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Europe News

Belgian airspace reopens after tech issue forced closure

The system outage forced a plane carrying Prime Minister Robert Fico to turn around and head back to Slovakia.

Israel

Israel exchanges 110 prisoners for eight hostages held by Hamas

Israel had delayed their release in protest against the way the eight hostages freed by Hamas were treated as they were handed over to Red Cross staff in Khan Younis.

USA

Trump blames 'diversity hires' for air collision that killed 67

An American Airlines flight from Wichita in Kansas was landing at Washington Reagan National Airport when it collided with a military helicopter, crashing into the Potomac river in the worst US aviation disaster in more than 20 years.

Europe News

Greeks demand answers two years after Tempi rail crash

The crash happened just before midnight on 28 February, 2023, when a freight train and a passenger train crashed head-on on the line linking Athens with Thessaloniki.

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Europe News

Sweden investigates latest suspected sabotage of Baltic Sea data cable

Sunday's rupture follows a string of incidents that have heightened fears of Russian sabotage and spying in the strategic region.

Europe News

EU signals further sanctions on Belarus after Lukashenko election win

Final votes are still being counted, and the result isn't expected to be released until later on Monday, but state television predicted Lukashenko would win with almost 88% of the vote.

Gaza

Palestinians head back to northern Gaza amid Israel-Hamas ceasefire

Militant group Hamas has hailed the return of thousands of displaced people to northern Gaza a "victory", as Palestinians gathered with their belongings to return to the strip for the first time since the war began.

Europe News

Kyiv says it can supply Moldova with coal to power Transnistria

Zelenskyy said last year he had no intention of renewing the gas transit deal, stressing the importance for Europe of moving on from Russia and not allowing the Kremlin to ‘earn additional billions’ on Ukrainian blood.

Europe News

Zelenskyy says US military aid to Ukraine has not stopped

The future of US aid to Ukraine remains uncertain as President Donald Trump begins his second term in office.

Gaza

Israel says displaced Palestinians can't return to northern Gaza

Hundreds of Palestinians began gathering in Wadi Gaza on Saturday hoping to cross back to their homes into the northern part of the Strip.

Europe News

Tens of thousands protest in Slovakia against PM Fico

The latest wave of rallies was fuelled by Fico’s recent trip to Moscow to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, a rare visit to the Kremlin by an EU leader since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

Europe News

Driver rams car into protesters as Serbian students lead strike

Protesters have blocked traffic daily across Serbia to protest the deaths of 15 people killed when a concrete canopy collapsed at Novi Sad railway station in November.

Europe News

Work under way to mark 80 years since liberation of Auschwitz

More than 1.1 million people were murdered at Auschwitz and historians say that most of them, about one million, were Jewish but the victims also included Poles, Roma and Soviet prisoners of war.

World News

UN suspends all travel into Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen

The Houthis have previously detained UN staffers, as well as individuals associated with the then US Embassy in Sanaa and aid groups.

Afghanistan

NRC says aid cuts biggest threat to women in Afghanistan

The Taliban takeover in August 2021 drove millions into poverty and hunger after foreign aid was cut off almost overnight.

World News

Joy turns to dismay as Gazans return to ruins of their homes

15 months of the most intensive fighting ever seen between the IDF and Hamas have reduced vast swathes of Gaza to rubble and rebuilding is expected to take decades.

Israel

Israel frees 90 Palestinian prisoners on day two of Gaza ceasefire

According to a list provided by the Palestinian Authority's Commission for Prisoners' Affairs all of those released are women or minors.

USA

Trump vows executive orders flurry on first day back in office

On the campaign trail, Trump pledged mass deportations of illegal immigrants in the United States and said at the rally that would be one focus of the blizzard of presidential paperwork.

Europe News

EU to deploy 100 observers to Kosovo for February elections

NATO-led international peacekeepers, KFOR, said more than 200 Italian troops will assist their 4,300-strong force during the election period.

USA

Trump arrives in Washington ahead of Monday's inauguration

Before the president-elect had arrived in the capital, groups of mostly female protesters began taking to the street to march for women’s rights which they believe are under threat from the incoming administration.

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