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At least one person has been killed after a car was driven into a crowd at a Christmas market in Germany, local media reports.News agency dpa said the driver had been arrested following the incident in the eastern city of Magdeburg. Public broadcaster MDR said at least one person had been killed.It quoted local government spokesperson Matthias Schuppe as saying it was an attack.Police said on X that "extensive operations" […]

A "blob-headed" fish and a semi-aquatic mouse are among 27 newly discovered species found in a remote region of the Amazon rainforest in Peru.Scientists also encountered a new species of dwarf squirrel, salamander and short-tailed fruit bat during their expedition to the remote forest of Alto Mayo, according to the findings published by Conservation International. The protected area in northern Peru is home to several ecosystems, indigenous territories and villages.Among […]

For days the world has been told how Cyclone Chido has laid waste to the small Indian Ocean island of Mayotte. But few can truly understand just how devastating the most powerful cyclone to hit this region has been.The few pictures leaving Mayotte struggle to show the true scale of the crisis. The island is remote, cut off completely from the rest of the region except for the French military […]

The post may be seen as glittering and the man as controversial and divisive but beyond those truths, the role of British ambassador to Washington is pivotal and relationship-defining.That is particularly the case right now: to navigate the "special relationship" through Donald Trump's second presidency. And so this is not a decision that would have been taken without serious consideration despite the baggage some may see Lord Mandelson as carrying.It […]

How could a man drug and rape his wife and invite strangers to do the same?It is a question that has underpinned weeks of evidence in the trial of Dominique Pelicot who was today jailed for 20 years for the attacks on his then wife Gisele Pelicot. A further 50 men were convicted alongside him - the majority for rape - and between them sentenced to more than 400 years […]

It is a crime so brutal and depraved it defies words - so outside the court, they applaud instead.Warning: This article contains descriptions of sexual abuseSince September, people have lined the route in Avignon clapping as Gisele Pelicot walks past. It is a wordless act of support for the 72-year-old woman at the centre of a mass rape trial that has sent shockwaves across France.It is a message that she, […]

Ukraine cannot remove Russian troops from the land they occupy in the east of the country and Crimea, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has admitted.While Kyiv would never recognise Russia's rule, he said diplomacy is the only option to get President Vladimir Putin to withdraw his army. It comes less than a month after he gave similar remarks to Sky News, when he suggested a ceasefire deal could be struck under certain conditions.Ukraine […]

A dramatic change in tone by Ukraine's president - acknowledging the strength of Russia's hold over swathes of Ukrainian territory - has coincided with the imminent return of Donald Trump to the White House.The incoming US commander-in-chief has said he can end Russia's war in Ukraine in a day - though without saying how. One thing is certain, however; his approach will be very different to Joe Biden's.Mr Trump has […]

The compound in front of the blue and white low-rise building is buzzing with rushed activity.On one side there are men stacking boxes of water bottles. On another, women sitting on chairs are picking through bundles of clothing on the ground before folding and organising them into piles of men's, women's and children's sizes. Instructions are being shouted.Through the doors of the house, in the lounge at the front, there's […]