America marks the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
28 Aug 2025
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Twenty years on, Americans remember Hurricane Katrina, which killed nearly 1,800 people and caused $...
Russia strikes Ukraine in one of the biggest attacks of the war
28 Aug 2025
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President Zelensky says the world must respond firmly after Russia attacked Ukraine with one of its ...
Members of UN Security Council, except US, say Gaza famine is man-made
27 Aug 2025
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All members of the UN Security Council -- apart from the United States -- have released a statement ...
Trump hits India with 50% tariffs
27 Aug 2025
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Steep tariffs have been imposed on India by the US, doubling an existing duty, as President Donald T...
Israeli report denies targetting journalist in Gaza
26 Aug 2025
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The Israeli military says in its initial report about the attack on the Nasser Hospital in southern ...
Trump sacks Federal Reserve Governor
26 Aug 2025
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Donald Trump has ordered the removal of a Federal Reserve governor, as he steps up attempts to exert...
UN calls for investigation following deadly Israeli strikes on Nasser hospital in Gaza
26 Aug 2025
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There's been international condemnation of Israeli airstrikes on the Nasser hospital in southern Gaz...
Gaza: 20 reported dead in Israeli hospital attack
25 Aug 2025
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At least 20 people, including five journalists, are reported to have been killed in an Israeli strik...
Israel hits Houthi targets in Yemen's capital
25 Aug 2025
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The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israeli airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yeme...
Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City continue, days after famine declared there
24 Aug 2025
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Palestinian media say many people were killed by Israeli strikes on a camp for displaced people in s...
The Happy Pod: Letters from dad - with love
23 Aug 2025
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We hear about the Dad Letter Project which was set up by a father and daughter in the US to send han...
UN chief: Famine in Gaza is a 'man-made disaster'
22 Aug 2025
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United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, says the famine in Gaza City is a 'failure of hu...
A famine has been confirmed in Gaza City
22 Aug 2025
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A UN-backed body has confirmed a famine in Gaza City after twenty-two months of conflict and warned ...
Netanyahu: Israel will begin talks to free all hostages
21 Aug 2025
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In a video address, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel would begin negoti...
Russia launches its biggest attack on Ukraine in weeks
21 Aug 2025
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President Zelensky calls on allies to put Russia under greater pressure to stop the war in Ukraine, ...
Israeli military offensive to occupy Gaza City is underway
21 Aug 2025
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Israel says it has begun 'preliminary actions' of a planned ground offensive to capture and occupy a...
NATO heads discuss Ukraine security plans
20 Aug 2025
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NATO military chiefs are meeting to work on security guarantees for Ukraine in the event of a peace ...
Israel casts doubt on whether it will accept a new ceasefire proposal
19 Aug 2025
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Israel is demanding the release of all 50 hostages held in Gaza, an Israeli official has said, casti...
Trump: arrangements under way for Putin Zelensky meeting
19 Aug 2025
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President Zelensky says work has already started on security guarantees for Ukraine after talks in W...
Ukraine talks special: Will Zelensky and Putin meet?
19 Aug 2025
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Donald Trump says he's begun arrangements for a meeting between Presidents Zelensky and Putin to end...
Hope for Ukraine peace as Trump meets Zelensky in Washington
18 Aug 2025
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US President Donald Trump has hosted Ukraine’s leader, Volodymyr Zelensky, at the White House for ...
Trump says Zelensky can end Russia war 'if he wants to'
18 Aug 2025
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Three days after President Trump's meeting in Alaska with President Putin, he's due to see President...
European leaders to join Trump-Zelensky meeting
18 Aug 2025
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Several European leaders are to join the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, in Washington on M...
Outline emerges of Putin's offer to end war in Ukraine
17 Aug 2025
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Vladimir Putin is reported to have told President Trump that he wants Ukraine to hand over more of i...
The Happy Pod: Mountaintop matchmaking
16 Aug 2025
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In the Swiss mountains, handwritten notes left on mountain peaks have been turning scenic climbs int...
Trump-Putin summit on Ukraine: A Global News Podcast special
16 Aug 2025
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Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have finished their meeting in Anchorage, Alaska, held to discuss a ...
