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• Demi Moore shuts down aggressive autograph hunters as they call her 'not humble'

  13-02-2025 23:52 via foxnews.com
  
  Demi Moore has class, and she's not afraid to show it. On Sunday, the Golden Globe Award-winning actress seemed to frustrate a group of fans who became irate after she politely declined to sign autographs while attending the Santa Barbara Film Festival. "If I sign one, then I wouldn't be able to sign for everybody, so I wouldn't want to do that," Moore told the small group of autograph hunters. DEMI MOORE CLAIMS SHE WAS SHAMED FOR BARING IT ALL IN 'STRIPTEASE' FOR THIS REASON"Humb
  
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• Doctor who prescribed abortion pill won't be extradited to Louisiana as NY Gov Hochul refuses request

  13-02-2025 23:51 via foxnews.com
  
  New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday rejected Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill's motion to extradite the New York doctor who allegedly prescribed and mailed an abortion pill to a Louisiana mother. "The governor of Louisiana sent an extradition request demanding New York turn over a physician who provided reproductive healthcare. New York is rejecting that request," Hochul said.Murrill announced on Wednesday she had filed a motion to extradite Dr. Margaret Carpenter, who was indicted
  
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• Bill Belichick and his girlfriend have 'discussed marriage': report

  13-02-2025 23:48 via foxnews.com
  
  Despite a nearly 50-year age gap, Bill Belichick and girlfriend Jordon Hudson may tie the knot.According to Page Six, the UNC head coach and former cheerleader have "definitely discussed marriage," and it "isn't out of the question."And, yes, "they would definitely get a prenup," the report says, citing a source.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMThere is no rush, though, and Hudson "hasn’t put any pressure on Bill at all to propose, and she feels like it will happen when an
  
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• 'No reason' for new nukes: Trump floats disarmament talks with China, Russia

  13-02-2025 23:42 via foxnews.com
  
  President Donald Trump floated a joint meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin, claiming he wants all countries to move toward denuclearization. Trump on Thursday told reporters he plans to advance these denuclearization talks once "we straighten it all out" in the Middle East and Ukraine, comments that come as the U.S., Russia and Ukraine are actively pursuing negotiations to end the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. "There’s no reason f
  
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• 'I thought I was dead': Kayaker gets swallowed by humpback whale in dramatic moment caught on camera

  13-02-2025 23:34 via foxnews.com
  
  A humpback whale swallowed a man on a kayak off the coast of Chile last week, before he was quickly able to get out of the leviathan’s mouth unharmed.Video shows the death-defying and terrifying moment from last Saturday, when Adrián Simancas was kayaking with his father, Dell, in Bahía El Águila near the San Isidro Lighthouse in the Strait of Magellan, off Chilean Patagonia.As Simancas was paddling in what appeared to be an inflatable kayak, a humpback whale rolled on
  
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• 4 dead, 26 hurt in Taiwan food court explosion

  13-02-2025 23:09 via foxnews.com
  
  A gas explosion at a department store in Taiwan on Thursday killed four people and injured 26, fire authorities said.The blast occurred at the food court on the 12th floor of the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store in Taichung city, the Taichung Fire Bureau said. The higher floors of the upscale department store were blown out, raining debris on pedestrians below.Among the dead were two people visiting from Macau, Macao's Tourism Office confirmed Thursday. Local media reported that they were p
  
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• Mexican president blasts US for harboring drug cartels

  13-02-2025 22:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Claudia Sheinbaum gives riposte to Trump’s accusation of ‘intolerable alliance’ between Mexican government and gangsMexico’s president has accused the US of harboring drug cartels and American citizens of working with organized crime groups in Mexico, in a riposte to Donald Trump’s allegation of an “intolerable alliance” between traffickers and her government.“There is also organized crime in the United States and there are American people who come
  
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• Vance tours Dachau concentration camp ahead of Munich Security Conference: ‘What unspeakable evil’

  13-02-2025 21:23 via foxnews.com
  
  Vice President JD Vance toured the Dachau concentration camp in Germany on Thursday ahead of the Munich Security Conference and a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy set for Friday.Vance and his wife, second lady Usha Vance, toured the site that has become a powerful symbol of the atrocities committed by Nazi Germany against Jews and other minority groups during World War II."What happened here should never happen again," Vance said to a group of dignitaries near the entrance to
  
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• Weekly quiz: Who did Monty beat to win the top US dog show?

