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No snow? No problem. Giant swing on Swiss peak aims to boost summer tourism as Alps warm | AFP
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- No snow? No problem. Giant swing on Swiss peak aims to boost summer tourism as Alps warm | AFP
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- 2:01
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- 16 days ago
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- "You feel like you're flying," says tourist Anais Fougairolles after experiencing a new swing installed at 2,110 metres atop the Swiss Alps in the Villars resort. The ski area's director Martin Deburaux says he hopes the swing will allow the resort to attract thrill seekers during the snowless seasons as it prepares for "more unpredictable snowfall" amid climate change.
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- NY mayor says city can't arrest Netanyahu on ICC warrant | AFP
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- 1:06
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- 16 days ago
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- New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani has said his office does not have the authority to carry out the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and called on US federal officials to step in.
The Hague-based International Criminal Court said in 2024 that it had reasonable grounds to believe Netanyahu was responsible for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity related to Israel's offensive in Gaza following the brutal 7 October 2023 cross-border attack by Hamas.
In an interview with the New York Times, Mamdani had said he was in talks over whether to try to arrest Netanyahu during an upcoming UN summit.
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- ‘The cavalry is coming’: new UK PM Burnham announces tax cut for struggling pubs | AFP
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- 1:28
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- 16 days ago
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- New UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham visits a pub in Essex after announcing a tax cut for struggling pubs, clubs and live music venues in a bid to ease the cost of living crisis. "Pubs need to know that the cavalry is coming," says Burnham. The latest tax cut is expected to save some 32,000 hospitality businesses in England around £1,100 ($1,400) a year, but ministers have struggled to give full details of how it would be funded.
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- Louvre Museum heist gallery reopens to public | AFP
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- 1:26
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- 16 days ago
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- The vaulted gallery targeted by thieves at the Louvre last October has reopened to the public, becoming a novel attraction for tourists even though its priceless exhibits have disappeared.
The 17-century Apollo Gallery was previously known for displaying the French crown jewels.
But after eight items valued at around $100 million dollars were stolen during the heist last year, it became globally famous as the scene of one of the most daring, and embarrassing, burglaries of recent times.
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- Smoke rises above wildfire in western France | AFP
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- 1:23
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- 16 days ago
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- A large plume of smoke rises from Arès, as the resort town of Lège-Cap-Ferret in western France is threatened by a fire, likely caused by an accident, that has now spread across 3,100 hectares, according to firefighters. In total, nearly 20,000 residents and tourists have been evacuated as a precaution.
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- 'We end up crying': Venezuela shelter reunites pets and owners separated by quakes | AFP
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- 1:20
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- 16 days ago
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- Hundreds of animals rescued from the rubble after the twin earthquakes in Venezuela remain in temporary shelters, waiting to be reunited with their families or adopted. The Mision Nevado shelter in hard-hit La Guaira has already reunited more than 50 pets with their owners and is taking care of over 300 animals. "It's always emotional for us," says veterinary student and shelter worker Amanda Gonzalez. "Because when an animal connects with a person, that's pure energy to us. But at a reunion, we all end up crying."
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- 'Thanks to him I'm still alive': Bulgarian doctor still on-call at 90 | AFP
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- 2:26
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
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- “For now I feel fine,” says Kiril Apostolov who, at 90-years-old, is still doing the rounds as the only doctor in the Bulgarian village of Skrat, climbing steep mountain roads as he carries out at-home patient visits. Apostolov’s case is far from unusual in Bulgaria, where many general practitioners continue working well past retirement age, with no one to replace them, especially in rural areas.
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- New UK PM Andy Burnham hits pub after announcing 20% business rates cut | AFP
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- 1:17
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
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- New UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Chancellor John Healey visit a pub in Essex as the government announces a tax cut for struggling pubs, clubs and live music venues. The 20 percent cut to business rates -- a local tax paid by firms -- is the third policy announcement since Burnham became prime minister on Monday, including a planned cap on most bus fares in England and the removal of value added tax on household electricity bills. The latest tax cut is expected to save some 32,000 hospitality businesses around £1,100 ($1,400) a year, but ministers struggled to say how it would be funded.
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- House where Hitler was born opens as a police station | AFP
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- 1:38
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
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- Austria has opened a new police station in Adolf Hitler's former house, in the hope of deterring today's ascendant far-right extremists from making the pilgrimage to the Nazi dictator's birthplace.
