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US Planes Launched ‘Largest Airstrike’ From Aircraft Carrier: Admiral – Business Insider
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Without waiting for Trump, E.U. and Britain impose new sanctions on Russia over Ukraine – NBC News
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IDF strikes over 115 terror targets in Gaza Strip, kills Hamas terrorists that attack on Oct. 7 – The Jerusalem Post
Carney says Canada in talks to join Trump’s Golden Dome defence system
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Pakistan blames India for suspected suicide attack on school bus
Three children and two adults killed in attack on bus en route to army public school in Balochistan province
Pakistan has blamed India for a suspected suicide attack on a school bus in its south-western province of Balochistan on Wednesday morning that killed three children.
The bus was en route to the army public school in the city of Khuzdar. According to local officials, an attacker drove a vehicle into the bus and then detonated explosives.
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Pope Leo XIV appeals for end to hostilities in Gaza in first general audience – Catholic News Agency
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Everest: British soldiers make history with new method – BBC
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UK MPs to grill ministers over arms exports to Israel
Business committee orders three ministers to answer questions over fears arms being sent for use in Gaza
Three ministers responsible for arms exports to Israel have been summoned by parliament’s committee overseeing UK exports to explain possible loopholes in the rules.
Liam Byrne, the chair of the business select committee has ordered the trade minister, Douglas Alexander, and the relevant ministers from the Foreign Office and Ministry of Defence and to offer urgent explanations.
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Putin Visits Kursk for First Time Since Russia Drove Out Ukrainian Forces – The New York Times
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- Putin visits Kursk region following Moscow’s claim that it drove out Ukrainian forces PBS
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Pakistan blames India for suspected suicide attack on school bus – The Guardian
- Pakistan blames India for suspected suicide attack on school bus The Guardian
- School Bus Bombing in Pakistan Kills at Least 6, Including 4 Students The New York Times
- Suicide bomber kills five on school bus in Pakistan's Balochistan Reuters
- 'Attempt to hoodwink the world doomed to fail': India rejects Pakistan's claim on Balochistan bus attack Times of India
- Three children and two adults killed in suicide attack on school bus in Pakistan CNN
The failed promise to end deforestation, in one chart – vox.com
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Ukraine's National Guard said the attack took place while the men were carrying out exercises at a firing range.
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Russia’s Putin visits Kursk as Ukraine says six killed in missile strike
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