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US climber among 2 killed in fall on New Zealand's highest peak

Authorities have reported that a U.S. climber was among two people killed in a fall on Aoraki, New Zealand's tallest peak

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Jacob Zuma’s daughter accused of tricking men into fighting for Russia in Ukraine

South African police investigate allegations made against Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla by another of ex-president’s daughtersEurope live – latest updatesSouth African police are investigating allegations that a daughter of the former president Jacob Zuma tricked men into fighting for Russia in Ukraine by telling them they were travelling to Russia for a paramilitary training course.Another of Zuma’s daughters, Nkosazana Zuma-Mncube, filed a police report on Saturday alleging that her sister Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla and two others, Siphokazi Xuma and Blessing Khoza, had recruited 17 men who are now trapped on the frontlines of the war in Ukraine. Continue reading...

Rebuilding ‘human-made abyss’ in Gaza will cost at least $70bn, UN says

Report says Israel’s operations ‘significantly undermined every pillar of survival’ and reduced the economy by 87%Israel’s war in Gaza has created a “human-made abyss”, and reconstruction is likely to cost more than $70bn (£53bn) over several decades, the United Nations has said.The UN’s trade and development agency (Unctad) said in a report that Israel’s military operations had “significantly undermined every pillar of survival” and that the entire population of 2.3 million people faced “extreme, multidimensional impoverishment”. Continue reading...

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GOP senator introduces bill to protect Netanyahu from arrest in New York

A Republican senator has introduced legislation that would punish any U.S. municipality that enforces an International Criminal Court arrest warrant against an official of a U.S. ally, a move aimed at protecting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.

24 schoolgirls abducted from Kebbi in Nigeria have been rescued, president says

Nigeria's president has announced that all 24 schoolgirls who were abducted by armed assailants from a school last week in Kebbi in northwestern Nigeria have been rescued