  13-02-2025 20:34 via bbc.com
  
  How much attention did you pay to what has been going on in the world over the past seven days?
  
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• Russian-American ballerina 'in transit' after US says she was wrongfully detained, boyfriend says

  13-02-2025 19:50 via foxnews.com
  
  Russian-American ballerina Ksenia Karelina, who was sentenced to 12 years in Russian prison after donating just over $50 to a Ukrainian charity in early 2024, is "in transit," her boyfriend tells Fox News, a day after American Marc Fogel was released in a prisoner swap.Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) informed Karelina’s family about the update, the ballerina’s boyfriend, Christopher Van Heerden told Fox News on Thursday.While "in transit" is not a confirmation that Karelina i
  
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• Just a fluke: whale spits out kayaker in incident captured on camera

  13-02-2025 19:33 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘I thought I was dead,’ said the kayaker, who was let go by humpback off the Chilean coast after a few secondsA humpback whale briefly scooped a kayaker into its mouth off the Chilean Patagonia before quickly releasing him unharmed in an incident caught on camera.Last Saturday, Adrián Simancas was kayaking with his father, Dell, in Bahía El Águila near the San Isidro lighthouse in the Strait of Magellan when a humpback whale surfaced, engulfing Adrián and
  
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• Jim Tressel says he isn't thinking about running for Ohio governor — but he isn't ruling it out

  13-02-2025 19:15 via nbcnews.com
  
  Jim Tressel, a former college football coach and Ohio’s soon-to-be lieutenant governor, said Thursday that he never envisioned accepting such a position — and that, despite heightened speculation, he has not thought about running for governor in 2026.
  
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• 'The vibes are not good:' Mavericks fans still in disbelief over Luka Doncic trade

  13-02-2025 19:14 via nbcnews.com
  
  Dallas Mavericks fans continue to protest team leadership after they dealt generational talent Luka Doncic to the Lakers last week.
  
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• Former Hamas hostage's mom says daughter was forced to fake her death for a propaganda video

  13-02-2025 19:09 via foxnews.com
  
  Former Hamas hostage Daniella Gilboa was apparently forced to fake her own death for a propaganda video. In an interview with Israel’s Channel 12, Orly Gilboa, Daniella’s mother, detailed the horrifying ordeal."One of the captors just came to her with a camera and said, ‘Daniella, today we’re going to film you dead.’  She of course pleaded for her life and asked him not to do it," Orly Gilboa told Channel 12. Gilboa also said that her daughter was covered in de
  
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• Video shows woman give birth on NYC subway with help from fellow passengers

  13-02-2025 19:06 via nbcnews.com
  
  A 25-year-old woman gave birth to a baby girl on a New York City subway Wednesday morning.
  
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• The list of 100 highest-paid athletes for 2024 does not contain any women

  13-02-2025 19:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Not a single woman was named to a list of the 100 highest-paid athletes compiled and released by Sportico on Wednesday.
  
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• Eagles star A.J. Brown visits 10-year-old who shielded sister in Philadelphia plane crash

  13-02-2025 19:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  A 10-year-old Philadelphia boy who protected his sister when a plane crashed in the city got a personal visit in the hospital from Eagles star A.J. Brown.
  
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• White House terminates top federal prosecutors amid DOJ, FBI purge

  13-02-2025 18:56 via nbcnews.com
  
  The White House terminated multiple U.S. attorneys on Wednesday amid a period of upheaval at the Justice Department initiated by President Donald Trump.
  
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• Hamas ‘must release three live hostages on Saturday’, says Israel, or war will resume – as it happened

  13-02-2025 18:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Statement from Netanyahu’s office follows Hamas declaration that it would stick to the ceasefire termsHamas has confirmed its commitment to continue implementing the Gaza ceasefire deal according to an agreed timeframe, Reuters is reporting in a breaking news line.More details soon … Continue reading...
  
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• Video shows newborn baby moments after delivery on NYC subway

  13-02-2025 18:35 via nbcnews.com
  Passengers pitched in when a young woman went into labor on a New York subway, helping deliver a baby girl before paramedics could arrive.
  
