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US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plane ‘safe’ after unscheduled UK landing
US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth’s plane made an unscheduled landing in the UK, during a return flight headed for the US, the Pentagon said on X. The plane carrying Hegseth on his way back from Nato’s Defence Minister meeting in Belgium had a “crack in the aircraft windshield”. “The plane landed based on standard…
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UN humanitarian chief urges Israel to open more crossings into Gaza
The UN humanitarian chief has urged Israel to open more crossings into Gaza to allow a surge of aid, after Israel warned it would limit supplies into the territory over delays from Hamas in releasing the bodies of deceased hostages. Tom Fletcher called on both Israel and Hamas to implement the terms of the ceasefire…
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Row over bringing back military service splits German government
Jessica ParkerBerlin correspondent NurPhoto via Getty Images Under the plans, it will be compulsory for men to fill out a questionnaire at the age of 18, but optional for women Plans to re-introduce military service in Germany have been thrown into chaos because of an 11th hour row amongst the governing parties. A compromise, which…
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War crimes alert as el-Fasher runs out of food
Reuters Residents have dug shelters next to buildings to try and shield themselves during the bombardments Satellite images show how Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is flouting international law by intentionally targeting civilians in the besieged city of el-Fasher – actions that should be considered war crimes, a research team from Yale University says.…
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Gaza experts work to identify bodies of 90 Palestinians returned by Israel
BBC It is difficult to identify bodies with just codes and numbers attached to the bags, Palestinian officials say A health official in Gaza says experts are working to identify the bodies of the 90 Palestinians handed over by Israel in exchange for dead hostages held by Hamas. If they were unsuccessful, photos would be…
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24 hours with Trump on diplomatic tornado through Middle East
Tom BatemanState department correspondent travelling on Air Force One Watch: “I’m talking about rebuilding Gaza”, Trump tells the BBC’s Tom Bateman US President Donald Trump’s day-long trip to the Middle East came as the Gaza deal was clinched: an agreement coming into force amounting to one of the most critical moments yet after two years…
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Freed Palestinian prisoner comes home to find family alive
A freed Palestinian prisoner was overwhelmed to find out his family were alive, after believing they had been killed. Shadi Abu Sido told the BBC an Israeli prison officer had lied to him and told him his family had been killed, and his home bombed. Mr Sido spent 20 months in an Israeli prison and…
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The Indian woman who stood up to moral policing and won a pageant
Geeta PandeyBBC News, Delhi Muskan Sharma Muskan Sharma has dedicated her crown to her mother Muskan Sharma stood up to men who tried to bully her over her clothes – and went on to win hearts and a beauty pageant. The 23-year-old, who was crowned Miss Rishikesh 2025 last week in the northern Indian state…
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Trump says US will not ‘waste our time’ helping Argentina if Milei loses
President Donald Trump has acknowledged that a $20bn (£15bn) US lifeline to help calm Argentina’s currency crisis is an attempt to sway legislative elections this month in the South American nation. Welcoming Argentina’s libertarian leader Javier Milei to the White House, Trump warned that the US would not “waste our time” with helping Argentina if…
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ChatGPT will soon allow erotica for verified adults, OpenAI boss says
OpenAI plans to allow a wider range of content, including erotica, on its popular chatbot ChatGPT as part of its push to “treat adult users like adults”, says its boss Sam Altman. In a post on X on Tuesday, Mr Altman said upcoming versions of the popular chatbot would enable it to behave in a…
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