2 h. ago Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds put on a brave face as they step out amid ANOTHER Justin Baldoni bombshell

Blake Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds put on a brave face as they stepped out together in NYC on Tuesday following yet another bombshell amid their lawsuit with Justin Baldoni.

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34 h. ago Chelsea face crucial Trevoh Chalobah transfer decision after 'bomb squad' bounce back

Defender has excelled since early loan recall, but could become a casualty of the Blues’ search for another marquee centre-back signing

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7 d. ago ‘He felt our pain’: Catholic church in Gaza grieves Pope Francis’s death

Pope made nightly phone calls to the Holy Family Catholic church from the start of the war in October 2023Latest updates after death of Pope FrancisThe first time he spoke to Pope Francis during the pontiff’s nightly calls to the Holy Family Catholic church in Gaza City, the congregant George Antone, 44, found himself at a loss for words.It was October 2023, a few weeks after Hamas ignited a devastating war in the Gaza Strip by attacking Israel. The Palestinian territory’s tiny Christian community had taken shelter in the strip’s three churches, but that didn’t mean they were safe. An Israeli airstrike had just hit the Greek Orthodox church, killing 18 people; soon, snipers and bombs would also kill civilians at the Holy Family. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Pope's frequent calls to a Catholic church made him a revered figure in war

In the last 18 months of his life, Pope Francis had a frequent ritual: He would call the lone Catholic church in the Gaza Strip to see how people huddled inside were coping with a devastating war

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8 d. ago Pope Francis called Christians in Gaza every night throughout the war: ‘We are heartbroken’

Pope Francis was usually careful about taking sides in conflicts, however, he campaigned for peace for the devastated enclave since the war began

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1 week ago Myanmar frees almost 5,000 prisoners in new year’s amnesty but no sign of Aung San Suu Kyi

Thousands released in holiday amnesty as Myanmar reels from civil war and a devastating earthquake

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1 week ago Iran is 'not far' from having a nuclear bomb, UN warns after Trump told Tehran to abandon nuke dream or face harsh response

Western countries have long suspected Iran of seeking to acquire nuclear weapons, an allegation Tehran has consistently denied, insisting that its programme is for peaceful civilian purposes.

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2 w. ago Sudan in ‘world’s largest humanitarian crisis’ after two years of civil war

NGOs and UN say country is ‘worse off than ever before’ with wide-scale displacement, hunger and attacks on refugee campsTimeline: Sudan’s two years of war and its devastating tollSudan is suffering from the largest humanitarian crisis globally and its civilians are continuing to pay the price for inaction by the international community, NGOs and the UN have said, as the country’s civil war enters its third year.Two years to the day since fighting erupted in Khartoum between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, hundreds of people were feared to have died in RSF attacks on refugee camps in the western Darfur region in the latest apparent atrocity of a war marked by its brutality and wide-scale humanitarian impact. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Death, displacement and devastation – two years of war in Sudan

How the north African country has been torn apart by the conflict that broke out in 2023Sudan in ‘world’s largest humanitarian crisis’Long read: How Sudan was plunged into warSudan’s civil war broke out two years ago to the day, since when it has killed tens of thousands, uprooted more than 13 million and created what the International Rescue Committee has described as “the biggest humanitarian crisis ever recorded”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago The UN decries ongoing combat in Myanmar as earthquake relief faces big challenges

Human rights experts for the United Nations are expressing urgent concern about ongoing military operations in Myanmar’s civil war, despite ceasefires called by major parties to facilitate relief efforts after the country’s devastating March 28 earthquake

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2 w. ago Elon Musk rage quits gaming livestream after players troll him relentlessly: ‘You ruined the country’

Musk sat stony-faced and largely silent while he was bombarded with insults from Path of Exile 2 players - with one even pretending to be Ashley St. Claire

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3 w. ago First they faced bombing during Myanmar’s civil war. Then came the devastating earthquake

Peter Popham speaks to a monk about the devastation the 7.7 magnitude tremor has wrought on the town of Mingun – a few miles from the epicentre. And how it has only added to the woes of a region caught up in the country’s civil war

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3 w. ago Perth and Kinross councillor visits schoolchildren in Ukrainian city of Nikopol being taught in underground classrooms

Perth's twin city of Nikopol in Ukraine faces daily bombardment from Russian shells and missiles

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3 w. ago ITV Grace's John Simm says he has 'PTSD' after filming gruelling scene for new series

John Simm is back as DS Roy Grace in the fifth series of the ITV crime drama, which sees the detective face a bomb threat and a harrowing rescue mission beneath Brighton Pier.

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3 w. ago Broken and in the grip of civil war, can Myanmar rebuild after earthquake?

The junta’s poor emergency response leaves people fearing prolonged chaos, despite the relentless propaganda For seven painful days, Hnin has waited for news. Her two daughters, two and seven years old, her husband and their domestic worker, were all inside a six-storey hotel in Mandalay, central Myanmar, when it collapsed.Delays to search operations have added to her agony. Hnin rushed around the devastated city, where communication lines were barely functioning, to buy head-torches and fuel for poorly equipped teams. A hotel manager refused to allow the use of a digger, fearing the building would collapse. Days passed before Chinese and Russian rescue teams arrived. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago How will Myanmar’s earthquake impact the civil war? – podcast

Myanmar’s military junta has been losing territory for months. Will the earthquake and a new ceasefire help it turn the tide? Rebecca Ratcliffe reports“It took around four to five minutes for the earthquake to shake and then it stopped and shook again. It is the most severe earthquake I have experienced in my life.”Esther J is a reporter based in Bangkok, Thailand, more than 600 miles (966km) away from her home country of Myanmar – the epicentre of last week’s 7.7 magnitude earthquake. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago 'Devastating' Netflix World War II series leaves fans with 'goosebumps’

If you’re looking for a new war-related series to sink your teeth into, TV fans seem to think this is on par with some of the greats

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4 w. ago Stalker who thought he was in a relationship with victim bombarded her daughter with Facebook messages

Jacob Malek bombarded her daughter with messages on Facebook, said police

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4 w. ago Baba Vanga has just had terrifying 2025 prediction come true

The late Bulgarian psychic Baba Vanga prophesied that 2025 would bring shattering earthquake sand that the Europe would be rocked by a devastating war.

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4 w. ago ‘I stopped counting after three’: the ‘girl sniper’ fighting on the frontline of Myanmar’s civil war

The country’s drawn out conflict has seen children recruited as soldiers on all sides. At the age of 18, Anina is a seasoned fighter with a feared reputation in her all-male resistance unitPhotographs by Valeria MongelliAnina is, in many ways, a typical teenager. She loves her boyfriend, cartoons and football – she supports Manchester City. Until recently, TikTok dancing brightened her days. “Any kind of dancing,” she says.When the Guardian met her she was about to turn 18 and was on crutches, her ankle twisted during a scramble to escape a Myanmar military airstrike. A soldier of the Chin militia, the four years of civil war against the ruling junta have consumed much of Anina’s adolescence. Continue reading...

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