA enthusiasts. Commenting on this occasion, HH Shaikh Khalid expressed utmost pleasure at the great readiness of the fighters for the event following the weigh-ins, wishing all them the best of luck in their bouts. He also thanked BRAVE Combat Federation, under the presidency of Mr Mohammed Shahid for their great efforts to organise the event. Southern Governor Shaikh Khalifa bin Ali bin Khalifa Al Khalifa yesterday visited the Camping Services Centre and was briefed on work procedures. He stressed co-operation with all relevant authorities, stressing keenness on exerted all efforts to ensure the success and safety of the camping season for all citizens. He reiterated the keenness of the Southern Governorate to provide all facilities, amenities and services for campers. Southern Governorate’s Engineering and Investment Services director Khalid Abdullatif Hajji delivered a presentation, highlighting a big increase in the number of campers who registers. Bangladesh Welfare UN adopts Bahrain’s Initiative to Community Bahrain (BWCB) Opening Ceremony was held mark International Banks Day at BWCB office TDT | Manama in Manama. The gion, in line with the Kingdom’s Ambassador of celebrations of the centenary of Bangladesh, Major- he United Nations Gen- We presented the the establishment of this sector, General K M Mominur eral Assembly adopted initiative to mark an and to emphasise the position Rahman was the Tthe initiative of the King- international day for of the Kingdom of Bahrain on chief guest at the dom of Bahrain to announce the regional and global level, event.

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