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Passengers on a Eurostar train from London to Paris say they were stuck for hours in the Channel Tunnel after a train broke down.The 06.01am train left on time and was supposed to arrive at Paris Gare du Nord at 9.20am local time - but travellers were told they would get to Paris with a delay of about six hours. Eurostar said on its live departures and arrivals page: "Due […]

South Korea's parliament has voted to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo.The move could deepen a constitutional crisis triggered by a short-lived period of martial law declared by Mr Han's predecessor, Yoon Suk Yeol. After the vote on Friday, Mr Han said he will step aside to avoid more chaos.The opposition brought impeachment proceedings against him over his refusal to immediately fill three places on South Korea's Constitutional Court - where […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he would be open to peace talks with Ukraine in Slovakia "if it comes to that". Mr Putin said Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico, who this week visited the Kremlin, had offered his country as a location for negotiations as the war in Ukraine nears the three-year mark. The Russian president said the Slovakian authorities "would be happy to provide their own country as a […]

The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) said he was at Yemen's Sanaa airport when it was hit by Israeli air strikes.Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was about to board a flight from Sanaa with UN and WHO staff when "the airport came under aerial bombardment". "One of our plane's crew members was injured," he added. "At least two people were reported killed at the airport."The air traffic control […]

The Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed killing 38 people was downed by a Russian air defence system, according to four Reuters sources.The Embraer 190 passenger jet was en route from Azerbaijan's capital of Baku to the Russian city of Grozny in the North Caucasus on Wednesday when it changed course. It crashed around two miles from Aktau in Kazakhstan while making an attempt to land after flying east across the […]

At least 10 people, including five journalists, have reportedly been killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza, while a three-week-old baby girl froze to death while staying in a tent camp.An Israeli airstrike on a house in Gaza City's Zeitoun neighbourhood killed five people and wounded 20, medics said, adding the death toll could rise as many people remained trapped under the rubble. Separately, five journalists working for the Al-Quds Al-Youm […]

The possibility that a power cable under the Baltic Sea between Finland and Estonia has been sabotaged is being investigated after it stopped working on Christmas Day.Authorities in both countries are examining whether a foreign ship may have been involved, without naming the vessel. It's the latest in a series of incidents in the region in which undersea cables appear to have been damaged.The Estlink-2 cable suffered a sudden failure […]

Or Levy's brother Michael is a tall, kind man with a weather-beaten smile.Since the 7 October Hamas attack on Nova music festival, Michael has lost sleep over the abduction of his brother, the killing of his sister-in-law Einav and the delicate care needed to help his three-year-old nephew Almog survive without both his parents. This is the second Hanukkah his family is marking without Or and Einav. Image: Michael speaking […]

Ukrainians sheltered in metro stations on Christmas morning as Russian missiles and drones rained down on their cities.Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure that he said sought to plunge his people into darkness. "Putin deliberately chose Christmas," he said on Wednesday. "What could be more inhumane?"Russia's defence ministry said it carried out a "massive strike" on energy facilities that it said supported Kyiv's military.UK Prime Minister Sir […]