News Headlines - 06 April 2018
▽Syria: government takeover of Eastern Ghouta near complete | Al Jazeera
Syrian government forces are on the verge of recapturing the last remaining rebel stronghold in Syria's Eastern Ghouta, according to state media reports.
A Russian military chief announced on Wednesday that it was only a matter of time until the last rebel "bastion" came under government control, the government affiliated el-Watan newspaper reported on Thursday.
▽Two killed in Germany as van ploughs into crowd in Muenster - BBC News
Two people have been killed in the western German city of Muenster after a van drove into people sitting outside restaurants.
The driver of the vehicle, who has not yet been officially identified, died after shooting himself at the scene.
About 20 people were injured in the incident, six seriously, which occurred near the Kiepenkerl statue in the city's old town area.
▽Russian spy poisoning: Sergei Skripal 'improving rapidly' - BBC News
Russian former spy Sergei Skripal is no longer in a critical condition after being poisoned by a nerve agent, doctors have said.
Salisbury District Hospital said Mr Skripal is responding well to treatment and "improving rapidly".
As the Russian U.N. ambassador suggested that the poisoning was a false flag operation to undermine his country, he asked darkly what had become of the victim's pet cats and guinea pigs... He wasn't joking. The same day, a spokesman for Russia's embassy in Britain suggested that Skripal's pets might hold clues to the real culprit behind the attack.
▽Rabbit-killing virus release planned for south | Otago Daily Times Online News
An initial release of the RHDV1 (K5) rabbit virus on three sites in Southland will be made from next week, if the weather permits... K5 is a virus that could reduce the rabbit population significantly. It is a variant of a virus already present in New Zealand, and only affects the European rabbit.
