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Leaders set for key security meeting as 'old' world order at risk of crumbling
The BBC’s Frank Gardner says Nato’s unity is badly dented with decisions over Ukraine set to be discussed in Munich. Source link
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Parents of freed Hamas hostages give details of ordeal
Orly Gilboa says her daughter Daniella was only properly fed in the months before release. Parents of four young female Israeli hostages freed from Hamas captivity in Gaza have told the BBC about how their daughters were abused, including being starved, intimidated and threatened by armed men, and forced to cook and clean. They recounted…
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Suspect in Christmas cake poisoning found dead in jail cell
A Brazilian woman suspected of poisoning her husband’s family with an arsenic-laced Christmas cake has been found dead in her prison cell in what police think was most likely a suicide. Deise Moura dos Anjos, 42, had been in pre-trial detention since January after prosecutors accused her of the murder on Christmas Eve of three…
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US to have seat at talks on islands’ future, says Mauritian PM
The US will be present at talks over the future of the Chagos Islands, which has been the subject of a controversial deal between Mauritius and the UK, the Mauritian prime minister has said. Last October, the UK announced it would hand over sovereignty of the islands, known officially as the British Indian Ocean Territory,…
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Hundreds of foreigners freed from Myanmar’s scam centres
Jonathan Head South East Asia Correspondent Thai News Pix More than 250 people from 20 nationalities who had been working in telecom fraud centres in Myanmar’s Karen State have been released by an ethnic armed group and brought to Thailand. The workers, more than half of whom were from African or Asian nations, were received…
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€5m worth of cocaine seized, two men arrested
Garda Síochána Approximately 72 kilos of cocaine was discovered following a stop and search in the Allenwood area of Kildare Two men have been arrested following a seizure of €5m (£4m) worth of cocaine in County Kildare. On Wednesday, gardaí (Irish police) stopped and searched a vehicle and a residential property in the Allenwood area…
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Grenade attack in Grenoble bar injures 12
Twelve people have been injured after a grenade was thrown into a busy bar in the French city of Grenoble, local authorities have said. The incident happened at the Aksehir bar shortly after 20:00 local time (19:00 GMT) on Wednesday evening, leaving two people in critical condition. The motive for the attack is not clear…
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Hamas says it will continue releasing hostages under Gaza deal
Hamas has said it is committed to implementing the Gaza ceasefire deal with Israel and will continue releasing hostages within the agreed time frame. Following talks in Cairo, the Palestinian armed group said Egyptian and Qatari mediators had confirmed they would “remove obstacles” to the deal. There was no response from Israel, but the prime…
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Tariffs, trade and visas to dominate talks
Michael Kugelman Foreign policy analyst AFP Narendra Modi at the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris on Tuesday When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Washington and meets President Donald Trump later on Thursday, there will be some warm hugs and shared laughs. But that will not be all. Trump and Modi have developed a…
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‘On a power trip’ or ‘obviously brilliant’? Voters weigh Musk’s influence
Alex Lederman and Nomia Iqbal BBC News, in Erie, Pennsylvania Watch: How Americans feel about Elon Musk’s government role Seated around a breakfast table in Erie, Pennsylvania, four veterans in their mid-80s – John, Jack, Bob and Don – gather to reminisce about their decades of friendship. But it is another Don, this one in…
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