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President Zelensky arrives at Serbia's Presidential Palace for first official state visit | AFP
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- President Zelensky arrives at Serbia's Presidential Palace for first official state visit | AFP
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- 0:50
- Date posted
- 9 minutes ago
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- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrives at the Serbian Presidential Palace for his first official state visit to bolster international support in the face of mounting Russian strikes. Serbia is a rare European country still closely aligned with the Kremlin.
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- Abelardo de la Espriella sworn in as Colombia's president | AFP
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- 1:42
- Date posted
- 11 hours ago
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- US-backed right-winger Abelardo de la Espriella was sworn in as Colombia's president at a ceremony in the city of Cali. The inauguration of the former lawyer, who won June's presidential runoff by less than a percentage point, brings Colombia's first-ever leftist government to a close.
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- President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella arrives for his inauguration in Cali | AFP
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- 1:27
- Date posted
- 11 hours ago
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- Abelardo de la Espriella arrives at the Santiago de Cali university, where he will be sworn in as Colombia's President.
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- FIFA President Infantino attends De la Espriella's inauguration in Cali | AFP
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- 0:35
- Date posted
- 12 hours ago
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- FIFA president Gianni Infantino attends the inauguration of Colombia's President-elect, Abelardo de la Espriella, in Cali, where people gather around him to take photos.
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- US Senate passes sweeping Russia sanctions bill | AFP
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- 0:27
- Date posted
- 15 hours ago
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- The US Senate passes a sweeping sanctions package targeting Russia's energy revenues. The legislation now heads to the House of Representatives, though a vote there is unlikely before early September due to the congressional summer recess.
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- Venomous jellyfish-like animals wash up in northern Spain | AFP
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- 0:33
- Date posted
- 17 hours ago
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- Beachgoers in Spain's San Sebastian gather as jellyfish-like animals, commonly known as the Portuguese man-of-war or bluebottles, wash up on Ondarreta beach. Their long tentacles can still sting even when dead, and while severe reactions are rare, they can sometimes cause fever and shock.
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- India's youth protests highlight mistrust in 'lapdog' media | AFP
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- 2:29
- Date posted
- 17 hours ago
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- Youth-led protests in India last month turned television journalists into targets, exposing a deepening crisis of trust in flagship broadcasters accused by demonstrators of being government mouthpieces. The protests, spearheaded by the online Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) movement, became a flashpoint for anger, not only at the government, but also at TV networks widely perceived as sympathetic to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration. India ranks 157th out of 180 countries in Reporters Without Borders' World Press Freedom Index, down 17 places from 2013.
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- Heads of state and guests arrive for Abelardo de la Espriella's inauguration in Colombia | AFP
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- 1:46
- Date posted
- 18 hours ago
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- Presidents and guests arrive in Colombia for the inauguration ceremony of President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella. The 48-year-old millionaire lawyer, a US citizen and ally of Donald Trump, will be sworn in in Cali (in the southwest), in an unusual ceremony near territories controlled by armed groups that are fueling the worst wave of violence in a decade.
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- 'It's an honour', says new Belgium coach Mark van Bommel | AFP
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- 0:32
- Date posted
- 19 hours ago
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- "It's an honour," says Mark van Bommel at his first press conference as Belgium coach. The 48-year-old former Dutch international midfielder has succeeded Frenchman Rudi Garcia, who stepped down having guided Belgium to the World Cup quarter-finals. "Now I have the opportunity to become the coach of the national team from the neighbour land," he adds.
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- Chinese school trains robots to join workforce | AFP
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- 1:32
- Date posted
- 19 hours ago
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- China has launched its first robot school which is training an initial cohort of 30 robots across the industrial, service, security, and entertainment sectors.
They undergo physical assessments, specialised coursework in fields such as medicine and the arts, and final skills certification.
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- Heads of state and guests arrive for Abelardo de la Espriella's inauguration in Colombia | AFP
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- 1:37
- Date posted
- 19 hours ago
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- Presidents and guests arrive in Colombia for the inauguration ceremony of President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella. The 48-year-old millionaire lawyer, a US citizen and ally of Donald Trump, will be sworn in in Cali (in the southwest), in an unusual ceremony near territories controlled by armed groups that are fueling the worst wave of violence in a decade.