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• Russia claims Trump, Putin talk brought world from 'brink of Apocalypse,' EU warns of 'dirty tricks'

  13-02-2025 18:27 via foxnews.com
  
  Russia’s deputy chairman of the Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, on Thursday claimed that the recent discussion held between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin brought the world back from the "brink of the Apocalypse.""It just so happened at some point that the U.S. appointed itself the country-in-chief on our planet with the exclusive right to wage a hybrid war against our people, to mete out justice and grant pardons. It was a grave mistake, which nearly wiped
  
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• Aaron Rodgers won't return as New York Jets quarterback

  13-02-2025 17:45 via nbcnews.com
  
  The New York Jets have informed quarterback Aaron Rodgers he will not return to the team next season, the franchise announced Thursday.
  
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• Worcester, Mass., becomes a sanctuary city for trans people after council vote

  13-02-2025 17:40 via nbcnews.com
  
  There’s a new safe haven for those who identify as transgender in Massachusetts, after Worcester officially became a sanctuary city for that community during a lengthy city council meeting on Tuesday night.
  
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• RFK Jr. confirmed as health secretary

  13-02-2025 17:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  The GOP-controlled Senate voted Thursday to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime anti-vaccine activist, to lead the country’s most powerful health care agency.
  
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• Russia launches fresh drone attack against Ukraine shortly after Trump-Putin phone call

  13-02-2025 16:45 via foxnews.com
  
  Ukraine's air force indicated in a Facebook post on Thursday that the Eastern European nation had been targeted in a drone attack overnight."85 ENEMY UAVS SHOT, 52 DRONES FAILED TO REACH THEIR TARGETS (LOCATIONALLY LOST)," the top of the post read, according to a Google translation of the Ukrainian text.The announcement came after U.S. President Donald Trump noted on Wednesday that he had spoken to both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.TRUMP SAYS RUSSI
  
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• Linda McMahon vows to ‘return education to the states’ at confirmation hearing

  13-02-2025 16:37 via nbcnews.com
  Linda McMahon, President Trump’s nominee for secretary of education, told senators she is “ready to enact” the president’s vision for the Department of Education by returning control of curriculum to the states. McMahon said she will also focus on school choice and career focused education.
  
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• Putin goes from pariah to negotiating partner as Trump unveils upcoming meeting

  13-02-2025 16:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  For a decade, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been the West’s pariah after first annexing Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula and then launching a full-scale invasion of the country.
  
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• Reagan's 'peace through strength' doctrine can aid Trump administration with Taiwan policy, group says

  13-02-2025 16:08 via foxnews.com
  
  A group led by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute (RRPFI) has issued a series of takeaways following its recent visit to Taiwan. The takeaways can be seen as a roadmap of ideas for the Trump administration.The eight-member delegation consisting of U.S. national security and business leaders concluded their strategic visit to Taiwan last month amid the presidential transition in Washington, D.C., a new administration in Taipei and ongoing Chinese coercion and aggression in Ea
  
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• In U-turn, Hamas says it will release hostages and recommits to Gaza ceasefire

  13-02-2025 16:04 via nbcnews.com
  
  Hamas said Thursday it will release Israeli hostages on the previously agreed upon timeline as part of its fragile ceasefire with Israel.
  
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• Sudan says plan for first Russian naval base in Africa will go ahead

  13-02-2025 15:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Two countries’ foreign ministers meet in Moscow and agree there are no obstacles to long-delayed plan A plan for Russia to establish its first naval base in Africa will go ahead, Sudan’s foreign minister has confirmed, after years of delays over the Red Sea military port.If the agreement is implemented, Russia would join the US and China in the region; they have bases to the south in Djibouti. Continue reading...
  
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• 2 pilots rescued after military fighter jet crashes into San Diego Bay

  13-02-2025 14:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  Two pilots were rescued after a military fighter jet crashed into the San Diego Bay on Wednesday morning, officials said, as dramatic video showed the plane falling at a high speed into the water.
  