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- 'It's terrible': thousands evacuated from wildfires in southwestern France | AFP
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- 1:45
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
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- A fierce wildfire has swept through at least 2,400 hectares and continues to spread in southwestern France, north of the Arcachon Basin (Gironde), where more than 12,000 residents and tourists have been evacuated. "The children are scared, and well, we’ve never experienced anything like this here before," says Sophie, a resident of Le Porge. Two firefighters were killed tackling a blaze near Bordeaux airport.
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- EU fines Google 890 mn euros for breaking digital rules | AFP
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- 0:41
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
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- The European Union slaps Google with two fines worth 890 million euros ($1 billion) in a move that risks raising tensions with the United States. The first fine levelled at the US giant is worth 460 million euros for illegally favouring the company's own services. The second, worth 430 million euros, comes after Google did not allow app developers to show consumers offers, free of charge, outside of its Google Play store, according to the European Commission. SOUNDBITE
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- Soldiers killed in bomb attack in Thailand’s defiant south | AFP
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- 0:32
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
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- Assailants killed five soldiers in a shooting and bomb attack at a checkpoint in Thailand's insurgency-hit south, as the government warned of an uptick in violence in the region.
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- Albanian police break up protest against Trump family project and Kanye West subsidy | AFP
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- 0:31
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
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- Albanian police fire water cannon and tear gas to disperse another protest against a coastal tourism project linked to the family of US President Donald Trump. Protesters also gathered outside the Albanian parliament building in Tirana in anger over a four-million-euro subsidy for a Kanye West concert held in the city earlier in July, with lawmakers set to approve the fund. Prime Minister Edi Rama pledged the subsidy, saying it was needed to prevent the concert from being cancelled.
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- Deadly wildfires force thousands from homes in parts of Europe
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- 0:54
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- 16 days ago
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- Wildfires have continued to sweep across swathes of Italy, France and Spain, forcing thousands to flee.
Three firefighters have been killed fighting the flames as southern Europe endures another spell of severe heat, with temperatures topping 40C in some areas.
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- Student protest continues in Delhi after street violence | AFP
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- 0:53
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
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- India's "Cockroach" party movement continues their protest on Thursday, demanding the resignation of education minister Dharmendra Pradhan over exam paper leaks. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has vowed "stringent punishment" for those involved in exam fraud that has fuelled student anger, in his first direct comments tied to major protests challenging his government.
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- Heavy rain floods Pakistan's second-largest city | AFP
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- 1:52
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
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- Residents wade through flooded streets in Lahore, Pakistan's second-largest city, after torrential rains.
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- Rohingya refugees risk deadly journey at sea to escape Bangladesh camps | AFP
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- 2:24
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
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- After surviving war in Myanmar and years in crowded refugee camps in Bangladesh, growing numbers of Rohingya are risking dangerous sea crossings in search of a better future. Nearly 900 were reported dead or missing at sea in 2025, the highest toll on record.
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- Cyclists train for Alpe d’Huez climb from home | AFP
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- 1:39
- Date posted
- 17 days ago
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- As the 2026 Tour de France prepares to climb the iconic Alpe d’Huez twice in two days, amateur cyclists have been preparing for their own ascent using virtual reality indoor trainers.
While indoor training helps them plan their ride and adjust to the difficulty of the ascent, it does not fully mirror the challenge the riders face in the wind and summer heat of the French Alps.
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- Danish picturesque fish fossil cliffs set to gain UNESCO status | AFP
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- 1:26
- Date posted
- 17 days ago
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- Two Danish coastal cliffs where palaeontologists have uncovered 55-million-year-old fossils of prehistoric wildlife are likely to gain World Heritage status as UNESCO's committee meets in South Korea
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- US: Convoy carrying Venezuela's ousted Maduro leaves New York court | AFP
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- 0:40
- Date posted
- 17 days ago
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- The convoy carrying Venezuela's ousted president Nicolas Maduro leaves a New York court after a judge ruled the former leader will go on trial in the United States on June 1, 2027. Maduro, 63, and wife, Cilia Flores, have been held in a Brooklyn jail for more than seven months after pleading not guilty to drug trafficking and firearms charges.
