11 h. ago Libya looks to its past to build a new future as national museum reopens

It is hoped the institution can help foster new bonds in a fractured nation, but such optimism will be a stretch for someIt was a night at the museum like no other. As the staccato sound of firecrackers and explosions rang out across Martyr’s Square in the heart of Tripoli, for once it was not Libya’s militias battling it out for a larger stake in the country’s oil economy, but a huge firework display celebrating the reopening of one of the finest museums in the Mediterranean.The National Museum of Libya – housing Africa’s greatest collection of classical antiquities in Tripoli’s historic Red Castle complex – had been closed for nearly 14 years due to the civil war that followed the former dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s downfall. Its ceremonial reopening came at the climax of a lavish show compressing Libya’s rich history and attended by diplomats and Arab celebrities, with a full-size Italian orchestra, acrobats, dancers, arches of fire and lights projected on to the fort. It did not l...

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20 h. ago Jamie Carragher makes Mo Salah 'regret' plea after Liverpool icon's farewell message

Mohamed Salah has left Liverpool to play for Egypt at the Africa Cup of Nations with doubts swirling around his future ahead of the January transfer window opening

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43 h. ago Curtis Jones reveals Mo Salah message to Liverpool dressing room after furious rant

Mohamed Salah grabbed an assist on his last Liverpool appearance before heading off to the Africa Cup of Nations with speculation growing over his Anfield future

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6 d. ago Nicolas Sarkozy opens door to Marine Le Pen and French far right

In prison diary, former conservative French president rules out future attempts to ostracise Rassemblement National

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1 week ago French art museum nicknamed ‘Little Louvre’ reopens after 14 years

The Basque country museum houses an extensive collection of Old Masters said to rival the Louvre’s

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2 w. ago Lisbon car crash update as tributes made to 6 young people 'burned to death'

The six occupants of a car that crashed in the early hours of Sunday morning in Lisbon have been confirmed as Angolan nationals “with a bright future ahead of them”

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2 w. ago I earn £93,000 and salary sacrifice £620 a month in my pension, what will the cap cost me?

In the Budget the Chancellor announced a future restriction on the National Insurance benefit of salary sacrifice pension contributions. Here's what you need to know.

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2 w. ago Scottish Rugby deliver major update on Gregor Townsend future as Six Nations and Red Bull addressed

Townsend to lead Scotland into Six Nations despite disappointing autumn

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3 w. ago US tells Nato if Zelenskyy does not sign peace deal Ukraine will face worse in future

US army secretary briefs ambassadors at ‘nightmare meeting’ in Kyiv on Friday after talks with Ukrainian leaderUS officials have told Nato allies they expect to push president Volodymyr Zelenskyy into agreeing to a peace deal in the coming days, under the threat that if Kyiv does not sign, it will face a much worse deal in future.The US army secretary Dan Driscoll briefed ambassadors from Nato nations at a meeting in Kyiv late on Friday, after talks with Zelenskyy and taking a phone call from the White House. “No deal is perfect, but it must be done sooner rather than later,” he told them, according to one person who was present. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Warning issued as coroners’ advice to prevent deaths of pregnant women ‘not being acted on’

A study by King's College London (KCL) found that critical gaps in care are not being "systematically used nationally" to avert future tragedies

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