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Russia-Ukraine war live: overnight drone attack on Russian oil depots causes ‘major fires’
Ukraine’s SBU security service drones struck two oil depots in Russia’s Smolensk overnight, according to a...
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Lost luggage leaves New Zealand’s band without instruments for Anzac Day at Gallipoli
Bags went missing in Dubai floods, with embassy staff only able to retrieve one instrument and...
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Honduras referred to UN human rights committee over total abortion ban
Petition filed on behalf of woman known as as Fausia, who underwent a forced pregnancy after...
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‘Smokescreen’: officials voice concern over US plans for Gaza aid pier
Fears Israel is influencing location of dock away from the north, where famine threat is most...
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At least 21 migrants dead after boat capsizes off coast of Djibouti
Children among those killed in second fatal incident in two weeks close to the Horn of...
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‘England is hope’: some say they will try again – despite Channel deaths
Attempt to cross via overcrowded dinghy from Wimereux aborted after engine stalls and five people drownThey...
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UN rights chief ‘horrified’ by reports of mass graves at two Gaza hospitals
Spokesperson says some bodies allegedly had their hands tied while others were bound and strippedThe UN...
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Five asylum seekers killed in attempt to cross Channel to UK
French coastguard says small boat was carrying more than 100 people during failed crossing attemptFive people...
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AfD politician’s aide arrested on suspicion of spying for China
Man worked as assistant to Maximilian Krah, top candidate in European parliament elections, say prosecutorsAn aide...
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Council of Europe human rights watchdog condemns UK’s Rwanda bill
Commissioner expresses grave concern after Rishi Sunak’s asylum policy passes parliamentary stagesThe Council of Europe’s human...
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Tuesday briefing: Rishi Sunak finally passes his Rwanda bill – now to find out if it works
In today’s newsletter: After months of wrangling, Parliament passed the government’s controversial plan to tackle small...
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Taiwan pledges to remove 760 statues of Chinese dictator Chiang Kai-shek
In move seen by the opposition as an attempt to de-sinocise Taiwan, the ruling party is...
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World Bank suspends Tanzania tourism funding after claims of killings and evictions
Plan to expand Ruaha national park has been beset by allegations of abuse, leading bank to...
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Joy in Taiwan – and praise from the president – as Nymphia Wind wins RuPaul’s Drag Race
Drag star celebrated with massive support at home after taking top prize in the long-running US...
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Sudan’s forgotten war - podcast
While conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine have captured global attention, the civil war in Sudan has...
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Designer Nancy Gonzalez sentenced to prison for smuggling crocodile and python handbags
Celebrity fashion designer, who recruited couriers to transport bags from her native Colombia to US on...
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Mistrial in case of Arizona rancher accused of shooting migrant dead
George Kelly, 75, charged with second-degree murder over death of Mexican Gabriel Cuen-Buitimea, 48, on his...
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Relief as San Francisco public toilet finally opens – and not for $1.7m after all
Bathroom in Noe Valley neighborhood, which became focus of ire for reported $1.7m cost, actually came...
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Israel still has no proof of Unrwa terrorist claims – but damage to aid agency is done
Inquiry has not backed up allegations of ties to Hamas and Islamic Jihad, which led to...
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Armenian PM defends decision to give four villages to Azerbaijan
Nikol Pashinyan urges calm after making concessions in attempt to avoid war with his country’s heavily...
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Narendra Modi accused of stirring tensions as voting in India continues
Opposition says prime minister targeting Muslim minority with ‘hate speech’ and violating election rulesIndia’s prime minister,...
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Belgian man whose body makes its own alcohol cleared of drunk-driving
Bruges court heard how defendant had condition called auto-brewery syndrome sometimes brought on by intestinal problemsA...
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Three German citizens arrested on suspicion of spying for China
Prosecutors say trio are accused of passing on technical military knowledge and export of a laser...
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Pro-Israel US groups plan $100m effort to unseat progressives over Gaza
Aipac and other groups targeting candidates critical of Israel’s war in Gaza – but progressives are...