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• Man killed by lion after entering enclosure at zoo: 'The animal attacked'

  17-02-2024 23:34 via foxnews.com
  
  A zoo guest who decided to climb a wall to enter a lion enclosure to apparently take a selfie was mauled to death by the animal Thursday, according to reports. The man, identified as Prahalad Gurjar, 34, "climbed the wall and chain-link fencing" of the Sri Venkateswara zoological park in Tirupati, India, and jumped into the enclosure despite warnings from a zoo employee. "After seeing the human being inside the enclosure, the animal attacked," the zoo said.&nbs
  
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• Israel-Gaza war: Latest ceasefire talks not very promising - Qatar

  17-02-2024 23:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu vows to carry on the war against Hamas regardless of international pressure.
  
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• Conjoined twins given days to live are proving everyone wrong

  17-02-2024 22:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Marieme and Ndeye, seven, were not expected to survive for more than a few days after they were born.
  
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• Avdiivka: Ukraine troops leave embattled eastern town

  17-02-2024 22:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Russia's defence ministry says it has taken "full control" of the town, which had been besieged for months.
  
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• Celtic: What has gone wrong under Brendan Rodgers?

  17-02-2024 21:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Brendan Rodgers admits Celtic's performances are not good enough, but what has gone wrong in the manager's second spell?
  
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• Man City 1-1 Chelsea: Late Rodri strike rescues a point for City

  17-02-2024 21:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Rodri's late goal denies Chelsea victory and maintains Manchester City's long unbeaten home record in the Premier League.
  
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• Tens of thousands at pro-Palestinian march in London

  17-02-2024 21:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The march calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza war is making its way to the Israeli embassy.
  
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• Mike Procter: South Africa cricket legend dies aged 77

  17-02-2024 21:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former South Africa all-rounder Mike Procter dies aged 77, his family say.
  
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• Japan to launch world’s first wooden satellite to combat space pollution

  17-02-2024 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The environmentally friendly LignoSat probe – set to orbit this summer – has been created to combat harmful aluminium particlesJapanese scientists have created one of the world’s most unusual spacecraft – a tiny satellite that is made of timber.The LignoSat probe has been built of magnolia wood, which, in experiments carried out on the International Space Station (ISS), was found to be particularly stable and resistant to cracking. Now plans are being finalised for it to
  
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• House Ethics Committee issues subpoena for testimony of Matt Gaetz's ex-girlfriend

  17-02-2024 20:33
  
  The House Ethics Committee has issued a subpoena for the testimony of a former girlfriend of Rep. Matt Gaetz as part of an ongoing investigation.
  
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• Alexei Navalny's allies accuse Russian authorities of withholding his body

  17-02-2024 20:15
  
  Alexei Navalny's allies confirm he has died in prison. His family is demanding that his body be released, accusing Russian authorities of withholding it.
  
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• Outgoing Dutch PM tells Europe to stop 'whining and nagging about Trump'

  17-02-2024 20:12 via foxnews.com
  
  Outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, who is likely to be the next secretary-general of NATO, urged fellow European leaders to stop "whining" about former President Trump.The blunt admonition comes days after the GOP 2024 front-runner suggested the U.S. should not honor its NATO commitments if European countries do not increase their defense contribution to the North Atlantic alliance. Trump's comments sparked outrage throughout Europe and provoked an immediate condemnation from President Bi
  
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• WATCH: Otter celebrates 15th birthday at Illinois zoo

  17-02-2024 20:10
  
  Charlotte, a beloved otter at Brookfield Zoo, celebrated her 15th birthday with a cake filled with fishy treats.
  
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• WATCH: Trees topple onto highway during rockslide

  17-02-2024 20:08
  
  A segment of a highway in Del Norte County, California, was closed due to a rockslide. Footage shows the moment trees toppled onto the highway.
  
