Richard Hamilton
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US judge temporarily blocks Trump's freeze on federal funding
The doomsday clock started ticking, metaphorically, in 1947. It was started by a group of scientists in America worried about the threat to humanity from the nuclear arms race and the Cold War. But they started the clock at seven minutes to midnight.
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US judge temporarily blocks Trump's freeze on federal funding
Now the scientists who monitor the trends and events which guide their decisions about how close to annihilation the planet is have set the clock closer to catastrophe than ever before. Professor Daniel Holtz, one of the scientists involved in setting the clock, said the new time was a stark warning to everyone about how close to the precipice of destruction the world has recently moved.
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US and Ukraine strike mineral deal
Yes, so principally their role is to oversee a consolidated, a merged peace process. We had what was called the Luanda Peace Process that was chaired by the Angolan president. The objective of that was to ease tensions between DRC and Rwanda.
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US and Ukraine strike mineral deal
Yeah, definitely. And opening up critical supply routes. They were going to be delivering the much-needed aid, also securing Goma and the surrounding areas. It's one of the cities that was captured by the M23. And most importantly, it will be enforcing an immediate ceasefire.
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US and Ukraine strike mineral deal
Now, that was agreed during the joint summit held by the East Africa Community and the Southern Africa Development Community just two weeks ago in Tanzania.
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US and Ukraine strike mineral deal
I think it's a wait and see because there have been several, as you pointed out, but they have been all violated. They can't quite hold. But we've seen the latest diplomatic push just seeking to quell the violence.
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US and Ukraine strike mineral deal
And possibly then, if we can see a now more unified and coordinated approach, then I think maybe that would have fairly a different outcome in terms of addressing the crisis that is now threatening to spill over into a regional conflict. So it's a wait and see how this is really going to pan out.
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US and Ukraine strike mineral deal
It's a very significant one because it's widely seen as an attempt by the office of the chief prosecutor to sort of reaffirm the commitment of the ICC to investigate some of the crimes that say to have been committed in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, gender-based violence, violence against women.
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US and Ukraine strike mineral deal
forced conscription of miners to join the war, wide displacements, especially targeted at individuals who seem to be really quite opposed to the agenda of the rebels who have really been advancing in that area. So there are quite a number, but those are the most prominent that have been pointed out so far.
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Roof collapse at Dominican Republic nightclub kills scores of people
His great nephew Richard has sat for Hockney ever since he was four. He always gets your personality out and that's why he chooses to paint people that he loves, his family, his friends. He always likes my cheeky grin.
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Roof collapse at Dominican Republic nightclub kills scores of people
Die Nacht vorher waren wir da, wir haben fünf verschiedene Variationen von April in Paris gespielt. Die Ella Fitzgerald Version. Wir haben ihn in den Mood gebracht, wir haben das gleiche am Morgen gemacht. Und ich denke, die Farbe hält ihn lebendig, um ehrlich zu sein. Also so lange er farbt, ist er in Ordnung.
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Trump tells Congress he's 'just getting started'
This is the latest attack that has taken place in this camp. There has been a jostling for control of power by the RSF and the Sudanese army. And we spoke to a local health official. He said that the scenes are quite devastating and that he managed to visit a local hospital where most of the people who were injured were admitted shortly after the attack.
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Trump tells Congress he's 'just getting started'
And he said it was quite a very tragic situation and he fears that possibly even the toll could go even higher. Civilians are increasingly getting caught up in this conflict. And this attack really taking place at a busy time when people were out there going for shopping for Ramadan just before they broke their fast.
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Trump tells Congress he's 'just getting started'
The most vulnerable populations have now been becoming victims as this conflict escalates.
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Trump tells Congress he's 'just getting started'
It's quite difficult to tell. You know that this is an area where the paramilitary rapid support forces have been controlling, specifically in the Darfur region. This is sort of like one of the last outposts that is still under the control of the army. And so there have been attempts by the RSF to wrestle control from the army.
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Trump tells Congress he's 'just getting started'
But of course, the army and its allied groups have put up a spirited defense against any advancements.
