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Former President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos (second to left) and other experts unveil the Doomsday Clock at 89 seconds to midnight at a news conference in Washington

Closest it has ever been

Doomsday clock ticks one second, closest ever to midnight

Armed men travel in an unmarked pickup truck along a street in Goma, following fierce clashes

After a 'flood of fire', Goma delivered to looters

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt previously spoke to the media outside the West Wing

Karoline Leavitt

Trump's 'Gen Z' press secretary to make White House podium debut

A Congolese refugee fleeing ongoing clashes

Aid agencies warn

Humanitarian situation in DRC's Goma 'extremely worrying': UN

Fewer plane deliveries

Boeing reports 2024 loss of $11.8 bn after strike, safety issues

Francois Bayrou upset some political allies with his views on immigration

Controversial statement

French PM sparks outrage with immigration 'flooding' remark

Luxembourg affected

Coca-Cola orders massive Europe recall over chlorate risk

Morning Roundup

Flood warning for the north, Director of Caritas resigns, and two LGBTQ petitions in parliament today

Striking images

British Airways Airbus A350 struck by lightning at São Paulo Airport

A sea of humanity flowed into northern Gaza

After 15 months of war

Thousands of Palestinians return to north Gaza after hostage breakthrough

Artificial intelligence will be used to interpret questions from members of the public

Informing generations to come

'Tell the world': Holocaust survivors entrust memories to AI

Sex work is legal in Colombia, which has a high rate of informal employment: about 55 percent

Top providers of industry

Colombian 'webcam models' denounce abuse in online sex industry

US President Donald Trump spoke to reporters on Air Force One after departing Florida

Major setback for LGBTQ rights

Trump signs order to get 'transgender ideology' out of military

During the 2024 election campaign Donald Trump repeatedly promised to build a version of Israel's Iron Dome system for the United States

Signed executive order

Trump orders planning for 'Iron Dome' missile shield for US

In parts of Goma, M23 fighters were welcomed by celebrating locals

Clashes kill 17 in DR Congo's Goma as pro-Rwandan forces enter city

US President Donald Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro levied tariff threats against each other less than a week after the former took office

How Donald Trump weaponized tariffs

Republican enmity to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) is premised on the suspicion that the people it rewards do not merit their success, while also depriving more deserving candidates from opportunities because they are not in a minority

Shifting US electorate

Do or DEI: Trump's assault on diversity divides America

US President Donald Trump has clashed with Colombian President Gustavo Petro over deportations

Mass expulsions

Colombia sends plane for migrants after Trump clash

A number of Justice Department officials who were involved in the prosecution of President Donald Trump have been fired

'Could not be trusted'

US Justice Dept officials involved in Trump prosecutions fired

Some 10,000 members of the security forces have been deployed to put an end to the violence in northeast Colombia

State of emergency declared

More deaths as Colombian guerrilla violence displaces nearly 50,000

A US Army veteran who went to Lebanon and Syria to try to join Hezbollah has been indicted for attempting to support a terrorist organization

17-year-old boy

Nigerian extradited, charged over sextortion that led to US teen's death

People walk along a road torn up by a bulldozer during an Israeli raid on the Jenin camp for Palestinian refugees

Began two days after truce

Israel says 'eliminated' 15 Palestinians in Jenin raid

Women stage a protest against femicide in front of Paris city hall in 2021

Frenchman goes on trial for murdering ex-partner after years of abuse

Svitlana Rudokvas, 51, shows a destroyed restaurant in the heavily village of Novopavlivka

'A psychological border'

'A bad dream': Russian troops threaten Dnipropetrovsk

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban helped launch Patriots for Europe last year

With Orban and Le Pen

EU's largest far-right bloc to rally in Madrid next week

Activists are troubled by a surge in executions in Iran

People's Mujahedin

Two Iranian dissidents at 'imminent risk' of execution: activists

Mette Frederiksen said her regional counterparts 'shared the gravity of the situation'

Severe situation

Danish PM says Nordics united as Trump ratchets up Greenland bid

By a frozen lake dotted with ice skaters in Beijing's historic centre, people expressed optimism about the Year of the Snake

'Complex and severe situations'

China's Xi strikes bullish tone in speech to mark Lunar New Year

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