Iran's monthly production of highly enriched uranium has tripled since November, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency. Production had previously been scaled back in mid-2023. For an atomic bomb, enrichment to at least 80 percent is necessary. Iranian politicians have been emphasizing for years that they do not want to build nuclear weapons. The production concerns the production facilities in Natans and Fordow. The IAEA inspectors verified the information during visits on December 19 and 24, the IAEa said.
Kherson: Ukraine reports death after shelling of railway station. Russia attacked the Kherson railway station shortly before the scheduled departure of an evacuation train. According to Ukrainian data, one policeman was killed, four people were injured. The city was "massively bombed" on Tuesday evening, when about 140 civilians waited at the station for the departure of a train to take them out of the city to safety, Interior Minister Igor Klymenko said on the online service Telegram. However, the Ukrainian railway company Ukrzaliznytsia, the station and the evacuation train were damaged.
VICE President Sara Duterte thanked all Filipinos abroad for their continued sacrifices to their families back home and for helping keep the country s economy afloat through their remittances.
Netanyahu names conditions for peace in Gaza. Israel has been sharply criticized for its military operation in the Gaza Strip. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has now reiterated his call for Hamas to be dismantled. "Hamas must be destroyed," Netanyahu wrote in an op-ed published Monday in the Wall Street Journal. The Gaza Strip must be demilitarized to ensure that attacks against Israel are never again perpetrated from there, Netanyahu wrote. For example, a "temporary security zone" must be created on the border with the Palestinian territory.