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• Russian priest arrested after announcing memorial service for Navalny: reports

  17-02-2024 19:52 via foxnews.com
  
  A Russian priest was reportedly arrested Saturday after announcing he would hold a public memorial service for Putin critic Alexei Navalny in St. Petersburg, Russia. Grigory Mikhnov-Vaitenko was reportedly detained outside his home while on his way to the Solovetsky Stone, a monument located in Moscow dedicated to victims of political repression, according to The Moscow Times. Mourners have continued to lay flowers in Navalny's memory after news of his death was announced. Mikhonv-Vait
  
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• Diego Garcia asylum seekers feel unsafe on remote British island territory

  17-02-2024 19:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A group of 61 held in a camp on Diego Garcia tell UN inspectors of sexual assaults, rat bites and self-harm.
  
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• UK's Conservatives on track to lose next election, critics blast poor migration policy: 'People have given up'

  17-02-2024 19:16 via foxnews.com
  
  Another double blow in recent local UK elections paints an increasingly dismal picture for the Conservative Party’s hopes in the upcoming General Election, indicating a potential change in power that would see the left-wing Labour Party sweep into power. "The Conservative Party have forgotten how to be conservative!" Thomas Corbett-Dillon, former advisor to then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson, told Fox News Digital. "People have given up," he said. "They’re sick of voting for
  
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• Navalny's team accuses Russia of 'hiding' his body

  17-02-2024 18:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An ally of the opposition activist, who died on Friday, says officials are "trying to cover traces".
  
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• Alexei Navalny death: Team accuses Russia of 'hiding' his body

  17-02-2024 18:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An ally of the opposition activist, who died on Friday, says officials are "trying to cover traces".
  
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• Taliban decrees on clothing and male guardians leave Afghan women scared to go out alone, says UN

  17-02-2024 18:31
  
  Those who don’t comply with Taliban interpretations of hijab can be arrested.
  
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• Brentford 1-4 Liverpool: Mohamed Salah scores on return as Reds extend lead at top

  17-02-2024 18:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mohamed Salah scores on his return from injury as Liverpool beat Brentford to maintain their lead at the top of the Premier League.
  
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• AU Commission chief urges action on Africa instability

  17-02-2024 18:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  War in Sudan and instability in the Democratic Republic of Congo are priorities for the bloc's summit.
  
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• Hungary: Orban promises new laws after child abuse scandal after protests

  17-02-2024 18:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Budapest has seen mass protests over a child sexual abuse case involving top allies of PM Viktor Orban.
  
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• Heidenheim 1-2 Bayer Leverkusen: Xabi Alonso's side eight points clear of Bayern Munich in Bundesliga

  17-02-2024 18:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bayer Leverkusen move eight points clear of Bayern Munich at the top of the Bundesliga after a narrow victory over mid-table Heidenheim.
  
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• Harrison Ford's Star Wars script sells for £10,000 at auction

  17-02-2024 17:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The pages had been left in a west London flat the actor rented in the 1970s.
  
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• Russian Duma speaker accuses US, EU, NATO and others of killing Putin opponent Navalny

  17-02-2024 17:22 via foxnews.com
  
  The speaker of Russia's lower house of parliament is accusing the United States, European Union, United Kingdom, and other groups of killing Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin made a long series of unsubstantiated accusations via social media and messaging app Telegram. "Washington and Brussels are to blame for Navalny’s death," Volodin said, according to translations from the Moscow Times. "Who benefits from Navalny’s death today?"NAVALNY S
  
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• Middle East crisis live: ‘Extraordinary’ chance for Israel to be integrated into Middle East, says Blinken

  17-02-2024 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  US secretary of state tells Munich security conference that almost all Arab countries want to normalise tiesA climate of fear pervades a hospital in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, where patients and doctors are reeling from last month’s deadly raid by Israeli agents disguised as medics, reports news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP).AFP say that at the rehabilitation ward at Jenin’s Ibn Sina hospital, two patients recalled hearing the screams of a nurse as Israeli forces reach
  
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• Desperate Egypt sells off historic hotels as it dives deeper into debt

  17-02-2024 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Amid biting austerity and rising inflation, the al-Sisi government is off-loading assets – some to a convicted murderer with Emirati cashAs dusk fell over the verdant grounds of the Marriott Mena House hotel, the reflection of the Great Pyramid of Giza grew darker in a pool built to reflect the last of the seven wonders of the world.A band played a smooth jazz rendition of the Eagles’ Hotel California on the grassy lawns as guests assembled for dinner, while the staff attempted to pr
  
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• 'Saturday shambles shows England must not become blunt instrument'

  17-02-2024 16:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England are fabulously entertaining, but must learn to adapt if they want to become a great team, says Stephan Shemilt.
  
