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More than 18,000 homes were destroyed in the cyclone, according to the BNRGC, with over 50,000 damaged or flooded

8,800 people displaced

Death toll in Madagascar cyclone rises to 38, 12,000 displaced

A US judge set a February 2027 trial date for President Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC

Misleading editing

Judge sets Feb 2027 date for Trump's $10bn lawsuit against BBC

Russia wants users to switch to Max, a domestic messaging service that lacks end-to-end encryption

Tightening control

Russia is cracking down on WhatsApp and Telegram. Here's what we know

The elections are the first since the August 2024 student-led uprising ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina

Knife-edge race expected

Counting underway in first Bangladesh polls since deadly uprising

Norway's former prime minister Thorbjorn Jagland (L) and his lawyer (R) put on smiles as they left one of the premises being searched

'Nobel big shot'

Norway police search ex-PM Jagland's properties in probe over Epstein links

Vladyslav Heraskevych sliding in the helmet that honoured slain Ukrainian athletes

Honouring killed athletes

'Madness': Ukrainians furious over Olympian ban for memorial helmet

Fuelled by social media, the 'American-style' luxury proposal has become a sought-after event in the City of Light

Fuelled by social media

Love on the Seine: the rise of picturesque Paris proposals

The International Organization for Migration said it was 'deeply concerned' at the numbers

Increasing number of lives lost at sea

Italy's 'naval blockade' to stem migration too vague, critics say

The International Olympic Committee is in an extremely robust financial position, says British IOC member Hugh Robertson

Sold out within hours

Official Olympics shop sells eyebrow-raising Berlin 1936 merch

The European Commission sold 23 properties to the Belgian state in 2024

€900 million deal

Belgian police raid EU commission in real estate probe

Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his New York jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on child sex offences

Pro-Kremlin accounts using Epstein files to push conspiracy: research

Manchester United's co-owner Jim Ratcliffe (C)

Following backlash

Man Utd's Ratcliffe's apologises for 'language' on immigration

Of more than 200 films shown during the Berlin Film Festival, 22 will compete for the coveted Golden Bear

'Family and intimacy under pressure' at Berlin film festival

Leaders will hold talks at the 16th century Alden Biesen castle in eastern Belgium

'Strategic brainstorming' summit

EU vows swift reforms to confront challenge from China, US

Mercedes says its profit margins could fall this year

Lowest since pandemic

Mercedes-Benz net profit nearly halves amid China, US woes

Only seven percent of women actually file a legal complaint after a sexual assault, attempted rape or rape, according to government figures

18-year old victim

France jails three in gang rape case after mother saves evidence

TOPSHOT - A member of the community places flowers at a memorial during a candlelight vigil for the victims of Tumbler Ridge Secondary School where a mass shooting took place a day earlier, in the small town of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, on February 11, 2026.

18-year-old suspect identified

Grieving Canada town holds vigil for school shooting victims

Lufthansa has lost ground to key European rivals IAG and Air France-KLM, which have outperformed the German group in terms of profitability

Findel partly affected

Lufthansa faces flight cancellations amid pilots' strike

Taiwan has stepped up efforts to strengthen security and economic ties with Europe, its third-largest export market

Under US, China pressure

Taiwan leader wants greater defence cooperation with Europe: AFP interview

Irish author and screenwriter Lisa McGee poses ahead of the launch of her latest Netflix series "How to Get to Heaven from Belfast"

How to Get to Heaven from Belfast

From 'Derry Girls' to 'heaven', Irish writer airs new comedy

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te tells AFP the United States does not need to use Taiwan as a "bargaining chip"

Ramping up defence spending

Taiwan leader warns countries in region 'next' in case of China attack: AFP interview

Southern France

Storm Nils leaves 850,000 homes without power

The 'lovers' channel' in Benin, which for a long time brought together hearts looking for love, is gradually falling out of favour with younger generations

'Something for old people'

Benin's lovers less row-mantic as apps replace waterway rendezvous

Items in the sell-off include costumes for "Carmina Burana" as Geneva's Grand-Theatre looks to part with halfits stock

'Some real treasures'

Geneva opera house selling off thousands of extravagant costumes

Non-alcoholic wine has many different types of customers, say producers

Fast-changing attitudes

Non-alcoholic wine: a booming business searching for quality

Milos Mayor Manolis Mikelis has called the construction project on the island an 'environmental crime'

'Environmental crime'

Greece's Cycladic islands swept up in concrete fever

Morning Roundup

Canada shooter named, unions seek job talks at ArcelorMittal, and Berlin festival opens

Israel’s President Isaac Herzog reacts during a Jewish community event in Melbourne on February 12, 2026

Bondi beach aftermath

Israel president says at end of visit antisemitism in Australia 'frightening'

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