Dozens missing after boat carrying 200 migrants sinks off Gambia
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Dozens missing after boat carrying 200 migrants sinks off Gambia

It is the latest accident on one of the world’s most dangerous routes used by West Africans trying to reach Spain.

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Switzerland resort fire live: first victim named, as new video shows attempts to extinguish bar ceiling fire
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Switzerland resort fire live: first victim named, as new video shows attempts to extinguish bar ceiling fire

More than 100 people still in hospital, many severely injured, after fire in Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana that killed at least 40Polish prime minister Donald Tusk has said that 14 Poles were injured in the Crans-Montana fire.In a social media post this morning, Tusk shared his condolences with the families and the loved ones of the victims and said Poland was ready, at Switzerland’s request, to provide specialised medical care for the 14 injured in Polish hospitals. Continue reading...

Yemeni province launches operation to take bases back from separatist STC
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Yemeni province launches operation to take bases back from separatist STC

Saudi-backed Hadramout governor says move under way to 'peacefully' take over military sites from STC.

Swiss ski resort fire: many of injured in life-threatening condition, say officials
Crans-Montana fire
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Swiss ski resort fire: many of injured in life-threatening condition, say officials

About 40 people died in Crans-Montana bar fire, with investigators saying it could take days to identify all victimsSwitzerland resort fire – latest updatesInvestigators have said it could take days to identify all the victims who died in the fire that tore through a crowded bar in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana, as a local official said many of the injured were in a life-threatening condition.About 40 people were killed in the blaze that engulfed the town’s Le Constellation bar, which was packed with mainly young revellers celebrating the new year, and about 115 others injured, many of them seriously, authorities have said. Continue reading...

Trump Says U.S. Is ‘Locked and Loaded’ if Iran Kills Protesters
Iran
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Trump Says U.S. Is ‘Locked and Loaded’ if Iran Kills Protesters

Mr. Trump’s remarks are a sharp escalation as protests over economic hardship turned deadly.

Swiss Resort Bar Fire: 17-Year-Old Italian Golfer Is One of the First Identified Victims
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Swiss Resort Bar Fire: 17-Year-Old Italian Golfer Is One of the First Identified Victims

Mr. Galeppini, 17, was a promising young golfer from Genoa who lived in Dubai with his family, the Italian media reported.

Italian pasta makers win reprieve from Trump tariffs
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Italian pasta makers win reprieve from Trump tariffs

US had accused Italian pasta companies of selling products at unfairly low pricesThe US government has slashed proposed tariffs on Italian pasta that would have almost doubled the cost of many brands for shoppers.Donald Trump had threatened to impose tariffs as high as 92% on Italian pasta companies, after accusing 13 producers including Barilla, La Molisana and Pastificio Lucio Garofalo of selling their products at unfairly low prices. Continue reading...

Distractions over Abd el-Fattah were running joke, says ex-Starmer adviser
Keir Starmer
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Distractions over Abd el-Fattah were running joke, says ex-Starmer adviser

Paul Ovenden argues time spent discussing political prisoner was symptom of government struggling to focusEfforts to free Alaa Abd el-Fattah regularly distracted Keir Starmer’s government from focusing on bread-and-butter domestic political issues, according to one of the prime minister’s closest former advisers.Paul Ovenden, who stood down last year as the prime minister’s director of strategy, said the case of the British political prisoner became a “running joke” among those in government frustrated by the slow pace of change. Continue reading...

Why a Nuclear Plant Is a Big Sticking Point in the Ukraine Peace Plan
Zaporizhzhia Power Plant (Ukraine)
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Why a Nuclear Plant Is a Big Sticking Point in the Ukraine Peace Plan

The Zaporizhzhia plant, occupied by Russia, would be crucial to powering Ukraine’s postwar recovery.

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