Trump and Putin fail to reach Ukraine deal
16 Aug 2025
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After ending their much-heralded summit in Alaska, the US and Russian leaders have said their meetin...
How do Alaskans feel about the Trump-Putin summit?
15 Aug 2025
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Hundreds of pro-Ukraine demonstrators in Alaska have been showing their unhappiness about the absenc...
Trump and Putin to hold Ukraine talks in Alaska
15 Aug 2025
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US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to a summit in the US sta...
Sudan suffers deadly cholera outbreak
14 Aug 2025
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An outbreak of cholera in Sudan is reported to have killed hundreds of people. The epicentre is in N...
European leaders hopeful after Trump call before Putin summit
14 Aug 2025
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European leaders appeared cautiously optimistic after holding a virtual meeting with Donald Trump on...
European leaders meet ahead of Trump's summit with Putin
13 Aug 2025
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Europe's leaders warn the US against making concessions to Russia, saying that Ukraine's borders mus...
Zelensky rules out giving up Donbas
13 Aug 2025
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President Zelensky has vowed to reject any proposal from Russia that would mean Ukraine ceding terri...
North Korean workers subjected to 'slave-like' conditions in Russia
12 Aug 2025
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South Korean intelligence officials have told the BBC that 10,000 North Korean workers were sent to ...
Trump deploys troops to Washington in 'crime crackdown'
12 Aug 2025
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President Trump has announced he's sending 800 National Guard troops to Washington DC and taking con...
Israel condemned over journalist deaths in Gaza
11 Aug 2025
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Israel is facing condemnation for the deliberate killing of a prominent Al Jazeera correspondent and...
Al Jazeera journalists killed in targeted Israeli attack in Gaza
11 Aug 2025
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Israel’s military says it's killed the prominent Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif in a stri...
Europe rallies behind Ukraine ahead of Trump-Putin talks
10 Aug 2025
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The Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has said Ukraine must be involved in deciding the path to...
The Happy Pod: How baby showers saved a rare bird
09 Aug 2025
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We hear how a woman helped save one of India's rarest birds by holding baby showers to celebrate the...
UN Security Council calls emergency meeting on Gaza
09 Aug 2025
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The UN Security Council is to meet on Sunday to discuss the Israeli government's decision to expand ...
Israel approves military takeover of Gaza City
08 Aug 2025
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The Israeli government's decision to take over Gaza City has prompted criticism from international l...
Netanyahu divides Israelis and allies with plan to occupy Gaza
08 Aug 2025
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The families of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza have joined protests outside a crucial meeting of Isr...
Trump-Putin meeting over Ukraine likely ‘in coming days’
07 Aug 2025
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The Kremlin has said planning is underway for a meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump next...
Trump orders India tariff hike to 50% for buying Russian oil
07 Aug 2025
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US President Donald Trump has issued an executive order hitting India with an additional 25% tariff ...
Trump's envoy meets Putin as Ukraine ceasefire deadline looms
06 Aug 2025
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Kremlin says talks in Moscow between US envoy Steve Witkoff and Vladimir Putin were 'useful and cons...
Former US President Bill Clinton ordered to testify about Jeffrey Epstein
06 Aug 2025
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The former US President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary are among high-profile figures to be sent ...
UN says 'children reduced to skin and bones' and El Fasher facing starvation
05 Aug 2025
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The UN's food agency says people trapped in the Sudanese city of El Fasher for more than a year are ...
Families accuse Hamas of deliberately starving hostages
05 Aug 2025
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The brother of Israeli hostage Evyatar David has told the BBC that a video released by Hamas shows h...
Israeli media reports plans to expand military offensive in Gaza
04 Aug 2025
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Hundreds of ex-Israeli security officials write to President Trump, urging him to pressurize the gov...
Israeli minister sparks anger by praying at Jerusalem holy site
04 Aug 2025
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Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has visited the al-Aqsa Mosque compoun...
Family of Israeli hostage accuses Hamas of deliberate starvation
02 Aug 2025
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The family of Israeli hostage, Evyatar David, accuses Hamas of starvation as part of a propaganda ca...
