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A German pizzeria has been busted after allegedly delivering one of its dishes with a customary side order of cocaine.Police said the restaurant in Dusseldorf, western Germany, would provide the drug when customers asked for item number 40 on the menu. It is not known how much the pizzeria charged for the special order. "That was one of the best-selling pizzas," criminal director Michael Graf von Moltke said.The police were […]

America is full of contradictions. This is the story of one of them: the Arab-Americans who will vote for Donald Trump. He's the man who says immigrants are "poisoning the blood of the country", who calls them "terrorists", and who wants a "Muslim ban". And yet, in a journey through Michigan, I've found they are swinging to him.It's not just a story about the war in the Middle East. It goes […]

The UK will give Ukraine a £2.26bn loan to buy weapons and other support to fight Russia's invasion, with the money effectively repaid to the British taxpayer by Moscow.Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, and John Healey, the defence secretary, have fleshed out the British contribution to a pledge made in June by the G7 group of advanced economies to lend Kyiv a total of $50bn (£38.5bn) for its military, budget and […]

Footage shows hundreds of people queueing in Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza as they await evacuation.Crowds can be seen surrounded by debris as they queue to flee to the southwest of the territory.It comes as medics and residents told Reuters news agency that troops rounded up men and ordered women to leave the camp.Follow latest: Israel claims to have killed Hezbollah's head of money transfersThe video, filmed today by […]

A Japanese police chief has apologised in person to a man who spent 58 years in jail for a crime he didn't commit.Iwao Hakamada, 88, was kept on death row for more than 50 of those years before being acquitted in a retrial last month. Shizuoka District Court said police and prosecutors had collaborated to fabricate and plant evidence against the former boxer, and used violence to force him to […]

An airport in New Zealand has limited hugging in its drop-off zone to a maximum of three minutes - with anyone wanting a longer goodbye told to head for the car park.Dunedin International Airport, on New Zealand's South Island, announced the rule change last month as part of a broader effort to improve safety and keep traffic flowing in the zone, local media reported. Signs have gone up informing people […]

Moldova's president has accused "criminal groups" of undermining a referendum on European Union membership.The EU referendum asked voters to choose whether to enshrine in the country's constitution a path toward the EU. After around 95% of votes were counted, approximately 52% voted no, while 47% voted yes.However, ballots cast among the country's large ex-pat population are still being counted."Criminal groups, working together with foreign forces hostile to our national interests, […]

A man with suspected ties to the Islamic State terror group who was allegedly planning a firearms attack on the Israeli embassy in Berlin has been arrested.Police and other security forces detained the man on Saturday in the town of Bernau, just outside the German capital, and conducted a search of his home there, the Federal Prosector's Office said in a statement. It said the suspect is a Libyan national […]

Liam Payne fans have gathered for a vigil in his memory in London's Hyde Park.Hundreds of people stood in silence to remember Payne at the park's Peter Pan statue on Sunday.They brought pictures of the star and his former One Direction bandmates, alongside flowers, balloons, and handwritten notes. Image: Crowds gather around the Peter Pan statue in Hyde Park on Sunday Image: One Direction lyrics in a frame in Hyde […]