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100 days since Hamas attack on Israel with no sign of pause in war
It is now 100 days since Hamas launched its murderous attacks on Israel, sparking the war which has left many thousands dead.
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Middle-East tension: Global pro-Palestine protests as Yemen Houthis vow revenge against US
Demonstrators have marched in 30 countries to protest against Israel’s continuing military action in Gaza.
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‘Not up to China or US to decide Taiwan’s future,’ says Stimson Center think-tank
We spoke to Yun Sun, Director of the China Program at the Washington DC international think-tank, the Stimson Center and began by asking her what she thought of William Lai’s victory speech?
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Taiwan election: China relations tested after ‘triumph for democracy’
He may have been described by the Chinese as a ‘troublemaker’, but former physician William Lai has won a decisive victory in Taiwan’s presidential election. The island’s fraught relationship with its powerful neighbour dominated the poll and he is expected to continue to forge closer military and diplomatic ties with Japan and the West.
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‘Propulsion failure’ threatens first US moon landing mission in fifty years
A privately-run mission to the Moon has hit a technical hitch – just a few hours after blasting off from Florida. The company behind the launch says there’s been a ‘failure within the propulsion system’ and it’s now working out what the mission will be able to achieve.
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Boeing shares plummet after 737 plane door blows out mid-flight
Shares in Boeing have tumbled by nine percent after America’s aviation watchdog ordered dozens of their 737 Max aircraft to be grounded for urgent inspections.
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‘This will end when everyone realises that the losses are bigger than any gains obtained’ – UN Relief Agency director on Gaza conflict
We spoke to Tamara Alrifai from the UN’s refugee agency for Palestine and began by asking her about what staff in Gaza are telling her about the situation there.
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Israel-Gaza: Patients flee Gaza hospital surrounded by Israeli ‘red zone’
Medical staff and patients have been fleeing from the main hospital in central Gaza, as Israel dropped leaflets warning residents the surrounding area had been designated a red zone.
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Olympian Oscar Pistorius released on parole 11 years after killing girlfriend
The former Paralympian and Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has been released on bail from prison in South Africa – almost eleven years since he murdered his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
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Antony Blinken begins marathon Middle East trip to stop wider conflict
The US secretary of State Antony Blinken has begun a marathon trip around the Middle East in order to prevent a wider conflict.
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Martin Luther King’s granddaughter on how she is carrying on her grandfather’s legacy
‘My generation will be defined by action, not apathy’ – the words of Yolanda Renee King, the granddaughter of the visionary civil rights leader Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Inspired by her grandfather’s example, 15-year-old Yolanda is already an activist on issues such as gun violence, climate change and education reform.
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Iran explosions will create ‘many layers of escalation’, says defence expert
We talk to Dr Samuel Ramani from the Royal United Services Institute defence and security think tank.
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Iran: At least 103 people killed in explosions near general’s tomb
More than a hundred people were killed and scores of others were injured when two explosions went off at a memorial ceremony for a prominent Iranian general in the southern city of Kerman.
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Good Grief: Schitt’s Creek’s Dan Levy turns director and writer for film on love and loss
Dan Levy is best known as the star and co-creator of the multi-Emmy Award winning TV series Schitt’s Creek.
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2023 is UK’s second warmest year on record after 2022, provisional Met Office figures suggest
Last year was the second warmest on record for the UK since records began, according to provisional figures from the Met Office. The hottest was 2022.