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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

A man walks past a World War II monument featuring a Soviet-era tank in Gomel, a Belarus city near the Ukraine border

A call for peace

Belarusians near Ukraine border long for end to war

Palestinians return to north Gaza after breakthrough in hostage diplomacy

Auschwitz was the largest of Nazi Germany's extermination camps and has become a symbol of the genocide of six million European Jews

Honoring memory of millions

World marks 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Seok Yeol was indicted Sunday over his martial law declaration that plunged the country into political turmoil

South Korea president's indictment: what happens next?

Morning Roundup

EU chief in Luxembourg, 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation, and Laura Thorn is off to Eurovision

Investigators are still probing the cause of the deadly Jeju Air crash

Preliminary investigation reveals

Bird feathers and bloodstains found in Jeju jet engines: report

A firefighters vehicle is parked next to the townhall of the 12th district of Paris, on January 27, 2025, after it was hit by a spectacular fire which engulfed its 30-meter-high campanile without causin any casualties. The fire was “under control” shortly before 7:00 a.m., a spokesman for the Paris fire department told AFP, which was alerted at around 3:20 a.m. and engaged some 60 fire engines and 150 firefighters to fight the blaze. (Photo by Bertrand GUAY / AFP)

Update – 153 firefighters mobilised

Huge fire in Paris town hall tower now under control

US President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown has put him at odds with Colombian President Gustavo Petro (R)

Disregard for basic rights

Colombia caves on deportations after Trump threats

Syrian activist Wafa Mustafa has scoured prisons, morgues and hospitals, hoping to glean any information about her long lost father

Bittersweet return for Syrians with killed, missing relatives

Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina said they were working with Sweden to 'assess the damage and its reason'

A suspected vessel

Sweden seizes ship suspected of Baltic Sea cable 'sabotage'

Displaced Palestinians wait along the Salah al-Din road in Nuseirat near the blocked Netzarim corridor, to cross to the northern part of the Gaza Strip

Three-stage deal

Israel says Gazans can return home as more hostage releases agreed

Residents fly Hezbollah flags near an Israeli military vehicle as people gather on the road to Kfar Kila in southern Lebanon

Lebanon says will extend ceasefire despite Israel's failure to withdraw troops

In Sunday's election victory he won more of the vote than in 2020, when he won 81.04 percent

Lukashenko extends three-decade Belarus rule, West denounces vote

Yoon's failed declaration of martial law has plunged South Korea into political chaos

South Korean president indicted as 'ringleader of an insurrection'

People cheer Sudan's de facto leader, armed forces chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, at the market in Port Sudan on December 29, 2024

Reclaimed headquarters

Sudan's army chief visits HQ after recapture from paramilitaries

Brazilians deported from US walk at Eduardo Gomes International Airport in Manaus, Amazonas state, on January 25, 2025

Disregard for their rights

Brazil slams US after dozens of deportees arrive handcuffed

US President Donald Trump speaks with the press, alongside White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt (R), on board Air Force One

Trump floats plan to 'just clean out' Gaza

The January 26 national day commemorates the arrival of a British fleet in Sydney Harbour to establish a penal colony

Arrival of British colonisers

Indigenous rights activists protest on Australia Day

A relaxed Donald Trump joked his way through a modified version of his pre-election stump speech in front of supporters in Las Vegas

'Thank you' visit

Trump victory rally in Vegas caps whirlwind week

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to employees upon arrival at the State Department on January 21, 2025

Escalating tone

Rubio threatens bounties on Taliban leaders over detained Americans

Prince William (R) met Trump on the sidelines of the Notre Dame reopening ceremony in Paris

Royal diplomacy: how UK govt will seek to charm Trump

Lebanese army soldiers (R) and Israeli troops gather near their vehicles on either side of a barbed wire barrier, as an Israeli bulldozer pours soil to build a roadblock in Borj al-Mlouk in the border district of Marjayoun, southern Lebanon

Deadline approaching

Lebanon army accuses Israel of 'procrastination' in ceasefire withdrawal

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the latest weapons test

Precise weapons

NKorea test-fires sea-to-surface strategic cruise missile: KCNA

US tech billionaire Elon Musk has rattled European politics with his support for far-right parties

Across the country

Tens of thousands protest Germany's far right as Musk backs AfD

Relatives and friends of Israeli hostages watch the release of four women soldiers from captivity in Gaza, on a screen at 'Hostage Square' in Tel Aviv

Peaceful handover

Tearful reunions as Hamas, Israel complete second swap under Gaza truce

The four Israeli hostages, all soldiers, emerged to whistles, cheers and shouts from the crowd as Hamas camera crews and photographers swarmed around them.

Hundreds gathered to watch

Hamas parades Israeli hostages at slick ceremony before release

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