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Ukraine war talks start now, Trump says after Putin call
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

The US and Russia leaders speak over the phone after Trump says Nato membership for Ukraine is unlikely.

Hegseth sets out hard line on European defence and Nato
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

The US defence secretary tells Europe to spend more and take responsibility for Ukraine's future defence.

Fifty countries affected by USAID freeze, says WHO
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

HIV treatments and other services have been disrupted, says Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

Confusion clouds efforts to save Gaza ceasefire
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

Egypt and Qatar are "intensifying diplomatic efforts" as concern grows that fighting will resume.

Santorini fears for summer tourist season as earthquakes hit island
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

The Greek island's most important industry will bounce back, but staffing is a worry say hoteliers

Some on-air claims about Dominion Voting Systems were false, Fox News acknowledges in statement after deal is announced
Posted on Wednesday April 19, 2023

Dominion still has pending lawsuits against election deniers such as Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell
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Here are the 20 specific Fox broadcasts and tweets Dominion says were defamatory
Posted on Monday April 17, 2023

• Fox-Dominion trial delay 'is not unusual,' judge says • Fox News' defamation battle isn't stopping Trump's election lies

Judge in Fox News-Dominion defamation trial: 'The parties have resolved their case'
Posted on Wednesday April 19, 2023

The judge just announced in court that a settlement has been reached in the historic defamation case between Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems.

'Difficult to say with a straight face': Tapper reacts to Fox News' statement on settlement
Posted on Tuesday April 18, 2023

A settlement has been reached in Dominion Voting Systems' defamation case against Fox News, the judge for the case announced. The network will pay more than $787 million to Dominion, a lawyer for the company said.

Trump 2nd term live updates: Judge denies request for injunction blocking buyouts
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

A federal judge in Boston has denied a request to issue a preliminary injunction blocking President Donald Trump's plan to offer a buyout to federal employees.

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Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

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US embassies around the world brace for staff reductions after memo from State Dept.
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

The State Department has begun instructing U.S. embassies around the world to start planning for staff reductions, sources told ABC News.

Doctor charged with arson for allegedly setting another doctor's home on fire: Police
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

An Ohio doctor has been charged with arson after allegedly setting fire to another doctor's house, officials said.

WATCH: Baby born weighing less than 2 pounds goes home after 7 months in NICU
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

Hospital staff threw Brooks Joseph a special farewell parade as he made his way out of the hospital to go home.

Trump blasts Department of Education as ‘con job,’ says he wants it closed 'immediately'
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

President Trump called the Department of Education a "con job" and called for it to close immediately after learning the U.S. ranks 40th in education and first in cost per pupil.

NFL hit with lawsuit from fans as teams are 'not allowed to' join Bluesky: reports
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

Two Bluesky users have reportedly sued the National Football League for keeping its teams off the app and forcing fans to use other social media platforms.

A.J. Brown says winning Super Bowl 'wasn't what I thought it would be;' love for game 'comes when I dominate'
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

A.J. Brown caught a touchdown en route to winning his first Super Bowl, but he says taking home the Lombardi Trophy isn't "what I thought it would be."

Bengals' Joe Burrow says he put up MVP-caliber season despite lingering wrist injury
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow said during a recent appearance on Barstool Sports' "Pardon My Take" that his previous wrist injury still bothered him at times during his recent MVP-caliber season.

Eagles defensive star Josh Sweat believes he ‘should’ve’ been named Super Bowl LIX MVP
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

Philadelphia Eagles defensive star Josh Sweat said he "should've" been named Super Bowl LIX MVP. The award went to Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts after the Eagles' 40-22 win.

Many Groups Promised Federal Aid Still Have No Funds and No Answers
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

Judicial rulings have unfrozen some grants awaited by nonprofits, states and companies, but the reprieve has been uneven and many fear the relief is only temporary.

Trump’s Resignation Program for Federal Workers Can Proceed, Judge Rules
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

The decision was a win for the Trump administration, which has been stymied by a series of other court rulings in recent days. The judge said the plaintiffs lacked standing.

Republicans Love Trump’s Spending Cuts. Just Not in Their States.
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

Even as they praise the president’s unilateral actions to slash federal spending, G.O.P. lawmakers have quietly moved to seek carve outs or exemptions for their own constituents.

Trump Says Call With Putin Is Beginning of Ukraine Peace Negotiations
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

Among the topics the leaders discussed in their first confirmed conversation of President Trump’s second term was ending the war in Ukraine, he said.

Hegseth Takes Aim at Domestic Enemies as Defense Secretary
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

Pete Hegseth has spent much of his first weeks in office focused on culture wars while saying little about America’s adversaries.


