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BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityUKEnglandN. IrelandScotlandAlbaWalesCymruIsle of ManGuernseyJerseyLocal NewsWatch: Moment Russ Cook crosses finish line of Africa challengeThis video can not be playedTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.Watch: Moment Russ Cook crosses finish line of Africa challengeCloseRuss Cook, nicknamed “Hardest Geezer”, has completed his challenge of running the length of Africa.He arrived in Tunisia’s Ras Angela after running more than 10,000 miles (16,000 km) on a charity run that took him through 16 countries.The British runner started his journey in South Africa’s Cape Agulhas and has raised more than £570,000 for charity.SubsectionUKPublished32 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRead descriptionExplore moreWatch: Moment Russ Cook finishes length of Africa run. Video, 00:00:22Watch: Moment Russ Cook finishes length of Africa runSubsectionUKPublished32 minutes ago0:22Up Next. Joggling: We can run for miles without dropping the ball. Video, 00:00:33Joggling: We can run for miles without dropping the ballSubsectionScotlandPublished13 MarchUp Next0:33Pushing through pain to run the London Marathon. Video, 00:01:17Pushing through pain to run the London MarathonSubsectionLondonPublished3 January1:17Watch: London man runs 5km every day for a year. Video, 00:01:22Watch: London man runs 5km every day for a yearSubsectionLondonPublished4 February1:22Editor’s recommendationsBBC visits ruins of kibbutz Nir Oz, abandoned after Hamas attack. Video, 00:01:44BBC visits ruins of kibbutz Nir Oz, abandoned after Hamas attackSubsectionMiddle EastPublished13 hours ago1:44Pilot’s ‘extraordinary’ landing in Storm Kathleen. Video, 00:00:45Pilot’s ‘extraordinary’ landing in Storm KathleenSubsectionScotlandPublished2 hours ago0:45Watch: Mount Etna puffs ‘smoke rings’ in rare display. Video, 00:00:30Watch: Mount Etna puffs ‘smoke rings’ in rare displaySubsectionEuropePublished1 day ago0:30What’s the weather looking like this weekend? Video, 00:01:03What’s the weather looking like this weekend?SubsectionUKPublished3 days ago1:03Thousands forced to evacuate after Russian dam bursts. Video, 00:00:30Thousands forced to evacuate after Russian dam burstsSubsectionEuropePublished1 day ago0:30Moment maternity staff rush to keep babies safe during quake. Video, 00:00:26Moment maternity staff rush to keep babies safe during quakeSubsectionAsiaPublished4 days ago0:26Watch: Earthquake shakes buildings and causes landslides. Video, 00:01:09Watch: Earthquake shakes buildings and causes landslidesSubsectionAsiaPublished4 days ago1:09Watch: Taiwan quake makes waves in rooftop pool. Video, 00:00:15Watch: Taiwan quake makes waves in rooftop poolSubsectionAsiaPublished4 days ago0:15Emotional farewell for South Korea’s giant panda. Video, 00:01:11Emotional farewell for South Korea’s giant pandaSubsectionAsiaPublished4 days ago1:11

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BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaGaza aid convoy strike: What we knowPublished8 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsIsrael-Gaza warImage source, Getty ImagesBy Shayan Sardarizadeh, Benedict Garman & Thomas SpencerBBC VerifySeven people working for the food aid charity World Central Kitchen (WCK) have been killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza.Three of them were British and Foreign Secretary David Cameron has called on Israel to “urgently explain how this happened”. BBC Verify has been studying images of the aftermath of the attack, shared on social media, to try to piece together what we know about the incident. The convoyThe charity says the aid workers were travelling in three cars – two of them armoured.It says the convoy’s movements had been co-ordinated with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The convoy had dropped off more than 100 tonnes of food supplies at a warehouse in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, according to the charity. By analysing images of three heavily damaged vehicles – one of them bearing a WCK logo on the roof – BBC Verify has worked out their locations.They are around 2.5km (1.5 miles) apart, which suggests there was more than one strike. BBC Verify pinpointed their locations by matching visual clues in the photos of them with satellite images of this part of Gaza. In one image of a heavily damaged Toyota Hilux, as well as the trees and fence beside the vehicle, a lone palm tree stands in a walled enclosure