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Nasa astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore have splashed down near Tallahassee, Florida after nine months at the International Space Station. They splashed down with Nasa astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov. Williams and Wilmore were in space for 286 days after technical issues on the Boeing spacecraft that was meant to return … Read more

Tom Bateman BBC State Department Correspondent Reporting fromat the White House Watch: The BBC’s Tom Bateman unpacks Russia’s ceasefire conditions President Vladimir Putin has rejected an immediate and full ceasefire in Ukraine, agreeing only to halt attacks on energy infrastructure, following a call with US President Donald Trump. The Russian leader declined to sign up … Read more

A young South African girl who disappeared last year aged six was allegedly sought by a traditional healer for her eyes and fair complexion, a court has heard. This is among the allegations that have emerged at the ongoing trial of Joshlin Smith’s mother, Kelly Smith, who has been accused of orchestrating her kidnapping. Ms … Read more

Poland and the Baltic states have announced plans to withdraw from a key international treaty banning anti-personnel landmines, citing the rising threat from Russia. In a joint statement, the defence ministers of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland said that since signing the Ottawa Treaty, threats from Moscow and its ally Belarus have “significantly increased”. It … Read more

Israeli fighter jets unleashed a wave of bombardment across the Gaza Strip through the night, ripping into a fragile truce that has mostly held since it came into effect in January. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu overnight laid the blame at Hamas’s door for the renewal of his deadly aerial campaign. The Israeli leader’s statement said … Read more

Reuters Mourners on Tuesday crying over the bodies of those killed in Monday night’s airstrikes at Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir Al-Balah It had started as a normal night in Gaza, with people up already having their pre-dawn meal in the holy month of Ramadan. After 50 nights of ceasefire, life in the territory had … Read more

Crowley Some of the 23-strong crew of the Stena Immaculate oil tanker, which was in collision with the Solong cargo ship in the North Sea The co-owners of a tanker involved in a collision with a cargo ship in the North Sea have released the first picture of some of the crew and praised their … Read more

German lawmakers have voted to allow a huge increase in defence and infrastructure spending – a seismic shift for the country that could reshape European defence. A two-thirds majority of Bundestag parliamentarians, required for the change, approved the vote on Tuesday. The law will exempt spending on defence and security from Germany’s strict debt rules, … Read more

At least 12 people have been killed after a plane crashed off the Caribbean coast of Honduras on Monday evening, officials said. The aircraft – operated by Honduran airline Lanhsa – crashed into the sea within a minute of take-off from the island of Roatán. The Honduran national police and fire department separately said five … Read more

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become one of the few world leaders to join Truth Social, the social media platform owned by US President Donald Trump. In his first post on Monday, Modi shared a photo with Trump taken in Houston, Texas, during his 2019 US visit and said he was “delighted” to be … Read more