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• Dutch police arrest three suspects after the theft of a priceless golden helmet from Romania

  31-01-2025 23:31 via foxnews.com
  
  Dutch authorities on Wednesday arrested three suspects after the theft of a priceless ancient golden helmet that is considered a cultural icon of Romania and had been on display in a small museum in the Netherlands. There was no sign that the intricate helmet dating back some 2,500 years had been recovered.The theft of the helmet and three golden wristbands also on display sent shockwaves through the art world, and devastated Romanian authorities who thought they were loaning the items to a nati
  
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• Serbia rocked by anti-corruption protests after construction tragedy

  31-01-2025 23:13 via foxnews.com
  
  Mass protests have rocked Serbia for months as protesters demand justice and accountability after the deaths of 15 people in the collapse of a railway station.Tens of thousands of college students have been marching for nearly three months demanding those responsible for the calamity be held accountable and prosecuted accordingly. The canopy at the railway station collapsed Nov. 1 after renovations led by two Chinese companies. A general strike was called last week, with many calling off wo
  
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• Trump to impose tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China

  31-01-2025 23:04 via theguardian.com
  
  US neighbors hit with 25% tariff and China with 10% as Trudeau pledges ‘forceful but reasonable’ responseDonald Trump has vowed to impose sweeping tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China starting this weekend, potentially setting the stage for a damaging trade war between the US and three of its biggest trading partners. Trump also threatened to follow up with a further wave of tariffs against the European Union.Goods exported from Canada and Mexico to the US will be hit with a 25% tarif
  
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• Rubio to visit Central America with migration and Panama canal on agenda

  31-01-2025 21:49 via theguardian.com
  
  US secretary of state to visit region amid concern over Trump threat to ‘take back’ canal and tensions over ChinaMarco Rubio, the US secretary of state, will travel to Central America this week on a five-country tour that will focus on limiting migration to the United States, curbing Chinese influence in the region and on securing Donald Trump’s ambitious goal of reasserting US control over the Panama canal.Rubio will travel to Panama, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala and the
  
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• Canada will bring ‘forceful but reasonable’ retaliation to Trump tariffs, Trudeau says

  31-01-2025 20:39 via theguardian.com
  White House has claimed goods shipped from Canada and Mexico to the US would face a 25% levy starting SaturdayUS politics – live updatesJustin Trudeau says Canada will bring a “forceful but reasonable” retaliation to any tariffs imposed by the US as his country braces for the economic fallout of a trade war.“I won’t sugarcoat it – our nation could be facing difficult times in the coming days and weeks,” Trudeau said on Friday while speaking to an advisor
  
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• Freed Gaza hostage told Starmer that Hamas held her in Unrwa premises, her mother says

  31-01-2025 20:07 via theguardian.com
  
  British-Israeli Emily Damari was taken on 7 October 2023 and says Hamas denied her medical treatment after shooting her twiceThe freed British-Israeli hostage Emily Damari spoke to Keir Starmer on Friday and told the prime minister Hamas held her in facilities belonging to the UN refugee agency Unrwa, her mother, Mandy, has said.Damari, 28, who was released 12 days ago, after more than 15 months in captivity in Gaza, with two fingers missing, also told Starmer that Hamas had denied her access to
  
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• ‘Perfect rat storm’: urban rodent numbers soar as the climate heats, study finds

  31-01-2025 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Sharp rise in population in 11 of 16 cities expected to continue as rising temperatures make it easier for the animals to breed, say researchersRat numbers are soaring in cities as global temperatures warm, research shows.Washington DC, San Francisco, Toronto, New York City and Amsterdam had the greatest increase in these rodents, according to the study, which looked at data from 16 cities globally. Eleven of the cities showed “significant increasing trends in rat numbers”, said the
  
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• ‘I curse this war’: hunger and fear in Goma after rebel takeover

  31-01-2025 19:33 via theguardian.com
  
  M23 rebel group swept into Congolese city after a rapid advance in recent weeksPeople living in Goma on the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s eastern border with Rwanda have spoken of their fear and acute hunger after the M23 rebel group swept into the city earlier this week.“We are very afraid. This situation feels hopeless,” said Judith Saima, a 28-year-old merchant in Goma, where heavy fighting that cut the city off from the outside world and left bodies piling up in the st
  
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• Germany’s parliament rejects radical migration plan – as it happened

  31-01-2025 18:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Greens and SPD earlier refused to support the Influx Limitation Act amid fierce criticism from Merkel over Merz’s cooperation with AfDin BerlinThe Bundestag debate has been delayed for half an hour on request of the CDU, thought to be to do with misgivings within the party over the debate, not least due to large numbers of protesters outside the CDU headquarters in Berlin. Continue reading...
  
