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Trump and Melania meet the royals at Windsor
50 minutes ago ShareSave ShareSave Reuters President Trump was greeted by the King and Queen as well as other senior royals at Windsor Castle. It is his second state visit to the UK and is accompanied by the usual pomp and pageantry. Ian Vogler/Daily Mirror/PA Wire For the second time, Donald Trump is greeted by…
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Niger attack: 22 killed as gunmen on motorbikes fire at baptism ceremony in Tillaberi
Gunmen on motorbikes have shot dead 22 people, most of them attending a baptism ceremony, in an attack on a village in western Niger, reports say. A resident told the French news agency AFP that 15 people were killed at the ceremony in Tillabéri region, which borders Mali and Burkina Faso, before moving elsewhere and…
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Senegal-Mali trade threatened as militants set lorries ablaze near Kayes
Collins NabiswaBBC Monitoring, Abdou Aziz DiédhiouBBC Afrique, Natasha Booty and Chris EwokorBBC Africa Getty Images Until recently Islamists in Mali had been more active in the north and centre Mali’s military government has sought to calm anger over a blockade by Islamist militants on major highways where lorry drivers have been facing ambushes and arson…
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Thousands of Palestinians flee Gaza City as Israeli troops advance
Thousands of Palestinians are continuing to flee Gaza City, a day after Israel said it had begun a major ground offensive aimed at occupying the city. Amid large-scale bombing overnight, Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry said al-Ranitisi children’s hospital was targeted in three separate attacks, forcing half of its patients and their families to flee. The…
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Pafos FC: Who are Champions League debutants with David Luiz in their side?
This summer, Pafos pulled off the surprise signing of defender Luiz, who at the age of 38 had been playing for Fortaleza in Brazil, after initially leaving Arsenal for Flamengo in 2021. “He came here not only to play but develop the Pafos image, for them to become an even bigger football attraction as football…
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Eritrean man wins block on removal to France under ‘one in, one out’ deal
Dominic CascianiHome and Legal Correspondent and Helen CattPolitical Correspondent PA Media An Eritrean man who arrived in the UK by small boat has won a last-minute legal claim to temporarily block his removal to France. The 25-year-old was due to be returned on Wednesday under the “one in, one out” returns pilot scheme agreed in…
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Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brückner freed from German prison
Reuters Christian Brückner has not been charged over Madeleine’s disappearance The prime suspect in the high-profile case of Madeleine McCann’s disappearance has been released from prison in Germany, where he has been serving a sentence for an unrelated offence. Christian Brückner was driven out of jail by his lawyer. He wasn’t visible in the car…
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Key takeaways from Tyler Robinson’s first court appearance
The man accused of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk made his first court appearance on Tuesday, appearing remotely before a judge in Utah. Tyler Robinson, 22, is being charged for aggravated murder, felony discharge of a firearm, two counts of obstruction of justice, two counts of witness tampering, and committing a violent crime when children are…
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Palestinians scramble to flee Israeli assault on Gaza City
Rushdi AbualoufGaza correspondent, Istanbul Watch: ”Fear is making us flee” say displaced Gazans Thousands of families are attempting to flee Gaza City as the Israeli military confirms it has begun ground operations that are part of its large-scale assault aimed at occupying the city. Lina al-Maghrebi, 32, a mother of three from the city’s Sheikh…
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Syria’s worst drought in decades pushes millions to the brink
EPA Sheep walk among the dried-out bed of the Orontes River in Jisr al-Shughour, northern Syria The wheat fields outside Seqalbia, near the Syrian city of Hama, should be golden and heavy with grain. Instead, Maher Haddad’s 40 dunums (10 acres) are dry and empty, barely yielding a third of their usual harvest. “This year…
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