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Top government ethics official fired by Trump speaks out
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

The Trump administration recently ousted David Huitema, the person responsible for overseeing ethics for the executive branch. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe spoke with Huitema about his firing and plans for the future.

Some legal scholars say Trump has created a constitutional crisis
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

In the wake of President Trump's expansive executive actions, legal minds are weighing the question: Is the nation currently facing a constitutional crisis? Adam Liptak, Supreme Court reporter for The New York Times, spoke with scholars who say the answer is yes. Liptak joins "America Decides" to share what experts told him.

Trump blames Biden for January inflation spike
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

New government data shows inflation is up 3% on an annual basis. In reaction to the hot report, President Trump blamed the surge on his predecessor, saying "BIDEN INFLATION UP!" Political strategists Hyma Moore and Justin Sayfie join "America Decides" with analysis.

Trump counselor Alina Habba warns of "repercussions" for defying executive orders
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

As President Trump signs executive order after executive order, the number of lawsuits the administration faces is also ticking up. Alina Habba, senior counselor to the president, warns that those who challenge them will face "repercussions." Habba joins "America Decides" with her take on the legal fights facing the administration.

Judge allows Trump's deferred resignations plan for federal workers to proceed
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

A federal judge in Massachusetts lifted a previous order pausing the program.

Campaigner for migrants in Libya targeted in spyware attack
Posted on Tuesday February 11, 2025

Exclusive: Italy-based David Yambio, a critic of Meloni government, was told of attempt to compromise his phone

An Italy-based human rights activist whose work supports the international criminal court in providing evidence about cases of abuse suffered by migrants and refugees held in Libyan detention camps and prisons has revealed that Apple informed him his phone was targeted in a spyware attack

David Yambio, the president and co-founder of Refugees in Libya, has been a critic of the Italian government’s migrant pact with the north African country and its recent controversial decision to release Osama Najim, a Libyan police chief wanted by the international criminal court (ICC) for suspected war crimes, including torture, murder, enslavement and rape. Yambio, 27, was an alleged victim of Najim’s abuses during his detention at the notorious Mitiga prison near Tripoli.

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‘Each of us is afraid’: Guinea’s junta leader tightens grip as opposition lies low
Posted on Tuesday February 11, 2025

Mamady Doumbouya has led the country since a 2021 coup. Some fear he has no intention of relinquishing power

Across Guinea’s capital, Conakry, billboards and posters proclaim the people’s loyalty to the vision of Mamady Doumbouya, the general who has led the west African country since a coup in September 2021.

The iconography is omnipresent. Along the Fidel Castro highway, the posters hang on poles that rise out of piles of rubbish. Near the grand mosque, one poster is accompanied by the gnomic inscription “Your silence is precious, your eyes reassuring”. Another, bearing an image of him shaking Xi Jinping’s hand at a meeting in Beijing in September, has the caption: “Welcome back Mamady Doumbouya, our pride.”

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Fears grow for health of social media influencer arrested on live TV in Sierra Leone
Posted on Monday February 10, 2025

Hawa Hunt’s detention a month ago was politically motivated, say daughter and rights groups, who also raise concerns about her treatment in jail

Fears are mounting over the mental and physical health of a social media influencer who has been in prison in Sierra Leone for more than a month after she was arrested on live television.

Hawa Hunt, a dual Canadian and Sierra Leonean citizen, was arrested on 22 December while starring in House of Stars, a reality TV show, for comments she made on social media about the president of Sierra Leone and the first lady in May 2023.

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Monday briefing: Why the brutal fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo could spiral into wider war
Posted on Monday February 10, 2025

In today’s newsletter: As Rwandan-backed M23 rebels seize more territory and the humanitarian crisis worsens, what’s the background to the war and prospect of peace?

Good morning. Over the weekend, the presidents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda – Félix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame – were among those who took part in a regional summit aimed at ending the resurgent violence in eastern DRC. The summit ended with a call for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire. But while there was a lull in the fighting yesterday, many fear that a ceasefire is less likely than escalation to a wider regional war.

Rwanda does not officially admit to its involvement in the latest episode of the long-running and devastating conflict in eastern DRC. But M23, an armed group with Rwanda’s tacit and practical support, has taken the capital of North Kivu province, Goma, and is now moving south to expand the territory under its control. At stake is control of a mineral-rich region of crucial strategic significance, and the fate of civilians there who are frequently the subject of ethnically targeted attacks – but also the question of whether national borders can act as any sort of constraint.

Arms trade | Britain’s system for controlling arms exports is broken, subject to political manipulation and has seen conduct that crossed the threshold into complicity with war crimes, a former UK diplomat has claimed. Mark Smith said officials were instructed to manipulate findings on the misuse of UK arms by allies.

