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Bangladesh interim govt chief reaffirms elections in first half of Feb

Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday reaffirmed the government’s commitment to holding a national election in the first half of February next year, stating that ‘it would mark the first genuinely democratic vote in many years’.

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UK author Jilly Cooper dies

British author Jilly Cooper, known for her unapologetically raunchy romance novels, has died at the age of 88 following a fall, her agent and family said on Monday...

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Russian strikes kill five in Ukraine

Russian strikes Sunday on Ukraine killed five people and badly damaged energy infrastructure, temporarily severing power supplies to tens of thousands and prompting neighbouring Poland put ground defence on high alert.

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UK police to get greater powers to restrict demos

UK police are to be given greater powers to restrict protests as a minister said repeated large-scale pro-Palestinian demonstrations had caused ‘considerable fear’ for the Jewish community.

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Russia intensifies strikes on Ukraine railways

The head of Ukraine’s railways said Saturday that Russia was intensifying a campaign of air strikes on the network in an attempt to isolate frontline communities ahead of winter...

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Russia looking to ‘escalate’ war, says Zelensky

Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky warned Europe on Thursday that recent drone incursions showed Russia was looking to ‘escalate’ its aggression, as he offered his country’s war-honed expertise to help counter the threat...

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Ukraine could be authorised to hit deep into Russia: US

US president Donald Trump’s envoy Keith Kellogg has floated the possibility of long-range strikes by Ukraine against Russia with American weapons, following the administration’s recent pivot on the conflict...

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Two women die trying to cross Channel

Two women died overnight while trying to cross the Channel to Britain, French authorities said Saturday, adding that some 60 others had been rescued.

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Zelensky plans new Trump talks

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday he would meet US counterpart Donald Trump on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly next week as Russia intensified deadly strikes across his country.

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UK govt borrowing highest since Covid pandemic

UK government borrowing has reached the highest level since the start of the Covid pandemic, official data revealed Friday, dealing a blow to the government ahead of its annual budget.

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UK deports first migrant to France under new scheme

Britain on Thursday returned the first migrant to France under a new ‘one-in, one-out’ deal, both governments confirmed, as London bids to curb highly contentious cross-Channel small boat arrivals.

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King gives Trump royal welcome on UK state visit

Donald Trump was welcomed by King Charles III to Windsor Castle Wednesday with a royal spectacle featuring gun salutes, mounted horses and bagpipes as the US president’s historic second state visit got into full swing...

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Russian strikes kill 2 in Ukraine

Russian strikes in Ukraine killed two people and wounded at least nine others, Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday, as Moscow presses forward with its over three-year war despite Western condemnation.

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Cluster bombs kill, wound 1,200 in Ukraine since 2022: monitor

Cluster munitions have killed or injured more than 1,200 civilians in Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion began, a monitor said Monday, decrying ‘troubling setbacks’ in global efforts to eradicate the weapons...

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Annual exhibition begins at Narayanganj Charukola

Teachers, students and alumni of Narayanganj Charukola Institute on Monday demanded the National University authorities permit the institute to run Master of Fine Arts degree course...