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• Climate crisis contributing to chocolate market meltdown, research finds

  13-02-2025 14:47 via theguardian.com
  
  Scientists say more-frequent hotter temperatures in west African region are part of reason for reduced harvests and price risesThe climate crisis drove weeks of high temperatures in the west African region responsible for about 70% of global cacao production, hitting harvests and probably causing further record chocolate prices, researchers have said.Farmers in the region have struggled with heat, disease and unusual rainfall in recent years, which have contributed to falling production. Continu
  
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• Competition watchdog to speed up decisions to support UK growth push

  13-02-2025 14:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Competition and Markets Authority announces plans for ‘step change’ after government calls for it be less risk averseThe UK competition watchdog has said it plans to speed up its decisions on deals amid calls from the government for it to be less risk averse.The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced plans to deliver a “step change” in how it operates in the coming months. It is among regulators which have faced demands from the government to help its ambitions
  
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• New York mayor considers plan to reopen Ice office at Rikers Island jail

  13-02-2025 14:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Eric Adams weighs closer involvement with federal agency in sign of beleaguered mayor’s warm alliance with TrumpIn a sign of increasing cooperation with Donald Trump’s anti-immigration plans, New York City’s Democratic mayor, Eric Adams, is weighing whether to allow the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (Ice) to re-establish an office at the city’s notorious Rikers Island jail.An Ice office there closed in 2015 under sanctuary laws that severely limit the
  
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• Unilever chooses Amsterdam for primary listing of split-off ice-cream business

  13-02-2025 13:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Decision is blow to London stock market but Unilever boss denies move is ‘a snub to the UK’Business live – latest updatesUnilever has chosen Amsterdam for the primary listing of its split-off ice- creams business, in the latest blow to the London stock market.While the owner of Marmite, Dove and Ben & Jerry’s said the ice-cream business would also have secondary listings in London and New York, it will be incorporated, headquartered and have its primary listing in the
  
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• Starmer forced to cut short visit to housing development after protest by farmers – UK politics live

  13-02-2025 13:49 via theguardian.com
  Farmers sounded tractor horns while prime minister was speaking to workers during visit to housing development to promote government’s plans for new townsKeir Starmer has been forced to cut short a visit to a housing development after a protest by farmers, PA Media reports. PA says:A group of tractor-driving protesters staged a noisy demonstration as Keir Starmer visited a housing development in Buckinghamshire.The vehicles could be heard sounding musical horns while the prime minister spo
  
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• UK shipping firm used enslaved workers in Caribbean after abolition, study finds

  13-02-2025 13:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Postal Museum says research featured in new exhibition shows how global postal service was ‘tool of empire’A British shipping company that became the largest in the world at the height of empire continued to use the labour of enslaved people after the abolition of slavery, research has found.The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company (RMSPC), which received a royal charter from Queen Victoria in 1839, used enslaved workers on the tiny island of St Thomas, which was a Danish colony at the ti
  
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• British shipping firm used slave labour in Caribbean after abolition, study finds

  13-02-2025 13:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Postal Museum says research featured in new exhibition shows how global postal service was ‘tool of empire’A British shipping company that became the largest in the world at the height of empire continued to use enslaved labour after the abolition of slavery, research has found.The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company (RMSPC), which received a royal charter from Queen Victoria in 1839, used enslaved workers on the tiny island of St Thomas, which was a Danish colony at the time and is now
  
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• British shipping firm used enslaved workers in Caribbean after abolition, study finds

  13-02-2025 13:46 via theguardian.com
  Postal Museum says research featured in new exhibition shows how global postal service was ‘tool of empire’A British shipping company that became the largest in the world at the height of empire continued to use enslaved labour after the abolition of slavery, research has found.The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company (RMSPC), which received a royal charter from Queen Victoria in 1839, used enslaved workers on the tiny island of St Thomas, which was a Danish colony at the time and is now
  
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• German vice-chancellor condemns ‘senseless act’ of violence after suspected attack in Munich – Europe live

  13-02-2025 13:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Robert Habech says it is ‘important the background is quickly clarified’ after car hits group of people and 24-year-old Afghan man detainedAt least 28 injured after car hits group of people in MunichPoland’s Europe minister Adam Szłapka told Polish broadcaster TVN24 this morning that he was “concerned” by the message on peace talks sent by Trump, as it followed the logic of “a 19th-century concert of powers: we’ll have a chat and come up with someth
  
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• Hamas confirms it is committed to Gaza ceasefire and will release hostages as planned – Middle East crisis live

  13-02-2025 13:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Group says it will stick to agreed timeframe to release hostages following threats from Israel it would resume war if they were not freedHamas has confirmed its commitment to continue implementing the Gaza ceasefire deal according to an agreed timeframe, Reuters is reporting in a breaking news line.More details soon … Continue reading...
  