Immigration | The Home Office is launching a fresh wave of immigration raids as Labour attempts to counter the growing political threat from Reform UK. Amid anger from critics who believe the approach echoes Theresa May’s “hostile environment” regime, the government will broadcast footage of deportations from detention to removal centres and on to waiting planes.

Israel-Gaza war | Israeli forces have withdrawn from the strategic corridor that divides northern and southern Gaza, as part of a ceasefire plan that has brought a fragile pause to the 16-month war. Despite the withdrawal – and the release of hostages and prisoners – little progress has been made on negotiating the second phase of the deal.

Air pollution | More than 1,100 people a year in the UK are developing the most prevalent form of lung cancer as a result of air pollution, the Guardian can reveal. Health experts, cancer charities and environmental campaigners said the UK findings were “devastating”

Trump tariffs | Donald Trump has said he will announce new 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports into the US on Monday that would affect “everybody’, including its largest trading partners Canada and Mexico, in another major escalation of his trade policy overhaul.

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Bo-Kaap: the candy-coloured corner of Cape Town facing tourism v heritage dilemma
Posted on Sunday February 09, 2025

Some locals in picturesque district of Bo-Kaap are fed up with influx of visitors, and worry about impact of gentrification

After Table Mountain, the candy-coloured houses of Bo-Kaap have become one of Cape Town’s most iconic images, a key stop in any tourist’s visit to the South African city and a must-have for Instagram feeds.

However, many residents of the historic Muslim district are increasingly fed up with tour buses snarling up traffic, people blocking streets as they pose for photos and the mushrooming of outsider-owned tourism businesses, as the spectre of gentrification looms over the central area.

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Trump says the U.S. will 'own' Gaza — what that could mean for the Middle East
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

The Gaza Strip – ground zero of Israel's war with Hamas – is only about twice the size of Washington, DC. It has about 25 miles of coastline along the Mediterranean Sea, with a population of about 2 million people.

Last week, President Trump proposed relocating those people to other countries in the region, like Egypt and Jordan.

Trump has said the Palestinians would not be allowed to return: UN officials and others say Trump's plan would amount to ethnic cleansing. Despite domestic and international concerns that the U.S. is empire building, Trump continues to double down on his plans for the U.S. to "own" Gaza.

Trump says the U.S. is going to take over Gaza, though he offers few specifics. What could the proposal mean for Palestinians and the broader Middle East?

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Trumps Begins Working to End the War Between Russia and Ukraine
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

President Trump had separate phone calls with the leaders of Russia and Ukraine on the same day. Following the calls, Trump posted on social media that both leaders want peace and he said that he wanted negotiations on ending the war between Russia and Ukraine to begin immediately. We hear about what this could mean from NPR's White House correspondent. We also hear about how the U.S. relationship with NATO is expected to change under Trump.

Judge declines to block Trump administration's resignation offer to federal employees
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration's offer to federal employees to resign now in exchange for pay and benefits through September can go forward.

Dozens of CFPB workers are fired as the agency remains shuttered
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

Dozens of employees at the bureau were fired by email on Tuesday night amid a stop-work order and closure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's headquarters.

A second winter storm brings cold, rain and snow to millions
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

Heavy West Coast rain means mudslides threaten fire-ravaged California. Millions of Americans elsewhere get snow, rain, extreme cold and some tornadoes.

Trump's sweeping plan to get federal workers to resign can continue, judge rules
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

Judge George A. O’Toole Jr. dissolved his restraining order blocking the "deferred resignations" program after finding the plaintiffs lacked legal standing.

How America's chief consumer-protection agency came into the Trump administration's crosshairs
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

When the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau made an appearance in the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 blueprint, the conservative group’s plan was simple: Abolish it entirely.

Trump's labor nominee once worked at Planned Parenthood, risking further GOP ire
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

Labor secretary nominee former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer listed on her questionnaire for a Senate committee that she worked at a Planned Parenthood clinic when she was in her early 20s.

Trump says he spoke with Putin and Zelenskyy in separate calls
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

The White House has confirmed that President Trump discussed negotiations to end the war in Ukraine during separate phone calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

January consumer price index report shows a rise in inflation and prices
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

New numbers from the January consumer price index report show a rise in gas, eggs and coffee prices. NBC News’ Brian Cheung and Investopedia’s Editor-in-Chief Caleb Silver break down the inflation numbers, which rose 0.4%, exceeding forecasts for 0.3%.

