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A three-day truce was called by Vladimir Putin ahead of Russia’s World War Two Victory Day celebrations.

President Donald Trump made the surprise announcement this week that the U.S., after weeks of intense strikes, will halt all bombing campaigns on the Houthis in Yemen – but experts have warned the Iran-backed group will not sit idle.
In Trump’s Tuesday announcement from the Oval Office, he claimed the Houthis “just don't want to fight…and we will honor that. We will stop the bombings.”
The president would not say who provided him with this confirmation by the terrorist network, which for years has attacked U.S. and allied ships in the Red Sea in a major threat to freedom of navigation, but in a laugh following the question, he replied that it came from a “very good source.”
Less than two hours later, Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi, the foreign minister of Oman, took to X to say, “Following recent discussions and contacts conducted by the Sultanate of Oman with the United States and the relevant authorities in Sana’a, in the Republic of Yemen, with the aim of de-escalation..

King and Queen attend VE Day 80th anniversary service at Westminster Abbey

A two-minute silence was held at events across the country to remember the end of the Second World War in Europe.

North Korea launched several short-range ballistic missiles into its eastern sea Thursday in what South Korea is calling a “clear act of provocation.”
Lee Sung Joon, a spokesperson for South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the launches were possibly intended to test the performance of weapons that North Korea plans to export as it continues to send military equipment and troops to fuel Russia’s warfighting against Ukraine.
The agency said multiple missiles were launched from an area around North Korea’s eastern port city of Wonsan from about 8:10 to 9:20 a.m. local time Thursday, with the farthest traveling about 497 miles.
Lee said the tests likely involved a short-range ballistic missile system launched from vehicles — possibly modeled after Russia’s Iskander missile — and also large-caliber rocket artillery systems.
600 NORTH KOREAN TROOPS KILLED WHILE FIGHTING UKRAINE, SOUTH KOREA SAYS
The Joint Chiefs said South Korean and U.S. intelligence authorities d..

Benjamin Netanyahu said he knew “with certainty” that 21 hostages were alive but the status of “three more” were unclear.

Violence erupts in Emurua Dikiir as rival political gangs clash, MP Ngeno denies involvement.

India launched multiple Israeli-made Harop drones targeting Pakistan overnight and into Thursday, with one damaging a military site and wounding four soldiers, a Pakistani army spokesman said.
Pakistani forces downed 25 of the drones, Pakistan army spokesperson Lt. Gen. Ahmad Sharif told The Associated Press. Debris from a downed drone that fell into the Sindh province killed one civilian and injured another.
A drone damaged a military site near the city of Lahore, injuring four soldiers, and another went down in Rawalpindi, which is near the capital, Sharif said.
“The armed forces are neutralizing them as we speak,” Sharif said on the state-run Pakistan Television early on Thursday afternoon, the outlet reported.
INDIA LAUNCHES STRIKES ON TERRORIST CAMPS IN PAKISTAN
India’s government said Thursday that overnight, “Pakistan attempted to engage a number of military targets in Northern and Western India… using drones and missiles.”
“These were neutralized by the Integrated Coun..

Ochuko Ojiri: Bargain Hunt expert charged as part of police investigation into terrorist financing

The 53-year-old will appear in court on Friday following an investigation into terrorist financing, the Met Police said.

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Black smoke rises again from Sistine Chapel as cardinals fail to elect new pope

The 133 voting cardinals were again unable to elect a successor to Pope Francis, during the first round of voting on the second day of the conclave. It follows last night's black smoke on day one of the secretive process.
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Cardinals praying in the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday. Pic: Vatican Media/Reuters