25 h. ago Thousands of Ukrainian civilians are still held by Russia with uncertain hope of release

In its 3-year-old war, Russia has detained what human rights activists say are thousands of Ukrainian civilians and has charged them with various crimes

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42 h. ago Nintendo Switch 2 launch date – everything we know from price, games and specs

Nintendo has officially launched the Nintendo Switch 2, and released all the details one could possibly hope for, and we've compiled the ultimate guide to what we know so far

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7 d. ago ‘They don’t want them to know anything’: Gaza civilians held in Israel not told families had been killed

A nurse, a civil servant and a teacher, among thousands of Palestinians detained without charges, were not informed their relatives had died in Israeli attacks• ‘He insisted we take him to the graves’: the Palestinian hostages coming home to catastropheFor six months after it became impossible, Ahmed Wael Dababish still dreamed of a simple reunion: the day he could once again hug his wife, Asma, his two daughters and his young son.A nurse from Gaza, Dababish last saw his family in the early hours of one night in December 2023, when Israeli troops attacked a school where they had sought shelter. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago ‘He insisted we take him to the graves’: the Palestinian hostages coming home to catastrophe

Alaa Abu Zeid only discovered his wife and children had been killed after his release from an Israeli prison. His is a story repeated across Gaza• ‘They don’t want them to know anything’: Gaza civilians held in Israel not told families had been killedMore than a year after his abduction by Israeli soldiers, the first thing Alaa Abu Zeid wanted to do on his return to Gaza was hold his wife and children. He didn’t know that Ali, his brother, would be the only person waiting when he arrived in Khan Younis earlier this month: Alaa’s wife, Hala, and all five of the couple’s children had been killed in an Israeli airstrike last summer.Abu Zeid, 48, the headteacher of a primary school funded by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) in Bureij in central Gaza, was arrested along with dozens of other men when Israeli troops raided the school turned shelter in December 2023. He would never see his family again. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Zaporizhzhia is 'ethnically cleansed' as Putin resettles thousands of Russians in occupied Ukrainian city

Russian troops captured two villages in eastern and southern Ukraine as it continues to advance into Ukrainian territory amid stumbling efforts for a ceasefire by U.S. President Donald Trump .

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1 week ago Severance's Ben Stiller shares season 3 release date update as he gives new hope to fans

Ben Stiller hinted at when fans can expect to see a third season of Severance released during an appearance on This Morning

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2 w. ago US ‘deletes evidence’ of Russia’s kidnap of thousands of Ukrainian children

Researchers at Yale University had been compiling database of alleged Russian war crimes, including abduction of up to 35,000 children

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3 w. ago US talks with Putin about Ukraine ‘very good and productive’, Trump says

US president also repeats refuted Putin claim that Ukrainian troops in Kursk are surrounded by Russian armyRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesDonald Trump has said the US had “very good and productive discussions” with Vladimir Putin and that “thousands of Ukrainian troops” were surrounded by the Russian army, a claim refuted by the Ukrainian military and independent analysts.In a post on Truth Social on Friday, Trump added that there was a “very good chance” the war between Russia and Ukraine could “finally come to an end”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Donald Trump warns Russian troops about to commit 'worst massacre since WW2'

The US President has warned that Russian troops are about to commit a horrific massacre as he called on Vladimir Putin to spare the lives of thousands of Ukrainian troops

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3 w. ago Donald Trump calls on Vladimir Putin to spare thousands of 'surrounded' Ukrainian troops in Kursk

US President also describes talks with Putin on America’s 30-day Ukraine ceasefire plan as ‘very good and productive’

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4 w. ago ‘Major brand worries’: Just how toxic is Elon Musk for Tesla?

With sales down and electric vehicle rivals catching up, the rightwing politico’s brand is driving into a stormGlobally renowned brands would not, ordinarily, want to be associated with Germany’s far-right opposition. But Tesla, one of the world’s biggest corporate names, does not have a conventional chief executive.After Elon Musk backed Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) – calling the party Germany’s “only hope” – voters are considering an alternative to Tesla. Data released on Thursday showed that registrations of the company’s electric cars in Germany fell 76% to 1,429 last month. Overall, electric vehicle registrations rose by 31%. Continue reading...

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