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Some of the #BBCWorldService radio's top #news from the bulletin:
#Israel 's government is considering the #deportation of #Eritrean #asylum seekers involved in clashes in Tel Aviv on Saturday. About 160 people were injured as #Israeli police used live fire and tear gas. They said they were trying to break up rival groups for and against the Eritrean government. Israel’s prime minister Benjamin #Netanyahu said Saturday’s chaotic scenes had crossed a red line. (cont.)
He has called for a new plan to remove all of those he described as “illegal infiltrators” remaining in the country. The far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben #Gvir, said he planned to propose a bill that would allow for mass arrests of hundreds of #Eritreans involved in the disorder and would take steps so they could be deported. (cont.)
Reports from Khartoum say the air strike was followed on Sunday morning by artillery and rocket fire, as the #Sudanese Armed Forces #SAF targeted positions held by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces #RSF . Thousands of people have been killed since the civil war began in April. Correspondents say the army controls the skies, while the RSF is dominant in Khartoum. (cont.)
#Ukraine 's military says it's managed to break through key #Russian defences near
#Zaporizhzhia . Gen Oleksandr #Tarnavskyi told Britain's Observer newspaper that extensive minefields had blocked troops for several weeks, leaving them vulnerable to Russian shellfire and #drone attack. He claimed painstaking mine clearance work had now allowed his forces to advance, meaning they faced far weaker Russian defences ahead of them. (cont.)
#Romania has condemned #Russia 's latest attack against a port on the #Danube River, saying it was a violation of intnl law. Several waves of #Russian #drones were launched on Sat, hitting port infrastructure in the #Ukrainian city of Reni. The port sits just across the river from Romania, a member of the NATO alliance. Russia has repeatedly attacked ports on the Danube, since Ukraine increased its use of the river for exporting crops. (cont.)
A senior #Turkish official has said the government is hoping a new deal can be negotiated with #Russia to allow the export of grain through the Black Sea. The Turkish and #Russian Presidents will meet on Monday, and the Turkish foreign policy advisor, Akif Cagatay Kilic, has confirmed that reaching agreement on cargo shipments will be on the agenda. A previous agreement has not been renewed by Moscow in July. (cont.)
A #curfew in the multi-ethnic #Iraqi city of #Kirkuk is reported to have now been lifted, after clashes there left at least three people dead and more than a dozen injured. There had been tensions for days - with Arab and Turkmen groups trying to stop the Kurdistan Democratic Party from returning to its former headquarters in the city. The prime minister, Mohamed Shia al-Sudani, has ordered an inquiry into the violence and appealed for calm. (cont.)