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kl.11:03 onsdag 13/5-26

Russia-Ukraine War Shows Cease-Fires Have Lost Meaning Under Trump

Temporary truces have become a tool of performative diplomacy, an end in themselves rather than a prelude to a lasting settlement, analysts say.

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kl.11:01 onsdag 13/5-26

Are These the Bones of the Fourth Musketeer? This Dutch Village Hopes So.

Wolder, near the Belgian border, is waiting to see if the skeleton it dug up in a church is Count d’Artagnan, from Alexandre Dumas’s tale.

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kl.10:55 onsdag 13/5-26

Gulf Countries Arrest Shiite ‘Traitors’ Amid War With Iran

Dozens of Gulf citizens have been accused of belonging to Iran-linked terrorism cells as the war accelerates a shift toward deeper authoritarianism in the region.

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kl.10:40 onsdag 13/5-26

A rare sanctuary in Congo looks after baby bonobos away from poaching threat

A sanctuary on the outskirts of Congo's capital of Kinshasa is the world’s only sanctuary for orphaned bonobos, usually rescued from poachers

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kl.10:30 onsdag 13/5-26

WHO praises Spain's handling of repatriation: 'Further Hantavirus spread can be stopped effectively'

Oliver Farry is pleased to welcome Muhammad Munir, Virologist and Professor in Virology and Viral Zoonosis at Lancaster University. Munir offers a rare combination of epidemiological precision, operational insight, and public health realism as he assesses the international response to the hantavirus. Speaking at a moment of acute uncertainty, Munir frames the repatriation effort not merely as a logistical exercise, but as what he calls “a crucial juncture and a Rubicon moment”: a threshold at which scientific preparedness, political coordination, and public compliance converge to determine whether an outbreak is contained or allowed to proliferate. Throughout the conversation, Munir moves fluently between molecular virology, outbreak forensics, and environmental epidemiology. He contrasts hantavirus with COVID-19, explains why asymptomatic transmission is not the central concern here, and repeatedly shifts attention toward what he sees as the true challenge: the deceptively long incubation period and the possibility of human error during quarantine.

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kl.10:24 onsdag 13/5-26

Ghana to evacuate 300 from South Africa over anti-immigrant protests

The foreign minister says the "distressed" Ghanaians registered with the embassy in Pretoria to be evacuated.

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kl.10:23 onsdag 13/5-26

Hantavirus vs. Covid: Low transmission efficiency means far less risk of another widespread outbreak

Genie Godula is pleased to welcome Bryce Warner, Canadian virologist and Research Scientist at Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization. When reports emerged of suspected human to human transmission of the Andes virus, memories of the early days of COVID-19 were never far from public consciousness: Cruise ships, quarantine protocols, international evacuations, alarmist headlines. But according to Bryce Warner, the scientific reality is profoundly different. Joining us from the University of Saskatchewan, Warner offered a measured but unequivocal assessment of the outbreak, framing the current cases within decades of virological evidence while pushing back against pandemic comparisons. As Warner explains, “the Andes virus is the only hantavirus where we've had previous documented human to human transmission,” but he immediately tempers the alarm with a crucial scientific distinction: “that transmission efficiency is still pretty low.”

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kl.10:10 onsdag 13/5-26

The Lecturer and Philosopher King: Xi Jinping Behind Closed Doors

Encounters with other world leaders reveal a side of China’s leader that the public rarely sees, and offer clues to how he will approach President Trump in Beijing.

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kl.09:27 onsdag 13/5-26

'Serious disease': Hantavirus less infectious than COVID, yet has significant fatality rate - 1 in 3

Annette Young is pleased to welcome Matt McKee, Professor of European Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. As health authorities race to contain an emerging cluster of hantavirus infections, McKee offers a measured but sobering assessment of the risks, and the lessons the world should have learned from COVID. He warns that hantavirus is “a serious disease” with “a fatality rate of about one in three,” McKee is careful to distinguish it from the coronavirus pandemic, stressing that “it does not spread at anything like the rate that COVID does.” Yet he warns that an unusually specific chain of exposure, from rodent-contaminated landfill sites to what he calls “an institutional amplifier”, aboard a confined vessel, created “a very unusual set of circumstances” for transmission.

