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World Briefing: December 29, 2024

A Boeing passenger plane carrying 181 people crashed while landing at an airport in southwestern South Korea on Sunday. As of 10am GMT, there were at least 176 dead. 

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World Briefing: December 27, 2024

Russian missile brought down Azerbaijani airliner, emerging evidence suggests. A lead organization monitoring for food crises around the world has pulled a new report warning of imminent famine in north Gaza under what it called Israel’s “near-total blockade,” after the U.S. asked for its retraction

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WORLD BRIEFING: April 17, 2024

Ukraine’s top military commander has issued a bleak assessment of the army’s positions on the eastern front, saying they have “worsened significantly in recent days.” Ukraine faces "danger" if the United States does not quickly pass much-needed military aid, former U.S. national-security adviser John Bolton said 

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WORLD BRIEFING: October 17, 2023

US President Joe Biden will visit Israel on Wednesday to hear about its plans for a ground offensive against Hamas militants in Gaza. Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in Beijing where he will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping 

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WORLD BRIEFING: September 28, 2023

Canadian PM Trudeau apologises for the visit to the House of Commons of a Ukrainian man who fought with the Nazis. NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg arrived in Kyiv on an unannounced visit and met with President Zelensky. Taiwan launches its first domestically produced submarine. 

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WORLD BRIEFING: September 26, 2023

An explosion at a fuel depot in Nagorno-Karabakh has killed 20 people and injured hundreds more. Russia seeks to rejoin UN Human Rights Council. Critic of Thai monarchy arrested 

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