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 Starlink terminal camouflaged with a net near the eastern frontline in the Donetsk region of Ukraine in the summer of 2023.

Ukraine on brink as Starlink restricted amid Russia strikes

THE NEW YORK TIMES: A huge attack cut power to 600,000 people in Kyiv, and a Pentagon-funded satellite internet program appeared to be curbed without warning.

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One hour into the international flight, an emergency code was sent to air traffic control after a terrifying discovery.

Terrifying discovery on plane prompts mid-air U-turn

One hour into the international flight, an emergency code was sent to air traffic control after a shocking find.

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Intermarche's owner says food products have to be disposed of after fridges were set to defrost. (EPA PHOTO)

Cyberattack hits French store fridges, sparks fires

A cyberattack has disrupted refrigeration systems in supermarkets belonging to several major French food retail chains, turning up the heat inside.

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Police have detained a 14-year-old student after two teachers were shot with a gun allegedly smuggled into the school in a guitar case.

Accused teen shooter ‘used guitar case to get gun to school’

Local police detained a 14-year-old student after a middle school principal and a teacher were both shot with a hunting rifle.

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A woman walks past the wreckage of destroyed buildings in Sloviansk, in the Donbas region of Ukraine.

Ukraine claws back land in the region Russia most covets

Moscow says its capture of the region is inevitable. But Kyiv has so far stymied Russian efforts to encircle Ukrainian ‘fortress belt’ cities.

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Donald Trump has addressed reports of the death of a young researcher at a Russian plague laboratory.

Plague fears fuelled by second pneumonia case linked to lab

The World Health Organisation has questioned Russian officials on reports of a second pneumonia case linked to a Siberian plague research lab already under scrutiny after the death of a young researcher.

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August Hanning, the former president of the Federal Intelligence Service (BND), appears as a witness before the NSA investigative committee at the German parliament Bundestag in Berlin on Oct. 1, 2015. (Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP) Michael Kappeler

Germany’s former top spy charged with selling state secrets

THE WASHINGTON POST: The former head of Germany’s foreign intelligence service has been arrested on suspicion of ‘treasonous espionage,’ including seeking to hand state secrets to foreign governments.

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Pedro Sanchez is urging Spaniards to elect a broader progressive coalition to parliament. (EPA PHOTO)

‘Time has come’: Nation’s under-pressure PM calls election

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has called an early election for November 29 after Spain's parliament rejected his government's key housing decrees.

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A couple has drowned on one of the beaches of Costa Blanca in Spain.

Holiday horror: Tourist couple drown at coastal hotspot

It’s understood a 25-year-old woman was struggling in rough water when her boyfriend rushed into the sea to try and save her.

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The bacteria yersinia pestis is the cause of the pneumonic plague, and, right, a chest X-ray of a plague patient on the right showing their infected lung.

‘Particularly dangerous’: Death sparks plague fear, lockdown

The infection linked to a 28-year-old lab worker’s death is caused by the same bacteria as the bubonic plague, or Black Death.

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The teenager was struck by a car on live television.

‘Bang’: Shock as teen hit by car on live TV

The horrifying moment was captured during a reporter’s live-cross about a separate child killed by a car.

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Student are protesting over a lack of resources, a shortage of teachers and dilapidated schools. (AP PHOTO)

Hundreds arrested, police injured after wild school riots

Dozens of people have been injured and hundreds arrested, officials say, in French student protests against teacher shortages and dilapidated buildings.

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Cadets chant “Glory to Ukraine” at a government boarding school in Ukraine set up to funnel teens into the security services.

The teens training to fight Russia and avenge their parents

A rare look inside one of five boarding schools opened by Ukraine’s government reveals a facility that’s part grief counselling and part boot camp.

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A two-year-old child suffering severe medical conditions, including breathing difficulty and seizures, was given assisted dying treatment, according to a medical board review.

‘Unbearable’: Toddler euthanised in first case of its kind

The child had spent almost 24 months of life battling severe medical conditions and uncontrollable seizures, according to a medical review board.

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The Pope takes an elevator during his visit in Lourdes southwestern France.

Pope Leo shares his Euro vision in France

Pope Leo addresses the importance of unity during his final day of a landmark visit to France.

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Two priests are dead and three other people have been wounded following a stabbing at a Catholic convent in Poland.

Two priests killed in horror stabbing at Catholic convent

Police have issued a grim update regarding an alleged knife rampage at a Catholic convent.

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Ukrainian rescuers extinguish a fire in an office building following an air attack on  Kyiv on Wednesday.

Russian barrage hits levels not seen since first days of war

Putin’s forces target communication infrastructure, with the latest round of deadly strikes matching the intensity of the opening days of Russia’s Ukraine invasion.

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Supporters of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) gather with German flags to hear AfD lead candidate Ulrich Siegmund speak.

Nostalgia and lost pride: The fuel for Europe’s far right

The populist emphasis on national identity and threats to it, real and imagined, finds a deep response in voters adrift in a world they no longer understand.

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