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Trump tells Congress he's 'just getting started'
by the rsf and its allied militia so at the moment we've seen that the situation has deteriorated significantly and that's why we've been seeing this escalation going even into residential areas and other camps are for those that have been displaced well richard whilst this escalation takes place there are talks in nairobi and the signing of a document by the rsf what can you tell us
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Trump tells Congress he's 'just getting started'
Yes, the reports that we have received is that the RSF and its allied groups on Tuesday signed what they call a constitutional document. Now, this comes after they signed a founding charter that now allows them to form a rival administration. So they're saying that
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Trump tells Congress he's 'just getting started'
This process now sets the stage of them forming a government of unity and a secular state in areas which are controlled by the rebels. And they say that this is going to happen inside Sudanese territory.
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Trump tells Congress he's 'just getting started'
But of course, this decision has been widely criticized by the international community, especially countries like Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, who have been sort of trying to mediate and trying just to see how they can bring out the two sides to the negotiating table once again.
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China vows to fight US 'blackmail' over tariffs
So there are approximately 15,000 women in the United Kingdom who do not have a uterus which is functional to allow them to bear children. 5,000 of those women were born without a womb. And this is not for everybody, but this is hope for a goodly proportion.
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Donald Trump wants to abolish the US emergency response agency
They're actually bursts of radio waves, very intense bursts. They only last for less than a second, but they repeat continuously. And they have this kind of rising tone, this chirping sound. So although they're electromagnetic waves, when you convert them into sound waves, you can hear them and you hear and they sound like a dawn chorus.
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Donald Trump wants to abolish the US emergency response agency
They sound like the birds singing, you know, in springtime at dawn. So that's how they get their name.
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Donald Trump wants to abolish the US emergency response agency
They're really exciting. They've been seen much, much further away from the Earth than we ever expected. So they're observed in a very unexpected region, number one. But there's some really important science around it because they've detected what we call electron holes. And this is a big test of the theory. One of the big questions around these things is how do you how do you generate the waves?
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Donald Trump wants to abolish the US emergency response agency
What's happening in space? How are they generated and then where do they go to? What do they do? So these new observations are from the NASA mission, Magnetospheric Multiscale, and they've detected electron holes. So that's part of the theory on how the waves are generated. It's a key observation.
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Donald Trump wants to abolish the US emergency response agency
So they actually accelerate electrons to very, very high energies. And that's really important because those electrons, once they're accelerated, they will damage electronic components on spacecraft. So there's a real practical application. So it's not just basic science. It's also an application. It causes damage to spacecraft. And actually, we use these waves.
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Donald Trump wants to abolish the US emergency response agency
We have developed a large model where we use these waves in the model to try and forecast spacecraft. periods and locations where satellites might be at risk of damage.
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Trump says he expects to meet Putin in Saudi Arabia
You've got Butch Wilmore and Sonny Williams, the first astronauts to fly in the Starliner spacecraft on an eight-day mission. NASA probably made a mistake in trailing this as an eight-day mission because they would have been there for at least eight months by the time they come back to Earth.
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Trump says he expects to meet Putin in Saudi Arabia
What happened with Starliner, it launched fine, but as they were approaching the space station, there were all sorts of problems with the thrusters. And they were able to dock successfully. What NASA feared was that the thruster problem would endanger their lives, essentially. So these are little rockets on the spacecraft that help it position. Look at the International Space Station.
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Trump says he expects to meet Putin in Saudi Arabia
It's the size of a football stadium with lots of bits jutting out, lots of, you know. Other spacecraft docked to it, these enormous solar arrays. Coming in close, you've got to manoeuvre really carefully. You know, it's like parking a car, but in three dimensions with no gravity.
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Trump says he expects to meet Putin in Saudi Arabia
And if your thrusters are failing, there's a real danger that you could slam into the space station and, you know, potentially put everyone's life at risk. risk there. So the problems with the thrusters, they couldn't figure out, and this is exactly what NASA said, they didn't understand the physics of what was going on with the thrusters.
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Trump says he expects to meet Putin in Saudi Arabia
So they got the thrusters working again, but they couldn't work out why, which is always a worry in engineering. So they sent the spacecraft back to Earth without the astronauts, leaving the astronauts on the space station.
