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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.

‘Drone followed Gaza colleague home and wiped out his family’, says British doctor

It comes after Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy visited a food distribution site in Gaza. Steve Witkoff and the US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, toured a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) distribution site in the southern city of Rafah.

North Korea’s opened its doors to Russian tourists. So… how was their holiday?

Anastasiya Samsonova was one of the first foreign visitors to North Korea’s new seaside resort that was opened to great fanfare by Kim Jong Un.

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Anastasiya Samsonova at the Wonsan-Kalma beach resort in North Korea. Pic: Anastasiya Samsonova

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Kim Jong Un and his daughter Kim Ju Ae on the beach in Wonsan at the resort’s opening. Pic: KCNA/Reuters

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The North Korean watching a slide at the resort. Pic: KCNA/Reuters

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Pic: Anastasiya Samsonova

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Pic: Anastasiya Samsonova

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Pic: Danil Biryukov / DVHAB.RU

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‘There is a huge growing demand among young people,’ Irina Kobeleva says

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‘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

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‘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