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Middle East crisis live: Pakistan reportedly favouring Vance for role in possible US-Iran peace talks
- Pakistan's military attempting to broker negotiations between US and Iran From It has just gone past 16:35pm in Tehran, and 15:05pm in Tel Aviv and Beirut. Here is a quick recap of events: Lebanon's foreign ministry said Iran's ambassador in Lebanon , Mohammad Reza Sheibani, has to leave by Sunday, declaring him persona non grata. The Lebanese government cited "Iran's violation of diplomatic norms and established ...

Source: theguardian.com
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Stories of survival emerge from deadly New York airport collision as officials investigate its cause
- NEW YORK – Moments after an Air Canada jet at New York's LaGuardia Airport, killing the pilots and hurling a flight attendant from the aircraft, the passengers took their escape into their own hands. With the smell of fuel in the air and debris dangling from the obliterated cockpit, passengers tore open emergency exit doors, jumped off the plane's wings and then turned around to catch others coming up behind ...

Source: news4jax.com
WORLD   SCIENCE  
Earth being 'pushed beyond its limits' as energy imbalance reaches record high
- State of the Climate report finds Earth's energy has moved dangerously out of balance, with oceans absorbing vast majority of trapped heat Our home planet is struggling with a record energy imbalance, which is warming oceans to unprecedented levels, making weather more extreme and threatening health and food supplies, the World Meteorological Organization has warned. The United Nations body confirmed 2015 to 2025 ...

Source: theguardian.com
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Cars and homes burnt as Israeli settlers rampage through occupied West Bank | World News
- At least 10 Palestinians have been injured in the latest outburst of violence, triggered by the death of an 18-year-old Israeli settler in a car crash. Israeli settlers have injured at least 10 Palestinians, as well as smashing cars and setting fires, as they rampaged through villages in the West Bank. The violence on Sunday night came after the funeral of Yehuda Sherman, an 18-year-old Israeli settler, who was ...

Source: news.sky.com