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Trump says he expects to meet Putin in Saudi Arabia
I mean, the going for a few days expectation was an issue in terms of their personal possessions. And clothes. You packed lightly. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, you go away for a weekend. Cabin baggage only. Exactly. Exactly that.
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Trump says he expects to meet Putin in Saudi Arabia
So literally their suitcases, well, not quite suitcases, but the equivalent, the space equivalent, had to be sent up later on as it became clear they were going to spend longer in space. But I mean, they are incredibly experienced astronauts, very personal. I've actually been at a party with Sonny Williams, which is a great name drop. I love that. Hanging out with astronauts. What do you like?
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Trump says he expects to meet Putin in Saudi Arabia
Oh, lovely. Absolutely lovely. You've got to be. I mean, that's one of the main criteria for astronauts. We get sort of obsessed with this idea of the right stuff, that these are sort of superhuman. And they are. They're better than all of us, astronauts. But they're also amazing team players. They get on with people. And you've got to if you're stuck in this space station with six other people.
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Trump says he expects to meet Putin in Saudi Arabia
You have very much so. Or knowing when to spend time on your own, for example. The space station is big enough. You've got currently seven astronauts on the space station. There are enough places to just be on your own or just stare out of the window.
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Trump says he expects to meet Putin in Saudi Arabia
Well, I would say their biggest achievement was fixing the urine recycling system on the space station. So water is recycled. And that means that astronaut urine, astronaut sweat is turned back into drinking water. And there was a problem with that. Before, Sonny Williams particularly is a bit of an expert on space plumbing.
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Trump says he expects to meet Putin in Saudi Arabia
Before that, they were actually having to store urine, if you can imagine such a thing in a confined space. So they managed to fix the system. So according to NASA, it's now working at 98% capacity. So today's urine is tomorrow's coffee.
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The study found that on average the Swedish husbands were 11% more likely to suffer from mental health issues when their wives started to earn more than them. It was conducted by Demid Getik, an economist at the University of Durham in the north of England.
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His rather unusual research was possible because he used to work in Sweden, which, alongside other Scandinavian countries, keeps records of both health diagnoses and tax returns. This allowed him to track the collective mental health and earnings of couples over the course of a decade.
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Because the data was so detailed, he was able to see that if a man was usurped financially by his wife, his well-being seemed to decline, often accompanied by substance abuse. But if the husband for some reason regained the top spot, his mental health would often improve.
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Multiple wildfires raging in Los Angeles
Dr Getik is wary of drawing any far-reaching conclusions, but the findings do seem to suggest that even in modern European societies, older ideas of gender roles and who should be the main breadwinner can still persist.
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Multiple wildfires raging in Los Angeles
The research also appears to tally with some other studies which have, for instance, linked increased female earning power to higher rates of divorce and lower marital satisfaction. Richard Hamilton.
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Diplomacy gathers pace over war in Ukraine
Richard Kugoy reports from Nairobi. Tensions are rising in eastern DRC as M23 rebels, backed by Rwanda, expand their hold on key cities. Authorities in Kinshasa say they are closely monitoring the security situation in South Kivu, nearly a thousand miles away.
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Diplomacy gathers pace over war in Ukraine
On Sunday, Rwandan-backed forces entered Bukavu without resistance, marking the farthest territorial gain since the insurgency began three years ago. Residents have been urged to stay indoors, fearing attacks by occupying forces. The conflict has drawn international condemnation.
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Diplomacy gathers pace over war in Ukraine
The Africa Union is warning against the potential breakup of the DRC, calling for the immediate withdrawal of M23 fighters. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is urging dialogue, saying a regional war must be avoided. Rwanda continues to deny any military involvement.
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Ukraine talks could see Europeans excluded
Eastern DR Congo, which is rich in minerals, has suffered decades of violence since the 1994 Rwandan genocide when around 800,000 people, mostly ethnic Tutsis, were slaughtered by Hutu extremists. The M23 movement is backed by Rwanda and led by Tutsis who say they need to protect their minority group. Last month, the largest city in the region, Goma, fell to the M23.