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kl.09:27 onsdag 13/5-26

King Charles to lay out government agenda as Starmer battles to keep PM job

King Charles III will deliver the government's legislative programme for the coming year in the traditional King's Speech on Wednesday, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer's job hanging in the balance following heavy defeats in local elections that have exacerbated divisions within the ruling Labour party. Watch the speech live at 12:30pm Paris time (GMT+2). 

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kl.09:20 onsdag 13/5-26

Prosecutors to announce sentences for Sarkozy in Libya funding appeal

French prosecutors will announce on Wednesday their requested sentences for former president Nicolas Sarkozy as he appeals his conviction for accepting illegal campaign contributions from late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Sarkozy became the first modern French president to serve time behind bars after spending three weeks in prison late last year. 

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kl.09:19 onsdag 13/5-26

Britain Has Had 5 Leaders in a Decade. Is It About to Get Another?

The promise of Keir Starmer’s Labour Party in 2024 was renewed stability — but that now appears to be under threat.

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kl.09:15 onsdag 13/5-26

Trump-Xi summit: Trade, Taiwan and Iran on the table at high-stakes Beijing meeting

US President Donald Trump's highly anticipated visit to Beijing on Wednesday comes at a restless moment for a world worried about war and trade disputes. Trump has said he will have a "long talk" about Iran with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and will also discuss US arms sales to Taiwan. Here's what to know about the summit.

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kl.09:06 onsdag 13/5-26

Princess Catherine takes her first solo trip abroad after cancer goes into remission

Britain’s Princess Catherine is set to make her first overseas trip since announcing her cancer was in remission

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kl.08:06 onsdag 13/5-26

French woman battling hantavirus is critically ill and on an artificial lung

A French woman repatriated from the cruise ship struck by hantavirus is in intensive care and being treated with an artificial lung, doctors at a Paris hospital said Tuesday as the country's health minister said there was "no evidence" of widespread circulation of the rare virus.

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kl.07:45 onsdag 13/5-26

Trump weighs in on Starmer and bumper China visit preview

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kl.06:03 onsdag 13/5-26

Will Trump and Xi Try to Slow the A.I. Arms Race?

The leaders of both countries are expected to discuss the risks from artificial intelligence, but neither country is willing to be the first to slow down.

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kl.06:01 onsdag 13/5-26

Catherine, Princess of Wales, to Make First Official Trip Abroad Since Cancer Diagnosis

Catherine will visit Reggio Emilia, an Italian city celebrated for its approach to early childhood education.

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kl.03:59 onsdag 13/5-26

Trump's 'Golden Dome' will cost $1.2tn and might not stop all-out missile attack

That pricetag is nearly seven times higher than Trump's initial estimate, found an independent budget office.

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kl.02:40 onsdag 13/5-26

Jason Collins, NBA's first openly gay player, dies aged 47

Collins shared late last year that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer.

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kl.01:56 onsdag 13/5-26

Islamabad denies sheltering Iran jets, Trump praises Pakistan's mediation as 'absolutely great'

Pakistan denies allowing Iranian aircraft to use its airfields amid U.S.-Iran tensions. President Donald Trump says Pakistani mediation efforts have been "great."

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kl.00:36 onsdag 13/5-26

Mass protests in Argentina decry Milei's funding cuts to prized public universities

Tens of thousands of Argentines flooded the streets of major cities nationwide on Tuesday to protest funding cuts by libertarian President Javier Milei to the public university system that represents a near-universal point of pride in this crisis-prone country.

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kl.00:26 onsdag 13/5-26

'It: Welcome to Derry' 4K review: Home theater fans get a gorgeous, grotesque fright

"It: Welcome to Derry" arrives on 4K with grotesque horror, rich period detail, Pennywise carnage and a few extras for Stephen King fans.

