24 h. ago ‘Women give birth on the ground’: Congolese forced to return home find devastation

Residents of Sake – given 72 hours by M23 rebels to leave camps in Goma – find a ghost town with homes in ruins and no way to make a livingCongolese people forced to return to their home town from displacement camps when the M23 rebel group advanced on the city of Goma earlier this year have described scenes of devastation, with hundreds of homes destroyed by fighting and no opportunity to work or access aid.As M23 entered Goma, a regional humanitarian hub that hosted hundreds of thousands of people displaced by previous rounds of fighting in the region, more than 100,000 people left camps around the city to return to their homes. Continue reading...

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25 h. ago UK town where people are the 'friendliest' and 'everyone talks to you'

A Reddit user has claimed that Brits in this part of the UK are among the 'friendliest' in the country, and that 'everyone talks to you and smiles' when you visit the area

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67 h. ago The best hotels in Ibiza for beach holidays, family resorts and five

Whether it's reconnecting with friends on a sun-drenched rooftop, hitting the town with the party people, or looking for a peaceful retreat on the coast, Ibiza has hotels that will cater to every need

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3 d. ago Alan Shearer pays emotional tribute to dad at Newcastle parade

Newcastle legend Alan Shearer was among the hundreds of thousands of people who took to the town centre on Saturday to celebrate the Magpies' big Carabao Cup win against Liverpool

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5 d. ago JD Vance’s home town is bouncing back – and it’s largely thanks to immigrants

Immigrants have played a central role to the revival of Middletown, Ohio, while the vice-president has made criticizing immigrants a main theme of his political careerWhen Daniel Cárdenas from Coahuila, Mexico, first arrived in Middletown, a post-industrial city of 50,000 people in south-west Ohio, he was immediately enamored.“It’s a small town with friendly people. You have shops, big stores; there’s no traffic,” he says. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Boulder, Colorado, to be new home for the Sundance film festival

The festival, started by Robert Redford in 1978, will move from its previous home in Park City, Utah, for 2027Boulder, Colorado, has been named as the new home for the Sundance film festival starting in 2027.The festival, which was started in 1978 by Robert Redford, will move from its home in Park City, Utah. Sundance brings more than 20,000 people a year to the ski town, which many had seen as too small to house something of this size. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Inside the British ghost town time forgot that's 'like living in The Walking Dead'

Frozen in time for over a decade, the town was once home to 12,000 people – but now, it is being reclaimed by nature

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8 d. ago Driver deliberately drove into three people outside pub after argument

Dean Murray, 29, drove his van into three people in Blackwood town centre after he had previously been bothering women and was told to leave.

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8 d. ago US appears to confirm fresh strikes on Yemen; Israel issues fresh calls to evacuate northern Gaza – Middle East crisis live

US attacks target Houthis in a bid to regain control of international shipping lanes; IDF tells people to head towards ‘known shelters’ At least five people have been killed in Israeli shelling of the southern Syrian province of Daraa, local authorities said.In a post on Telegram, provincial authorities reported a provisional toll of “five people killed in the Israeli bombardment of the town of Kuwayya... west of Daraa”. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Beautiful UK town with stone buildings is so magical people keep coming back

Want to experience a quintessential British time capsule? This gorgeous village features old stone cottages, winding lanes and magical concerts in the world's oldest music hall

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9 d. ago More than 100 people in Welsh town helped criminals launder money in exchange for gifts

"There were some instances where an individual opened a bank account after contact with the fraudster and then went on to tell their friends, ‘you can earn £50 if you open up a bank account and give the details to this person’."

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1 week ago Inside the fragile harmony between one Somerset town’s locals and the ‘down from Londons’

Two years ago, as property prices in Frome soared amid an influx of people moving from London, Frome Town Council declared a housing crisis. Today, Alex Ross speaks to a community determined to overcome the while becoming increasingly aware of a widening gap in wealth

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1 week ago Ukraine war live: Russia launches deadly drone attack on Kyiv ahead of ceasefire talks in Saudi Arabia

US and Ukrainian officials to meet in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, ahead of US-Russia talks on MondayRussian shelling killed three people on Saturday in the eastern Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk, the regional governor confirmed in a Telegram post this morning.Pokrovsk has been under attack for months as the former mining city in the eastern Donetsk region is seen as a strategically important logistics hub. Continue reading...

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1 week ago The UK town plagued by lingering stench 'making people physically and mentally ill'

A 'toxic stench' is causing nose bleeds, headaches and breathing problems according to residents of a UK town but they say the council is doing nothing to ease their concerns

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1 week ago 'XL Bully' attacks two people and dog in Scots town as armed cops race to scene

Officers raced to the Esk Bridge area of Penicuik after the alarm was raised at around 11.30am on Thursday.

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2 w. ago Widespread license violations exposed as North Macedonia mourns nightclub fire victims

North Macedonia has shut down dozens of nightclubs following a deadly fire in eastern town of Kocani that killed 59 people

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2 w. ago Coatbridge MP Frank McNally guest speaker at town's Citizens Advice Bureau's annual general meeting

Bureau provided advice on more than 12,400 occasions to people in the town in the past year.

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2 w. ago North Macedonia appeals for calm as nightclub fire deaths trigger protests

Authorities in North Macedonia are appealing for calm as students plan fresh protests following the nightclub fire in the eastern town of Kocani that killed 59 people over the weekend

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2 w. ago Deadly nightclub blaze leaves North Macedonia in grief and desperate for accountability

North Macedonia’s leaders are vowing to hold those responsible to account after a nightclub fire in the eastern town of Kocani left 59 people dead and 155 injured

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2 w. ago Father mourns son, 21, killed in North Macedonia nightclub fire: ‘He had only just started to live’

Blaze at Pulse nightclub in eastern town of Kocani killed at least 59 people and injured 155 more

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