![A new Cuban missile crisis? Putin sends warships to Havana](https://i0.wp.com/steppingtoes.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/andy-walton-weekly-world-watch.png?ssl=1)
The Times, June 12, 2024 Event The arrival of an unusual flotilla in Havana harbour was heralded by the thunderous sound of cannon fire, as 21 guns saluted a Russian “strike group” of warships, including a nuclear submarine. If the heads of locals were turned by the visitors to the colonial heart of the city, […]
![Gaza ceasefire: Biden says deal ‘must get done’](https://i0.wp.com/steppingtoes.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/andy-walton-weekly-world-watch.png?ssl=1)
The Times, June 4, 2024 Event President Biden has said the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas “must get done” as the US sought support from the UN to back the proposal. “We are working for a ceasefire and hostage deal that would allow the United States and our partners to begin the work to […]
![Putin: Russia’s modern-day tsar sworn in for fifth term](https://i0.wp.com/steppingtoes.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/andy-walton-weekly-world-watch.png?ssl=1)
BBC, May 8, 2024 Event For the fifth time, Vladimir Putin took the long walk through the Grand Kremlin Palace to the St Andrew’s Throne Hall. There he took the oath of office and was sworn in as Russia’s president for a new six-year term. “We are a united and great people. Together we will […]
![A multi-front war between Israel and her surrounding, nearby enemies](https://i0.wp.com/steppingtoes.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/andy-walton-weekly-world-watch.png?ssl=1)
The Israeli military has established a new mountaineer unit tasked with carrying out operations across the country’s hostile borders with Lebanon and Syria amid worsening tensions over the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip. “We are in a multi-front war—Lebanon, Syria, Judea and Samaria, and Gaza, and also farther away,” IDF Chief of the General […]
![US strikes Houthi missiles in Yemen and Iran-backed militia in Iraq](https://i0.wp.com/steppingtoes.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/andy-walton-weekly-world-watch.png?ssl=1)
The Times, January 24, 2024 Event Two cargo ships sailing close to the Gulf of Aden came under attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Wednesday night, the White House said — forcing the US navy to intervene as the Iran-backed militia intensified its maritime assault on commercial shipping. Houthi forces fired three anti-ship ballistic […]