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At least five killed in large-scale overnight Russian air attack on KyivWorld1:21

At least five people were killed in a large-scale Russian aerial attack on Ukraine’s capital overnight. Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service said a Russian drone strike also killed civilians at a checkpoint on the border with Moldova elsewhere in the country.

Eeuronews
‘Long live the teacher’: Why China’s Gen Z is embracing Mao Zedong againSociety4:01

Fifty years after Mao Zedong’s death, he remains highly visible among young Chinese online. Many members of Gen Z call him “the teacher”; his videos attract millions of views, while Selected Works of Mao Zedong has topped Tsinghua University library’s annual borrowing list for years. Analysts link the renewed interest to job pressures, inequality and China-Western competition, while questioning what young people remember—and forget—about the Mao era.

BBBC Chinese
Major UK airports in chaos after air traffic control issue disrupts over 1,300 flightsSociety2:14

A technical glitch in National Air Traffic Services’ air traffic control systems disrupted or cancelled about 1,300 flights to and from UK airports on Tuesday. Disruption continued into Wednesday, with at least 177 flights cancelled, while NATS said it was still working to resolve the “system issue”.

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Commodities Bull Market Is Underpriced: 3-Minutes MLIVEconomy3:22

Anna Edwards, Tom Mackenzie and Mark Cudmore examine key market themes on Bloomberg: The Opening Trade, including Scott Bessent’s bet against the Japanese yen, the commodities bull run and Brent crude approaching $100 a barrel.

BBloomberg Television
Bessent’s Yen Dare, Modi’s Global Payments AmbitionWorld

The program examines Bessent’s challenge over the yen and Modi’s ambition for global payments. It also reports that the US says it destroyed Iranian tankers after a US Navy ship was targeted, while Brent crude moved toward $100 a barrel following US attacks on an Iranian tanker.

BBloomberg Television
McStays Episode 5: The Best FriendOther

Without a definitive piece of evidence, detectives work to reconstruct what may have happened to the McStays after they disappeared.

AABC News
Holocaust survivor ‘appalled’ by prospect of far right in powerPolitics3:10

Nazi death camp survivor Eva Umlauf says she is appalled by the Alternative for Germany’s victory in Saxony-Anhalt. The result puts the far-right party within reach of governing a German state for the first time since World War Two.

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AP photographer recalls capturing haunting images of 9/11World

Retired AP photographer Amy Sancetta recalls what it was like to cover the Sept. 11 terror attacks, one of the biggest stories in U.S. history, as the 25th anniversary approaches. She reflects on the haunting images she captured at the time.

TThe Associated Press
Tensions Rise Over House 2 Waterproofing AccusationsOther

Accusations flare on site over whether House 2 continued working after tools-down to finish waterproofing. Video timestamp evidence is produced to establish when the work ended, but doubts remain.

TThe Block
LIVE: Strait of Hormuz traffic after Iran attack on ships near HormuzWorld4:42:10

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said it launched ballistic missiles at a Jordanian base used by the U.S. military and attacked 10 ships, after Washington said it had destroyed five Iranian oil tankers. The moves sharply escalate the six-month-old war.

RReuters
Europe Today: Ceuta calls for EU help, Hungary expels 10 Russian diplomatsWorld

Ceuta mayor Juan Jesús Vivas has sought stronger European backing amid the continuing crisis in the Spanish enclave, after more than 80,000 people crossed the border illegally last month. Hungary, meanwhile, says it will expel 10 Russian diplomats over “unacceptable” activities.

Eeuronews
How a Himalayan avalanche unleashed destruction across NepalWorld

Two weeks ago, floods swept through Himalayan communities after part of Langtang Lirung mountain and the glacier above it collapsed. Millions of cubic metres of rock and ice plunged more than a kilometre into the valley, producing a magnitude 5.2 tremor. The debris raced over 14 kilometres in seven minutes toward the China-Nepal border crossing and obliterated it.

AAl Jazeera English
Ceuta president calls on EU for strong response against MoroccoPolitics

Ceuta President Juan Jesús Vivas urged the EU to take firm action against Morocco, warning that the city is “on the brink of collapse.” He accused Rabat of pursuing a “harassment policy” to suffocate the exclave, while Spain and the EU continue to view Morocco as a trusted partner on irregular migration.

Eeuronews
Thieves steal four Renoir paintings from French Riviera museumCulture

Thieves broke into the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer through its garden Tuesday and stole four valuable paintings, abandoning two while fleeing, the local mayor said. They cut through a fence and entered via the ground floor.

TThe Associated Press
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