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- Police on the scene after trams collide on iconic Rotterdam bridge | AFP
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- 0:59
- Date posted
- 17 days ago
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- Police inspect the damage after two trams collide on a key bridge in Rotterdam, leaving at least 15 hurt, one seriously, according to officials. Rotterdam's mayor says that one tram was standing still, waiting for a boat to pass the bridge when the second one hit it from behind. The Erasmus Bridge is a major landmark in the Dutch port city, spanning the Maas river, and an important transport hub.
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- French parliament backs social media ban for under-15s in EU first | AFP
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- 2:37
- Date posted
- 17 days ago
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- France's parliament has approved a bill prohibiting social media access for children under 15, making France the first European country to ban children from apps such as TikTok. President Emmanuel Macron has championed the ban as a flagship reform of his final term in office and pledged to enforce it by September. The European Commission has also unveiled an age verification app that EU member states, including France, have begun testing in recent months. In December 2025, Australia became the first country in the world to introduce a social media access ban.
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- US military strikes Iranian targets for 11th consecutive night | AFP
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- 0:46
- Date posted
- 17 days ago
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- Footage released by the US Central Command (CENTCOM) on July 21 shows US forces launching its eleventh consecutive night of strikes against Iran. "The strikes are designed to continue degrading Iran's ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz," CENTCOM said in a post on X.
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- Inside Indonesia's slave island where people are still born into slavery | AFP
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- 4:30
- Date posted
- 17 days ago
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- Two hours from the tourist beaches of Bali, slavery is still a reality on the Indonesian island of Sumba, where some are born into bondage. They work from dawn to dusk without pay, are passed on in marriage and are sometimes beaten and raped by their masters. Yet most are resigned to their fate because their status "cannot be wiped away", as one young slave -- or "ata" -- tells AFP.
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- Kitten rescued from rubble a month after Venezuela earthquakes | AFP
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- 1:12
- Date posted
- 17 days ago
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- A weakened cat was pulled from under the rubble of a collapsed residential complex in Venezuela in what a rescuer described as a "ray of hope" in the aftermath of deadly earthquakes.
More than 5,100 people were killed when back-to-back quakes struck the South American nation on June 24, with the coastal state of La Guaira hit hardest.
Volunteer rescue worker Andres Carvajal said he spotted the cat during a search in a La Guaira housing complex that had been reduced to rubble.
Carvajal had the words "el gato" — "the cat" — written on his helmet, which he said had been his nickname since elementary school.
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- Ukraine's Zelensky appoints new army chief after Syrsky sacking | AFP
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- 0:33
- Date posted
- 17 days ago
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- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says that he is dismissing Oleksandr Syrsky, commander-in-chief of Ukraine's army, and appointing joint forces commander Mykhailo Drapaty in his place. "I have decided that the new Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be Mykhailo Drapaty," he says. It comes amid a political crisis triggered by the removal of a popular defence minister, who accused Syrsky of forcing him out and stalling his attempt to reform the military.
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- The Louvre Museum's Apollo Gallery reopens to public following October 2025 burglary | AFP
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- 1:12
- Date posted
- 17 days ago
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- The first visitors arrive at the Louvre Museum’s Apollo Gallery – the scene of the spectacular jewellery heist in October 2025 – which has reopened its doors to the public, albeit without display cases or any jewellery on show. There are plans to build a secure vault elsewhere in the museum for the jewellery formerly in the Apollo Gallery which was not stolen, but these are still in the planning stage.
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- IN FULL: Trump discusses Lebanon, Iran with Lebanese President | AFP
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- 30:19
- Date posted
- 17 days ago
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- President Donald Trump warns that the United States is "not finished" attacking Iran, as Tehran widened strikes on Gulf states after its Houthi allies threatened to blockade Saudi ports.
Two weeks after fighting resumed between the decades-old foes, Trump said Iran would need more than 20 years to recover from the damage inflicted in the Middle East war.
"If we left right now, it would take Iran 20, 25 years to rebuild," he said. "We're not finished at all... we're not leaving right now."
Trump made the comments at a White House meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, during which he pledged support for Aoun's fragile effort to disarm Hezbollah and move toward peace with Israel.
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- Survivors warn of loopholes in Hong Kong sexual offence reforms | AFP
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- 2:57
- Date posted
- 17 days ago
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- Long-awaited reforms to Hong Kong's sexual offence laws will introduce stricter penalties for sexual crimes, but survivors warn that the proposed changes don’t go far enough to protect victims. Jessie, a survivor who shared her story with AFP, said she felt “oppressed and helpless” after testifying against the man she said attacked her. The judge had acquitted the defendant, saying he may have "honestly but mistakenly" believed that she consented.
