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UN says 80,000 have fled Rafah as strikes intensify (Thu, 09 May 2024)
Israeli tanks reportedly mass close to built-up areas of the south Gaza city amid constant shelling.
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Putin hails army 'heroes' and warns off West in WW2 parade (Thu, 09 May 2024)
Russia's leader marks Victory Day by making clear the country's military is always on combat alert.
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Thousands protest against Israel at Eurovision (Thu, 09 May 2024)
The authorities are on high alert in the Swedish city as tensions over Gaza spill out into the streets.
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Stormy Daniels leaves after clash with Trump lawyer over sex claim (Thu, 09 May 2024)
The adult-film star stepped down after facing questions about her alleged sexual encounter with Trump in 2006.
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Saudi forces 'permitted to kill’ for new eco-city (Thu, 09 May 2024)
An ex-intelligence officer tells the BBC he was permitted to shoot dead those resisting eviction.
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Venezuela may be first nation to lose all its glaciers (Thu, 09 May 2024)
Scientists say the South American nation's last glacier is now just an ice field.
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Panama Papers law firm founder Ramón Fonseca dies (Thu, 09 May 2024)
The 71-year-old died in hospital while awaiting a verdict in his money-laundering trial.
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Nigeria’s powerful ex-minister charged with corruption (Thu, 09 May 2024)
Former aviation minister Hadi Sirika is charged along with his daughter and son-in-law.
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Boeing 737 skids off runway in Senegal (Thu, 09 May 2024)
Eleven people are injured, four of them seriously, as the Air Senegal plane leaves the runway in Dakar.
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GB News investor loses legal row over shipwreck silver (Thu, 09 May 2024)
A company Sir Paul Marshall invests in raised the silver from the SS Tilawa, which sank in 1942.
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