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Melissa Hortman killed and John Hoffman injured in targeted shootings
A Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband were shot and killed in their home early on Saturday morning in what Governor Tim Walz called a “act of targeted political violence”. Walz said House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, a Democrat, and her husband were killed. State Senator John Hoffman, also a Democrat, and his wife were…
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Behind the scenes on tour, as she speaks out for immigrants in the US
Mark Savage Music Correspondent Shakira Shakira’s Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran tour has taken more than $150m in ticket sales Deep in the bowels of Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium, a note is taped to the door of Shakira’s production office. “Please come back later… unless you’re actually on fire.” The handwritten pink scrawl suggests a…
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Who was Iran’s Revolutionary Guards chief killed in Israeli strikes?
Getty Images Hossein Salami was known for taking a hardline approach against Iran’s rivals, including Israel and the US Hossein Salami, commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was killed in Israel’s strikes early on Friday, the most senior Iranian leader to die in the attacks. Salami, who was 65, was known for taking…
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‘A long night of attacks, with fears of more to come’
There has been a night of intense fighting between Israel and Iran, with the two sides trading fire and explosions heard in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Tehran. Ballistic missiles hit parts of Israel, with at least two people killed and dozens injured, according to Israeli emergency services. Iran launched its attack in retaliation for Israeli…
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What are the worst-case scenarios?
Reuters Friday night saw Israel and Iran exchange a barrage of air strikes For now the fighting between Israel and Iran seems restricted to the two nations. At the United Nations and elsewhere there have been widespread calls for restraint. But what if they fall on deaf ears? What if the fighting escalates and expands?…
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North Korea claims warship launch successful on second try
Jean Mackenzie Seoul correspondent EPA Pyongyang says it has successfully relaunched its new warship North Korea says it has successfully relaunched its new 5,000-ton naval destroyer, less than a month after it capsized during the first attempted launch, state media reports. The country’s leader, Kim Jong Un, had reacted furiously to the warship’s failed launch…
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The terrifying moment when Air India plane crashed into a canteen
Vikas Pandey, Antriksha Pathania and Zoya Mateen BBC News, Ahmedabad Getty Images It was a balmy Thursday afternoon at the residential hostel of the BJ Medical College and the canteen was teeming with students getting lunch. The room buzzed with the sound of jokes, banter between friends, and the odd bit of academic discussion. By…
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Could Trump sink Australia’s submarine plans?
Tiffanie Turnbull and Katy Watson BBC News, Sydney PA Media The Aukus submarine deal is pivotal for Australia’s security in the region Australia’s defence minister woke up to a nightmare earlier this week – and it’s one that has been looming ever since the United States re-elected Donald Trump as president in November. A landmark…
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Hiding in the fields – farm workers fearing deportation stay in California’s shadows
Max Matza and Leire Ventas BBC News Reporting fromOxnard, California BBC News The women crouch down motionless, kneeling between endless rows of fruit bushes, almost hidden from view. “Are you from ICE?” one of the women, a farm worker in a hat and purple bandana, asks us fearfully. After assuring her that we’re not with…
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School killings leave stunned Austria and France searching for answers
Bethany Bell & Hugh Schofield In Graz and Paris Matej Povse/Getty Images The attacks within two hours of each other in Graz and Nogent have left two countries in shock Two shocking attacks within two hours of each other, in France and Austria, have left parents and governments reeling and at a loss how to…
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