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Toppled in August 2024 by a student-led uprising that ended her 15-year autocratic rule, Sheikh Hasina fled by helicopter as crowds stormed her palace

First elections since her overthrow

Fugitive ex-PM says Bangladesh vote risks deepening divide

Passengers are locked inside the train as it crosses EU member Lithuania

19-hour journey

On board the Cold War-style sealed train from Moscow to Kaliningrad

Regional leader Carlos Mazon is under fire over his response to Spain's deadliest floods in a generation

For the over 230 victims

Spain to hold memorial on first anniversary of deadly floods

Israel has accused Hamas of violating the ceasefire by stalling the handover of hostage remains

'Catastrophic and terrifying'

Gaza's civil defence says at least 50 killed in Israeli strikes

Consent-based rape laws already exist in several European countries

Latest European country

France expected to adopt consent-based rape law

Morning Roundup

Hurricane Melissa heads for Cuba, Luxembourg plans Israel measures, and Amazon announces major job cuts

A Taliban security personnel stands guard along a road near the Ghulam Khan zero-point border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan

No 'workable solution'

Pakistan says peace talks with Afghanistan 'failed'

Milan-Cortina organisers will mark 100 days to the start of their Games by unveiling both sides of the medals

'Unusually intricate and spread-out'

With 100 days to go, Milan Winter Olympics chiefs 'can see finish line'

The missiles were launched vertically from the Yellow Sea and flew for over two hours, state news agency KCNA said on Wednesday

Off western coast

North Korea announces missile test hours before Trump due in South

Police officers escort suspects arrested in Rio's favelas

At least 64 killed in war-like Rio drug raids

An image from an RSF handout video showing its fighters in Sudan's El-Fasher where they are accused of executing civilians

Accusation of mass murder

Fears of mass atrocities after Sudan's El-Fasher falls to paramilitaries

Tiphaine Auziere, Brigitte Macron's daughter, arrives in court

From three to 12 months

French prosecutors seek suspended jail terms in Brigitte Macron cyberbullying case

Beef, defence deals and rare earths: how Japan's new leader wooed Trump

Growth accelerates

Basic-Fit becomes Europe’s largest gym chain

Tetsuya Yamagami is on trial in Japan for the 2022 murder of former prime minister Shinzo Abe

Shinzo Abe killing

Gunman pleads guilty to Japan ex-PM's murder

Morning Roundup

Hurricane Melissa to make landfall in Jamaica, robbery suspects on the run and sexual assault case investigated after 20 years

A billboard shows Myanmar's chairman of the army-backed ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party, Khin Yi, ahead of the start of the election campaign in Yangon

Consumed by civil war

Campaigning begins in Myanmar's junta-run election

Tourists flock to Amsterdam to enjoy its stunning views

'A kind of freedom': Amsterdam celebrates 750 years

The USS Gravely guided missile destroyer docked in Trinidad, which lies just off the coast of Venezuela

Venezuela claims CIA 'false flag' attack foiled, as US deploys bombers

Former Brazilian President (2019-2022) Jair Bolsonaro is appealing the 27-year sentence he was given after being convicted of an attempted coup

'Ambiguities, omissions'

Brazil ex-leader Bolsonaro appeals 27-year prison sentence

Argentine President Javier Milei's LLA party rebounded from a series of setbacks to win nearly 41 percent of the vote in midterm elections

Runaway victory

Argentine markets cheer Milei mid-terms triumph

A file picture from August of people gathering to receive food in Sudan's El-Fasher, which has been under siege since 2023

After brutal 18-month siege

Sudan army admits loss of key city as reports of atrocities emerge

US Air Force B-1B bombers in Sweden on June 19, 2023

US B-1B bombers fly off coast of Venezuela: flight tracking data

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hailed the deal

UK, Turkey sign $11-bn Eurofighter deal as Starmer visits

Alassane Ouattara was credited with a crushing 89.77 percent of the vote

Ouattara wins landslide fourth term as Ivory Coast president

US President Donald Trump alights from Air Force One upon arrival at Haneda Airport in Tokyo

Second leg of Asia tour

Trump in Japan as hopes grow for China trade deal

A persistent and unsubstantiated rumour that Brigitte Macron was assigned male at birth -- amplified by far-right circles in France and the United States -- has angered the presidential couple

Brigitte Macron cyber-harassed

Ten people to stand trial over online harassment of French first lady

Morning Roundup

Trump visits Japan, World Cup ticket prices spark outrage, and LSC finalists to be announced

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