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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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‘I worry about the threat from within’
US Vice-President JD Vance criticised European leaders over free speech and democracy at the Munich Security Conference, telling world leaders “there is a new sheriff in town”, referring to US President Donald Trump. Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Honcharenko, who is currently at the conference, says the only thing that can be said about Vance’s speech is “the…
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Volodymyr Zelensky calls for creation of an ‘army of Europe’ to face Russian threats
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for the creation of an “army of Europe” to guard against Russia as he suggested the US may no longer come to the continent’s aid. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, he also said that Ukraine would “never accept deals made behind our backs without our involvement” after US…
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Celebrations in Israel as three more hostages released
Family, friends and supporters celebrated across Israel as three more hostages were released by Hamas. The armed group handed Alexander Troufanov, Yair Horn and Sagui Dekel-Chen over to the Red Cross in Gaza in a carefully choreographed event on Saturday morning. Crowds in Tel Aviv’s Hostage Square rejoiced as they watched a live broadcast of…
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