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Ukraine talks could see Europeans excluded
And on Friday, the second biggest city, Bukavu, suffered the same fate. Chaotic scenes unfolded in Bukavu today. The World Food Programme said nearly 7,000 tonnes of food was being looted there as people took to the streets. This resident, who asked not to be identified, says there's a sense of panic and fear.
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Ukraine talks could see Europeans excluded
The capture of Bukavu, a city with an estimated population of 2 million, would represent an unprecedented expansion of territory under the M23's control since the latest insurgency started in 2022. It would also deal a further blow to Kinshasa's authority over its eastern borderlands.
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Ukraine talks could see Europeans excluded
Fears are growing that the situation could develop into a wider regional conflict, with Uganda also threatening to intervene. Meanwhile, the crisis is being urgently discussed at an African Union summit in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. The UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, opened the meeting with this stark warning.
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Ukraine talks could see Europeans excluded
Few would disagree with Mr Guterres' plea for peace, but with rebels advancing rapidly and tension mounting daily between Rwanda and the DR Congo, it's not clear if any of these parties are listening.
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Four Israeli hostages and 200 Palestinian prisoners released in Gaza deal
The reports that we're receiving from the rescue committee, which is part of volunteers who just coordinate emergency aid in the region, say that the hospital was hit by an airstrike on Friday and this artillery did destroy everything.
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Four Israeli hostages and 200 Palestinian prisoners released in Gaza deal
part of the hospital, the emergency wing of the hospital, which has really been very critical in terms of providing, you know, surgical operations to support local communities, especially from the Zamzam IDP camp, where lots of people have been seeking refuge there. So, well, we don't have details in terms of the scale of the destruction.
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Four Israeli hostages and 200 Palestinian prisoners released in Gaza deal
So what we're hearing is that it's just destroyed a section of the emergency wing of the hospital.
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Four Israeli hostages and 200 Palestinian prisoners released in Gaza deal
We've just seen the regional governor, that's Mino Akominawi, accusing the rapid support forces of carrying out the strike. Because what has happened is that earlier this week, the RSF had given the Sudanese army an ultimatum to move out of the city or lay down their arms, lest they're going to execute what they refer to as an imminent strike.
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Four Israeli hostages and 200 Palestinian prisoners released in Gaza deal
The army is still holding on. What we saw is that the army did conduct strikes two days ago, targeting positions that have been held by the RSF, and also the RSF did conduct a retaliatory attack. So what the RSF has been really trying to do is push out the Sudanese army out of this particular region, because this is the only part of the wider Darfur region where the Sudanese army is.
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Four Israeli hostages and 200 Palestinian prisoners released in Gaza deal
still does hold control. And this is quite critical considering that it's in Al-Fasha, which is the regional capital of North Darfur region. And the overall balance in terms of the war, is it unchanged? It's changing to a certain extent in the wider Sudan because you've seen lots of progress that have been made, especially in the capital, in the Omdurman region and also in Bahri.
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Four Israeli hostages and 200 Palestinian prisoners released in Gaza deal
That's within the wider region. Khartoum area. But in this part of Darfur region, we're just seeing that the Sudanese army is really trying to make kind of progress in terms of pushing back the RSF, which has held siege of this particular area for about nine months.
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The Happy Pod: A gift that reopened the world
But you lived for many years with chronic pain.
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The Happy Pod: A gift that reopened the world
Have you come across a lot of skepticism from traditional psychotherapists and counselors and medical experts?
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Anti-Trump protests in all 50 US states
The Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw once joked that England and America are two nations separated by a common language. While slang on either side of the pond may have evolved independently... The exchange of words is very much a two-way street.
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Anti-Trump protests in all 50 US states
Many British words have been adopted by Americans, thanks to popular Gen Z, or Z, shows in the UK, such as Adolescents on Netflix and the reality TV series Love Island.
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Anti-Trump protests in all 50 US states
Research by Northern Arizona University and Babbel, a language learning platform, has tracked the impact of different words using a database of 5 million transcribed words and 1,000 hours of spoken American English. Bonkers topped the list, accounting for 24% of all Britishisms identified. But amongst is also growing in popularity.
