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A far-right party is on track to win a regional election in Germany for the first time since the Second World War.Alternative for Germany (AfD), founded in 2013 with an anti-migration and eurosceptic agenda, picked up the most votes in the eastern state of Thuringia, according to exit polls. The party was on course for 33.5% of the vote compared to 23.4% in the 2019 election, followed by mainstream conservatives […]

The Norwegian royal family shared a glamorous photo of the bridal party after Princess Martha Louise wed an American shaman.The bride and groom Durek Verrett beamed while surrounded by 38 of their closest friends and family as they gathered for the celebrations in the picturesque UNESCO-listed Geiranger Fjord. The seven bridesmaids, who wore light pink and carried matching bouquets, are standing on the groom's side in the picture, and three […]

Sunday's Paralympic triathlon events have been postponed over fresh concerns about water quality in the Seine. Eleven events were due to start with a swim in the river on Sunday morning. Now, they're delayed because of heavy rain in the last two days. The events have been rescheduled for Monday, but they'll only go ahead if testing shows an improvement in the water quality. Please use Chrome browser for a more […]

A polio vaccination campaign is under way in Gaza - while medics claimed at least 49 people were killed in Israeli strikes ahead of the rollout.The UN, relying on daily eight-hour pauses in fighting between Israel and Hamas, is aiming to vaccinate 640,000 children in the territory. Healthcare workers in Gaza have warned of a potential polio outbreak for months and last week a baby was partially paralysed by type […]

Seven people have been killed and dozens more injured after a bus crash in Mississippi.A six-year-old boy and his 16-year-old sister were among those who died when the bus overturned on a major motorway near Bovina in Warren County just before 1am on Saturday morning. Pictures from the scene showed the severely damaged red bus, with broken windows along one side.Some of the passenger's belongings, including what looked like a […]

Olympic swimmer and gold medallist Ryan Lochte has shared a video of his recovery from a near-fatal car crash last year.The 40-year-old athlete said he was in a severe accident last November and has been recovering from a number of injuries - including a broken leg. Lochte told the Athletes Only podcast in January that police and others who witnessed the incident said he wasn't breathing and thought he had […]

At least 15 Islamic State militants have been killed in a coordinated attack by US and Iraqi forces, according to US Central Command.Soldiers raided an area in western Iraq in the early hours of Thursday morning and seven US troops were injured. "The [IS] element was armed with numerous weapons, grenades, and explosive 'suicide' belts," the US Central Command said.Five US soldiers were wounded in the operation and two others […]

"His room is still the same" and "there's always a missing chair around the table", says Pip, whose younger brother Sanjiv Kundi was 41 when he vanished in Paris 11 years ago.She has visited the French capital many times since he left the family home in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, for a week's holiday - always wondering if she will see his face in the crowd. Sanjiv was the "apple of […]

An Egyptian worker has been seriously injured after a fight broke out involving tourists, according to local media. The fracas reportedly started after four tourists did not pay for services that were used at a hotel in the town of Taba, Egypt's state-affiliated Al-Qahera News TV said on Friday. One of the tourists reportedly verbally insulted a worker, sparking the altercation, the channel said.Three other Egyptian workers and three of […]