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Saturday, 07 February 2026 · Global Edition · Updated 05:25 CST
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Israel postpones demolition of Palestinian children's football pitch

An international campaign to save the pitch in the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem appears to have forced the authorities to reconsider.

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Oldest cave painting of red claw hand could rewrite human creativity timeline

A stencilled outline of a hand found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi is the world's oldest known cave painting, researchers say.

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Japan restarts world's largest nuclear plant as Fukushima memories loom large

Japan restarts a reactor at the world's largest nuclear plant nearly 15 years after the Fukushima meltdown.

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Could US Congress stop Trump from taking over Greenland?

Some of the president's fellow Republicans oppose him - but it's not clear if they would join Democrats to block a takeover of the island.

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Israeli PM Netanyahu agrees to join Trump's Board of Peace

Israel is the latest country to publicly accept an invitation to a new international organisation that many fear may be designed to supplant the UN.

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Photos leaked to BBC show faces of hundreds killed in Iran's brutal protest crackdown

The images from one mortuary in Tehran were shown to families who went to identify their loved ones.

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Japan restarts world's largest nuclear plant

Japan restars a reactor at the world's largest nuclear plant nearly 15 years after the Fukushima disaster.

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Air India crash plane had record of safety defects, campaigners claim

Campaigners say they have evidence the plane had previously suffered a series of technical failures, including a fire.

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Nigeria police confirm mass church abductions after previous denial

More than 160 people were reportedly taken from three churches in the northern Kaduna state.

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Ryanair boss thanks Elon Musk for 'boost' in ticket sales after online row

Musk and Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary have called each other "idiots" in recent days, but the airline executive says it's helping lift sales

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Beckham v Peltz Beckham: Could Brooklyn torpedo the family brand?

Brooklyn's explosive post about Brand Beckham "has ruptured it from within", one commentator says.

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Detained veteran Ugandan opposition figure critically ill in hospital, his party says

Kizza Besigye’s party says his condition is critical, but authorities say he was taken to hospital for a routine check-up.

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Train driver killed in second deadly Spain rail crash in days

At least 37 people have been injured, five seriously, in a second crash, after Sunday's two-train collision in Andalusia.

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Trump doubles down on Greenland ahead of Davos visit, saying there is 'no going back'

Trump was due to arrive at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday, but a minor electrical issue on Air Force One has forced his plane to turn around.

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Life sentence for man who killed Japan's ex-PM Shinzo Abe

Abe's assassination stunned the country where there is virtually no gun crime.

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