with a distinctive pattern of buildings surrounding it.Using satellite images, these features have been matched with a part of Al-Rashid road – which runs along the coast in central Gaza. Image source, Reuters/GoogleImage caption, A photo of a second heavily damaged vehicle, where features – including trees and distinctive buildings are circled and compared with a satellite image of the same roadIn a photo of a second badly damaged vehicle, a large jagged hole can been seen in the roof of a different Toyota Hilux. A WCK logo is also visible.Elsewhere, a pylon, a section of woodland, a low wall and two distinct roofs can be seen in the background. BBC Verify has matched the scene to about 800m south of the first vehicle. Image source, Reuters/GoogleA third damaged vehicle was photographed in an area of open ground to the south, about 100m off the road.The WCK says this third car was a “soft-skin vehicle” – meaning not armoured. It was about 1.6km south of the second vehicle and 2.5km of the first. Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The third car was a “soft-skin vehicle” according to the WCK”It was a direct hit. They tried to treat some of them and put them in another car in front. But they shelled the car,” said a local resident, who said he had witnessed the strike.What weapons might have been used?BBC Verify showed images of the cars to a number of weapons experts. They do not show fragments of missiles or bombs at the scene but the experts studied the damage to the vehicles. Chris Cobb-Smith, a former British Army officer and ex-UN weapons inspector, said the attack was probably the result of drone-launched Spike missiles.Spike missiles are a type of powerful weapon, usually launched against tanks and other armoured vehicles.Justin Crump, a former British Army officer who runs Sibylline – a risk intelligence company – agreed. He says the attack “was likely drone-launched and targeted”.He added the strike had probably been caused by a missile, rather than a bomb or mortar.The victimsThe seven aid workers killed have been named by WCK as:Lalzawmi “Zomi” Frankcom, 43, an Australian citizenDamian Sobol, 35, a Polish citizenSaifeddin Issam Ayad Abutaha, 25, a PalestinianJacob Flickinger, 33, a dual US-Canadian nationalJohn Chapman, 57, a British citizenJames (Jim) Henderson, 33, a British citizenJames Kirby, 47, a British citizenImage source, World Central KitchenImage caption, WCK released pictures of the victimsImages of the aid workers’ bodies were first posted on social media just before 22:30 BST on 1 April.Graphic videos showed the bodies of five individuals. Two more bodies were recovered from Deir al-Balah later on, the Palestine Red Crescent Society said on X.WCK logos were visible on bulletproof vests on at least three of the deceased. Videos also showed colleagues from WCK identifying the bodies.”These are the people who brought the aid from the sea,” one said, before crying out as he recognised a Palestinian aid worker killed.The routeWCK said the food supplies had been brought to Gaza “on the maritime route”.Aid is delivered by sea using a jetty recently constructed by WCK west of Gaza city. The first delivery via the route was on 15 March.WCK also has a “Welcome Centre” along the coastal road for refugees fleeing the north.It is unclear exactly where the Deir al-Balah warehouse is, but WCK recently opened a new field kitchen to the east of Deir al Balah, off Salah al-Din road. A video shared to their X account last week shows a storage area with a forklift truck as well as food on pallets. This location is roughly 5km from where the first car was struck on the coastal road.WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN: Facing danger to feed millionsCharity founder pays tribute to workersANALYSIS: Deadly strike shows aid workers’ protection in crisis, agencies sayPROFILES: Who were the seven aid workers killed in Gaza?BBC Verify asked the food aid charity for the warehouse location and details of the co-ordinates they shared with Israeli forces but they did not provide any details. The Israeli army said it has been reviewing the incident “at the highest levels” to understand the circumstances of what happened and how it happened. “We will be opening a probe to examine this serious incident further,” it added. BBC Verify is continuing to investigate this incident.Additional reporting by Merlyn Thomas, Osob Elmi and Joshua CheethamWhat do you want BBC Verify to investigate?Related TopicsIsrael-Gaza warMore on this storyWho were the seven aid workers killed in Gaza?Published8 hours agoTop StoriesThree British aid workers killed in Gaza namedPublished38 minutes agoWhat we know about the aid convoy strikePublished8 hours agoLive. 