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Anti-Trump protests in all 50 US states
Cue instead of line is gaining traction due largely to a cue feature on Netflix. And cheeky rather than meaning impudent is being adopted in America to indicate playful indulgence. Other emerging Britishisms that were recorded include nutter, trousers, bugger, dodgy, kerfuffle, posh, aggro, banter, flummox and bollocks.
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Anti-Trump protests in all 50 US states
The researchers say the prevalence of these words is a reflection of globalization, driven by media and technology. The British TV shows, as well as pop stars such as Charlie XCX, are not just entertaining audiences, but exporting language and fueling cultural exchange.
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The Happy Pod: The professionals and tradespeople cleaning up Ghana
And are you surprised by the momentum that this movement has taken? I mean, there seem to be a lot of you now involved and you've got support from celebrities and other people as well. So did you expect it to be this successful?
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The Happy Pod: The professionals and tradespeople cleaning up Ghana
Do you think there's been a change in awareness among ordinary people in Ghana? Do you think this has caught their imagination? Do you think this is making a real difference?
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The Happy Pod: The professionals and tradespeople cleaning up Ghana
Do you think it might spread to other countries like Nigeria, for example?
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The Happy Pod: From security guard to sculptor at the Met Museum
This is the Jamar al-Fanar, the famous square right at the heart of the ancient Medina of Marrakesh. And it was here, a thousand years ago, that storytellers began telling tales in the square. They'd stand in a circle of onlookers and tell ancient tales. And this carried on for hundreds of years until...
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The Happy Pod: From security guard to sculptor at the Met Museum
In the 1970s, as Moroccans got televisions, radios, then later the internet, social media, the young generation forgot about storytelling and it began to die out. But now, the Marrakesh International Storytelling Festival is trying to revive an interest in storytelling. As part of that, they're trying to break the record for the longest continuous storytelling session.
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Germany election: exit polls say conservatives head for victory
There was jubilation on the streets of El Obeid as Sudanese soldiers marched into the city. A military spokesman, Nabil Abdullah, confirmed the gains, saying army forces had destroyed RSF units. El Obeid is a strategic hub connecting Khartoum to Darfur, where the RSF has gained ground.
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Germany election: exit polls say conservatives head for victory
Analysts are calling this operation a significant victory for the army, which has been making steady advances in recent weeks. This triumph comes amid a 22-month conflict that has fractured Sudan. The army now controls the north and east, while the RSF holds sway over much of Darfur and parts of the south. The fight for control has displaced millions and left thousands dead.
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Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers
Floyd is very relevant in New York because many folks in the neighborhoods of New York City and the metropolitan area don't have access to regular dental care.
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Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers
Fluoride is very relevant in New York because many folks in the neighborhoods of New York City and the metropolitan area don't have access to regular dental care. But if we were to eliminate fluoride, it would have a dramatic impact and increase levels of cavities in particular that would make it much more difficult for even our ability to respond to the issues.
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Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers
People need to appreciate that the impact, not just the teeth of cavities, but then the systemic impact of having teeth that have cavities that then result in dental pain, lost hours in school, lost hours of work, lost hours of sleep. The issues continue to face us.
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Syrian government says operation against Assad loyalists over
Using drones to watch or attack targets has changed warfare significantly in the past few years. But this report, titled Death by Delivery, turns its attention to the machines used in conflicts in Africa. It's revealed what the authors call a striking pattern of civilian harm.
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Syrian government says operation against Assad loyalists over
Drones, largely supplied by Turkey, China and Iran, are being used in military campaigns against insurgents in Sudan, Somalia, Nigeria, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ethiopia. The report reveals that drone attacks have frequently targeted densely populated areas, with few precautions in place to avoid killing or injuring civilians.
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South Korea: police refuse to arrest impeached President
Any story when done right is universal and all the weird idiosyncratic struggles we go through on a daily basis are just as worthy of being committed to screen as any. Shogun.
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State of emergency declared in Myanmar after huge earthquake
Es ist ziemlich schräg geologisch gesagt, aber es hat in der Tat die Oberfläche erreicht. Denn ein solcher Ursprung ist groß, was bedeutet, dass die Fläche, die sich bewegt hat, 200 Kilometer lang ist. Am längsten Punkt hat es sich um 5 Meter bewegt. Und in Höhe ist es von 10 Kilometern bis auf die Oberfläche gekommen.
