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Aurora Borealis as seen from the International Space Station
These pictures from the International Space Station (ISS) show the greens and reds of the aurora borealis dancing in the skies over Canada. The Northern Lights are most often seen from the ground – especially in high-latitude areas close to the Arctic – but can also be observed from space. The natural phenomenon takes place…
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South Africa-Trump land row may move from aid to trade
Khanyisile Ngcobo BBC News, Johannesburg Reporting fromJohannesburg Getty Images Like Trump, South African-born tech billionaire Elon Musk has been critical of the new land law South Africa appears to be at a crossroads in its waxing and waning relationship with the US following President Donald Trump’s controversial decision last week to cut financial aid to…
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Trump says Putin agrees to start talks to end war in Ukraine
Bernd Debusmann Jr, at the White House, and Mike Wendling BBC News James Waterhouse Reporting from Kyiv EPA US President Donald Trump has said he had a “lengthy and highly productive” phone call with Vladimir Putin on Wednesday in which the leaders agreed to begin negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. In a post…
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Santorini fears for summer tourist season as earthquakes hit island
February marks the unofficial start of the tourist season in the Greek island of Santorini – when the first cruise ships are due to arrive and the Easter holidays approach. But with thousands of earthquakes shaking the island since January and experts unable to say when they will end, one cruise has already turned away…
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Half of French territory in Indian Ocean burnt by wildfire
TERRES AUSTRALES ET ANTARCTIQUES FRANCAISES The Indian Ocean island does not have any permanent residents but there is a scientific research station For nearly a month the French territory of Amsterdam Island in the southern Indian Ocean has been engulfed in flames. Located about halfway between Australia, Antarctica and Madagascar, the island has seen burning…
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Senior Ukraine security figure exposed as Russian ‘rat’
Security Service of Ukraine Ukraine’s intelligence boss Vasyl Malyuk (R) was personally involved in investigating the suspected agent A senior figure in Ukraine’s intelligence service (SBU) has been arrested on suspicion of working as a Russian agent. The service did not name the man, who it said was chief of staff of its anti-terrorism centre,…
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RSF accused of storming Darfur’s Zamzam camp
A paramilitary force in Sudan has stormed the country’s largest displacement camp, looting and setting fire to the market and several homes, a local refugee group has said. The Zamzam camp in North Darfur has been the target of intense artillery shelling since late last year, but this is the first time the Rapid Support…
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Hegseth says return to Ukraine’s 2014 borders ‘unrealistic’
Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, has said it is “unrealistic” to expect Ukraine to return to its pre-2014 borders, when Russia first took control of Crimea. Speaking at a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group in Brussels, Hegseth said it would only be possible to establish a “durable peace” with a “realistic assessment…
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Pilot suspected of working for Mexican drug cartel arrested
Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News Twitter/@OHarfuch A photo of “El Jando” was released after his arrest by Mexican security forces Security forces in Mexico have arrested a pilot they suspect of working for Los Chapitos, the Mexican cartel run by sons of the jailed drug lord Joaquín ‘”El Chapo” Guzmán. The pilot, known by the alias…
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Trump welcomes back schoolteacher released by Russia
Donald Trump has welcomed home American schoolteacher Marc Fogel after he was released from prison in Russia, with the US president saying Vladimir Putin had got “not much” in return. Trump said that another detainee would be freed on Wednesday without giving their name. Mr Fogel, a 63-year-old former diplomat, landed at Joint Base Andrews…
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