Senior Arab officials warn Trump’s Gaza plan would inflame Middle East - The Times of Israel
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

  1. Senior Arab officials warn Trump’s Gaza plan would inflame Middle East  The Times of Israel
  2. In Trump’s Cross Hairs Over Taking Gazans, Egypt and Jordan Try Diversion  The New York Times
  3. Trump says the U.S. will 'own' Gaza — what that could mean for the Middle East  NPR
  4. Gaza Must Be Rebuilt by Palestinians, for Palestinians  The New Yorker
  5. 'The Zionist Dream in Essence': The History of the Palestinian Transfer Debate, Explained  Haaretz

Gaza: Confusion and mistrust hang over efforts to save ceasefire - BBC.com
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

  1. Gaza: Confusion and mistrust hang over efforts to save ceasefire  BBC.com
  2. LIVE: Israel issues more war threats; Egypt, Qatar scramble to rescue deal  Al Jazeera English
  3. Israel said to tell Hamas hostage deal can continue if three captives freed on Saturday  The Times of Israel
  4. Middle East crisis: Hamas says it rejects US and Israeli ‘threats’ over Gaza ceasefire – as it happened  The Guardian
  5. Israel and Hamas Are Teetering Toward War  The Wall Street Journal

A hidden Picasso painting from the early Blue Period is revealed by new technology - NPR
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

  1. A hidden Picasso painting from the early Blue Period is revealed by new technology  NPR
  2. Portrait of mystery woman found beneath famous Pablo Picasso painting, conservators say  USA TODAY
  3. Picasso’s Early Masterpiece Conceals a Long-Lost Secret  artnet News
  4. Two mystery figures discovered beneath Picasso Blue Period painting  Art Newspaper
  5. Beneath A Picasso Painting, A Mysterious Hidden Portrait Emerges  Forbes

Record number of journalists killed in 2024, Israel 'mostly responsible,' CPJ claims - The Jerusalem Post
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

  1. Record number of journalists killed in 2024, Israel 'mostly responsible,' CPJ claims  The Jerusalem Post
  2. Record number of journalists killed in 2024, Israel mostly responsible, CPJ says  Reuters
  3. IDF rejects report accusing it of being responsible for 70% of journalist deaths in 2024, says many were terrorists  The Times of Israel
  4. 2024 was deadliest year for journalists with 124 reporters killed, Committee to Protect Journalists says  CBS News
  5. 2024 was deadliest year on record for journalists, with most deaths tied to Gaza war  Haaretz

The perverse reasons Hamas and Iran are happy for the cease-fire to collapse and war in Gaza to resume - New York Post
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

  1. The perverse reasons Hamas and Iran are happy for the cease-fire to collapse and war in Gaza to resume  New York Post
  2. Netanyahu says Gaza war to resume if Hamas delays hostage release  NBC News
  3. Israel calls up reservists as fears for fragile Gaza ceasefire rise  Reuters
  4. Trump doubles down on Gaza takeover idea as Israel threatens to restart war with Hamas  PBS NewsHour
  5. 'We Don't Dream of a Future Anymore': Gazans Fear the Return of War  Haaretz

Anger at Cabinet over Arts Council’s €7m spend on failed IT project as minister orders major review
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

The Government has announced a major review of governance and culture at the Arts Council, amid questions over waste of public money.

DPP appeals sentence of man who killed student Joe Drennan (21) in hit-and-run, family says
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

The mother of Joe Drennan – a 21-year-old ­student killed in a hit-and-run two years ago – said her family were told today that the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) had lodged an appeal against a six-and-a-half-year concurrent sentence imposed on her son’s killer.

‘Andre spent five devastating days fighting to live’ – parents of boy (8) killed by dangerous driver say every day since has been a nightmare
Posted on Tuesday February 11, 2025

A couple left heartbroken by the death of their eight-year-old son when he was struck by a driver who failed to stop at a pedestrian crossing have said it is “still impossible to believe or accept” more than 500 days later.

Lorries have windscreens smashed at high speed by suspected rock-throwing youths on M7 motorway
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

At least a dozen lorries have had their windscreens smashed or sustained other damage and have been forced to stop along the M7 motorway in Co Tipperary on Wednesday evening.

Meta begins informing Irish staff of up to 100 ‘performance based terminations’
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

Meta has begun to inform Irish staff affected by what it calls “performance based terminations”.

‘It’s a very fast pitch… we can beat any team at home’ – Confident Molde ‘prepared’ for Shamrock Rovers play-off
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

Molde manager Per-Mathias Hogmo believes that the departures from Stephen Bradley’s Shamrock Rovers side are unlikely to have an impact on their approach to tomorrow’s Conference League play-off tie.

