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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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Keir Starmer’s ad hoc alliance could still struggle to materialise
UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer says a “huge amount” has happened since his “coalition of the willing” idea first surfaced at his Lancaster House summit a fortnight ago. He is not wrong: US-Ukrainian relations have been on a rollercoaster since then, culminating in the meeting in Riyadh earlier this week, where the two sides…
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Man films as tornado tears past his house
A resident in Tylertown, Mississippi, filmed the moment a tornado tore past his home. Six deaths were reported in the state, with a total of at least 34 people killed in the south-east of the US. The deadly tornadoes flipped vehicles and destroyed homes, leaving more than 250,000 properties without power. Flood warnings, including flash…
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Dozens feared dead in North Macedonian nightclub fire
Watch: North Macedonia nightclub ablaze At least 51 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in a nightclub fire in North Macedonia, officials say. The blaze is said to have started around 02:30 (01:30 GMT) at the Pulse club in Kocani, a town around 100 km (60 miles) east of the capital, Skopje.…
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SpaceX crew arrives at ISS as part of plan to return astronauts
A SpaceX capsule carrying a new crew has docked at the International Space Station (ISS), paving the way for astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to come home. The pair were due to be on the ISS for only eight days, but because of technical issues with the experimental spacecraft they arrived on, they have…
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The invisible killer in all our lives
BBC James Gallagher recording sound levels around Barcelona We are surrounded by an invisible killer. One so common that we barely notice it shortening our lives. It’s causing heart attacks, type 2 diabetes and studies now even link it to dementia. What do you think it could be? The answer is noise – and its…
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Indian Wells 2025 results: Jack Draper stuns Carlos Alcaraz after VAR-style drama
With the set at 1-1, and the game 15-15, the ball was judged by umpire Mohamed Lahyani to have bounced twice before Draper reached a drop shot. It was clearly a wrong call from the official, but players now have the benefit of using video technology in Indian Wells to question decisions over double bounces.…
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