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• Senate expected to vote on RFK’s bid to be health secretary – US politics live

  13-02-2025 13:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Vaccine sceptic likely to face early vote after wavering Republicans said they would support appointmentDonald Trump said he plans to unveil reciprocal tariffs on Thursday but gave no other details, Reuters reports.“Today is the big one: reciprocal tariffs,” Trump wrote on his social media platform. Continue reading...
  
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• Windfarm profits should be used to screen Scots for rare diseases, says scientist

  13-02-2025 13:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Geneticist who discovered hotspots of illnesses in Scottish islands calls for redirection of community benefit fundsA leading geneticist has called for the profits from windfarms to be used for the mass screening of Scottish islanders at risk of rare cancers and blood disorders.Prof Jim Wilson, who leads a Viking DNA project that has discovered hotspots of rare disorders in Shetland, Orkney and the Western Isles, said that money could prove vital in identifying people who need life-saving treatm
  
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• At least 28 injured after car hits union rally in ‘suspected attack’ in Munich

  13-02-2025 13:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Children among those hurt after Afghan man aged 24 drove vehicle into demonstration, police say A 24-year-old Afghan man has driven a car into a trade union demonstration in Munich, injuring at least 28 people including children, some of them critically, German police said.The Bavarian state premier, Markus Söder, told reporters the incident was “suspected to be an attack”, 10 days before the German general elections in which the campaign has been dominated by heated debate abou
  
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• US should not have made concessions to Russia over Ukraine, says German minister

  13-02-2025 13:25 via theguardian.com
  
  France also criticises Trump’s approach to ending war, resting on Kyiv forfeiting territory and Nato membershipThe US should not have made concessions to Russia in advance of peace negotiations by ruling out Nato membership for Ukraine and accepting the country would have to forfeit some of its territory, Germany’s defence minister has said.Boris Pistorius, arriving at a meeting of Nato defence ministers in Brussels, echoed European frustrations in the aftermath of Donald Trump&rsquo
  
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• Judge who granted Palestinian family right to live in UK made wrong call, says Keir Starmer

  13-02-2025 13:21 via theguardian.com
  Family fleeing Gaza were allowed to join brother in UK after applying through scheme meant for Ukrainian refugeesA judge who granted a Palestinian family the right to live in the UK after they applied through a scheme originally meant for Ukrainian refugees made the wrong decision, Keir Starmer has said.A family of six seeking to flee Gaza were allowed to join their brother in the UK after an immigration judge ruled that the Home Office’s rejection of their application breached their human
  
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• Car slams into crowd in suspected terror attack in Germany

  13-02-2025 13:08 via today.com
  A car slammed into a crowd in Munich, Germany, in a suspected terror attack near the site of a global security conference attended by top U.S. officials and foreign ministers from around the world. At least 20 people are injured and the driver has been taken into custody. NBC’s Molly Hunter reports for TODAY.
  
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• With war still raging in Ukraine, Russian Olympic hopes look bleak

  13-02-2025 13:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  With a little less than one year until the Winter Olympics unfold in Italy, Russia's hope to do battle on snow and ice on the world's biggest sports stage appear to melt by the day.
  
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• Two British nationals arrested in Iran on ‘security’ allegations, say state media

  13-02-2025 13:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Photo appears to show UK ambassador to Iran meeting pair, whose detention comes after tit-for-tat releases with Germany and ItalyTwo British nationals have been arrested in Iran and given access to the UK ambassador, Hugo Shorter, according to reports.State media published photographs purportedly showing Shorter meeting two British “national security” suspects at the general and revolutionary prosecutor’s office in Kerman province, about 500 miles south-east of Tehran. Continue
  
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• Trump-Putin call ‘not a betrayal’ of Ukraine, insists Hegseth | First Thing

  13-02-2025 12:40 via theguardian.com
  President causes alarm in rush to secure peace deal between Moscow and Kyiv, saying Ukraine ‘unlikely’ to get much land back or join Nato. Plus, how dating apps ignore reports of rapeDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.The rapid push to bring Kyiv and Moscow to the negotiating table is “not a betrayal” of Ukraine, the US defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, has insisted, after Donald Trump said he and Vladimir Putin had agreed to begin
  
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