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kl.00:26 onsdag 13/5-26

Putin hails Russia's test launch of a new ballistic missile and calls it the world's most powerful

Russia on Tuesday test-fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile as part of efforts to modernize the country's nuclear forces, a launch hailed by President Vladimir Putin just days after his claim that the fighting in Ukraine is nearing an end.

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kl.00:15 onsdag 13/5-26

Air India crisis deepens ahead of final Ahmedabad crash report

Air India faces a leadership vacuum and mounting financial losses as it struggles to recover from the crash.

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kl.00:07 onsdag 13/5-26

A decade on, Trump returns to a stronger and more assertive China

Beijing is arguably the most powerful competitor the US has confronted in its history, one analyst says.

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kl.00:00 onsdag 13/5-26

Taiwan watches Trump-Xi meeting for signs China will test US resolve

Experts say Xi Jinping may seek to influence President Trump to make certain concessions over Taiwan in exchange for cooperation on tariffs, fentanyl and global flashpoints like Iran.

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kl.23:39 tirsdag 12/5-26

Inside the Christian border town in Lebanon that says it survived by defying Hezbollah

Residents of Rmeish, a Christian town in southern Lebanon, say they confronted Hezbollah and blocked them from using the village area.

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kl.23:33 tirsdag 12/5-26

The 2027 Grammy Awards announce key dates: What to know

Who is ready for the 2027 Grammy Awards?

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kl.23:12 tirsdag 12/5-26

Weinstein defense urges acquittal as prosecutors seek to revive a #MeToo-era rape conviction

Harvey Weinstein's defense urged jurors Tuesday to acquit him and put an end to a #MeToo-era rape case that has gone to trial three times, while prosecutors pressed to vied to restore a onetime conviction that got unwound.

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kl.23:05 tirsdag 12/5-26

ESPN: 'College GameDay' marks 40th season, 500th road show on Sept 5. at LSU

ESPN's "College GameDay" will achieve a pair of milestones on its first show of the season.

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kl.22:43 tirsdag 12/5-26

Conan O'Brien to return as Oscars host in 2027

Conan O'Brien's era as Oscars host is becoming a trilogy. The Emmy-winner and comedian will be back to host the 99th Academy Awards in 2027, film academy leaders said Tuesday.

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kl.22:39 tirsdag 12/5-26

Chinese President Xi expected to push Trump on Taiwan concessions as Iran conflict set to reignite

President Trump's summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week will be long on ceremony but short on deliverables, with potential risks for American security, analysts predict.

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kl.22:28 tirsdag 12/5-26

Australia has some of the world's costliest homes. Will scrapping tax breaks help?

The government hopes reforms will help young people enter the market, while critics say it will stifle supply.

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kl.22:22 tirsdag 12/5-26

Black Sabbath bass player, Debbie Gibson praise effort to find new homes for beagles

Pop star Debbie Gibson and Terry "Geezer" Butler, co-founder of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, are singing the same tune when it comes to sparing dogs from medical experiments.

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kl.22:13 tirsdag 12/5-26

'Hacks' star Hannah Einbinder slams Hollywood silence on Israel, Gaza

"Hacks" star HANNAH EINBINDER says Hollywood is silent on "genocide" occurring in Gaza: "It pisses me off. I look at these people who have absolutely every privilege imaginable to mankind, and they cannot utter a single word."

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kl.22:00 tirsdag 12/5-26

Lebanon says two paramedics among 13 killed in Israeli strikes

Lebanon's health ministry says the paramedics were carrying out a rescue mission in Nabatieh in response to an earlier attack that killed one person.

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kl.21:59 tirsdag 12/5-26

Brazil's Lula launches $2 billion anti-organized crime project ahead of elections

Brazil's government Tuesday launched an anti-organized crime program seen by some politicians as an attempt by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to beef up his public security credentials ahead of October's elections.

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kl.21:40 tirsdag 12/5-26

Trump v Xi: Who will win the battle of the superpowers in Beijing?

