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You may have noticed an unusual German rap song in the background of an increasing number of videos on your TikTok feed.But what is it - and how did it spread so fast? What is Barbara Rhubarb Bar?What sounds like a rap is in fact a German tongue twister written by musical comedian Bodo Wartke and his content creator friend Marti Fischer.The pair posted a two-part video of them reciting […]

A British-Palestinian plastic surgeon who has been operating on injured civilians in Gaza says he has been denied entry to France.Dr Ghassan Abu Sitta said he was due to speak at the French Senate on Saturday. He wrote on X: "I am at Charles De Gaule Airport. They are preventing me from entering France. They say the Germans put a one-year ban on my entry to Europe."Germany - where he […]

An Israeli official has downplayed the prospects for a full end to the war in Gaza as Egyptian state media reported "noticeable progress" in ceasefire talks. A Hamas delegation was in Cairo on Saturday with pressure mounting to reach a deal to stop the conflict, sparked when the Palestinian militant group attacked southern Israel on 7 October, abducting around 250 people and killing around 1,200. More than 34,600 Palestinians have […]

Bodies have been found in the search for two Australian brothers and a US tourist who went missing in northern Mexico.The remains were found south of Ensenada, near where the men - Jake and Callum Robinson from Australia and American Jack Carter Rhoad - went missing last weekend. The trio, who were believed to have been on a camping and surfing trip, were only reported missing in the last few […]

China has been branded "a bully" and an international lawbreaker after its ships blasted Philippine vessels with water cannon in the South China Sea.Sky News was on board the BRP Bagacay when a Chinese vessel fired water at it, causing significant damage. Philippine coastguard spokesman Jay Tarriela told Sky News that this week's confrontation was the first time China had used "such aggression" against their ships."The metal parts and the […]

Heavy rains in southern Brazil have killed 37 people, local authorities have said, with dozens still unaccounted for.More than 70 people are missing and at least 23,000 people have been displaced in Rio Grande do Sul, according to the state's civil defence agency. In some cities, water levels have been at their highest since records began almost 150 years ago, the Brazilian Geological Service said.It said the flooding is the […]

Three suspects have been charged by Canadian police over the killing of a Sikh separatist leader in Vancouver last June, in an incident that sparked a diplomatic spat between Ottawa and New Delhi.Three suspects have been arrested and charged over the killing of 45-year-old Hardeep Singh Nijjar by masked gunmen in Surrey, outside Vancouver. Royal Canadian Mounted Police assistant commissioner David Teboul said police could not comment on the nature […]

The UK will appoint a new envoy to oversee a plan to ramp up the production of weapons and ammunition, which is now a "national priority", the foreign secretary has revealed.Lord Cameron, speaking on a visit to Ukraine, also underlined the importance of supporting the Ukrainian war effort against Russia, warning that the world was at an "absolutely critical tipping point" and Kyiv must prevail or else Europe faced a […]

At least 29 people have been killed in floods in Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul, in what has been described as "the most critical flooding recorded in history" by local authorities.The storms, which have caused the greatest devastation in the state in recent years, also left 60 people missing and 10,242 displaced in 154 cities, according to Rio Grande do Sul's civil defence. "It's not just another […]