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They laughed, chatted like friends and agreed on just about everything.If there was any doubt that Elon Musk's heart lies on the far right of German politics, that disappeared during this conversation. Musk was unequivocal in his support. "I am strongly recommending that the people of Germany vote for AfD," he said. "This is simply the sensible move. Nothing outrageous is being proposed - just common sense."He added: "Only the […]

Photographs have captured the moments after a baby girl was born on a packed migrant dinghy heading for the Canary Islands. The small boat was carrying 60 people and had embarked from Tan-Tan - a Moroccan province 135 nautical miles (250km) away. One image shows the baby lying on her mother's lap as other passengers help the pair.The boat's passengers - a total of 60 people, including 14 women and […]

People in Belgium have been warned not to eat their Christmas trees.Authorities issued the warning in response to a suggestion people could reuse pine needles in recipes as a way to avoid waste. Belgium's food agency has now issued a health warning and said people should not eat their Christmas trees.Ghent's local council began a campaign last week, encouraging people to recycle their Christmas trees.One of its suggestions was to […]

The charity that one of the British hikers missing in northern Italy works for has said it is "aware of reports the body of Sam Harris has been recovered".The Crystal Palace Football Club charity, Palace for Life, said it was "devastated to receive this news" and its "thoughts and deepest sympathies go out to his loved ones".They said no further information was available on the whereabouts of his friend Aziz […]

So can you stop people smugglers by lumbering them with sanctions? That is the government's latest idea, and it is bold and innovative.It will certainly get attention, even if that doesn't mean it will work. But it is another effort by this government to differentiate itself from the leaders who came before. In a nutshell, the idea is to cut the financing to what the Foreign Office refers to as […]

Two NASA astronauts who have been stuck on the International Space Station since June 2024 have said they "do not feel like castaways".Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams originally planned to go to space for just eight days but got stuck on the ISS when their Boeing Starliner spacecraft experienced a myriad of problems. By September, it had returned to Earth without them. Speaking to NASA leaders in a live video […]

The family of a motorcyclist who died in a crash in Thailand say they have "suffered immeasurable loss".Corey Beavis, 28, from Barry in South Wales, died after a collision on Saturday morning, his family have confirmed. They have set up a JustGiving page to raise money to return his body to the UK as he did not have life or travel insurance in place.They said the costs were "unimaginable" but […]

Pacific Palisades is one of Los Angeles’s most expensive and exclusive suburbs, home to film stars and billionaires.The broad boulevards are framed by palm trees and gated mansions with swimming pools. But it's in the grips of one of mother nature's terrifying levellers, a firestorm which is ripping through community after community, raging and unremitting.Follow live: 30,000 told to flee Image: Pic: AP Image: A firefighter jumps over a fence […]

The public articulation by Donald Trump of a new desired target for NATO allies to spend 5% of national income on defence will surely plunge governments across Europe into crisis mode - not least here in the UK.Britain presents itself to the world and in particular to the United States as the biggest defence spender in Europe and NATO's most powerful European military. Yet Sir Keir Starmer has not even […]