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BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaWar a real threat and Europe not ready, warns Poland’s TuskPublished7 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsWar in UkraineImage source, HANNIBAL HANSCHKE/EPA-EFEImage caption, Mr Tusk (R) praised a change in mentality among European allies but said the next two years were criticalBy Paul KirbyBBC NewsPolish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has delivered a blunt warning that Europe has entered a “pre-war era” and if Ukraine is defeated by Russia, nobody in Europe will be able to feel safe.”I don’t want to scare anyone, but war is no longer a concept from the past,” he told European media. “It’s real and it started over two years ago.”His remarks came as a fresh barrage of Russian missiles targeted Ukraine.Russia has intensified its bombardment of Ukraine in recent weeks. Overnight into Friday Ukraine’s air force said it had shot down 58 drones and 26 missiles and Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said energy infrastructure had been damaged in six regions, in the west, centre and east of the country.Ukraine’s national energy company has announced emergency blackouts in three regions of the country – Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kirovograd – and have urged consumers to limit electricity use. The provider, Ukrenergo, blamed “the massive Russian attack on Ukrainian power plants overnight.” Mr Tusk, a former president of the European Council, said Russian President Vladimir Putin had already blamed Ukraine for the jihadist attack on Moscow’s Crocus City Hall without any evidence and “evidently feels the need to justify increasingly violent attacks on civil targets in Ukraine”. He pointed out that Russia had attacked Kyiv with hypersonic missiles in daylight for the first time earlier this week.He used his first foreign interview since returning to office as Polish prime minister at the end of last year to deliver a direct appeal to Europe’s leaders to do more to bolster its defences.Regardless of whether Joe Biden or Donald Trump won November’s US presidential election, he argued Europe would become a more attractive partner to the US if it became more self-sufficient militarily.Image source, EPA-EFE/Jakub Szymczuk/KPRPImage caption, Mr Tusk (R) and Polish President Andrzej Duda held talks earlier this month with President Biden at the White HouseIt was not about Europe achieving military autonomy from the US or creating “parallel structures to Nato”, he said. Poland now spent 4% of its economic output on defence and every other European country should spend 2% of GDP, with the European Union as a whole mentally prepared to fight for its security.Since Russia launched its full-scale war in Ukraine, relations with the West have reached their lowest ebb since the worst days of the Cold War, although President Putin said this week that Moscow had “no aggressive intentions” towards Nato countries. The idea that his country would attack Poland, the Baltic states and the Czech Republic was “complete nonsense”, he said. And yet he also warned that if Ukraine used Western F-16 warplanes from airfields in other countries, they would become “legitimate targets, wherever they might be located”.This is not Mr Tusk’s first warning of a pre-war era. He gave centre-right European leaders a similar message earlier this month.However, he revealed that Spain’s Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, had asked fellow EU leaders to stop using the word “war” in their summit statements, because people did not want to feel threatened. Mr Tusk said he had replied that in his part of Europe, war was no longer an abstract idea.Appealing for urgent military aid for Ukraine, he warned that the next two years of the war would decide everything: “We are living in the most critical moment since the end of the Second World War.”Image source, Omar Marques/Anadolu Image caption, Mr Tusk said Poland now spent 4% of its GDP on defence and called on other EU states to meet a 2% targetWhat was most worrying now, he told journalists from some of Europe’s biggest newspapers, was that “literally any scenario is possible”.He remembered a photo on the wall of his family home in Poland that showed people laughing on a beach at Sopot, near Gdansk where he was born, on the southern Baltic