Those caught up in West Africa’s Ebola outbreak a decade ago on how best to tackle the current epidemic. BBC News
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia: Judge dismisses criminal case against man wrongfully deported by Trump administration | US News
A US judge has dismissed a criminal case against a man who was wrongfully deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration last year. Kilmar Abrego Garcia was facing allegations of human smuggling, but a court ruled that the Justice Department’s charges were designed to punish him. The 30-year-old’s deportation …
Read More »Vladimir Putin blames Ukraine after six killed in drone strike on school | World News
Vladimir Putin has accused Ukraine of committing a “terrorist attack” after an overnight drone attack on a school killed at least six and injured 39. The Russian president said the strike on a school dormitory in the Russian-controlled Luhansk region had also left 15 people missing. He accused Ukraine of …
Read More »China: Four killed and 90 trapped following coal mine accident | World News
At least four people have been killed and 90 others are trapped following a coal mine accident in northern China. It happened late on Friday night, according to the Xinhua news agency, and it is believed 247 workers were underground at the time. Reports suggest that carbon monoxide levels had …
Read More »Carney says Alberta is 'essential' to Canada as province plans vote on separation
Alberta’s decision to hold a referendum on separation has been widely criticised, including the separatists who say the question is not definitive enough. BBC News
Read More »Gaza flotilla activists allege abuse by Israeli forces while detained
The detainees say they were slapped, hit, humiliated and even subjected to sexual violence, but Israel’s prison service says the allegations are false. BBC News
Read More »Bodies of Italian divers did not have optimal equipment, says rescuer
Images from a cave where the four Italians were found reveal the difficulty that rescuers had in recovering their bodies. BBC News
Read More »Trump is putting pressure on Cuba – why and to what end?
The US has warned that a peaceful agreement with Cuba is unlikely, Havana insists this is a “fraudulent case” designed to justify military intervention. BBC News
Read More »Waymo pauses robotaxis in five US cities after cars drive into flooded roads
A Waymo spokesperson said it had expanded the temporary pause “out of an abundance of caution”. BBC News
Read More »Ebola outbreak ‘spreading rapidly’ – as vaccine from UK scientists ‘months away’ | World News
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is “spreading rapidly”, the director-general of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said, as UK scientists work on a new vaccine that could be “months away”. There are at least 750 suspected Ebola cases in the DRC, along with 177 …
Read More »British troops train for war with Russia from the London Underground | UK News
British soldiers are fighting a Russian invasion from a platform on the London Underground in a wargame that reveals the UK must invest much more in defence – or risk defeat. In the scenario, the year is 2030, and the troops are part of a UK-led NATO headquarters that has …
Read More »Cubans grapple with fuel shortages and blackouts as US steps up pressure
Ana Rosa Romero lives on the 11th floor of the Granma Dos building, an imposing modernist social housing block in the Cuban capital, Havana. A widow in her 70s, she said that when her husband died recently, a blackout in her neighbourhood meant she had to sit with his body …
Read More »‘A monstrous crime’: Russia blames Ukraine after four killed in drone strike on school | World News
Russia has accused Ukraine of carrying out a “monstrous crime” after an overnight drone attack on a school killed at least four and left 35 children wounded. Kremlin officials blamed Kyiv for the overnight drone attack on the school in the Luhansk region. Photos and videos released by Russian authorities …
Read More »Slow Food founder Carlo Petrini dies aged 76
Petrini’s movement rejected fast food to promote sustainable production and traditional cooking. BBC News
Read More »Timelapse footage shows giant ‘cave’ inflated over Paris bridge
Timelapse footage shows Paris’ oldest bridge being transformed overnight into a giant inflatable cave structure. The 17th-century Pont Neuf bridge is a familiar landmark spanning the River Seine, but was left almost unrecognisable to Parisians on Thursday. Titled ‘La Caverne’ or ‘the cave’, it was created by French artist Jene-René …
Read More »Africa summit in India postponed over Ebola outbreak fears
The India-Africa summit was set to be held next week in Delhi after more than a decade. BBC News
Read More »Australian man dies after falling down ravine on hike to Machu Picchu
The body of Matthew Cameron Paton, 53, was found on Thursday, about 300m (984ft) down an abyss. BBC News
Read More »An Indian bride dies. Rival claims of murder and suicide set off media frenzy
Twisha Sharma, a model and actor, had been married for just five months when she was found dead. BBC News
Read More »For Donald Trump, is Cuba next? | World News
👉 Follow Trump100 on your podcast app 👈 Trump sets his sights on Cuba. Is Raul Castro the next Nicolas Maduro? The Cuban revolutionary is wanted in an American court. Plus the Democrats are looking back at what went wrong in 2024. Meanwhile the Republicans …
Read More »'I didn't know where DR Congo was': Latin Americans deported by US tell BBC of their shock
The 15 deportees describe the uncertainty they face in a country they had never seen before. BBC News
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