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Pin-straight lines of Chinese soldiers took part in a rehearsal under the sweltering sun in Beijing to prepare for a military parade in September

Marking 80 years since end of war

Chinese troops swelter through rehearsal for major military parade

Several protests have occurred outside the Bell Hotel

Logistical headache

UK set for more legal challenges over migrant hotels

'Seriously discussing security guarantees without the Russian Federation is a utopia, a road to nowhere,' said Lavrov

Russia says discussing Ukraine security guarantees without Moscow 'road to nowhere'

Media tycoon Jimmy Lai, 77, is on trial on charges under Hong Kong's national security law that would see him jailed for life

'Not wrong to support freedom of expression'

Defence begins closing arguments in Hong Kong trial of Jimmy Lai

Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said China threatens European interests

German minister says China's 'assertiveness' threatens European interests

Taliban calls for investigations

Afghanistan bus crash death toll rises to 78

Kiruna Kyrka, an imposing 672-tonne Swedish Lutheran church from 1912, is being moved five kilometres (three miles) on remote-controlled flatbed trailers

Entire town relocated

Historic Swedish church inches closer to new home

Kenya's President William Ruto (R) is among the African leaders attending a development conference hosted by Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba

Alternative to China

Japan hosts African leaders for development conference

Morning Roundup

Findel passengers caught with false IDs, New Zealand sentences soldier, and Israel demands hostage release

The rise of Bolivian presidential candidate Rodrigo Paz can be credited, in part, to his popularity on the social media platform TikTok

Surprise top finisher

From TikTok to frontrunner, inside Paz's presidential campaign in Bolivia

Luxembourg maintains aid

NGOs fear dwindling global support as humanitarian crises multiply

Mediators are awaiting an official Israeli response to the latest truce plan

Guarded optimism among mediators

Israel demands release of all hostages after Hamas backs new truce offer

Hundreds of fans cheered outside the central London court in June when O'Hanna made his first appearance in June

No stranger to controversy

Kneecap rapper faces court on terror charge over Hezbollah flag

First spy conviction

NZ soldier sentenced to two years' detention for attempted espionage

President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are at odds over France's move to recognise a Palestinian state next month

'Not a time for conflation'

Israel-France row flares over Macron's move to recognise Palestinian state

Australian Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke, who issued a stinging rebuke to Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday

Friendship unravelling

Australia lashes Netanyahu over 'weak' leader outburst

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani (L) attended a diplomatic meeting in Paris with Israel's Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer to discuss de-escalation of violence in Syria

Truces repeatedly violated

Syrian, Israeli diplomats met in Paris to discuss 'de-escalation': report

Camila Fabri Saab (C) walks with women showing photos of children who remain in the US after being separated from their parents

Separated during deportation

Venezuela says 66 children 'kidnapped' by the United States

Choguel Kokalla Maiga is seen during an AFP interview in New York in September 2021 while he was Mali's prime minister

Dismissed in November

Former Mali PM Choguel Kokalla Maiga charged with embezzlement, imprisoned

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meets his US counterpart Donald Trump in the White House

Long-term security guarantees

Trump rules out US troops but eyes air power in Ukraine deal

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., whose sports career is on the decline, is alleged to have ties to the Sinaloa cartel

Former champion

Mexican boxer Chavez Jr. deported from US over alleged cartel ties

The United Nations said a record 383 aid workers were killed in 2024, including 181 in the Gaza Strip

'Shameful indictment'

Record number of aid workers killed in 2024, UN says

Undated images of drug trafficking leader Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada, provided by Mexican prosecutors in August 2003

Mexican drug lord Zambada to plead guilty in US court

Putin and Zelensky have not met face-to-face since 2019

Despite scepticism

Russians welcome idea of Putin and Zelensky meeting

Suspect charged with six counts of murder over Magdeburg Christmas market attack

Serbian riot police have cracking down on anti-government rallies in Belgrade

Following violent week

Serbia protesters accuse police of abuse and warn of 'spiral of violence'

US President Donald Trump says Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky needs to accept territorial losses to Russia but the US could help provide future security guarantees

Russian invasion

Trump says US air support possible for Ukraine security guarantee

State officials walk past injured victims on hospital beds following an attack at St. Francis Catholic Church in June 2022

Nigerian judge delays trial over 2022 church massacre

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