coast.The image was from 31 August 1939, he said, then a dozen hours later and 5km (three miles) away, World War Two began.”I know it sounds devastating, especially to people of the younger generation, but we have to mentally get used to the arrival of a new era. The pre-war era,” he warned.Despite his chilling remarks, Mr Tusk was more optimistic about what he called a real revolution in mentality across Europe. When he was Polish prime minister for the first time, from 2007 to 2014, he said few other European leaders beyond Poland and the Baltic states realised Russia was a potential threat.He praised several European leaders and highlighted the importance of security co-operation between Poland, France and Germany – an alliance known as the Weimar Triangle. And he pointed to Sweden and Finland, once paragons of pacifism and neutrality but now members of Nato.Meanwhile, Ukraine’s newly appointed commander-in-chief Gen Oleksandr Syrskiy admitted in a rare interview that Russia was outgunning Ukrainian forces “about six to one” on the front line.”The defence forces are now performing tasks along the entire vast front line, with little or no weapons and ammunition,” he warned in an interview with the Ukrinform news agency, saying the situation was “tense” in some areas.Gen Syrskyi said Ukraine had lost territory it would “undoubtedly have retained” with “a sufficient number of air defence systems and artillery shells”, and said the country hoped to receive more aid and missiles soon.The latest warning from Poland’s Prime Minister echoes what his neighbours in the Baltic states have been saying for some time; if Russia can get away with invading, occupying and annexing whole provinces in Ukraine then how long, they fear, before President Putin decides to launch a similar offensive against countries like theirs, that used to be part of Moscow’s orbit? Defence spending per capita is noticeably higher in the NATO countries bordering Russia than it is in western Europe. Vladimir Putin, who critics say has just “reappointed himself” to a fifth presidential term in a “sham election”, has recently said he has no plans to attack a NATO country. But Baltic leaders like Estonia’s Prime Minister Kaja Kallas say Moscow’s word cannot be trusted. In the days leading up to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov dismissed Western warnings of the imminent invasion as “propaganda” and “Western hyperbole”.Related TopicsWar in UkraineDonald TuskPolandMore on this storyFleeing Ukraine’s embattled border villagesPublished7 days agoZelensky hits back after Russia links Ukraine to concert attackPublished5 days agoEurope rift on Ukraine clouds Macron talks in BerlinPublished15 MarchNew pro-EU Polish PM fleshes out programmePublished12 December 2023How much grain is Ukraine exporting?Published1 day agoTop StoriesDUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson resigns after rape chargePublished3 hours agoWar a real threat and Europe not ready, warns Poland’s PMPublished7 hours agoMassive crane to haul wreckage of Baltimore bridgePublished2 hours agoFeaturesAnalysis: DUP resignation is a political bombshellWho is the former DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson?Beyoncé’s country album: The verdictCalls for Post Office police probe after BBC storyLife after Pontins swapped tourists for tradespeopleWaiting for Evan, Putin’s ‘bargaining chip’ in Russian jail2 Tone Music: Black and white exploding colourWeekly quiz: How much did Kate’s Titanic piece of wood sell for?A view from inside ship that hit Baltimore bridge. 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BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaIDF completes road across width of Gaza, satellite images showPublished9 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsIsrael-Gaza warImage source, עכשיו 14Image caption, Some of the work taking place in Gaza to build a new road as seen in the Israeli Channel 14 video uploaded to YouTube on 17 FebruaryBy Abdirahim Saeed, Tom Spencer, Paul Brown & Richard Irvine-BrownBBC Arabic & BBC VerifyThe Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has finished building a new road which runs across northern Gaza from east to west, according to satellite images verified by the BBC. The IDF told the BBC they were attempting to gain an “operational foothold”, and facilitate the movement of troops and equipment. But some experts fear it will used as a barrier, preventing Palestinians from returning to their homes in the north.Others said it appeared to be part of an