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• German parliament rejects immigration bill backed by far right

  31-01-2025 18:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Plan to tighten migration policy was brought by the opposition leader Friedrich Merz with the help of AfDThe German parliament has rejected a bill to tighten immigration controls brought by the frontrunner to be the next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, with the backing of the far-right Alternative für Deutschland.It came after a similar but non-binding motion was passed by parliament on Wednesday with the votes of the AfD, prompting a wave of protest from those who said it was a breach in Germa
  
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• Middle East crisis: Protests at Rafah crossing following Trump proposal to move people from Gaza to Egypt and Jordan – as it happened

  31-01-2025 18:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Hundreds gather at Rafah crossing after Donald Trump says people from Gaza will accept being moved to Egypt and Jordan because ‘we do a lot for them’Yarden Bibas, one of the hostages announced to be released by Hamas on Saturday, was taken on 7 October, with his wife, Shiri Babas, and their two sons, four-year-old Ariel and 10-month-old Kfir - the youngest hostage taken that day.Yarden is believed to be the only family member still alive. Continue reading...
  
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• Trump special envoy flies to Venezuela to meet with Nicolás Maduro

  31-01-2025 18:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Richard Grenell’s visit prompts fresh speculation of rapprochement between Washington and CaracasA Donald Trump special envoy has flown to Venezuela to hold talks with its authoritarian leader, Nicolás Maduro, fuelling fresh speculation of a possible deal between the two governments.Richard Grenell, a prominent Maga cheerleader and diplomat who was the US ambassador to Germany during Trump’s first term, was set to land in Caracas on Friday, according to CNN. Continue reading..
  
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• Iran's covert nuclear agency found operating out of top space program launch sites

  31-01-2025 17:43 via foxnews.com
  
  FIRST ON FOX: A covert agency within Iran’s Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics, tasked with the development of Iran’s nuclear program, has been found to be operating out of top sites used by Iran’s space program.Iran has hidden elements of its nuclear development program under the guise of commercial enterprises, and it has been suspected of using its space program to develop technologies that could be applied to its nuclear weapons program. Fox News Digital ha
  
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• Is Trump’s ‘flood the media’ strategy working?

  31-01-2025 15:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How to navigate Trump's constant news announcements
  
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• Surviving breast cancer was enough – Patsy didn’t want to undergo early menopause as well

  31-01-2025 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Study finds too few women are told chemotherapy can cause early menopause – or given the drug that can lessen that riskGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhen Patsy Mullen was diagnosed with breast cancer, she had no idea that chemotherapy treatment could lead to early onset menopause.It was Mullen’s oncologist who mentioned the possibility, and offered the then 47-year-old the drug Goserelin, which reduces the risk by up to 70% compared with women receiving c
  
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• Australia tried to influence other countries and Unesco to keep Great Barrier Reef off in-danger list

  31-01-2025 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Documents seen by Guardian Australia show a sustained strategy approved by environment minister Tanya PlibersekGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government carried out an international lobbying campaign to keep the Great Barrier Reef off a list of world heritage sites in danger, including dispatching politicians and officials to Unesco’s Paris headquarters and asking diplomats to gather intelligence on countries that could influence the de
  
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• Trump facing 1st test in Africa amid bloody battles ‘over electric vehicle battery minerals’

  31-01-2025 14:02 via foxnews.com
  
  JOHANNESBURG- Fighting reportedly over minerals needed for electric cars and mobile phones has become the Trump administration’s first real foreign affairs test in Africa. Bodies lie rotting in the streets, and hospitals have been overwhelmed with casualties in Goma, a city of 2 million people in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). M23 rebels, backed, the United Nations and other sources say, by neighboring Rwanda, are said to have taken over the city.&nbs
  
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• Woman's body found in search for missing sisters last seen in Aberdeen

  31-01-2025 13:33 via bbc.com
  
  Police said the family of Henrietta Huszti had been informed and that the search for her sister Eliza was continuing.
  
