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Death toll from landslide at Uganda garbage dump rises to 21

The death toll from a landslide at a vast garbage dump in Uganda’s capital Kampala has risen to 21, police said, as rescue workers continued to dig for survivors.

August 12, 2024 10:28 am
 

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People flee wildfire near Athens as it spreads 'like lightning'

Residents fled their homes as a fast-moving wildfire outside Athens fuelled by hot, windy weather burned trees, houses and cars and sent smoke clouds over the Greek capital.

August 12, 2024 9:00 am
 

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Helicopter crashes into Cairns hotel roof

Hundreds of people have been evacuated after a helicopter crashed into the roof of a Far North Queensland hotel this morning.

August 12, 2024 8:34 am
 

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Israel orders gaza evacuations after school attack

Israel expanded evacuation orders in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip overnight, forcing tens of thousands of Palestinian residents and displaced families to leave in the dark as explosions from tank shelling reverberated around them.

August 12, 2024 7:22 am
 

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Biden to Campaign for Harris in Pennsylvania

U.S. President Joe Biden said in comments broadcast on Sunday that he would campaign for Democratic candidate Kamala Harris in Pennsylvania, a key battleground state in November’s presidential election.

August 12, 2024 6:34 am
 

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Sao Paulo plane crash: All 62 bodies recovered

Brazilian emergency crews recovered the remains of the 62 victims aboard an airliner that plunged to the ground in the town of Vinhedo, near Sao Paulo the day before, killing all on board.

August 11, 2024 12:40 pm
 

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Trump campaign says it was hacked, blames Iran

Donald Trump’s U.S. presidential campaign said on Saturday some of its internal communications were hacked and blamed the Iranian government, citing past hostilities between Trump and Iran without providing direct evidence.

August 11, 2024 10:30 am
 

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Israeli strike kills nearly 100 in Gaza school, officials say

An Israeli airstrike on a Gaza City school compound housing displaced Palestinian families killed around 100 people, the Gaza Civil Emergency Service said on Saturday, while Israel said the toll was inflated and 19 militants were among the dead.

August 11, 2024 8:20 am
 

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UK's Starmer scraps holiday to focus on response to riots

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has cancelled a planned holiday to focus on his government’s response to a series of racist riots that targeted Muslims and migrants, a Downing Street source said.

August 11, 2024 5:23 am
 

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Dozens reportedly killed in Israeli strike on Gaza

Gaza’s Hamas-controlled civil defence agency says dozens of people have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a shelter in a school in Gaza City.

August 10, 2024 7:32 pm
 

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Iran to deliver hundreds of ballistic missiles to Russia soon, intel sources say

Dozens of Russian military personnel are being trained in Iran to use the Fath-360 close-range ballistic missile system, two European intelligence sources told Reuters, adding that they expected the imminent delivery of hundreds of the satellite-guided weapons to Russia for its war in Ukraine.

August 10, 2024 4:35 pm
 

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US to lift ban on offensive weapons sales to Saudi Arabia, sources say

The Biden administration has decided to lift a ban on U.S. sales of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia, five sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday, reversing a three-year-old policy to pressure the kingdom to wind down the Yemen war.

August 10, 2024 2:50 pm

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