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• Boy injured in Osteen church shooting lost ‘portion of his frontal lobe’

  17-02-2024 16:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Samuel Moreno-Carranza’s grandmother posted about boy’s condition, who was injured when police killed the shooter – his motherA boy who was shot in the head at celebrity Joel Osteen’s Houston megachurch on 11 February has lost “a portion of his frontal lobe” while recovering at the hospital, according to his grandmother.In a Facebook post three days after the shooting, Walli Carranza said her seven-year-old grandson – Samuel Moreno-Carranza – &ldqu
  
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• Japan: Defence ministry eases haircut rules for troops

  17-02-2024 16:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Changes to hair length regulations will come into effect in April in a bid to attract new recruits.
  
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• Urban warfare expert says Israeli military taking unprecedented steps to protect Gaza civilians

  17-02-2024 16:00 via foxnews.com
  
  JERUSALEM — One of the top urban warfare experts in the U.S. believes the Israeli military is taking unprecedented measures — above and beyond what most armies do — to avoid harming Palestinian civilians as it battles the Islamist terror group Hamas in Gaza.He adds that comparisons cannot be drawn between the intensity of the four-month-old war and other recent conflicts.As Israel gears up for what could be the fiercest and most complicated battle in the Strip’s southernm
  
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• Black mental health patients more likely to be injured at hands of police

  17-02-2024 16:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Latest figures show racial disparity in use-of-force incidents among inpatients in EnglandThe number of black inpatients injured while being restrained by police in mental health units has risen dramatically – at the same time as the number of non-black inpatients injured has fallen, according to analysis of government data by the Observer.The Home Office’s police use of force statistics for 2022/23 show that police forces across England recorded 820 incidents of force used in mental
  
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• Ready to go beyond Google? Here's how to use new generative AI search sites

  17-02-2024 15:54
  
  A lot people think Google searches are getting worse
  
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• Senior Pakistan official admits election rigging as protests grip country

  17-02-2024 15:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Confession by Punjab commissioner exacerbates tension over legitimacy of February general election resultsA senior official in Pakistan has admitted to election rigging amid protests breaking out across the country over claims that its general election results were unfair.The confessional statement throws further questions over the legitimacy of the 8 February elections, which were marred by controversies and allegations of rigging in Pakistan. Continue reading...
  
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• Biden visits scene of 2023 Ohio rail disaster – a year too late, critics say

  17-02-2024 15:25 via theguardian.com
  
  President pledged to get cleanup job done and pushed for protective measures as protesters held ‘anti-Biden’ rallyJoe Biden on Friday surveyed the federal cleanup in East Palestine, Ohio, more than a year after an explosive fire from a derailed train carrying hazardous chemicals – and the president saw up close the lingering hostility from victims still angry that he waited so long to visit.The White House has said Biden was waiting for the right moment to visit. The mayor invi
  
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• From beehive to kitchen table: UK beekeepers call for new law to trace honey’s origin

  17-02-2024 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  British producers to back EU’s proposed regulations to stop trade in adulterated honeyBritain’s beekeepers are backing ­proposed new rules to combat fraud in the supply chain, ensuring a jar of honey can be traced on its journey of up to 5,000 miles from the beehive to the shop shelf.The European parliament has agreed new labelling rules and a project to establish a traceability system for honey from harvesting to the consumer. The proposed rules are part of an overhaul of the &l
  
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• Nalvany spokesperson says 'Alexei Navalny was murdered'

  17-02-2024 14:53 via foxnews.com
  
  A spokesperson for the late Alexei Navalny declared the deceased Russian opposition leader to have been murdered.Spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh made the claim on Saturday via a post on social media platform X."Alexei Navalny was murdered. His death occurred on February 16 at 2:17 p.m. local time, according to the official message to Alexei’s mother," said Yarmysh. "An employee of the colony said that the body of Navalny is now in Salekhard."BIDEN, AFTER NAVALNY'S DEATH, SAYS 'NO DOUBT' THAT 'PUT
  
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• Dissent takes courage - and Navalny supporters are defiant

  17-02-2024 14:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In a country where dissent has been silenced, just laying flowers is an act of courage, writes Steve Rosenberg.
  
