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Pakistan attacks: At least 50 dead in two deadly bombings
At least 50 people have been killed in two attacks in Pakistan.
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Women engaging in ‘ordinary, everyday resistance’ in Iran, says Chatham House Middle East director
We’re joined by Dr Sanam Vakil, director of the Middle East and North Africa programme at Chatham House.
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North Korea meets Russia: Putin and Kim Jong Un to discuss arms and nuclear tech
A meeting of two isolated leaders, usually too afraid of leaving home. North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un left his country by armoured train for the first time in four years to meet President Putin in Eastern Siberia.
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Good Friday Agreement Anniversary: power vacuum ‘failing’ Northern Ireland
Twenty five years ago today, the Good Friday Agreement was signed – bringing an end, on paper at least, to the Troubles in Northern Ireland, which had cost thousands of lives over decades.
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Greece train crash: At least 36 killed in head-on collision
At least 38 people have been killed and dozens were injured after a head-on-collision between a passenger and a cargo train in Greece.
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Bomb at mosque in Pakistan kills at least 59 people
At least 59 people have been killed by a bomb that targeted police officers praying in a mosque in Pakistan.
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PM says northern England is main beneficiary of £2bn levelling up money
The prime minister has insisted that northern England is the main beneficiary of the latest two billion pounds of levelling up money allocated to over a hundred projects across the country after reports that London and the South East would get a disproportionate share.
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Health service in Northern Ireland under immense strain
Across the UK, hospitals are under immense strain. But in Northern Ireland, the problems are on another scale. Before Covid, more than one in sixteen of the population were on a hospital waiting list, and problems have gotten much worse since then. Our own Factcheck team have been looking into the state of the health…
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Turkey coal mine explosion kills at least 41
Officials say 41 people have been killed after an explosion at a coal mine in northern Turkey.
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UK announces new licences for oil and gas drilling in North Sea
Liz Truss has been looking to reassure the public following yesterday’s warning from the National Grid that there could – in a worst case scenario – be scheduled blackouts or temporary energy cuts.
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At least 37 killed in Thailand nursery shooting
Thailand is mourning the 37 victims of a mass shooting and stabbing.
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Devastating floods kill at least 59 and leave millions stranded in Bangladesh and India
Deadly monsoon storms have killed at least 59 people in Bangladesh and north-eastern India.
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One thing unifying ‘splintered’ Unionists is anger at Northern Ireland protocol, DUP MP says
We spoke to Gregory Campbell, the Democratic Unionist Party MP for East Londonderry.
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Mass graves discovered amid new claims of war crimes on eastern border
Mass graves, civilians tortured and shot, an entire town virtually obliterated as residents took whatever shelter they could.
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At least 120 dead and more than 1,000 missing in Western Europe floods
Record rainfall caused rivers to burst their banks and the intensity of the floods that followed have now claimed more than 120 lives. Towns and villages have been left devastated as buildings collapsed, and residents were left stranded. Germany has been the hardest hit. In the country’s most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia, at least 43…
