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‘They were ordered to take their backpacks and leave’
Nafiseh Kohnavard Middle East correspondent, BBC World Service Reporting fromReporting from Syria BBC After years of military expansion, everything Iran was trying to build in Syria is in ruins Mouldy half-finished food on bunk beds, discarded military uniforms and abandoned weapons – these are the remnants of an abrupt retreat from this base that once…
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Dinosaur teeth found in French customs check near Italy border
French customs Three of the teeth belonged to a Mosasaurus, a large aquatic reptile French customs officers have found nine dinosaur teeth during a routine check near the Italian border. The discovery was made as the officers inspected a Spanish lorry on the A8 motorway on 28 January, officials say. They spotted the apparent fossils…
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Discordant Trump team statements on Ukraine leaves allies anxious
Tom Bateman State Department Correspondent Reuters Mechanical problems forced Marco Rubio’s plane to briefly return to Washington earlier this week A cracked windscreen forced US Secretary of State Marco Rubio into a rapid U-turn as his plane, en route to the Munich Security Conference, had to turn back an hour into the flight. America’s top…
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European leaders set to hold emergency summit on Ukraine
European leaders are set to gather for an emergency summit on the war in Ukraine as concerns grow over Donald Trump’s interventions on the peace process. Sir Keir Starmer, who is expected to attend the summit in Paris, said it was a “once-in-a-generation moment for our national security” and it was clear Europe must take…
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Fifteen people killed in crush, reports say
A crush at New Delhi Railway Station has left at least 15 people dead and 10 injured. Dr Ritu Saxena, deputy medical superintendent of Lok Nayak Hospital in New Delhi, confirmed the numbers to BBC Hindi after thousands of people reportedly crammed into the railway station on Saturday evening. Reuters news agency reported that three…
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Villach knife attack leave teenager dead and four wouded
A teenager has died and four people have been wounded in a knife attack in Austria. It happened around 16:00 local time (15:00 GMT) near the main square of Villach, a southern town close to the border with Italy and Slovenia. The victim was 14 years old and the suspect is a Syrian asylum seeker,…
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Mother and child die from injuries in Munich car attack
A mother, 37, and her two-year-old daughter have died from injuries sustained in Thursday’s car attack in the German city of Munich, police say. At least 37 people were injured after a car was driven into a crowd of people at a trade union rally. The driver was a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker, police said,…
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Kayaker swallowed by whale recalls feeling ‘slimy texture’ in its mouth
Andrea Díaz & Ayelén Oliva BBC Mundo Watch: The moment kayaker Adrián Simancas is nearly gulped down by a whale The first thing kayaker Adrián Simancas noticed after he was eaten by a whale was the slime. “I spent a second realising I was inside the mouth of something, that maybe it had eaten me,…
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Crowds gather to welcome freed Palestinians prisoners
Israel released 369 Palestinian prisoners on Saturday, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Media Office. This comes after Hamas released three more hostages, marking its sixth hostage release since the the ceasefire with Israel began in January. Loved ones were seen hugging freed prisoners as they arrived in Khan Younis in buses and Palestinian prisoners were…
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Israeli hostages and Palestinian inmates freed in ceasefire swap
Reuters The Israeli hostages appeared before a crowd in Khan Younis before their release Hamas has freed three Israeli hostages in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners, in the latest swap under the ceasefire agreed by Israel and the militant group last month. The three hostages handed over on Saturday are American-Israeli Sagui Dekel-Chen,…
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