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India and Pakistan accuse each other of ‘violations’ after ceasefire deal
India and Pakistan have accused each other of “violations” hours after the two nations said they had agreed to a ceasefire following days of cross-border military strikes. After sounds of explosions were heard in Indian-administered Kashmir, India’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said there had been “repeated violations of the understanding we arrived at”. A short…
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Soviet-era spacecraft ‘likely’ to have re-entered Earth’s atmosphere
Maddie Molloy Climate & Science reporter Getty Images The Soviet Union launched a number of missions to explore Venus – this probe was from an earlier flight Part of a Soviet-era spacecraft is likely to have re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere after being stuck in orbit for over half a century, the European Space Agency said.…
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‘We’re in every corner, watching’
Bridget Wing & Georgina Lam, BBC Eye Investigations Innes Tang Innes Tang says he set up a hotline with his own money to receive reports of alleged national security infringements From a woman waving a colonial-era flag in a shopping mall, to bakery staff selling cakes with protest symbols on them – dozens of Hongkongers…
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The countries are finally talking but why now?
Laura Bicker China Correspondent Watch: US and China are ready to talk tariffs – who will blink first? The US-China trade war could be letting up, with the world’s two largest economies set to begin talks in Switzerland. Top trade officials from both sides will meet on Saturday in the first high-level meeting since US…
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European leaders call Trump to discuss 30-day Russia-Ukraine ceasefire
European leaders have called US President Donald Trump to discuss proposals for a 30-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine from Monday while on a visit to Kyiv. The call came after leaders of the so-called “coalition of the willing” held a meeting to discuss advancing peace talks. The leaders of France, Germany, the UK and…
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Taylor Swift criticises being pulled into Lively-Baldoni row
Annabel Rackham Culture reporter Getty Images Taylor Swift and Blake Lively, seen here in 2023, have been close friends for many years Taylor Swift’s representatives have told the BBC she is being brought into a legal row between Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively to create “tabloid clickbait”. The 35-year-old singer was summoned to a US…
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White House – ‘It depends on whether the courts do the right thing’
Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, told reporters on Friday that the US Constitution allowed for the legal liberty to be suspended in times of “rebellion or invasion”. His comments come as judges have sought to challenge some recent detentions made by the Trump administration in an effort to combat illegal immigration,…
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Trump administration considering suspending habeas corpus
Donald Trump’s administration is “actively looking at” suspending habeas corpus – the right of a person to challenge their detention in court – one of the US president’s top aides has said. Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, told reporters on Friday that the US Constitution allowed for the legal liberty to…
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Elton John and Dua Lipa seek protection from AI
Dua Lipa, Sir Elton John, Sir Ian McKellen and Florence Welch are among a list of stars calling on the prime minister to update copyright laws in a way that protects them from artificial intelligence. A letter signed by more than 400 British musicians, writers and artists, addressed to Sir Keir Starmer, says failing to…
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Maga criticises the first American pope as not ‘America First’
Nomia Iqbal & Mike Wendling BBC News Reuters Former White House official Steve Bannon predicted friction between Pope Leo XIV and President Trump Catholicism has rarely been more prominent in US politics as the Trump administration openly embraces advisers and officials who proudly say faith has shaped their politics. But any jubilation on the American…
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