Israeli plan to remain in Gaza beyond the end of current hostilities.In February, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unveiled a post-war vision in which Israel would control security in Gaza indefinitely. International leaders have previously warned Israel against permanently displacing Palestinians or reducing the size of Gaza. What do we know about the road?It runs across north Gaza, with central and southern areas lying below it. It starts at Gaza’s border fence with Israel near the Nahal Oz kibbutz and finishes near the coast.It also intersects with the Salah al-Din and al-Rashid roads, the two major arteries running through the territory. Although there is a network of roads which connect east and west, the new IDF route is the only one which runs uninterrupted across Gaza.Satellite imagery analysis by the BBC reveals that the IDF has built over 5km (3 miles) of new road sections to join up previously unconnected roads.The initial section of the road in eastern Gaza near the Israeli border was established between late last October and early November. But most of the new sections were built during February and in early March.The new route is wider than a typical road in Gaza, excluding Salah al-Din. Imagery analysis also shows that buildings along the route, which appear to be warehouses, were demolished from the end of December until late January. This includes one building several stories high. The road spans an area which previously had fewer buildings and was less densely populated than other parts of Gaza. It also sits below a makeshift and winding route which the IDF had been using to move from east to west.An Israeli TV channel reported on the route in February, saying it was code named “Highway 749”. A reporter from Channel 14 travelled along parts of the route with the Israeli military. In the video, road construction vehicles and diggers were seen preparing for the construction of new sections of the route.How ‘Highway 749’ could be usedAnalysts at Janes, a defence intelligence company, said the type of unpaved road surface seen in the Channel 14 footage, was suitable for tracked armoured vehicles.The IDF did not go into this type of detail in its statement. “As part of the ground operation, the IDF uses an operational route of passage,” it said.Retired Brig Gen Jacob Nagel, former head of Israel’s National Security Council and a former security adviser to Mr Netanyahu, told BBC Arabic that the objective of the new route was to provide fast access for security forces when dealing with fresh threats.”It will help Israel go in and out… because Israel is going to have total defence, security and responsibility for Gaza,” he told BBC Arabic.He described it as “a road that divides the northern part from the southern part”.”We don’t want to wait until a threat is emerging,” he added.Maj Gen Yaakov Amidror, formerly of the IDF, had a similar view. The primary purpose of the new road was to “facilitate logistical and military control in the region”, he said.Image source, עכשיו 14Image caption, The Gaza coastline lies in the distance while the Hebrew white text reads ‘All the way west into the Gaza Strip’Justin Crump, a former British Army officer who runs Sibylline, a risk intelligence company, said the new route was significant.”It certainly looks like it’s part of a longer-term strategy to have at least some form of security intervention and control in the Gaza Strip,” said Mr Crump.”This area cuts off Gaza City from the south of the strip, making it an effective control line to monitor or limit movement, and has relatively open fields of fire.”Khaled Elgindy, a senior fellow at the US-based Middle East Institute, also thinks the road is a long-term project.”It appears that the Israeli military will remain in Gaza indefinitely,” he told the BBC.”By dividing Gaza in half, Israel will control not only what goes in and out of Gaza, but also movement within Gaza,” said the analyst.”This includes quite possibly preventing the 1.5 million displaced Palestinians in the south from returning to their homes in the north.”Additional reporting by Paul Cusiac, Alex Murray & Erwan Rivault Related TopicsIsrael-Gaza warMore on this storyWhat video and eyewitness accounts tell us about Gazans killed around aid convoyPublished1 MarchChecking Israel’s claim to have killed 10,000 Hamas fightersPublished29 FebruaryWalled site grows at Egypt border near GazaPublished22 FebruaryTop StoriesFirst official picture of Kate since surgery releasedPublished10 minutes agoLive. 