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A senior US administration official has pushed back at reported comments by Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing the Israeli prime minister of making “maximalist statements” that are “not constructive to getting a ceasefire deal across the finish line”. It comes in the midst of an in...
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to an American "bridging proposal" for a ceasefire deal in Gaza.It is now up to Hamas to agree, Mr Blinken added.The pair met in Tel Aviv for talks that Mr Netanyahu has described as "positi...
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India's top court has said the recent rape and murder of a trainee doctor in West Bengal state has "shocked the conscience of the nation" and criticised authorities for their handling of the investigation.The 31-year-old woman's body was found earlier this month in the seminar room...
The bodies of six hostages have been retrieved from the Gaza Strip, Israel's military has said.A statement from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the bodies of Yagev Buchshtab, Alexander Dancyg, Avraham Munder, Yoram Metzger, Haim Perry and British-Israeli Nadav Popplewell were recovered from...
Thirty-six flights were cancelled and 201 delayed at a Japanese airport on the weekend after a pair of scissors went missing in a store near the boarding gates.Security checks at Hokkaido’s New Chitose Airport domestic terminal were suspended for about two hours on Saturday morning, leaving hu...
Some music fans now know 15-second sped up snippets of songs better than the real thing.It’s thanks to an emerging trend on social media, particularly TikTok, of creators changing the tempo of popular songs by 25-30%, to accompany short viral videos of dances or other themes.These versions are...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken began crunch talks with senior officials in Israel on Monday in an attempt to advance a Gaza ceasefire-for-hostages deal, in what he termed “maybe the last opportunity” to end the fighting and avoid a regional escalation.Ahead of a meeting with Israel...
The Democratic National Convention is set to kick off on Monday as Gaza protests threaten to overshadow what is expected to be a show of unity for Vice-President Kamala Harris as the party's nominee for president.The Harris campaign is hoping the Chicago convention will serve as a jubilant celeb...
As Martina Canchi Nate walks through the Bolivian jungle, red butterflies fluttering around her, we have to ask her to pause - our team can’t keep up.Her ID card shows she’s 84, but within 10 minutes, she digs up three yucca trees to extract the tubers from the roots, and with just two s...
When Kamala Harris steps onto the stage at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this week as the party’s presidential nominee, she’ll do so knowing that many in the audience cheering her on once counted her out.Ms Harris, 59, has faced years of doubt from some within her party a...
Indonesia has celebrated Independence Day in its future new capital city Nusantara for the first time - with scaled-back festivities as construction continues.The country had hoped to officially inaugurate the city on the 79th anniversary of its declaration of independence in 1945 after centuries of...
Doctors in India have held a national strike, escalating the protest against the rape and murder of a female colleague in the West Bengal city of Kolkata.More than a million were expected to join the strikes, as hospitals and clinics across the country turned away non-emergency patients.The Indian M...
Ukraine has destroyed a strategically important bridge over the river Seym, as it continues its incursion into Russia's Kursk region.Russian officials have been quoted as saying the operation near the town of Glushkovo has cut off part of the local district.The bridge was used by the Kremlin to ...
Protests have intensified in India after a mob vandalised a hospital where a female trainee doctor was raped and murdered in West Bengal state.The hospital was attacked on Wednesday during the massive Reclaim the Night march held in Kolkata city to protest against the brutal crime.Smaller protests w...
Tens of thousands of women in West Bengal state marched through the streets on Wednesday night in protest against the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a state-run hospital in Kolkata last week.The Reclaim the Night march was the culmination of nearly a week of frenzied protests ignited by the ...
You can lead a horse to water and, it turns out, convince it to drink if the reward is great enough, researchers have found.A new study has suggested horses are more intelligent than previously thought, having been observed to quickly adapt to a treat-based game with changing rules.Researchers from ...
The US has sent a guided missile submarine to the Middle East, as tensions grow in the region.Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin also said an aircraft carrier which was already heading to the area would sail there more quickly.The move comes in response to fears of a wider regional conflict, after the r...
Dozens of arrests were made following scenes of disorder in England on Saturday, with police warning that further violence is likely in the coming days.Multiple towns and cities saw clashes between anti-immigration demonstrators and counter-protesters, with police officers attacked and injured, and ...
Rising to the challenge of swiftly punishing rioters will make it harder for the government to rebuild the justice system, the justice secretary has said.Writing in the Observer, Shabana Mahmood said the impact of the days of disorder, fuelled by online disinformation following the Southport attack,...
Iran’s acting foreign minister has said the country will respond to the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh at the “right time” in the "appropriate" manner, following a day of intense diplomacy in the Middle East.His comments came during an emergency meeting of the Org...
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