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• Wine and spirits duty to rise but pints to get cheaper

  31-01-2025 13:23 via bbc.com
  
  A trade body calls the rise in alcohol tax a "bitter blow", but there is better news for pub-goers.
  
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• Rwanda illegally occupying DR Congo, minister tells BBC

  31-01-2025 13:18 via bbc.com
  
  A Rwandan spokesperson denies the charges, saying it is trying to prevent the conflict spilling over.
  
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• Sutherland ton helps Australia punish sloppy England

  31-01-2025 12:57 via bbc.com
  
  A dismal fielding performance from England, alongside Annabel Sutherland's sparkling century, gives Australia complete control of the one-off Test match in Melbourne.
  
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• Australia dominate as England fielding woes continue

  31-01-2025 12:57 via bbc.com
  
  Australia's Annabel Sutherland hit a sparkling 163 against a sloppy England side that dropped seven catches on day two of the one-off Women's Ashes Test match in Melbourne.
  
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• Ukrainians can bring children to UK as visa changes reversed

  31-01-2025 12:38 via bbc.com
  
  Charities say changes brought in without notice last February left families torn apart.
  
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• What we know so far about the crash

  31-01-2025 12:31 via bbc.com
  
  Sixty-seven people are believed to have died in Wednesday's disaster, which is being investigated.
  
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• Man City draw Real & Celtic face Bayern in play-offs

  31-01-2025 12:30 via bbc.com
  
  Manchester City will play Real Madrid while Celtic will face Bayern Munich in the Champions League play-off round.
  
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• Sara Sharif family court judges named after appeal

  31-01-2025 12:27 via bbc.com
  
  Judges who oversaw Family Court hearings before Sara was murdered have been named after an appeal by the BBC and others.
  
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• First American hostage to be released from Gaza, Hamas says

  31-01-2025 12:26 via foxnews.com
  
  American-Israeli Keith Siegel, 65, is set to be released on Saturday as part of Israel and Hamas' ceasefire deal. He is the first of the American citizens taken on Oct. 7, 2023, to be released by the terror organization as part of this ceasefire deal.Hamas says that the hostages to be released alongside Siegel are French-Israeli citizen Ofer Calderon and Yarden Bibas, the father of the two youngest hostages, Kfir and Ariel Bibas.Six months into his time in Hamas captivity, in April 2024, Si
  
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• Father of youngest hostage among three men to be released on Saturday, Hamas says

  31-01-2025 12:21 via bbc.com
  
  Yarden Bibas and two others will be exchanged for more Palestinian prisoners in the fourth swap since the ceasefire began.
  
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• Long-lost anti-fascist mural from 1930s restored and back on show in Mexico

  31-01-2025 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Philip Guston and Reuben Kadish’s The Struggle Against Terrorism revealed as some fear resurgence of fascismA long-neglected 1930s mural in Mexico that warns about the rise of fascism has been revealed and restored – just as some historians say the world faces that threat once more.The mural, which is titled The Struggle Against Terrorism, covers a 40ft wall in a colonial courtyard in Morelia, Michoacán, and depicts a history of persecution and resistance from biblical times t
  
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• Faisal Islam: The 'Iron Chancellor' will have to flex to get the growth she wants

  31-01-2025 12:00 via bbc.com
  
  In choppy global seas, going for growth is going to require some tricky navigation - and it will make big domestic political waves too
  
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• Body found in water near where missing sisters last seen in Aberdeen

  31-01-2025 11:56 via bbc.com
  
  Eliza and Henrietta Huszti were last seen near a bridge in Aberdeen in the early hours of 7 January.
  
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• German party could rely on far-right again for immigration vote

  31-01-2025 11:45 via bbc.com
  
  CDU leader Friedrich Merz may need support in the Bundestag from the AfD, a move that has attracted wide condemnation.
  
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• Natalie Cassidy to leave EastEnders after 32 years

  31-01-2025 11:43 via bbc.com
  
  The actress will leave the soap in February, more than three decades after her first appearance.
  
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• Violence against women and girls growing, says watchdog

  31-01-2025 11:38 via bbc.com
  
  The government's spending watchdog finds the Home Office has "not led an effective response".
  
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• Home office response to violence against women and girls ineffective, says watchdog

  31-01-2025 11:38 via bbc.com
  
  The government's spending watchdog finds the Home Office has "not led an effective response".
  