Boy (12) with cerebral palsy reaches €3.8m settlement with National Maternity Hospital over circumstances of birth
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

A 12-year-old boy with cerebral palsy has reached a €3.8m interim High Court settlement of his action over the circumstances of his birth at the National Maternity Hospital (NMH), Dublin.

Donald Trump signals he may meet Putin in Saudi Arabia for talks to end Ukraine war
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

US president Donald Trump upended three years of U.S. policy toward Ukraine on Wednesday, saying that he and Russian leader Vladimir Putin had agreed to begin negotiations on ending the war following a sudden prisoner swap.

Alcohol, autism and ADHD: ‘I was unaware of how much I relied on alcohol to deal with social pressures’
Posted on Tuesday February 11, 2025

In recent years there’s been a growing awareness that some people with ADHD and/or ASD may be more likely to use substances to manage symptoms of their neurodivergence.

Holidays, money for the kids and new front doors – Penneys syndicate celebrates €250,000 win at Lotto HQ
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

A syndicate of Penneys staff celebrated their €250,000 win at Lotto HQ in Dublin yesterday afternoon.

Turkey holiday warning as 100 people die in holiday hotspots loved by Brits
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025



Tourists have been sold homemade and bootlegged alcohol - leading to a spike in poisoning cases.

Urgent travel warning to tourists heading to holiday hotspot
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025



The UK Foreign Office has issued fresh travel advice to British tourists heading to a popular destination.

Deadly infection with 50/50 survival rate spreads in African country as one person dies
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025



Uganda is battling its eighth outbreak of Ebola - a highly infectious disease with a fatality rate of over 40%.

Urgent tourist warning as strikes set to close all airports in popular European country
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025



A national strike will take place on Thursday and the Foreign Office has issued advice.

Donald Trump reveals bombshell phone call with Putin as US president invited to Moscow
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025



US President Donald Trump described his call with Vladimir Putin as "lengthy and highly productive".

The beautiful 62-mile road that saved the world's oldest Indo-European language
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025



This road dates back to the early 13th century and has played a key role in saving one of the world's oldest languages.

NATO on high alert as Russian military jet 'violates' alliance's airspace
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025



A Sukhoi Su-24MR was spotted over the Bay of Gdansk in Russia's latest violation of a NATO member's airspace.

EuroAirport forced to shut down terminal due to 'security reasons'
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025



In 2024 alone, this airport in the heart of Europe served more than eight million passengers.

Horror as crash between high-speed train and truck leaves one dead and dozens of injured
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025



Six of the 25 people were left in a serious condition after the horror crash, which occurred on a level crossing.

NATO warship targeted in 'Russian sabotage attack' as WW3 fears explode
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025



The Baltic Sea has also been the site of multiple suspected sabotage attacks recently.

Trump and Putin plan Saudi Arabia meeting as US lays out blunt vision for Ukraine
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

Donald Trump said the two men had a lengthy and productive phone call and agreed to visit each other’s countries, while praising the Russian leader for his “common sense”.

World of photos, February 14, 2025
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by The Age picture editors.

Ceasefire falters, Israel calls up reservists
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

There is concern the truce may collapse as Hamas pauses hostage releases, and anger mounts over Donald Trump’s plan to take over Palestinian territory.

Gaza ceasefire deal hanging in the balance
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

Israeli forces are preparing for a possible return to war inside the Gaza Strip.

Trump and Putin begin talks to end Ukraine war
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin agree to hold talks to end the war in Ukraine.

Sam Kerr found not guilty
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

Matildas star Sam Kerr has been found not guilty of the racially aggravated harassment of a UK police officer.

Beavers finish seven-year dam project in two days
Posted on Wednesday February 12, 2025

Despite a seven-year planning process and successfully securing the funding, the Czech Republic’s dam plans went nowhere. Until the animal workers arrived.

How Trump instilled fear in a tiny town in Nebraska
Posted on Tuesday February 11, 2025

The Flores family invited almost everyone they knew to their baby’s first birthday. But held in the shadow of the president’s immigration crackdown, they had no idea if anyone would turn up.

Family row over $168m ancestral estate left earl needing therapy
Posted on Tuesday February 11, 2025

A bitter dispute involving the descendants of Jane Seymour, Henry VIII’s third wife, is playing out in court as the family bickers over a 110-room mansion and a 2600-hectare estate.

Pregnant woman shot dead as Israel shifts operations to potential ‘new front’ for Iran
Posted on Tuesday February 11, 2025

The call came in the middle of the night. Sondos Shalabi was whispering. There was panic in her voice. “Help please,” she whispered to her father-in-law. “You have to save us.”