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- UK farmers battle slashed crop yields amid heatwaves | AFP
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- 1:53
- Date posted
- 19 hours ago
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- English farmers have been contending with the driest July ever recorded by the Met Office weather agency, with crop yields falling and concerns over food security gripping Britain’s headlines.
Some farmers are experimenting with more drought-tolerant crops, such as chickpeas, but they say they need more support from the UK government.
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- UK farmer hit with slashed crop yields after driest July on record | AFP
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- 1:58
- Date posted
- 20 hours ago
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- With giant dust clouds emerging from his parched fields in Suffolk, farmer John Pawsey has noted a staggering 30 percent drop in crop yields after the driest July on record. "I am worried about the coming years,” he says. With intensifying droughts affecting Britain’s food security, experts warn that without immediate actions, shortages could soon become the country's new reality.
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- Poisonous jellyfish wash up on the shore of Spain's San Sebastian | AFP
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- 0:59
- Date posted
- 20 hours ago
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- Beachgoers gather to see specimens of Physalia physalis, a marine hydrozoan commonly known as the Portuguese man o' war or bluebottle, wash up on Ondarreta beach in the Spanish Basque city of San Sebastian. The deadly animal has venom-filled stings.
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- Migrants sleep rough on beach in Spain’s Ceuta | AFP
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- 1:32
- Date posted
- 21 hours ago
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- Tens of thousands of migrants entered the Spanish territory of Ceuta a week ago.
Although most have returned across the border to Morocco, some 2,000 remain, including hundreds of minors.
Ceuta authorities are struggling to cope with such a huge number of migrants in the tiny territory which is home to just 84,000 people.
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- Camels become unlikely racers in Australian outback | AFP
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- 1:12
- Date posted
- 21 hours ago
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- Far from their origins in the Arabian desert, hundreds of thousands of camels roam outback Australia where they are used for wild races, an alternative milk source and even to make beer.
Imported by British colonists in the 19th century for transport but set free when the advent of cars rendered them redundant, estimates of the camel population in Australia range from 300,000 to up to a million.
Many of them are feral, roaming the outback and generally causing trouble -- competing with stock for food, destroying fences, fouling waterholes and damaging Indigenous cultural sites, authorities say.
But in the remote town of Marree, roughly 600 kilometres north of Adelaide, the camels transform from beasts of burden to powerful racers.
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- Missile strike damage at IDP Camp in Yemen's Marib | AFP
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- 1:21
- Date posted
- 21 hours ago
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- Damage at Mail al-Saila IDP camp on the outskirts of Marib following a reported Houthi ballistic missile attack on the government-held city of Marib early Friday, amid an escalation in hostilities. The strategic province of Marib is split between the Houthis and the government, which controls the city of Marib as well as the surrounding oil fields and facilities.
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- Thailand: Emergency crews on scene after school shooting kills at least 4 | AFP
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- 0:54
- Date posted
- 22 hours ago
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- Emergency crews and police are on the scene after a school shooting that killed five people and injured 15 students just north of the Thai capital Bangkok. Five school staff were killed in the assault at the high school in Nonthaburi province, deputy interior minister Polapee Suwunchwee told local broadcaster Thai PBS.
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- At least eight dead in Thailand shooting | AFP
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- 0:29
- Date posted
- 1 day ago
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- A teenage suspect has killed his grandparents before shooting dead at least five more people at a school near Bangkok.
The shooter has been identified as a teenage student of the school and also reported dead, according to local media reports citing authorities.
(This caption has been updated to reflect a death toll revision from Thai authorities. Seven people in total were shot dead, the eighth person was the shooter).
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- Thailand: Emergency crews on scene after school shooting kills at least 4 | AFP
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- 0:54
- Date posted
- 1 day ago
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- Emergency crews and police are on the scene after a school shooting that killed at least four people and injured 15 students just north of the Thai capital Bangkok. Two students and two teachers were killed in the assault at the high school in Nonthaburi province, deputy interior minister Polapee Suwunchwee told local broadcaster Thai PBS.
