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Gunfire reported in Beirut as truce comes into effect – as it happened

This blog is now closed. Our live coverage continues hereIran has stopped all petrochemical exports to prioritise domestic supply and prevent shortages of raw materials, Reuters reported.The state-owned National Petrochemical Company ordered firms to suspend exports until further notice. Continue reading...

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More than a half-million people expected at Pope Leo XIV's Mass in Cameroon

Pope Leo XIV is marking the halfway point in his four-nation tour of Africa with a day focused on encouraging Cameroon’s young people

Macron and Starmer hold international summit on reopening the Strait of Hormuz

The leaders of France and the U.K. are holding an international summit to push forward efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a vital oil route affected by the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran

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Myanmar frees more than 4,500 prisoners in traditional new year amnesty

More than 4,500 prisoners in Myanmar have been granted amnesty and others have had their sentences reduced under a pardon order by President Min Aung Hlaing to mark the traditional new year

Helicopter crash on Indonesia's Borneo island kills 8

A helicopter flying between palm oil plantations on Borneo Island has crashed, killing the eight people on board