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• Alexei Navalny: Supporters' grief, defiance and hope after leader's death

  17-02-2024 14:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In a country where dissent has been silenced, just laying flowers is an act of courage, writes Steve Rosenberg.
  
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• Death of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny confirmed by his representatives

  17-02-2024 14:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Russian opposition leader’s death occurred on Friday, say supporters, but official cause of death remains disputedThe death of Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, has been confirmed by his representatives after international leaders condemned Vladimir Putin for the demise of his once most significant political challenger.Navalny, 47, died in jail on 16 February at 2.17pm, said his official spokesperson, Kira Yarmysh, citing a message from Navalny’s mother and challenging R
  
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• Bollywood meets Beyoncé: 'Brown artists can be mainstream too'

  17-02-2024 14:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  British south Asian artists have historically been overlooked but now they are becoming mainstream.
  
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• Ukraine makes major troop withdrawal in key win for Putin and Russia

  17-02-2024 13:45 via foxnews.com
  
  Ukrainian troops have withdrawn from the key battleground town of Avdiivka in the east of the country, which could pave the way for a Russian advance as the war nears its second anniversary. The withdrawal, announced as Ukraine faces acute shortages of ammunition with U.S. military aid delayed for months in Congress, aimed to save troops from being fully surrounded by Russian forces after months of fierce fighting, Kyiv said.Most of the city’s pre-war population of 32,000 people
  
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• Alexei Navalny: Tributes and arrests as Russians mark opposition leader's death

  17-02-2024 13:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Across the country people have been forcibly taken away for leaving flowers and tributes for the deceased political activist.
  
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• WATCH: Powerful avalanche captured by eyewitness in India

  17-02-2024 13:24
  
  The moment a massive avalanche hit near a tunnel's construction site was captured by an eyewitness in India.
  
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• Donald Trump hit where it hurts most in New York fraud ruling

  17-02-2024 13:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A scathing judgment limits the former president's ability to do business in the city where he made his name.
  
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• ‘Toxic’ online culture fuelling rise in sexual assaults on children by other children, police warn

  17-02-2024 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Observer investigation in England and Wales reveals 40% increase in reports of sexual assaults and rapes where both victim and perpetrator were under 18Taunts, bullying… then groping: one abused boy’s story
  An alarming rise in sexual assaults on children by other children is being fuelled by access to a “toxic” online culture, Britain’s most senior child protection officer has warned, as an Observer investigation revealed a sharp increase in abuse by under-18s repo
  
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• Taunts, bullying… then groping: how sexual assaults are increasing in schools

  17-02-2024 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Billy (not real name) is now being home-schooled after bullying turned into physical violenceStarting secondary school had not been easy for Billy (not his real name). What started as verbal taunts from one boy soon saw him become the target of a group of four boys. Bullying became physical violence. Yet the abuse got even worse, escalating to sexual assault. The group would corner him in the toilets and grope and touch his genitals. Unsurprisingly, Billy’s mental health quickly deteriorat
  
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• ‘He was so close to coming home’: mother’s agony over Israeli hostage killed by IDF

  17-02-2024 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Iris Haim says she does not blame soldiers who shot Yotam and two other escaped captivesIris Haim cannot bear to think about how close her kidnapped son came to freedom before he was mistakenly shot dead by Israeli soldiers. After being held captive by Hamas in Gaza for more than two months, Yotam Haim and two other Israeli hostages escaped and evaded their captors for five days, only to be killed by the IDF.Haim has repeatedly insisted she does not blame the soldiers who mistakenly identified Y
  
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• Elton John to auction off 900 items worth $10m from former Atlanta home

  17-02-2024 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Silver boots, Banksy original, pinball machine and more going under hammer at Christie’s, New YorkFans of Sir Elton John’s flamboyant style will next week have the chance to splash out on his snappiest Versace looks in a huge 900-plus lot auction that includes the contents of the Rocket Man’s $7.2m (£5.7m) Atlanta apartment.Christie’s auction house in New York’s Rockefeller Center has been transformed into a John emporium for two live – and six online &n
  
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