The Happy Pod: Learning begins with breakfast
02 Aug 2025
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Meet the charity which is providing free breakfasts for three million children across sixteen countr...
Trump moves nuclear submarines after Russian ex-president's comments
02 Aug 2025
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President Trump says he's ordered two nuclear submarines to "be positioned in appropriate regions" i...
US announces new tariffs for dozens of countries
01 Aug 2025
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President Trump's new tariffs on more than 90 countries will come into effect next Thursday, unless ...
Washington has imposed new sanctions on Palestinian Authority members
01 Aug 2025
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The United States has imposed travel restrictions on members of the Palestinian Authority and the Pa...
Russian strikes hit dozens of locations in the Ukrainian capital
31 Jul 2025
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Many people have been killed in Russian airstrikes on Kyiv, including a six-year-old boy and his mot...
Canada follows France and UK with plan to recognise Palestinian state
31 Jul 2025
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The Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has said Canada plans to recognise a Palestinian state in Se...
Tsunami warnings scaled back across northern Pacific
30 Jul 2025
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Tsunami warnings have been scaled back across much of the northern Pacific after a huge earthquake o...
UK threatens to recognise Palestinian state
30 Jul 2025
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Britain's prime minister, Keir Starmer, says he'll recognise Palestinian statehood, unless Israel ta...
Worst-case scenario of famine unfolding in Gaza, says UN-backed group
29 Jul 2025
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The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a global hunger monitoring system, has warn...
Israeli human rights groups accuse Israel of genocide
28 Jul 2025
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For the first time, two leading Israeli human rights organisations, B'Tselem and Physicians for Huma...
The UN warns that it's "make or break" for malnourished Palestinians
28 Jul 2025
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President Trump has acknowledged that there is real starvation in Gaza and that Israel has a respons...
Humanitarian aid trickles into Gaza
28 Jul 2025
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Palestinians rushed to collect aid from lorries and airdrops after Israel pauses fighting in some ar...
Israel to open humanitarian corridors into Gaza
26 Jul 2025
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The Israeli military says it's resuming airdrops of aid to Gaza. Humanitarian corridors will also be...
The Happy Pod: Performing on the street got me Oasis tickets
26 Jul 2025
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The street musician whose dream of seeing Oasis came true, thanks to a stranger. He says people shou...
Gaza aid airdrops to resume, as outrage over hunger crisis grows
26 Jul 2025
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Israel says it will allow aid airdrops into Gaza, as the UN says almost one in three people are goin...
Israel to allow Jordan and UAE to resume Gaza aid airdrops
25 Jul 2025
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Israel says it will allow Jordan and the UAE to resume aid airdrops over the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, ...
US and Israel leave Gaza ceasefire talks in Qatar
25 Jul 2025
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The United States has joined Israel in recalling its negotiators from Gaza ceasefire talks in Doha. ...
Thai and Cambodian troops exchange fire in deadly clashes
24 Jul 2025
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Thailand seals border with Cambodia after clashes leave at least 12 people dead. Also: a deadly plan...
WHO demands full access for aid into Gaza
24 Jul 2025
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The World Health Organization has demanded full access for aid into Gaza as well as a ceasefire, des...
Aid agencies warn mass starvation in Gaza is spreading
23 Jul 2025
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Dozens of aid agencies accuse Israel of withholding food and say mass starvation in Gaza is spreadin...
The World Debate: What can stop the war in Gaza?
23 Jul 2025
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In this special edition of the Global News Podcast, Nick Robinson discusses what can end the conflic...
Israeli officials deny that famine is taking hold in Gaza
23 Jul 2025
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Israel has acknowledged there's been a significant drop in the amount of aid reaching Palestinians i...
Hamas health officials: 33 die of starvation in Gaza
22 Jul 2025
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Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry say 33 people have died of starvation in the past 48 hours. Also, f...
Nearly 30 countries call for an immediate end to the war in Gaza
22 Jul 2025
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A statement by many foreign ministers has condemned what it calls the "drip feeding" of aid to Pales...
