内容摘要：There was relative calm until 2006, when Hezbollah militants launched a cross-border attack in which eight Israeli soldiers were killed and two others kidnapped, triggering a massive Israeli response.

There was relative calm until 2006, when Hezbollah militants launched a cross-border attack in which eight Israeli soldiers were killed and two others kidnapped, triggering a massive Israeli response.

The other nine borough and district councils are backing a proposal for three authorities, while councils in Crawley and Reigate & Banstead have also submitted a plan which would see the two boroughs being combined.Tim Oliver, leader of SCC, said: "The recommended geography for a two unitary split of Surrey is based on evidence, with a huge number of factors taken into account."

Mr Oliver said detailed evidence showed very similar benefits and challenges between the options, but when wider factors were considered, two authorities was believed to be the better choice.The letter from leaders of four political parties and groups said there was concern that the debt owed by councils in Surrey had not been resolved and about a "lack of a commitment" by ministers to cover the costs.Councillors Paul Follows from the Liberal Democrats, Catherine Powell from the Residents' Association and Independents Group, Robert Evans from Labour and Jonathan Essex from the Green Party also criticised the plan for two unitary authorities as "not balanced".

"We believe this is based on inconsistent, incomplete and flawed data," the letter said."The new plans must be ones that will stand the test of time and have overwhelming public support.

"The only answer is the three unitary authority model proposed and supported by the majority of Surrey's Districts and Boroughs, all four of us and the majority of our groups and the general public."

The letter added there were "strong concerns about the lack of political support" or public engagement for the Reigate & Banstead and Crawley plan.In recent weeks, South Korean and US intelligence as well as Nato have said that they have seen evidence of North Korean troops being involved in Russia's war.

But Moscow and Pyongyang have so far not responded directly to any of the allegations.Ukraine's top counter-disinformation official Andriy Kovalenko first said in a Telegram post on Monday that North Korea's "first military units... [had] already come under fire in Kursk".

In an interview with South Korean broadcaster KBS, Rustem Umerov confirmed this, saying he expects a "significant number" of the North Korean troops to be engaged in combat, though he added it was "so far just small contacts, not full-scale engagement".Most of them are still undergoing training, he added.