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There is a "real threat" of Russia invading Ukraine, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has warned, but it is "very unlikely" British soldiers would be deployed to fight in any conflict.Instead, she said the UK was sending weapons to Ukraine and "strengthening" its sanction sy...
Australian scientists say they have discovered an unknown spinning object in the Milky Way that they claim is unlike anything seen before.The object - first discovered by a university student - has been observed to release a huge burst of radio energy for a full minute every 18 minutes.Objects that ...
Germany and the US have warned they could target a key Russian gas pipeline if the country invades Ukraine.A US state department spokesman said the Nord Stream 2 pipeline "will not move forward" if Russia were to attack.The controversial energy project is designed to double gas flow and ru...
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has won the right to ask the Supreme Court to block his extradition to the US.The High Court ruled on Monday he had an arguable point of law that Supreme Court justices may want to consider.The ruling means Mr Assange can petition the UK's highest court for a hea...
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Some 90 tonnes of US "lethal aid" has arrived in Ukraine, amid tensions over Russia's troop build-up on the border.It was the first shipment of a recently approved package of US military aid for Ukraine, and included ammunition for "front-line defenders".The delivery followed...
The remote island nation of Kiribati has gone into lockdown after passengers on the first international flight in 10 months tested positive for Covid.Under the new measures, people have been told to stay at home and social gatherings are banned.Some 36 people on the flight from Fiji have tested posi...
An American Airlines plane travelling from Miami to London has had to turn back because a passenger refused to wear a face mask, the airline has said.American Airlines said flight AAL38 with 129 passengers on board returned to Miami where police were waiting.They escorted a woman in her 40s off the ...
Donald Trump's family business misrepresented the value of some of its biggest assets by hundreds of millions of dollars, according to documents filed by the New York attorney general.Letitia James accuses the Trump Organization of using "fraudulent or misleading asset valuations&...
A new investigation has identified a suspect who may have betrayed Anne Frank and her family to the Nazis.The Jewish diarist died in a Nazi concentration camp in 1945, aged 15, after two years in hiding.Her diary, published after her death, is the most famous first-hand account of Jewish life during...
The woman who has accused the Duke of York of sexually abusing her has welcomed a US judge's decision to allow her legal case to continue.Prince Andrew faces a civil case in the US after Virginia Giuffre sued him, claiming he abused her in 2001. He has consistently denied the claims.Ms Giuffre s...
"I rang up the county council and I said I think I've found a dinosaur," explained Joe Davis, who works at Rutland Water Nature Reserve.During landscaping work at the reserve's reservoir in February 2021, he had spotted something odd poking out of the mud.It wasn't a dinosaur. ...
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A new law banning plastic packaging on most fruit and vegetables comes into effect in France from New Year's day.Cucumbers, lemons and oranges are among the 30 varieties banned from being wrapped in plastic.Larger packs as well as chopped or processed fruit will be exempt.President Emmanuel Macr...
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A tiger was shot and later died after biting the arm of a cleaner in an enclosure at a zoo in Florida.Eko, an eight-year-old Malayan tiger, was found with the man's arm in its mouth at Naples Zoo.The sheriff's deputy tried to get the animal to let go of the arm but was "forced to shoot&...
Australia's former parliament building in the capital Canberra was briefly set alight on Thursday by protesters during a demonstration for Aboriginal sovereignty, police said.No-one was injured in the fire, which engulfed the Old Parliament House's front doors before it was put out.It follow...
Afghanistan's former president has defended his decision to flee the country as the Taliban closed in earlier this year, saying he did it to prevent the destruction of Kabul.The Taliban seized power in August after taking control of the capital.Ashraf Ghani revealed that when he woke up on 15 Au...
Heavy storms have battered western regions of the United States, leaving thousands without power.Almost 30in (76cm) of snow fell in parts of northern California in 24 hours, causing blackouts and road closures, including a 70-mile (112km) stretch of Interstate 80 into Nevada.Avalanche warnings are i...
The Taliban have said Afghan women seeking to travel long distances by road should be offered transport only if accompanied by a male relative.The directive, issued on Sunday, is the latest curb on women's rights since the Islamist group seized power in August.The majority of secondary schools r...
Tens of thousands of airline passengers have been hit by the grounding of thousands of flights as a surge in Covid cases causes staff shortages.More than 7,000 flights have now been cancelled since Friday and over the Christmas weekend, according to the FlightAware data tracking website.Chinese and ...
A US congresswoman has had her car and possessions snatched from her at gunpoint in a daylight carjacking in the city of Philadelphia.Mary Gay Scanlon's government phone and ID were among belongings that the two robbers took. The Democrat was not injured, her office said.The FBI is assisting in ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has called on the West to give immediate security guarantees to defuse a crisis prompted by Russia's military build-up near Ukraine's borders."It's you who must give us guarantees, and give them immediately, now," he said in his annual press con...
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