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US approves $11bn in arms sales to Taiwan in deal likely to anger China Huge US arms package for Taiwan includes HIMARS rocket systems, howitzer artillery, antitank missiles, and drones.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,393 These are the key developments from day 1,393 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Dan Bongino stepping down as FBI deputy director The ex-podcaster announced he would leave the FBI after US President Donald Trump told reporters he "wants to go back to his show".
EU leaders face crunch decision on loaning Russia's frozen cash to Ukraine The leaders are to decide whether to loan tens of billions of euros in frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine's military and economic needs.
US approves $11bn in arms sales to Taiwan in deal likely to anger China Huge US arms package for Taiwan includes HIMARS rocket systems, howitzer artillery, antitank missiles, and drones.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,393 These are the key developments from day 1,393 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Dan Bongino stepping down as FBI deputy director The ex-podcaster announced he would leave the FBI after US President Donald Trump told reporters he "wants to go back to his show".
EU leaders face crunch decision on loaning Russia's frozen cash to Ukraine The leaders are to decide whether to loan tens of billions of euros in frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine's military and economic needs.
ICE is reopening shuttered prisons as detention centers, raising concerns over their troubled past of abuse and mismanagement.
France's 'Doctor Death' jailed for life for fatally poisoning 12 patients A court finds Frédéric Péchier guilty of contaminating infusion bags with substances that caused cardiac arrest or hemorrhaging.
Boys to be sent on courses to tackle misogyny in schools The measure is part of the government's strategy to tackle violence against women and girls which will be unveiled on Thursday.
Lina Chernykh tells the BBC her niece Matilda was a joyous child who spread love everywhere she went.
Mourners grieve 10-year-old slain in Bondi mass shooting as Australia's leader pledges new hate laws Hundreds of mourners bearing bright bouquets and clutching each other in grief gathered at a funeral in Sydney on Thursday for a 10-year-old girl who was gunned down in an antisemitic massacre...
US announces massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion The Trump administration has announced a massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion that includes medium-range missiles, howitzers and drones, a move that is sure to infuriate China.
US President Donald Trump said the Gaza truce brought peace to the Middle East “for the first time in 3,000 years."
Visiting US, prime minister calls for urgent move to second phase as winter storms worsen humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
European leaders gathering to decide on using frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine for the next two years.
Zelenskyy urges EU leaders to unlock Russian assets to show Moscow its desire to continue war next year is ‘pointless’.
G7 governments call on Hong Kong authorities to 'end such prosecutions', release pro-democracy media tycoon immediately.
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Israel confirms receiving the remains of a soldier killed in Gaza in 2014
Top BBC bosses resign after criticism of the broadcaster’s editing of a Trump speech
Trump administration demands states ‘undo’ full SNAP payouts as states warn of ‘catastrophic impact’
US airlines’ daily cancellations exceed 2,700 as shutdown impact extends
Senate takes first step toward ending the government shutdown
Fifteen years on, repression is deeper, dissent is criminalised, but democracy is still the public demand.
Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent Peter Arnett has died Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness accounts of war from Vietnam to Iraq, has died. He was 91. (Image credit: AP)
The surprising truth about the generations that suffer loneliness the most Conversations around it often focus on the elderly. But by some measures, people in their 20s are the loneliest group in Britain
Organisers say the deal with YouTube will allow viewers to watch the awards ceremony on an 'unprecedented global scale'.
As country prepares to host Africa Cup of Nations, families and rights groups tell of police brutality, with hundreds still held The arbitrary detention of hundreds of gen Z protesters in Morocco and alleged “horrific” beatings have been condemned by human rights groups, as the country prepares to...
Trump’s ‘Bah! Humbug!’ address suggests he is feeling the chill of opinion polls Primetime speech – delivered with shouty spirit but no cheer – betrayed a figure dogged by a cost of living crisis and the looming release of the Epstein files It will go down in history as the “Bah! Humbug!” address.
The announcement from Pete Hegseth comes a day after Trump issued a blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela The US military carried out a lethal strike on a vessel it sai
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Trump avoids addressing rising Venezuela tensions, fuelling speculation over military intentions and oil interests.
New attack brings death toll to nearly 100 from US strikes on vessels in the eastern Pacific and Caribbean.
Lina Chernykh tells the BBC her niece Matilda was a joyous child who spread love everywhere she went.
