Israel seeks to normalise links with Syria and Lebanon & but insists one issue is ‘non-negotiable&

Israel is interested in establishing formal diplomatic relations with long-standing adversaries Syria and Lebanon, but the status of the Golan Heights is non-negotiable, Israeli foreign minister Gideon Sa&ar said yesterday.

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Republicans try to push the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill& through US Senate

US Senate Republicans were trying to pass president Donald Trump&s sweeping tax-cut and spending bill yesterday, despite divisions within the party about its expected $3.3trn (€2.8trn) hit to the nation&s debt pile.

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Kim Jong Un weeps over soldiers killed fighting for Putin in Ukraine war

Kim Jong Un appeared to weep during a ceremony honouring North Korean soldiers who died while fighting alongside the Russian army.

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Ishaan Tharoor: Despite Trump&s claims US attacks have ‘obliterated& Iran&s sites, there&s more reason to fear nuclear bombs

It&s not clear how much of Iran&s nuclear programme is destroyed or inoperable. But the &total obliteration& declared by Donald Trump after US warplanes joined an Israeli campaign against the Islamic Republic does not seem accurate.

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Stone Age Belgian woman had blue eyes and dark complexion, says study

Archaeologists have reconstructed the face of a Stone Age Belgian woman and found that she had blue eyes and a dark complexion, shedding more light on the ancestry of modern Europeans.

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Sniper ‘set blaze& then shot dead firefighters who came to battle it

A gunman fatally shot two firefighters and critically wounded a third who were responding to a brush fire near Coeur d&Alene, Idaho, on Sunday, according to officials.

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