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• Who are the victims of the Washington plane crash?

  31-01-2025 11:37 via bbc.com
  
  The victims of the mid-air collision include dedicated flight attendants and talented ice skaters.
  
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• Last bike ridden by Hairy Biker up for auction

  31-01-2025 11:23 via bbc.com
  
  All the money raised is due to be donated to two charities close to Myers' heart.
  
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• Weather tracker: Elvis shakes Madagascar after Europe’s triple threat

  31-01-2025 11:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Low pressure strengthens to tropical cyclone status in Indian Ocean, while European windstorm season rages onA compact and stationary area of low pressure brought a sustained period of heavy rain to southern parts of Madagascar this week, with weather stations at Taolagnaro and Toliara recording five-day rainfall totals of 178mm and 196mm respectively, with a peak 24-hour total of 93mm at Toliara.This area of low pressure strengthened to tropical cyclone status on Tuesday and was given the name
  
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• Rightwing Liberals strengthen as Leah Blyth takes Simon Birmingham’s Senate seat

  31-01-2025 11:14 via theguardian.com
  
  South Australian slot goes to candidate backed by factional powerbroker Alex Antic as moderates lose more ground in CanberraGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe right wing of the Liberal party has gained another number in Canberra at the expense of the party’s waning moderate faction after an Alex Antic-backed candidate won the race to replace Simon Birmingham.Leah Blyth, the president of the South Australian Liberal party, will fill Birmingham’s Senate seat
  
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• Combative Trump blames diversity policies after air tragedy

  31-01-2025 10:54 via bbc.com
  
  The president started his White House news conference as "consoler-in-chief" but then pivoted into unevidenced political blame, writes the BBC's Anthony Zurcher.
  
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• Fears grow in Japan for truck driver trapped in sinkhole for third day

  31-01-2025 10:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Residents near Tokyo question slow pace of effort to rescue 74-year-old as workers race to build 30-metre rampFears are growing for a truck driver who has spent three days trapped inside a sinkhole in Japan, as rescue workers started building a ramp in a desperate attempt to reach him.The 74-year-old, who has not been named, became trapped when the sinkhole opened up in a road near Tokyo on Tuesday, swallowing him and his two-tonne truck. Continue reading...
  
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• Billie Eilish and Lady Gaga play LA FireAid show

  31-01-2025 10:45 via bbc.com
  
  The concert, which also featured Dr Dre and Pink, took place to help raise funds to rebuild the LA area.
  
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• Millions yet to file self-assessment tax return as deadline looms

  31-01-2025 09:19 via bbc.com
  
  People risk a penalty, the HMRC has warned, without a reasonable excuse for delays.
  
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• 'He is a world-class assassin' - Shearer meets Isak

  31-01-2025 08:31 via bbc.com
  
  Newcastle legend Alan Shearer meets Magpies striker Alexander Isak to find out how his past shaped his style of play and what the future holds.
  
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• Lily-Rose Depp and Dua Lipa do Chanel: The best of Paris Haute Couture Week

  31-01-2025 07:34 via bbc.com
  
  The biggest names in fashion unveil their new collections, with a host of celebrities on hand.
  
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• Six Nations predictions: Who will win, top try-scorer picks & Lions bolters

  31-01-2025 07:16 via bbc.com
  
  France or Ireland to win the Six Nations? What about England, Scotland and Wales' chances? Our BBC Radio 5 Live pundits make their predictions.
  
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• The search for Ukraine's missing: 'No one could have foreseen this nightmare'

  31-01-2025 07:00 via bbc.com
  
  Ukraine has listed more than 61,000 people as missing since 2022 - one daughter shares her heartbreaking story
  
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• Gatland's Wales aim for Six Nations lift in France

  31-01-2025 06:41 via bbc.com
  
  As Wales prepare to kick off the 2025 Six Nations away to France, Warren Gatland will hope for an unlikley repeat of 2019 Welsh heroics in Paris.
  
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• Five key impacts of Brexit five years on

  31-01-2025 02:41 via bbc.com
  
  The UK left the European Union on 31 January 2020.
  
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• Suspended engineer accused of forging fire safety certificates for high-rise flats

  31-01-2025 02:36 via bbc.com
  
  Buyers say they’ve had mortgage offers withdrawn on flats with safety certificates issued by the man’s firm.
  
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