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Debra Tice, mother of missing US journalist Austin Tice who disappeared while reporting in Syria in 2012, speaks to journalists in Damascus

Missing US journalist's mother says new Syria leaders 'determined' to find son

Floral tributes were left for the victims of a stabbing attack in Southport, northwest England on July 31, 2024

Axel Rudakubana

Trial into stabbing spree that sparked UK far-right riots to open

The proposed bill would make sex education mandatory in Philippine schools and is intended to help address a high rate of teen pregnancies

Mandatory in schools

Marcos denounces 'woke' sex education bill in Catholic Philippines

US President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a MAGA victory rally at Capital One Arena in Washington, DC on January 19, 2025, one day ahead of his inauguration ceremony.

Morning Roundup

Stabbing suspects said to be professional basketball players, Gaza ceasefire goes ahead, and Trump inauguration

Displaced people from recent clashes between armed groups cross the Tarra River, which divides Colombia and Venezuela, in Tibu, Colombia on January 19, 2025

80 killed, thousands displaced in Colombian guerrilla violence

The three Israeli ex-hostages were all women

Ceasefire in place

Israeli hostages, Palestinian detainees freed on first Gaza truce exchange

Medical staff members wear protective clothing outside the Wuhan Red Cross Hospital on January 25, 2020, two days after the city went into lockdown mode

'City of heroes'

Wuhan keen to shake off pandemic label five years on

'It's impossible to leave all the history behind and not take it home with you,' says guide Jacek Paluch

Emotional moments

'Our mission': Auschwitz museum staff recount their everyday jobs

US President Joe Biden speaks during a Sunday service at Royal Missionary Baptist Church in North Charleston, South Carolina

Racial progress

On last full day as president, Biden urges Americans to 'keep the faith'

US President-elect Donald Trump and his wife Melania at a candlelight dinner at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC, on the eve of his inauguration

Trump's stances

Trade wars, culture wars, and anti-immigration: Trump's big promises

Palestinian prisoners are being freed under the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas

Over the next 42 days

Late night tears and hugs for released Palestinian prisoners

Muffled explosions echoed throughout the Epiphany service in Lyman

'A holiday is a holiday'

'No matter the faith': east Ukraine marks Epiphany despite war divide

Snow fell as thousands remained in line to see US President-elect Donald Trump speak at victory rally in Washington on Sunday

Before inauguration

'Back on track': Trump supporters brave freezing conditions to attend rally

Gladis Angarita was among hundreds of people displaced in the latest guerrilla violence to find refuge at a community center in Tibu

Claiming dozens of lives

'We want peace' say Colombians displaced by fresh guerrilla violence

Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy holding a poster showing hostage Emily Damari

One of first to be released

Emily Damari: the British hostage who loves Spurs

'In the process'

TikTok says restoring service in US, thanks Trump for 'clarity'

People gather around a vehicle of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Saraya Square in western Gaza City on January 19, 2025.

Ceasefire in place

Israel army says Red Cross confirms handover of three hostages

Supporters of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol gathered outside the court in the capital Seoul

Show of support

Protesters storm S. Korea court after president's detention extended

A tunnel discovered on the US-Mexico border allowing entry from Ciudad Juarez into the Texan city of El Paso will be sealed by Mexican authorities, an official said

Under investigation

Mexican authorities to seal secret tunnel on US border

People displaced from recent clashes between armed groups board the back of a truck in the municipality of Tibu in Colombia

'Critical situation'

60 killed in Colombia guerilla violence

People gather at the entrance of Tokyo's Kokugikan arena for the arrival of sumo wrestlers during the Grand Sumo Tournament

Sumo to stage event in Paris as part of global push

Young people took the biggest mental health hit during the pandemic, research has shown

'Generational problem'

Youth still struggling in pandemic's shadow

Some of those present carried photos of the hostages under a sign saying 'abducted'

Awaiting ceasefire

Hope, fear at Paris rally for Gaza hostages

A relative in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, carries the body of a child -- Civil Defence rescuers said an Israeli strike killed at least five members of one family

Gaza ceasefire to begin Sunday morning

A third contingent of police officers from Kenya arrives at Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince on January 18, 2025, to bolster a multinational force seeking to restore order to the violence-ridden Caribbean island

Seeking to restore order

More Kenyan police land in Haiti to bolster security mission

Supporters of suspended South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol stand off with police outside a Seoul court

Potential to extend detention

S. Korean court extends impeached president's detention, angering supporters

The burial of former warlord Prince Johnson marks the end of a five-day state funeral

Thousands attend funeral of Liberian ex-warlord Prince Johnson

Displaced Sudanese bid farewell to locals in Port Sudan on January 7, 2025 as they embark to return home by bus to Sinja, in Sennar province, after Sudan's army regained control

After army recapture

Over 55,000 displaced Sudanese return to southeastern state: IOM

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