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BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityAsiaChinaIndiaOrganiser of ‘white party’ in Sri Lanka apologises after backlashPublished48 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsWar in UkraineImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Hundreds of thousands of Russians and Ukranians have travelled to Sri Lanka since Moscow’s invasion of UkraineBy Kelly NgBBC NewsAn organiser of a “white party” in Sri Lanka has apologised after the event sparked a backlash online.The event’s advertisement specified a white dress code, but also had a line saying “Face control: White” – which was largely interpreted to mean the event was open only to white people. An organiser later said the event was “a bad idea”, adding that it was meant to bring together expatriates.The party, which was due to take place last Saturday, was cancelled. Backlash against the event was swift, with many on social media calling it “disgusting” and “racist”.”I know not all expats are like this… but this sort of thing should be stopped fast and stopped hard,” said one local restaurant owner. “How dare they come to a brown country and ban the people of that country,” another social media user said on Facebook. Writing on Instagram under the handle geo_ecstatic, a man who said he was an event organiser, said there was “no malice or racism” in planning the party. “We wanted to meet expats who have been living here for a long time and love Sri Lanka. The team… supported me and a joint decision was made to quickly organise a party,” he said, adding that he has since had to leave the country after receiving a barrage of abuse and threats. “I didn’t expect this to be such a sensitive moment for a huge number of people. I admit that it was a bad idea… and I understand that we created it ourselves out of our stupidity. I deeply apologise to everyone whose feelings were hurt.”The event was due to be held in the Sarayka Lounge in the southern coastal town of Unawatuna. The venue later posted a statement saying the party had been cancelled, adding that its staff team ” did not conduct a thorough-enough check” and have “severed ties” with the event planners. “We have never supported and will never support various racist statements or organisations,” they wrote.The organiser as well as the owners of Sarayka Lounge are believed to be Russian citizens. Rupasena Koswatta, president of an Unawatuna entrepreneurs’ association told BBC Sinhala many Russians have moved into Unawatuna, a coastal city just 5km (3.1mi) from Galle, in the last two years.Many of the tourism businesses there are now owned by Russians in the area now known by many as Sri Lanka’s “Little Moscow”.The Russian Embassy in Colombo later released a statement saying it “strongly condemns all forms of racial discrimination and nationalism” and urged citizens residing on the island to follow its laws and respect local customs.Later on Sunday, Sri Lanka said it had ended long-term tourist visa extensions for Russians and Ukrainians. More than 288,000 Russians and nearly 20,000 Ukrainians have travelled to Sri Lanka since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, according to reports. But the country’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe later reportedly said the decision was made without prior Cabinet approval.Additional reporting by BBC SinhalaRelated TopicsWar in UkraineAsiaSri LankaMore on this storyWhat’s killing so many of Sri Lanka’s iconic elephants?Published6 FebruaryIs the worst over for Sri Lanka’s economic crisis?Published18 July 2023How many Russians have left during war – and who are they?Published4 June 2023Why is Sri Lanka in crisis?Published29 March 2023Top StoriesBiden wins Michigan primary but suffers Gaza protest votePublished1 hour agoRare forest wood burned by ‘green’ UK power stationPublished1 hour agoNew funding to help protect MPs from threatsPublished1 hour agoFeaturesThe Papers: ‘Day of royal tragedy and drama’ and ‘£16 packs of cigs’Free tuition a ‘beacon of hope’ for med studentsWhy South Korean women aren’t having babiesWhy Google’s ‘woke’ AI problem won’t be an easy fixGazans in survival mode with cold nights and food rations’My mother’s body was left by smugglers in the desert’Watch: Inside the famous Sistine Chapel after crowds leave. 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[ad_1] Later on Sunday, Sri Lanka said it had ended long-term tourist visa extensions for Russians and Ukrainians. More than 288,000 Russians and nearly 20,000 Ukrainians have travelled to Sri…