Israel launches ground and air assault on Gaza's Deir al-Balah
21 Jul 2025
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Aid agencies say the Israeli military's ground and air assault on Deir al-Balah in central Gaza has ...
Dozens of Gazans die in shooting near to aid convoy
21 Jul 2025
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Dozens of Gazans die near to an aid convoy; Israel says its troops fired warning shots but rejects H...
Syria deploys troops to enforce fragile ceasefire
20 Jul 2025
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The Syrian government says it has halted sectarian clashes in Sweida despite signs it's struggling t...
The Happy Pod: The thrill of swimming the Arctic Circle
19 Jul 2025
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We meet some of the swimmers participating in this year's swim across the Arctic Circle. Also, the g...
Trump sues newspaper over Epstein story
19 Jul 2025
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Donald Trump is suing the Wall Street Journal over a report claiming he wrote a "bawdy" note to sex ...
Patterns of injury in a Gaza war hospital
18 Jul 2025
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British surgeon documents injuries inflicted on wounded Palestinians. Also: Gaming recruitment strat...
British spies and special forces named in Afghan data breach
17 Jul 2025
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The personal details of British spies and special forces soldiers were included in one of the worst ...
Dozens killed in Iraqi shopping centre fire
17 Jul 2025
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Dozens die in a fire at a shopping centre in the Iraqi city of Kut, opened only five days ago. Also,...
Syria withdrawing its army from Druze-majority Sweida city
17 Jul 2025
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Syria says its army has begun to withdraw from the mainly Druze city of Sweida - after days of deadl...
Israel strikes Syrian military headquarters
16 Jul 2025
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Israel launches strikes on Syria, including the capital Damascus. Also: at least 20 people killed by...
Afghans moved to UK in secret scheme after data breach
16 Jul 2025
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UK government apologises to thousands of Afghans potentially at risk from Taliban after personal det...
Trump tells BBC 'I'm not done with Putin'
15 Jul 2025
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In an exclusive BBC interview, President Trump says he's disappointed with President Putin but he's ...
Trump gives Russia 50 days to make peace in Ukraine
15 Jul 2025
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The US says it will sanction Moscow's trade partners if a ceasefire in Ukraine is not reached. Also:...
Donald Trump to send Patriot air defence systems to Ukraine
14 Jul 2025
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As the US envoy meets President Zelensky in Kyiv, Donald Trump says the US will send Patriot air def...
Israel blames 'technical error' for Gaza children's deaths
14 Jul 2025
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The IDF has blamed a "technical error" for a Gaza strike that hit metres from the target, killing si...
EU and Mexico hit back at Trump's tariff threat
13 Jul 2025
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The EU and Mexico criticise Donald Trump after he says he will impose 30% tariffs on their exports t...
The Happy Pod: The trio bringing countries together with music
12 Jul 2025
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The trio hoping to soothe global tensions through musical collaboration. They mix Chinese and Americ...
Air India crash report: fuel switches cut off after takeoff
11 Jul 2025
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A first report into the Air India crash finds fuel switches were in cut off position just after take...
Kurdish rebels burn guns in step towards ending Turkey conflict
11 Jul 2025
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Kurdish militant PKK group begins disarming, starting a process designed to end the Turkish conflict...
UK to return some migrants to France in weeks says PM
10 Jul 2025
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Keir Starmer announces a "one in, one out" pilot scheme to deter illegal migration. Also: The origin...
Ukrainian security service say their officer shot dead
10 Jul 2025
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Ukraine's security service say one of their officers was gunned down in Kyiv after an overnight Russ...
Kenya's president denounces anti-government unrest
09 Jul 2025
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Kenya’s President denounces anti-government unrest, saying protesters who use violence should be s...
Russia launches major attack on Ukraine after Trump criticism of Putin
09 Jul 2025
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After President Trump's criticism of Putin, Russia launches major attack on Ukraine, in heaviest sin...
Trump and Netanyahu meet again in push for Gaza ceasefire
09 Jul 2025
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President Trump and the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, have met for a 2nd time to discu...
First malaria treatment for babies approved
08 Jul 2025
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A new malaria treatment designed for babies is expected to be rolled out in Africa within weeks. Als...