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Anak Krakatau: Volcano eruption triggers flight suspensions at Indonesia’s main airport

6 September, 2026

A volcanic eruption has halted hundreds of flights at Indonesia’s main international airport, stranding tens of thousands of passengers.Authorities said 209 flights were suspended after ash from Anak Krakatau was detected in airspace near Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on Sunday morning.The volcano had started erupting late on Friday night, generating continuous seismic activity, lava fountains,

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Watch: Moment 64-year-old Nepali woman is found alive in mud-buried home

6 September, 2026

More than 10 days after a wall of ice, rock and mud tore through a Himalayan valley in Nepal, rescuers continue to find survivors. Chandika Shrestha, a 64-year-old woman, was discovered alive on the fourth floor of her partially buried house in the Nuwakot district by Nepal’s Armed Police Force on 5 September, according to

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Russia-Ukraine war: US envoys set for Ukraine talks after Putin meeting

6 September, 2026

As Witkoff and Kushner were negotiating at the Kremlin, Zelensky said he was ready for “a substantive conversation”.Saturday’s talks in Moscow lasted three hours and were held behind closed doors in Putin’s official residence in the heart of the Russian capital, according to Russian state media.Details are still emerging, but both sides have given broadly

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Majority Russian-speaking city in Ukraine considers language ban in the arts

6 September, 2026

Public playing of songs by Russian citizens is already illegal across Ukraine, with exceptions for some artists who have publicly condemned the war, but Russian-language songs composed or performed by Ukrainians are still allowed.Under the proposals they would also be banned in public places. Anna Nerush said it would not affect someone celebrating their birthday

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TV presenter Sarah Khalifa sentenced to death in Egypt drugs case

6 September, 2026

Egyptian television presenter Sarah Khalifa and 11 other people have been sentenced to death by hanging after being convicted of drugs charges.According to state-owned al-Akhram newspaper, they were part of a criminal gang which imported ingredients used to make drugs with the intent of selling them. They also had illegal firearms and munitions.Khalifa, 39, is

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At least two dead in blast at Bolivia military barracks

6 September, 2026

At least two people have been killed after an explosion at a military barracks in Bolivia – but authorities fear the toll could be higher.Bolivian Defence Minister Ernesto Justiniano said at least 81 people had been injured when “pyrotechnic material” detonated at the barracks, where an artillery regiment was stationed, about 14:30 local time (18:30

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What different world maps get right – and what they get wrong

5 September, 2026

The now widely used Mercator map was created in 1569 by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator.Its main purpose was to help European sailors navigate the oceans, as cartography Professor James Cheshire at University College London explained.”He wanted a straight line to be drawn on a map to look like a straight line in reality if you

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US hits 3 Iranian oil tankers after saying its warships were targeted

5 September, 2026

The US military says it has hit three Iran-linked oil tankers after ballistic missiles were launched towards two of its warships in the region.US Central Command (Centcom) said on Saturday it had “permanently disabled” a tanker near Kharg Island and another near the Strait of Hormuz, and “completely destroyed” a third in the Gulf of

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Trump envoys arrive in Moscow ahead of Ukraine talks

5 September, 2026

The two envoys have travelled to Moscow on multiple occasions since Trump returned to office, but Sunday would be their first visit to Kyiv. Delegations from Ukraine have attended talks in the US over the past 18 months.Zelensky said on Saturday that Russia had fired “demonstrative” strikes on airports in Kyiv and Boryspil overnight ahead

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Trump signs order to remove endangered species status for grey wolves

5 September, 2026

Donald Trump has signed an executive order to remove endangered species protection for the grey wolf and a subspecies, the Mexican wolf.The US president’s decision could pave the way for pastoral farmers to kill the canines to protect their livestock. His order said ranchers played a “vital role” in the food supply chain and American

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USS Abraham Lincoln turned up in Thailand looking rusty – why?

5 September, 2026

When the USS Abraham Lincoln docked in Thailand this week some people were quick to criticise the condition it was in.The US aircraft carrier has been at sea for about nine months where it’s been supporting the US-Israel war with Iran.BBC Verify has spoken to military experts who say, although the length of its deployment

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Niger coup attempt: Is Russia proving better at protecting friends than fighting enemies in West Africa?

5 September, 2026

Niger’s government is facing threats on two fronts: extremist militant groups attacking the state, and grievances within its armed forces responsible for fighting them. Africa Corps may have helped contain the latter this past weekend, but it has yet to resolve the former.Unlike Wagner mercenaries, whose status in a private military company allowed Moscow some

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Flock says its cameras make US safer – so why are they being sabotaged?