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- Thailand: Ambulances, police on scene after deadly school shooting | AFP
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- 1:08
- Date posted
- 1 day ago
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- Ambulances line the streets and police stand guard near a school after at least two people were killed and several others wounded in a school shooting north of the Thai capital Bangkok on Friday. The shooter was identified as a teenager and also reported dead, according to multiple local media reports citing authorities. Local media said 15 people were wounded.
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- Camel race in Australia's outback: First-time jockey undeterred after fall | AFP
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- 2:04
- Date posted
- 1 day ago
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- Joanne Bell took on the first camel race of her of life in Australia's remote outback, six years after she beat breast cancer. Despite being thrown from her camel mid-race, Bell remains undeterred and has already set her sights on competing in more camel races across the country. The race was part of an annual event in the remote South Australian outback town of Marree that celebrates the camels first imported to Australia in the mid-19th century and attracts hundreds of spectators each year.
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- Thailand: Emergency crews on scene after school shooting kills at least 4 | AFP
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- 0:54
- Date posted
- 1 day ago
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- Emergency crews and police are on the scene after a school shooting that killed at least four people and injured 15 students just north of the Thai capital Bangkok. Two students and two teachers were killed in the assault at the high school in Nonthaburi province, deputy interior minister Polapee Suwunchwee told local broadcaster Thai PBS.
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- Thailand: Ambulances, police on scene after deadly school shooting | AFP
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- 1:08
- Date posted
- 1 day ago
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- Ambulances line the streets and police stand guard near a school after at least two people were killed and several others wounded in a school shooting north of the Thai capital Bangkok on Friday. The shooter was identified as a teenager and also reported dead, according to multiple local media reports citing authorities. Local media said 15 people were wounded.
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- 'It's a disgrace,' says Trump after signing order to curb birthright citizenship again | AFP
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- 0:16
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- "It's a disgrace," says US President Donald Trump, after signing an order preventing children of mothers who travel to the United States to give birth from automatically becoming Americans. "Wealthy people are building businesses around birthright citizenship. That's not the way it was supposed to work," Trump tells journalists in the Oval Office, after the Supreme Court struck down his previous effort to restrict the constitutionally granted right. SOUNDBITE
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- Aftermath of blast on bus near Syrian capital | AFP
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- 0:53
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- Rescuers inspect the damage after a bomb planted on a minibus exploded in the Syrian town of Jaramana in the suburbs of capital Damascus.
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- UN chief slams Russia, Ukraine strikes in civilian areas | AFP
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- 0:29
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- UN chief Antonio Guterres calls for an end to attacks on civilian areas in Russia and Ukraine, where dozens have died as both sides intensify their long-range strikes. "These latest series of attacks follow an alarming pattern of escalating strikes against populated areas," spokesman Farhan Haq tells reporters. "Attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure are a clear violation of international humanitarian law, and must stop immediately," he adds. SOUNDBITE
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- Body of renowned climber Nirmal Purja lands in Pakistan's Skardu | AFP
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- 1:46
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- Rescuers transport the body of renowned British-Nepali climber Nirmal Purja to the city of Skardu, in the Shigar district of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, after days of a difficult evacuation mission hampered by extreme weather. The 43-year-old, known as ‘Nims Dai’, was killed by an avalanche on 30 July, along with the nine other members of an expedition climbing Broad Peak in northern Pakistan’s Karakoram range. Three of the climbers remain missing, with Purja’s company confirming there were no survivors.
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- Taiwan closes key bridge simulating Chinese invasion during drills | AFP
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- 1:44
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- Dozens of Taiwanese army combat engineers work through the night as military trucks and cranes fill the recently-opened Danjiang Bridge that spans the mouth of the Tamsui River, which was closed to traffic for the nighttime exercise held on the second day of Taiwan's annual "Han Kuang" military drills.
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- Ukraine and US feel shortage of interceptor missiles | AFP
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- 2:47
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- Ukraine wants the US to provide it with more interceptor missiles to guard against ballistic missile strikes by Russia, but according to media reports the US is facing shortages of its own, brought about by war in the Middle East. Will Ukraine get enough missiles, and what is Europe doing to help?
