June 13th, 2019 - Daily News Brief - a podcast by TRT World

*)Attacks violate reported Russia-Turkey ceasefire in Idlib

We begin in Syria where Turkey’s defense ministry says a Turkish observation post in Idlib province was attacked.

The shells fired from areas under the Syrian regime come after Russian media reported Turkey and Russia brokered a complete ceasefire in Idlib.

But intensive shelling by Russian-backed regime forces continued to target Idlib and Hama countrysides after midnight, according to a war monitor.

*)Two oil tankers struck in Gulf of Oman

Two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman were reportedly attacked, with one adrift and on fire.

All crew members were safely evacuated and the US Navy is assisting the tankers targeted.

The possible attack comes amid heightened tensions between Washington and Tehran and a high-stakes visit by Japan’s prime minister to Iran.

*)PM meets Iran supreme leader

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on the last day of his unprecedented visit.

Abe earlier warned of unintended clashes in the Middle East after meeting Iranian President Hasan Rouhani.

Tensions have escalated in the Mideast with Iran apparently poised to break the 2015 nuclear deal after the US quit the agreement last year.

*)Ebola kills second patient in Uganda - health official

A 50-year-old woman who tested positive for Ebola in Uganda has died, a health ministry official said.

This is the second fatality since the virus spread from neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.

The woman was the grandmother of a five-year-old boy died of Ebola after crossing into Uganda with his family from the DRC.

Turkish artist goes viral with misery-comfort contrast images

And finally,

Powerful collages by Turkish artist Ugur Gallenkus have taken the internet by storm.

The juxtaposed photos show misery in war-torn countries with the comforts of the West.

He first started the project in 2016 in reaction to the photo of Alan Kurdi, the three-year-old Syrian refugee who was found drowned on a Turkish beach.

Gallenkus hopes he will raise awareness of a "parallel world".

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