5 September, 2026

There have been recent incidents of privacy breaches that have caught national attention. Last week, a police officer in Kentucky was charged after using the Flock system to track his ex-girlfriend – who filed a protection order – over 2,000 times.He was caught using Flock’s newly mandatory, AI-powered audit tool that flags suspicious use.Others are

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Germany’s far-right AfD bids for first taste of power in eastern vote

5 September, 2026

Germany is holding its breath this weekend as there is a seismic election in the country’s east.The Alternative für Deutschland party is aiming to secure a majority in the regional parliament of Saxony-Anhalt.An outright win would mark the first time a far-right party has held state-level power in the nation’s post-war era.For the AfD’s opponents,

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Argentine couple to return Nazi-looted painting to rightful owner

5 September, 2026

A painting which was stolen by the Nazis and only recovered in Argentina last year must now be returned to the heir of its rightful owner, a court has ruled. The late-baroque Portrait of a Lady was lost for 80 years until it was spotted in photographs of a house for sale near Buenos Aires.The

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UN votes to adopt new world map to reflect Africa’s true size

5 September, 2026

The Mercator map was designed in 1569 by the Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator to help European explorers navigate across the world.The distortion of his map is a result of the fact that it is impossible to accurately represent the surface of a globe on a two-dimensional chart.Whenever a map of the world is drawn, compromises

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Trump’s peace envoys to visit Moscow and Kyiv

4 September, 2026

US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will visit Russia and Ukraine this weekend, as efforts to end the war appear to be gathering pace.Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed he will meet with the envoys on Sunday, after they visit Moscow on Saturday to hold talks with meet Russian President Vladimir Putin.Witkoff and Kushner have led

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Europe targeted by spiralling campaign of sabotage and Russia is the chief suspect

4 September, 2026

Attacks on military and defence targets are not new, although previous acts of sabotage linked to Russia include more puzzling targets – such as an Ikea store and a Polish paint store.The novelty now is the concentration of cases.”The intensity of military sites being attacked we’ve seen over the past couple of weeks is unusual,”

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Falkland Islands: UK support ‘unwavering’ after Argentina restates claims

4 September, 2026

It is not yet clear how or to what extent the sanctions will be imposed or tightened. In Argentina, a current law already allows for restrictions of activities of oil companies participating in projects considered unauthorised on the islands.Two oil companies – Britain’s Rockhopper Exploration and Israel’s Navitas Petroleum – are due to begin extracting

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‘It’s like layer upon layer of miracles’: How Nepal flood survivors were rescued from tunnel

4 September, 2026

A tunnelling expert involved in the rescue operation at a blocked Nepalese hydropower tunnel has described to the BBC how they managed to reach survivors.Arnold Dix has been advising Nepal’s hydropower authorities on how to dig through the blocked tunnel to Trishuli 3A Hydropower Station, which was one of several stations hit by last week’s

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Volkswagen board approves plan to cut another 50,000 jobs

4 September, 2026

The board of German car giant Volkswagen has approved a plan to cut another 50,000 jobs as part of the biggest restructuring in the group’s almost nine-decade history. It brings the total number of roles the carmaker plans to shed by 2030 to 100,000, after announcing in March that it would cut 50,000 roles.The group

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Argentina to sanction oil firms as Falklands dispute with UK heats up

4 September, 2026

Argentina’s President, Javier Milei, has heightened tensions with the UK over the Falklands, warning he will impose economic sanctions on firms which exploit oil close to the British overseas territory.In a national address, Milei said the “winds of change” favoured Argentina’s claim to the islands, emboldened by signs the US might reconsider its stance of

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US investigating if missile hit Iran wedding, Vance says

4 September, 2026

“I will say that the Iranian state media has not been a very good scribe about what’s happened in the conflict thus far. So I’m extremely sceptical of this,” Vance told a White House briefing. “I know that we’re investigating.” Iran has launched fresh attacks on US bases in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates

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Pig kidney works in human body for 271 days – is this the future of organ transplants?

4 September, 2026

A kidney transplanted from a pig has worked inside a patient for 271 days – the longest on record, say US doctors.Tim Andrews said the transplant gave him “hope” and spared him months of needing to go to hospital to have his blood filtered by a dialysis machine.The team at Mass General Brigham hospital say

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