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- Thermal images show Seoul baking in record heatwave | AFP
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- 0:32
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- Thermal images show the searing heatwave baking Seoul. In the last week, new all-time high temperatures were set three times, with the mercury peaking at 42.5C on 2 August. Seoul is under a "severe heatwave warning", the first issuing of the alert since its introduction this year.
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- China's first robot school turns machines into workers | AFP
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- 2:26
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- China has launched its first robot school, a facility training an initial cohort of 30 students for roles across the industrial, service, security and entertainment sectors. The robo-pupils undergo physical assessments, specialised coursework in their fields -- which can include medicine and the arts -- before a final skills certification. The tuition is "tailored to specific requirements of different robot hardware,” but there is "a core curriculum," explains Zhu Tianle, an engineer at the Hangzhou Robot School based at the Zhejiang University Robot Research Institute.
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- Polka-dots and hypnotic riffs fuel Canadian duo's rise to viral fame | AFP
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- 2:00
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- It's at the wacky end of the rock spectrum, but an unlikely recipe of polka-dot pyjamas, floppy-nosed masks and hypnotic guitar riffs has propelled Canadian duo Angine de Poitrine to viral stardom. Clad head to toe in black-and-white robes with their faces hidden by outsized masks, the duo, known only by pseudonyms, perform the hip Botanique venue in Brussels. “These two people are just totally bizarre and so intriguing at the same time,” says graphic designer, Peter Somers. “It's just incredible."
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- Rising Kenyan lakes push crocodiles closer to homes | AFP
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- 1:44
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- Lake Baringo and other lakes in Kenya's Rift Valley have risen to levels not seen in at least half a century, bringing with them crocodiles and other wildlife that endanger thousands of families.
Tens of thousands of people have been displaced to higher ground, according to official data, yet many victims say the lakes keep following them.
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- Rising Kenyan lakes push crocodiles closer to homes in Baringo | AFP
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- 2:27
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- As the lakes of Kenya’s Rift Valley expand -- the result, scientists say, of intense rainfall -- residents are increasingly coming face to face with new and dangerous neighbours: crocodiles. After the first significant surge in water levels in 2011, Mary Milka Tiren’s husband was killed by a hippo. A decade later her nine-year-old son spent three months in hospital following a crocodile attack, his scars still prominent. “He’s the one who was hurt the most,” she says, “because it carried him off for a bit.”
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- What was behind the migrant rush to Spain’s Ceuta? | AFP
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- 1:43
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- An unprecedented 72,000 people crossed into Spain’s exclave of Ceuta in north Africa in just days, triggering one of Europe’s biggest migration crises in years.
Many were seen swimming around border barriers, while others attempted the crossing on foot. Almost everyone has now returned to Morocco, but Spanish authorities say 2,500 remain.
So what sparked the sudden rush to the border?
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- Amongst Gaza's rubble, skaters keep practising | AFP
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- 1:04
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- In Gaza, Palestinian skaters are practising their moves among the rubble of destroyed buildings.
They say the sport offers release from displacement and daily hardship, despite a lack of access to protective gear.
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- Thermal images show Seoul baking in heatwave | AFP
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- 0:44
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- Thermal images of people and traffic in Seoul illustrate a searing heatwave baking the South Korean capital. In the last week, the country has seen new all-time high temperatures set three times, with the mercury peaking at 42.5C on Sunday 2 August. Seoul is under a "severe heatwave warning", the first issuing of the alert since its introduction this year.
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- Colombian baby hippo descended from Escobar herd dies after rescue | AFP
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- 0:43
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- A baby hippopotamus descended from creatures that belonged to Pablo Escobar has died after being rescued in northwestern Colombia.
Colombia has around 200 invasive hippos living in the wild, according to the Environment Ministry, all of which stemmed from a colony brought to South America by the late cocaine kingpin.
After the death of the Medellin cartel leader in 1993, the animals escaped and settled along the banks of the Magdalena river, disrupting the ecosystem. It is the largest hippo colony anywhere outside Africa.
