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Joel Le Scouarnec is to face charges he sexually abused 299 patients

Assaulting almost 300 patients

'They knew': Victims of paedophile French surgeon blame systemic failure

Japan cut official ties with Taiwan in 1972

Instead of China

Japan to allow Taiwan as place of origin in family registry

Sudanese women and children, who fled Zamzam camp, gather near the town of Tawila in North Darfur

'Killing field'

Survivors recount horrific RSF attack on famine-hit Sudan camp

A Delta Air Lines plane sits on its back after crashing upon landing at Toronto Pearson Airport in Toronto, Ontario

Endeavor Air Flight 4819

Delta plane flips upside down in Toronto crash, at least 18 injured

Pope Francis has suffered increasing health issues in recent years

Hospitalised since last Friday

Pope's condition 'complex', hospital stay extended: Vatican

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk (L), pictured with French President Emmanuel Macron, said that he would urge European leaders at the emergency meeting to 'immediately' boost Europe's defences

Nearly third anniversary of war

Europe leaders battle for unity in 'new phase' under Trump

Israeli army forces patrol in the village of Kfarshuba, southern Lebanon, the day before a deadline for withdrawal of its troops

Remaining in 'strategic points'

Israeli military begins Lebanon withdrawal as deadline approaches

Palestinian children play among the rubble in Jabalia, northern Gaza

Fragile ceasefire

Israel says committed to Trump plan for Gaza displacement

Friedrich Merz is seen on a screen during the TV debate in Berlin ahead of elections on February 23

Country in pandemonium

US tensions add fire to final stretch of German election campaign

Participants in the talks are trying to improve their response to the next pandemic

Strength in numbers

'Now or never' for pandemic accord, says WHO chief after US pulls out

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has resulted in thousands of deaths

Nearly three years on

Ukraine war death toll: huge but not fully known

New burst of diplomacy

Top Russia, US officials to meet in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday

Pritam Singh, secretary-general of the opposition Workers' Party, risks being barred from running in upcoming general elections

False witness account

Singapore opposition leader fined for lying to parliament

United against fascism

'Grannies Against The Right' hit German streets ahead of election

Morning Roundup

Frieden not invited to European war talks today, Luxembourg hits World Overshoot Day, and BAFTA Awards

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) and Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu said Hamas cannot continue as a military or political force in Gaza

Israel security cabinet to discuss new phase of Gaza truce after Rubio visit

The city of Paris said it wants to honour Alexei Navalny for his 'resistance' to Vladimir Putin

On anniversary of death

Paris to name avenue after Russia's Alexei Navalny

Yulia Navalnaya, widow of Alexei Navalny, arrives with Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin to a memorial mass for the late Russian opposition leader

Navalny's widow seeks to rally divided Russian opposition

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in an Arctic prison in February 2024

Paying their respects

Russians risk reprisals to visit Navalny grave on death anniversary

Smoke rises after an explosion during an Israeli army operation in the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Hamam

Unrest in Beirut

Hezbollah chief says Lebanon must ensure Israeli withdrawal

The new US administration has also warned its NATO allies that Europe will no longer be its top security priority

Amid growing concerns

UK ready to send troops to Ukraine as European leaders to hold war talks

If US funding stops, 'people are going to die', Winnie Byanyima told AFP

Much needed assistance

Trump's aid freeze could cause millions more AIDS deaths: UN agency

Kizza Besigye went on hunger strike on February 10 in protest at his detention

'Highly suspicious': family

Uganda govt offers to drop military trial of hunger-striking opponent

A nun stands in St Peter's Square as Pope Francis is hospitalised for bronchitis and missed his weekly Angelus prayer

Receiving treatment

Vatican says 'stable' Pope Francis watched Sunday mass on hospital TV

Hundreds of Russians risked reprisals to pay their respects to late opposition leader Alexei Navalny

Russian opposition icon

'Very personal': hundreds flock to Navalny grave on death anniversary

At least 18 people died during a stampede at a railway station in India's capital

18 dead in India stampede to catch trains to Hindu mega-festival

Tech billionaire Elon Musk appeared by video link at an AfD party rally

Ideological allies

Germany's far-right AfD basks in spotlight of Musk support

If conservative Friedrich Merz triumphs in Germany's polls, he has vowed a strong shift to the right

Challenging coalition prospects

Conservative leads German election race in shadow of far right

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