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kl.21:32 tirsdag 12/5-26

Hegseth says Pentagon has plans to escalate war in Iran if necessary as fragile ceasefire holds

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told lawmakers on Tuesday the Pentagon is prepared to restart combat operations against Iran if necessary, even as President Trump, Pakistani mediators and Iranian officials worked behind the scenes to find a diplomatic solution to the war.

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kl.20:30 tirsdag 12/5-26

Trump says he doesn't need China's help in resolving Iran conflict

President Trump said he does not need China's help to achieve victory in the U.S. conflict with Iran.

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kl.19:35 tirsdag 12/5-26

Barcelona's Lamine Yamal waves Palestinian flag during La Liga victory parade

Barcelona's Lamine Yamal sparked strong reactions online after waving a Palestinian flag during the team's victory parade.

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kl.18:59 tirsdag 12/5-26

In a Middle East with a defanged Iran, Israel-Turkey tensions move to the fore

The U.S.-Iran war has reshuffled the Middle East in ways Washington is only beginning to reckon with, sparking a new era of regional geopolitical rivalries at a moment when Iran's military and its proxies have been knocked off balance.

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kl.17:29 tirsdag 12/5-26

'Most powerful' nuclear missile will be deployed this year says Putin

Vladimir Putin says Russia will deploy the world's "most powerful" nuclear missile at the end of this year.

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kl.13:22 tirsdag 12/5-26

Ukraine officials name Zelenskyy's ex-chief of staff as a suspect in money-laundering probe

Two national agencies fighting corruption in Ukraine have named Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s former chief of staff as an official suspect in a major graft investigation

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kl.12:38 tirsdag 12/5-26

Philippine senator vows to fight International Criminal Court order over killings

A Philippine senator who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for an alleged crime against humanity, says he will fight any attempt to send him to the global tribunal for prosecution and adds he never condoned extrajudicial killings when he le...

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kl.12:34 tirsdag 12/5-26

UK's Starmer defiant as calls for his resignation grow and a minister quits

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has told his Cabinet he won't resign despite growing calls from within his Labour Party

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kl.11:30 tirsdag 12/5-26

Prime Minister Keir Starmer loses first member of his government as he faces pressure to step down

Prime Minister Keir Starmer loses first member of his government as he faces pressure to step down

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kl.11:05 tirsdag 12/5-26

A South Korean startup captures workers' techniques to develop AI brains for robots

Workers at a five-star hotel fold napkins and wipe silverware with body cameras recording their every move

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kl.10:03 tirsdag 12/5-26

Israel passes law setting up military tribunal for 7 October attackers

Israeli politicians have passed a law establishing a military tribunal with the authority to sentence to death Hamas fighters who took part in the 7 October attack on Israel.

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kl.03:36 tirsdag 12/5-26

Trump administration rejects UN migration declaration, says 'mass migration was never safe'

The State Department said it objects to U.N. efforts to "advocate and facilitate replacement immigration in the United States and across the broader West."

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kl.23:58 mandag 11/5-26

Macron takes the stage uninvited at Africa summit to scold crowd for 'total lack of respect'

French President Emmanuel Macron interrupted a youth-focused session at the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi, calling the disruption "a total lack of respect."

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kl.23:44 mandag 11/5-26

Xi's anti-corruption crackdown sentences former Chinese defense ministers to death

Two former Chinese defense ministers were sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for corruption, marking a severe blow in Xi's military purge.

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kl.23:09 mandag 11/5-26

Iran regime power players may eye Russia in Assad-style escape as US talks falter: expert

An expert warns Iran's IRGC leadership may flee to Russia amid regime instability after high-stakes U.S. negotiations collapsed and military fractures deepen.

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kl.22:02 mandag 11/5-26

'I will not resign': South Africa's president rejects calls to quit

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has rejected calls to quit despite an impeachment committee being set up to reinvestigate allegations that he hid the theft of cash stashed in his sofas.

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kl.17:25 mandag 11/5-26

Israel qualifies for Eurovision final

Israel's entry has qualified for the Eurovision Song Contest final.

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