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- Why does Brazil’s Pix payment system bother Donald Trump? | AFP
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- 1:54
- Date posted
- 17 days ago
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- Whether buying a chilled coconut at the beach or paying rent, Brazil's free Pix system has become the dominant way of making payments in Latin America's largest economy, with just a smartphone required.
The United States argues that the payment system, launched in 2020 by the central bank, amounts to unfair competition and hurts US credit card companies.
Meanwhile Brazil believes that Washington sees Pix and other such payment systems as a potential threat to the international dominance of the dollar.
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- Hegseth estimates cost of Iran war at $37.5 billion | AFP
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- 0:14
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
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- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the Iran war has cost the United States $37.5 billion so far, up from a previous estimate of nearly $29 billion in mid-May. "The estimate we have as of today is $37.5 billion," Hegseth testifies during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing. SOUNDBITE
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- Kuwaitis ration electricity as Iran hits power grid | AFP
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- 1:28
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
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- Residents of Kuwait City say they are adjusting their daily routines to reduce electricity consumption after authorities appealed for public cooperation following Iranian attacks targeting power and water facilities. "The government is calling for this, and we should all comply," says one resident.
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- Dozens missing in Afghanistan as devastating flood strikes | AFP
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- 1:16
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
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- Rescuers use excavators and poles to search for missing residents trapped under mud and boulders in eastern Afghanistan, after a major flood smashed through one province killing at least 23 people.
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- Aerial images of mega-wildfire north of Spanish capital Madrid | AFP
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- 0:45
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
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- Aerial footage released by Spain's Guardia Civil from a helicopter shows the scale of the La Mierla wildfire in Guadalajara, central Spain, where flames and dense smoke have burned through more than 26,000 hectares of land. For a sixth day, more than 600 firefighters and troops and 29 aircraft have been battling the huge wildfire, which authorities say is one of the most difficult they have faced.
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- Trump says will "take care of" Houthis if they blockade Saudi ports | AFP
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- 0:44
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
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- US President Donald Trump says he will "take care of" the Houthi rebels if the Iran-backed militant group follows through on its threatened blockade of Saudi ports. "If something like that happens, we take care of it," Trump tells reporters during a White House meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun. "You know, we've done that with the Houthis before, and we haven't heard from them in a while since we did what we did originally." SOUNDBITE
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- UK ministers chat together ahead of Andy Burnham's first cabinet meeting | AFP
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- 0:49
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
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- UK cabinet ministers chat together on a terrace at the back of 10 Downing Street before the first cabinet meeting of Andy Burnham's government. During the meeting, Burnham told his cabinet that he would lead a "cost-of-living government", after unveiling an energy tax cut on his first full day as prime minister.
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- On the ground in Delhi after "Cockroach" protest turns violent | AFP
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- 1:08
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
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- India's "Cockroach" party movement vowed to press ahead with their campaign until the education minister resigns, a day after at least 180 people were injured in protests in New Delhi.
Thousands of protesters had gathered in the heart of the Indian capital, demanding Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation and wider examination reforms, in a show of force by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) online movement.
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- UK's 'chief cabinet mouser' Larry takes in another Downing Street changeover | AFP
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- 0:56
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
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- Larry the cat, the UK's most famous feline, keeps an eye on the media on Downing Street as Prime Minister Andy Burnham holds his first Cabinet meeting. With his official title of "Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office", Larry is No. 10's only purr-manent resident and now shares the residence with his seventh prime ministerial housemate.
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- Indonesia baby trafficker sentenced to seven years in jail | AFP
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- 0:40
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
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- A woman who led a baby trafficking ring in Indonesia has been sentenced to seven years in prison, a judge said.
Lie Siu Luan was the leader of a group of 19 people accused of trafficking at least two dozen babies, some as young as three months old, in Indonesia and Singapore.
The defendants allegedly played distinct roles: some were assigned to find babies, some to care for them, and others to prepare identity documents and passports.
They were arrested last year after a parent reported a baby kidnapping to police.
Investigators found the infants had been bought from people who did not want or could not afford to keep their babies, which were then sent to Singapore or sold domestically.
