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Around 20,000 people are being evacuated from their homes in the German city of Cologne as experts try to defuse three Second World War bombs.It's the biggest ever post-war evacuation in the city and follows the discovery of two 1,000kg and one 500kg American devices on Monday. The size of the bombs means that a 1,000m danger zone has to be cordoned off and closed.Officials have been going door to […]

Ukraine says it struck the road and rail bridge linking Russia and Crimea with underwater explosives.A video of the explosion on Kerch Bridge was posted on Ukraine's security service (SBU) X account. The planned attack took "several months" of work and involved detonating 1,100kg of explosives overnight, which "severely damaged" the foundations of the bridge, according to the SBU.Russia is yet to respond but authorities say bridge crossings have restarted […]

The Democratic Party's Lee Jae-myung has won South Korea's snap presidential election - six months after the country was briefly thrown into martial law.At a news conference before the official result was declared, Mr Lee said he would seek to unite the country. "Let us move forward with hope and make a fresh start from this moment on," he said."Though we may have clashed for some time, even those who […]

Three Britons could face the death penalty in Bali after appearing in court charged with smuggling nearly a kilogram of cocaine into Indonesia.Jonathan Christopher Collyer and Lisa Ellen Stocker were arrested on 1 February after customs officers stopped them at an X-ray machine after finding suspicious items in their luggage, prosecutors claimed. A lab test result confirmed that 10 sachets of Angel Delight powdered dessert mix in Collyer's luggage and […]

Twenty-four Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire while waiting for aid distribution, according to the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry.They were reportedly killed in the Rafah area of southern Gaza early Tuesday. The Hamas-run ministry claimed that dozens of people were injured, with some of them being in serious condition.The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said that it had fired shots at individuals about half a kilometre from the aid distribution […]

The chancellor and foreign secretary are threatening to take Roman Abramovich to court to seize the proceeds of his Chelsea FC sale.The Russian oligarch, who is sanctioned by the UK government over his alleged links to Vladimir Putin, sold Chelsea for £2.5bn to an American consortium in 2022, after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Those funds remain in a frozen UK bank account but are meant to be used for humanitarian […]

Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann will carry out fresh searches in Portugal.The Metropolitan Police say they are "aware" of the searches set to be conducted by German federal police in Portugal - where Madeleine disappeared while on holiday with her family in the resort of Praia da Luz 18 years ago. A spokesperson for the force said: "We are aware of the searches being carried out by the […]

The head of the UN says he is "appalled" by reports of Palestinians killed and injured while seeking aid in Gaza on Sunday.Secretary-general Antonio Guterres called for an independent investigation, and said: "It is unacceptable that Palestinians are risking their lives for food." At least 31 people were killed yesterday near an aid distribution centre in the Rafah area of southern Gaza, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry.The intervention […]

Eight people have been injured at a pro-Israel event in Colorado after they were attacked by a man with a makeshift flamethrower and petrol bombs.A group of people in Boulder were holding a regular demonstration to raise awareness of Israeli hostages in Gaza when they were targeted by a man who shouted "Free Palestine". He was arrested at the scene.Four women and four men aged between 52 and 88 were […]