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- Soldiers participate in Taiwan's largest military drills as China pressure grows | AFP
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- 1:03
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
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- Taiwanese soldiers participate in the first day of the largest military drills of the year as the island democracy attempts to prepare its population for a potential Chinese invasion. The annual "Han Kuang" exercise, which runs from August 5-14, stages combat scenarios for troops and reservists to practise responding to an attack on the island, defence officials say.
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- Putin appoints commander of Russia's drone forces | AFP
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- 0:29
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
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- Russian President Vladimir Putin announces the first permanent head of the country’s drone forces, during a meeting with top Defence Ministry officials.
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- Prague zoo keeps polar bears cool with ice amid heatwave | AFP
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
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- At Prague Zoo, polar bears and gorillas nibble on ice cream and roll around in piles of snow as a second heatwave of the summer reaches its peak, with national temperatures hitting a near-record 41.5 degrees. Polar bear twins Gregor and Aleut receive up to three tonnes of ice on such days, while they munch on ice filled with apples, carrots, mackerel and salmon.
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- French farmers turn to drought-tolerant crops amid climate pressures | AFP
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- 1:13
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
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- Faced with recurring heatwaves and drought, a growing number of farmers in France's Alsace region are turning to crops that require less water and fewer pesticides than many traditional alternatives, such as lentils, chickpeas and quinoa.
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- US Secretary of State Rubio welcomes Britain's Miliband to Washington | AFP
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- 0:40
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
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- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosts British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband at the State Department in Washington, DC.
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- At Prague Zoo, polar bears and gorillas eat ice cream to weather heatwave | AFP
- Runtime
- 0:55
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
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- At Prague Zoo, polar bears and gorillas nibble on ice cream and roll around in piles of snow as a second heatwave of the summer reaches its peak, with national temperatures hitting a near-record 41.5 degrees. Polar bear twins Gregor and Aleut receive up to three tonnes of ice on such days, while they munch on ice cream filled with apples, carrots, mackerel and salmon. The zoo's gorillas, for their part, like their ice cream -- also sweetened with fruit -- to be suspended down to them on a rope.
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- EXPLAINED: What if we killed all the mosquitoes? | AFP
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- 8:02
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
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- Wiping out mosquito-borne diseases like malaria has long been something humanity has dreamed of achieving, and we’re now closer than ever. But some methods of doing this would involve killing whole species of mosquito. Could we do that? And just as importantly, should we? AFP’s video journalists around the world have been reporting on the latest developments in the fight against humanity’s most deadly threat.
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- UN 'alarmed' by surge in Iran executions since March | AFP
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- 0:40
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
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- Spokesperson Jeremy Laurence says the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk is "alarmed" by the surge in executions in Iran since March, with the death penalty being used by Tehran to "instil fear". "Since March 19, 2026, at least 56 people have been executed on national security-related charges," he says. SOUNDBITE
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- 'We can see your washing': NZ politician joins meeting from bathroom | AFP
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- 0:36
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
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- Jo Galer, a local councillor in Dunedin on New Zealand's south island, joins a high-stakes meeting from a bathroom, her laundry clearly visible in the background -- prompting comments from the city's mayor Sophie Barker.
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- Tiny light, big dream: The Japanese man harvesting power from food | AFP
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- 2:42
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
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- Japanese product designer Satoshi Nakagawa has worked out a way to harness electrical current naturally present in everything from food to soil. While he knows that the dribble of power is too tiny to power anything more than a tiny LED, Nakagawa insists that the technology has a serious role to play. "As the population moves toward 10 billion, energy issues will become just as critical as food issues," he tells AFP from his lab in Ibaraki. "In that kind of situation, even if it’s just a small contribution, I want people to be able to produce their own electricity."
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- 'We can see your washing': New Zealand politician joins meeting from bathroom | AFP
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- 0:25
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
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- New Zealand politician Jo Galer has raised eyebrows after joining a high-stakes meeting from a bathroom, with her laundry clearly visible in the background.
It is not the first time the council in Dunedin, a city on New Zealand's South Island, has made headlines.
In 2020 then-councillor David Benson-Pope was caught with his pants down, appearing on a Zoom call while dusting his office in a suit jacket and bare legs.