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State of emergency declared in Myanmar after huge earthquake
Also ist es eine wirklich große Rockinterface, die sich bewegt hat, um einen so großen Ursprung zu verursachen.
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State of emergency declared in Myanmar after huge earthquake
It's plate tectonics. The India plate is shifting north. It's actually what's causing the Himalayas. The India plate is piling into the Eurasian plate in China and pushing up the Himalayas, which are growing constantly. Und in diesem bestimmten Ort bewegt sich die Indienplatte nach Norden, etwa fünf Zentimeter pro Jahr. Aber nach Osten bewegt sich die andere Platte nicht so viel.
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State of emergency declared in Myanmar after huge earthquake
Also ist die westliche Teil der Lande mehr bewegt als die östliche Teilweise. Und es gibt einen riesigen Fall auf dieser Grenze.
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State of emergency declared in Myanmar after huge earthquake
No, but you can forecast that there will be a lot of aftershocks. Many of them will be big enough to be felt. And some of them, like the first one, the 6.4, will be damaging in their own right. Wir versuchen, unsere Finger auf die Skala zu legen, mit dem wir hier reden.
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State of emergency declared in Myanmar after huge earthquake
Für jemanden, der eine große Erfahrung mit Erkrankungen hat, was würdest du beurteilen, was die Schäden in diesen drei Ländern sein werden? Die Schäden in Myanmar werden sicherlich groß sein. Schau dir die Schäden in Bangkok an und denk dir, dass das 1.000 Kilometer entfernt ist. So, we can expect a lot of casualties, I'm afraid.
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Syria: thousands celebrate 'Victory Day'
The supermarket chain Waitrose said that compared to this time last year, Christmas pet sales are up 964%. Meanwhile, at the department store John Lewis, purchases of Christmas dog toys increased by 98%. Another survey says almost half of the UK's cats and dogs are expected to receive a present this year. Presumably, the other half have just been naughty.
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Syria: thousands celebrate 'Victory Day'
And instead of the often embarrassing work Christmas party, many dog owners are resorting to bespoke Christmas events for their hounds, like this one in Manchester in the north of England, where sausage dogs, or dachshunds, got to wag their tails, admire each other's woolly jumpers and sniff their Christmas baubles.
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Syria: thousands celebrate 'Victory Day'
Again, good for the dogs, it's socialising, nice friendly event. And that event was organised by Marcus Ackford, whose company, Pup Up Cafe, arranges pet parties across the UK.
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Syria: thousands celebrate 'Victory Day'
The economic statistics still paint a grim picture of life in the UK. One million people in the country now rely on food banks. And in 2022, as Britain emerged from the Covid pandemic, inflation peaked at 11%. But lockdown also saw a rise in pet ownership. Now it seems Britain truly has gone to the dogs.
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As stock markets tumble again, Trump calls for a cut to interest rates
Olivier Beaumont, who wrote the book, alleges that Emmanuel Macron uses industrial amounts of eau sauvage, keeps a bottle in one of the drawers of his desk and freshens up with it at all hours of the day. He compares the president with Louis XIV, who made his perfumes an attribute of power as he paraded through the corridors of Versailles. The book quotes former aides to the president.
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As stock markets tumble again, Trump calls for a cut to interest rates
One says he uses scent almost to mark his territory, and another says it means, watch out, here I come. Sarah McCartney is the author of The Perfume Companion. She says Mr Macron is not alone in using scent as an instrument of power.
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As stock markets tumble again, Trump calls for a cut to interest rates
The Dior brand is owned by the multinational company LVMH. Its CEO is Bernard Arnault, who's France's richest man and believed to be close to the president. The book goes on to say that Mr Macron's wife Brigitte wears Louis Vuitton, another of Arnault's products.
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As stock markets tumble again, Trump calls for a cut to interest rates
but it adds that when her husband is abroad, she sometimes sprays herself lightly with his perfume to have the feeling that her man is not very far away. Richard Hamilton.
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As stock markets tumble again, Trump calls for a cut to interest rates
I am Steve. As a child, I yearned for the mines.