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- 'Love, grit, pride': Argentina fans welcome national team home | AFP
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- 1:27
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
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- Thousands of fans line the streets as Buenos Aires holds a bus parade to celebrate the return of Argentina's national team back home after its defeat to Spain in the World Cup final. "Argentines are like that, it's the people, it's love, it's grit, it's pride," says fan Nadia Borda. "It's what our players taught us out on the pitch. What more could we ask for?"
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- Kremlin sees 'no hope' for better UK-Russia ties under new PM Burnham | AFP
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- 0:44
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
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- The Kremlin says it has "no hope" for better ties with the UK, a day after Britain's new prime minister Andy Burnham took office, with Moscow criticising his support for Ukraine. Russia sees the UK as one of the most hostile Western countries, with relations at historic lows over a litany of issues -- including accusations of Russian poisonings on UK soil -- long before the war in Ukraine.
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- New UK PM Burnham's cabinet arrives for first meeting | AFP
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- 1:47
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
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- Members of new UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham's cabinet, including new Chancellor John Healey and Defence Minister Wes Streeting, arrive at Downing Street for their first meeting. The sit-down comes after the former Manchester mayor was appointed as the country's seventh leader since 2016.
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- Tate brothers to fight UK extradition after arrest in Miami | AFP
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- 1:10
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
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- Influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan will fight extradition to Britain on sex crime charges, their lawyer has said, slamming their recent arrest in Miami as "politically motivated."
US authorities detained the self-professed misogynist and his younger sibling on 18 July as UK prosecutors announced new charges of rape, sex trafficking and assault.
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- Lebanon army mans checkpoints in 'pilot zone' village after Israel deal | AFP
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- 1:25
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
- Description
- Lebanese soldiers deploy at checkpoints in the southern village of Srifa, one of three "pilot zones" outlined in a deal with Israel to disarm Hezbolah. The announcement came with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun visiting Washington, which sponsored the deal with Israel.
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- Spain stars lap up adulation of estimated two million on World Cup parade | AFP
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- 1:51
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
- Description
- New World Cup champions Spain enjoyed a vibrant night of celebrations after an open-top bus parade through the streets of Madrid in front of a jubilant crowd of an estimated two million people.
The parade finished at Cibeles square, where the players took to the stage and partied into the night. The squad and coach Luis de la Fuente were introduced one by one to the fans, wearing "We are champions" shirts.
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- Lebanon army deploys in 'pilot zone' after Israel deal | AFP
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- 1:16
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
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- The Lebanese army deploys in the southern village of Zawtar al-Gharbiya, one of three "pilot zones" outlined in a deal with Israel to disarm Hezbollah. The announcement came with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun visiting Washington, which sponsored the deal with Israel.
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- The 'half-widows' of Indian-administered Kashmir still searching for answers | AFP
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- 2:24
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
- Description
- In Indian-administered Kashmir, the wives of missing men are known as "half-widows" -- unable to mourn fully until they know their husbands are dead. During the armed rebellion in the contested Himalayan territory, thousands disappeared as New Delhi poured in soldiers to quash the insurgents. The rights group Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) estimates as many as 8,000 people were victims of "enforced disappearance." Some of them, it says, were likely abducted by militants.
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- Can desalination solve Italy’s Aeolian Islands water challenge? | AFP
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- 1:44
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
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- Without natural drinking water, residents of Italy's Aeolian Islands are mulling whether to build more desalination plants that will also cater to the large number of tourists, or continue bringing in water by ship.
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- Ex-UK health secretary Streeting arrives at Downing Street as Burnham names cabinet ministers | AFP
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- 0:51
- Date posted
- 19 days ago
- Description
- Former health secretary Wes Streeting arrives at 10 Downing Street, as new Prime Minister Andy Burnham forms his cabinet. Streeting resigned as health secretary in May, saying he had lost confidence in Keir Starmer's leadership. He had previously suggested he would stand in a leadership contest, before withdrawing and instead endorsing Burnham to succeed Starmer.
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- Phillipson and Powell arrive at 10 Downing Street as Burnham announces cabinet | AFP
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- 1:40
- Date posted
- 19 days ago
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- Bridget Phillipson, former UK Education minister, and Lucy Powell, former Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, arrive at 10 Downing Street as UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham forms his cabinet. Burnham purges the cabinet of his predecessor's loyalists as he promises a 10-year plan to ease cost-of-living pressures and signals a tilt to the left.
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