4 d. ago Palace issues major King Charles update after hospital stay as Italy tour looms

It is understood that King Charles is preparing for his usual working week including a series of public engagements - just days after a short hospital stay after suffering side effects from his cancer treatment

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4 d. ago New images reveal extent of looting at Sudan’s national museum as rooms stripped of treasures

Only a few statues remain, with thousands of priceless artefacts from Nubian and Kushite kingdoms missingVideos of Sudan’s national museum showing empty rooms, piles of rubble and broken artefacts posted on social media after the Sudanese army recaptured the area from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in recent days show the extent of looting of the country’s antiquities.Fears of looting in the museum were first raised in June 2023 and a year later satellite images emerged of trucks loaded with artefacts leaving the building, according to museum officials. But last week, as the RSF were driven out of Khartoum after two years of war, the full extent of the theft became apparent. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago The siege of Khartoum has lifted. Left behind are scenes of unimaginable horror | Nesrine Malik

Sudan’s capital has been hollowed out and stripped for parts, its people trampled beneath a conflict that is far from overTen days ago, in a major turning point in almost two years of war, the Sudanese army reclaimed the capital city from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia which took it over in 2023. What little we know so far paints a picture of a city ravaged by unimaginable horror.The war has sent Sudan hurtling into the largest humanitarian disaster in the world, triggering genocide in the west of the country, and starvation there and in other areas. Previously allies in power, the RSF – formalised and expanded from the remnants of the Janjaweed militia – and the Sudanese military went to war when their partnership fell apart. The victims have been the Sudanese people, whose lives were trampled beneath. Khartoum’s centrality in the war, both in its prosperity and in terms of what it represents for the RSF as the seat of power, has meant the city has been subjected to a parti...

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7 d. ago Palace gives major update on King Charles' upcoming overseas trip as monarch hospitalised

King Charles has been forced to cancel royal engagements due to side effects from his cancer treatments, it has been announced. The Palace has given a major update on the monarch's upcoming trip to Italy

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8 d. ago Sudan’s army chief returns to Khartoum for first time in 2 years of war after airport recaptured

Sudan’s military says it has recaptured the international airport in the capital, Khartoum, after nearly two years of fighting against a rival paramilitary group

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2 w. ago Jubilant Sudanese soldiers film themselves celebrating in presidential palace after seizing it from rival Rapid Support Forces in major civil war victory

State television had broadcast scenes of fighters celebrating in the palace, before three of its journalists were killed in a drone strike, according to an army source.

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2 w. ago Sudan’s army recaptures presidential palace in major battlefield gain

Compound was last bastion in the capital, Khartoum, held by rival paramilitary Rapid Support ForcesSudan’s military has retaken the presidential palace in Khartoum, the last bastion in the capital of rival paramilitary forces, after nearly two years of fighting.Social media videos showed soldiers inside giving the date as the 21st day of Ramadan, which was Friday. A Sudanese military officer wearing a captain’s epaulettes made the announcement in the video, and confirmed the troops were inside the compound. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago UK enrages Sudanese army government by inviting UAE to London conference

UK enrages Sudanese army government by inviting UAE to London conference  Middle East Eye

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4 w. ago Kate Middleton to appear with King Charles for major royal event after palace update

Kate Middleton and King Charles will both make an appearance at the annual Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey on Monday after their cancer battles stopped them from attending last year.

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