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A prison guard said the inmates used 'old-fashioned, manual saw blades'

Two break out of French jail in 'old-fashioned' bed sheets escape

Putin said Washington's plan to end the war could form the basis for negotiations

After almost four years

Putin says Russia will fight on unless Ukraine cedes land

Peru's former leftist president Pedro Castillo was elected on a promise to uplift the poor but ended up in prison after attempting to dissolve Congress and rule by decree

Attempted power grab in December 2022

Peru's ousted 'president of the poor' gets 11-year sentence for coup bid

Heavy gunfire broke out at midday on Wednesday near the presidential palace in the capital, Bissau

President ousted

What we know about Guinea-Bissau's coup d'etat

The Colombian army has repeatedly come under attack from FARC dissidents opposed to a 2016 peace deal with the state

Leaked sensitive information

Colombia general, intel boss suspended over alleged guerilla ties

The blaze in a Hong Kong apartment complex is the city's deadliest in decades

Investigation underway

Hong Kong's deadliest blaze in decades kills at least 75, scores missing

Farage has offered different defences to the claims since they resurfaced last week

Hard-right British lawmaker

UK's Farage under pressure over teenage racism allegations

Ministry of State confirms

Luc Frieden failed to attend EU-Africa summit due to Lufthansa flight issue

Pope Leo XIV, seen here boarding the plane for Ankara, said he was 'very much looking foward' to his trip to Turkey

Pope lands in Turkey to meet Erdogan on first overseas trip

Palestinian children take notes as they attend a class in the historic Al-Kamaliya al-Othmanya school in Gaza City's Old Town, as part of a volunteer initiative organised by displaced teachers, in Gaza City

Schools but no books: Gaza's children return to makeshift classrooms

Agence France-Presse's Turkish photographer Yasin Akgul was arrested at his home at dawn on March 24

Pressure on press freedom

Turkey court acquits four journalists over Istanbul protests

Brigadier General Denis N'Canha (C), head of the military office of the presidency, gave a press conference announcing the takeover

Elections thwarted

Streets deserted in G.Bissau capital after military takeover

Eleven mahout-mounted pink painted elephants marched through Bangkok on Thursday, bowing in union outside the Grand Palace in a lumbering tribute to the late queen mother

Pastel pachyderm parade

Pink elephants march for Thailand's late queen mother

Camp arrivals spend three months learning to adjust to life in Rwanda

Established in 1997

The Rwanda camp giving a second chance to genocidal enemies

Supporters held a commemoration for MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk in Paris in September

Ideological offensive abroad?

France wary of MAGA influence ahead of 2027 elections

Peru's former president Pedro Castillo is accused of rebellion for attempting to dissolve Congress and rule by decree in 2022

Impeached and jailed

Peru court to decide fate of ousted leftist leader Castillo

Ireland on Wednesday announced a number of measures to curb migration into the country

'Seven times the EU average'

Ireland looks to curb migration, population growth

Morning Roundup

Two guardsmen critically injured in US shooting, hundreds missing after Hong Kong fire, and weapons found in Keispelt

Hong Kong has been struck by one of its deadliest fires ever

Several towers engulfed

What we know about Hong Kong's deadly high-rise fire

Men in military uniform took over the main road leading to the presidential palace

'Total control' declared

G.Bissau rocked by coup, president's arrest

The Thai and Mexican co-owners of the Miss Universe beauty pageant are facing arrest warrants in their respective countries, as fresh scandal hits the pageant

From drug trafficking to fraud

Miss Universe owners in Mexico, Thailand hit with fraud, trafficking claims

A screengrab of footage released by the US Department of Defense shows Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth and his wife Jennifer Rauchet arriving in Santo Domingo on Wednesday

For 'limited time'

Dominican Republic to allow US to use facilities for anti-drug ops

The original version of the US plan was viewed by Ukraine as a capitulation to Russia

Territories and security

Inside Ukraine's efforts to revamp US plan to end war

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has begun serving a 27-year prison sentence after his conviction over a scheme to stop leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from taking office after 2022 elections

Failed coup attempt

By jailing Bolsonaro, Brazil gave 'world a lesson in democracy': Lula

A mask of mocking Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a demonstration in Tel Aviv

Top brass accountability

Netanyahu accused of dodging blame as Israel confronts Oct 7 failures

The Ukraine war has been the deadliest conflict on European soil since World War II

Revisions to rejected 28-point-plan

Russia says talks on ending Ukraine war 'serious', after new US plan

Moldova displayed the drone outside its foreign ministry and summoned Russian ambassador Oleg Ozerov in protest, citing

Overt criticism

Moldova displays Russian drone, summons envoy over 'unacceptable' crash

Pope Leo XIV will visit Lebanon this week

Lebanese living abroad seek hope as they return for pope visit

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