Israel, North Korea, India.

Today's three stories you should know.

Sep 02, 2023

Israel

Police fired warning shots and more than 100 people were injured as rival groups of Eritreans fought in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv today. The trouble was sparked when Eritreans opposed to the country’s government arrived to protest an event organized by the Eritrean embassy. Footage shared on social media showed Eritrean government supporters attacking the protesters with clubs as Israeli police appeared blindsided by the extent of the violence. President Isaias Afwerki, a former rebel, has ruled Eritrea since 1993, jailed hundreds of opponents and never held an election. Tens of thousands of Eritrean men have fled the country to avoid open-ended conscription.

North Korea

North Korea fired several cruise missiles into the sea today, according to South Korea, in the latest of a series of missile tests. The launches came two days after the US and the South finished 11 days of military drills - the North says the regular drills amount to rehearsals for an invasion. This pattern of posturing between the three nations is not uncommon but tensions have been particularly high over the last two years with the North performing more than 100 missile tests since the beginning of 2022.

India

India’s space program certainly appears to be going from strength to strength. Just over a week after it became the first nation to successfully land an unmanned spacecraft near the moon’s south pole, it today launched a rocket to study the sun. A live broadcast on the Indian Space Research Organisation's website was watched by 860,000 viewers as the lift-off went without a hitch. India has lofty ambitions for its presence in space as it seeks to become a serious rival to the US and China.