SpaceX brings new crew to International Space Station in just 15 hours – but it’s still short of Russian record
The four US, Russian and Japanese astronauts pulled up in their SpaceX capsule after launching from NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre. Their arrival brought the current number of people at the station to 11.
Analysis
Analysis
‘Little confidence’ US Gaza delegation would see full picture
Images of Donald Trump envoy Steve Witkoff at a peaceful, well-organised aid site in Gaza indicate Mr Trump might not get the full scope of the humanitarian crisis there.
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Huge crowds of Palestinians gather to receive aid from the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
Pic: Reuters
US officials to make ‘highly unusual’ visit to Gaza – amid warnings of ‘politically manmade’ famine
Donald Trump has shown signs of frustration about the increasingly desperate humanitarian crisis in Gaza, telling reporters it was a “terrible” situation and “people are very hungry”.
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Steve Witkoff met Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Thursday. Pic: US embassy in Jerusalem
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Palestinians rush to collect humanitarian aid airdropped in central Gaza. Pic: AP
Two British children, 11 and 13, drown off Catalan coast, Spanish officials say
Catalan police told Sky News it appeared that the boys were having difficulty getting back to the Llarga beach in Salou as they struggled with high tide in a rocky part of the coastline.
Conor McGregor loses appeal in civil sexual assault case
Canada joins UK in announcing it will recognise Palestinian state – under certain conditions
The announcement comes a day after the UK said it will recognise Palestine as a state in September unless Israel meets certain conditions.
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Palestinians carry aid supplies that entered Gaza through Israel, in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. Pic: Reuters
Analysis
Analysis
‘Monster’ earthquake in Russia was one that some seismologists were anticipating
The quake occurred on a fault line running along the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench – a scar on the seabed caused by the Pacific tectonic plate diving beneath the North American and Okhotsk plates.
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A kindergarten is damaged by an earthquake in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. Pic: Russian Ministry for Emergencies/Reuters
Double Olympic champion Laura Dahlmeier dies in mountaineering accident
Laura Dahlmeier, who had been stranded since Monday, won gold in the sprint and pursuit biathlon events at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
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File pic: AP
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Podcast
Why Palestinian statehood won’t stop the starvation
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Eyewitness
Lesotho: In the country that Trump claims ‘nobody has ever heard of’, his name evokes fear and panic
Lesotho – once dubbed the “denim capital of Africa” – has declared a state of national disaster over high youth unemployment and job losses linked to US tariffs and aid cuts.
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A government-sponsored warehouse in Lesotho
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Mokhethi Shelile says ‘we are done talking’ with the US
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