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US tornadoes, wildfires and dust storms leave 37 dead and ‘staggering’ damage
US tornadoes: Extreme weather leaves trail of destruction At least 37 people have died after tornadoes ripped through a swathe of the US Midwest and South. Missouri bore the brunt of the twisters, which began to spawn on Friday. At least 12 people have died in that state. Powerful winds in Texas and Kansas whipped…
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Death toll from US strikes on Yemen rises to 53, Houthis say
Watch: US begins Yemen strikes The death toll from US strikes on Yemen has risen to 53, including five children, the Houthi rebels’ health ministry said. The US said it launched a “decisive and powerful” wave of air strikes on Houthi targets on Saturday, with President Donald Trump citing Houthi attacks on shipping in the…
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Survivors and relatives speak of their grief
Survivors and relatives of those who died in a fire at a night clubin North Macedonia have spoken of their grief and anger. Among the survivors was 19-year-old Marija Taseva, who said she felt people stomping on her as they all tried to get out via one exit at the Pulse club in Kocani. Ms…
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Fisherman rescued after 95 days adrift, surviving on turtles
A Peruvian fisherman who survived 95 days lost at sea in the Pacific Ocean by eating turtles, birds and cockroaches has been rescued and reunited with his family. Maximo Napa Castro, 61, set off for what should have been a two-week fishing trip from the coastal town of Marcona, on the southern Peruvian coast, on…
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Trump and Putin to hold call on ceasefire deal soon, US envoy says
US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will speak in coming days, as talks continue over a possible ceasefire in the three-year war in Ukraine. US envoy Steve Witkoff, who met with Putin on Thursday in Moscow, told CNN that he expected that “there will be a call with both presidents this…
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Pope Francis says he faces ‘period of trial’ in health update
Pope Francis has said he faces a “period of trial” as he thanked well-wishers on Sunday for their prayers. The Argentine pontiff has been recovering in hospital from pneumonia, after he was admitted on 14 February. In today’s message, the 88-year-old referenced Biblical passages and prayed for peace in “countries wounded by war”. It marked…
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US should not bully us, say opposition parties
Opposition parties in South Africa have called on its president not to be “bullied” by the US after Washington expelled Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool, giving him just 72 hours to leave the country. Rasool was declared an unwelcome person after US State Secretary Marco Rubio called him a “race-baiting politician who hates America” on Friday. Tensions…
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Fisherman reunites with brother after 95 days lost at sea
A fisherman from Peru has been reunited with his family after spending 95 days lost at sea. Maximo Napa left the seaside town of Marcona on 7 December, intending to be at sea for two weeks. But, 10 days into his trip stormy weather sent his boat off course. Mr Napa then ran out of…
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US deports hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador despite court order
A plane carrying more than 200 Venezuelans deported by the US has landed in El Salvador – in apparent defiance of a US judge’s order preventing the Trump administration from doing so. El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, wrote on social media that 238 members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had arrived, along with…
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Trump silences Voice of America as staff put on leave
Thomas Mackintosh & Merlyn Thomas BBC News Getty Images Voice of America launched in 1942 with a mandate to combat Nazi and Japanese propaganda Donald Trump has signed an executive order to strip back the global, independent and federally funded news organisation Voice of America. The president’s order targets VOA’s parent company US Agency for…
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