Field Marshal Asim Munir, Pakistan’s all-powerful defence chief, is reportedly looking at the toughest test of his…
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The biggest pain points for EU leaders at critical Ukraine summit – POLITICO
“I proposed two different options for this upcoming European Council, one based on assets and one based on EU borrowing. And we will have to decide which way we want to take,” she said during a speech at the European Parliament in…
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Anthony Albanese announces hate speech crackdown after Bondi shooting
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his government will crack down on hate speech following Sunday’s deadly shooting at Bondi Beach that targeted a Jewish festival.
Fifteen people were killed when two gunmen opened fire at an event to…
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Ukraine war briefing: Drones strike tanker in Russian port, local officials say | Ukraine
Ukrainian forces have struck a tanker in a southern Russian port and caused deaths, the regional governor said early on Thursday. The strike in the southern Russian port of Rostov-on-Don damaged the vessel and, according to preliminary…
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Peter Arnett: Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent, who reported from Vietnam and Gulf War, has died
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Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness accounts of war from the rice…
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King’s Speech set for week after May’s crunch elections
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is set to unveil the agenda for the next phase of his government in the immediate aftermath of May’s crucial elections.
The King’s Speech has been pencilled in for May 12 or 13 next year, the BBC has been told, just…
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Myanmar’s military junta charge hundreds with breaking election law as voting date nears
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Myanmar’s military government has charged more than 200 people with violating the Southeast Asian country’s voting law ahead of a general election at the…
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In this secret missile factory, Ukraine is ramping up its domestic arms industry
Moose Campbell/BBCThe Flamingo missile is a new, long-range Ukrainian cruise missile, designed for deep strikes against Russia with a range of up to 3,000km Jonathan BealeDefence correspondent in Kyiv
We’re driven blindfolded to a secret location…
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Former employee awarded £65k after male boss sexually harassed her
BBCJayla Boyd worked part time in JD while studying for her A-Levels A student who worked as a sales assistant has settled a sexual harassment case against her former employer JD Sports for £65,000.
Jayla Boyd worked part time in a Belfast store…
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