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Thursday briefing: Why young people are taking to the streets across France
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Acclaimed Indian actor Nana Patekar dies aged 75
Patekar won three National Film Awards and received the Padma Shri, one of the country's highest civilian honours.
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How October 7 redrew the map of the Middle East
Three years of war have upended alliances, weakened US influence and reshaped the region’s power balance.
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What did Palestinians take when they fled after October 7?
Palestinians displaced by war chose cherished items, revealing poignant stories amid devastation in Gaza.
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UK’s military needs to focus spending on domestic defence, not overseas missions – report
Exclusive: Thinktank says Britain’s drive towards global commitments is symptom of ‘outdated foreign policy’ The UK’s military is too focused on global commitments at the expense of domestic defence, meaning the government’s planned increase in defence spending is likely to result in even greater waste, a thinktank report has warned. According to an analysis by researchers at the Transition Security Project, Britain has the most overseas-oriented military among European nations, with almost a quarter of the defence budget spent on commitments across five continents. Continue reading...
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Maricarmen, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction shook Spain, has died
María del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction from her Madrid home sparked nationwide protests across Spain and unleashed a political crisis, died on Wednesday while hospitalized.
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Why single Ebola death in Kenya has sparked fears of wider African spread
According to the WHO, the Kenyan patient first got sick in the DRC, where the patient had been living, and was treated there.