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Israel orders all Gaza City residents to evacuate ahead of assault
Israel has warned all residents of Gaza City to leave immediately in anticipation of a huge ground offensive. The military’s Arabic spokesman told as many as one million Palestinians living in Gaza’s biggest urban centre to evacuate southwards. “Remaining in the area is extremely dangerous,” he said. On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said…
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IS-linked rebels accused of killing more than 50
Rebels linked to the Islamic State (IS) group have killed more than 50 people at a funeral ceremony in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, officials have said. Most of the victims were hacked with machetes in the night-time assault by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) on a village in North Kivu province, officials added. This…
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Ivory Coast’s ex-first lady cleared to contest presidential election
Ivory Coast’s former First Lady Simone Gbagbo, 76, is the surprise inclusion in a list of five candidates who have been officially cleared to contest next month’s presidential election. She will run against President Alassane Ouattara, 83, who took power after she and her former husband, Laurent Gbagbo, were captured in a presidential bunker during…
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Jeffrey Epstein files and ‘birthday book’: What we know
Stuart LauBBC News and Sarah SmithNorth America editor US Department of Justice/PA Handout photo issued by US Department of Justice of Jeffrey Epstein standing in front of his private plane A US congressional panel has released a redacted copy of an alleged “birthday book” given to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003 celebrating his fiftieth birthday. The…
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Diplomacy in ruins after Israel strikes Hamas leaders in Qatar
Jeremy BowenInternational editor CCTV captures moment of Israeli attack on Hamas leaders in Doha Almost exactly a year ago I interviewed the Hamas leader and chief negotiator Khalil al-Hayya in Doha. I met him in a house not far from the building that Israel attacked on Tuesday afternoon. From the beginning of the war in…
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Abducted Israeli-Russian researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov freed in Iraq
An Israeli-Russian researcher has been released after “being tortured for many months” by her Iraqi militia abductors, US President Donald Trump has announced. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said: “I am pleased to report that Elizabeth Tsurkov, a Princeton student, whose sister is an American citizen, was just released by Kataib Hezbollah, and…
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Russian air strikes get deadlier and bigger, hitting Ukraine’s very heart
Sarah RainsfordBBC correspondent in Kyiv Inside Kyiv government building hit by missile strike Ukraine has shown reporters fragments of the missile it says hit a key government building in Kyiv this weekend, identifying it as a Russian Iskander cruise missile. Officials here now believe the building was struck deliberately in the early hours of Sunday…
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Pressure mounts on Bolsonaro as first of five judges finds him guilty
The first of five Supreme Court justices who will decide the fate of the former Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, has found the ex-leader guilty of plotting a coup. But Bolsonaro will only be convicted if at least three out of the five justices find him guilty. Justice Alexandre de Moraes said there was “no doubt”…
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Macron names ally Sébastien Lecornu as new French PM
President Emmanuel Macron has named close ally Sébastien Lecornu as new French prime minister, 24 hours after a vote of confidence ousted François Bayrou as head of his government. Lecornu, 39, was among the favourites to take over the job, and has spent the past three years as armed forces minister, with a focus on…
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Nepal parliament set on fire after PM resigns over anti-corruption protests
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has resigned amid Nepal’s worst unrest in decades, as public anger mounts over the deaths of 19 anti-corruption protesters in clashes with police on Monday. On Tuesday, crowds set fire to parliament in the capital Kathmandu, sending thick black smoke billowing into the sky. Government buildings and the houses of…
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