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  • Michelle Obama to skip Trump inauguration

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    15 Jan 2025
    Former US First Lady Michelle Obama waits to speak to an overflow room during a rally with US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris at the Wings Event Center in Kalamazoo, Michigan, October 26, 2024. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)

    Her husband former President Barack Obama is attending.

    Michelle Obama to skip Trump inauguration
  • Final draft of Gaza truce deal presented to sides after 'breakthrough', official says

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    14 Jan 2025
    Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar prior to a meeting with Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp. Saar is in the Netherlands following the attacks in Amsterdam on Israeli soccer supporters.

    Mediators have given Israel and Hamas a final draft of a deal to end the war in Gaza, after a midnight "breakthrough" in talks attended by envoys of both Joe Biden and Donald Trump, an official says.

    Final draft of Gaza truce deal presented to sides after 'breakthrough', official says
  • Death toll in Los Angeles fires rises to 16

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    12 Jan 2025
    The light of a fire fighting helicopter illuminates a smouldering hillside as the Palisades fire grows near the Mandeville Canyon neighborhood and Encino, California, on January 11, 2025. The Palisades Fire, the largest of the Los Angeles fires, spread toward previously untouched neighborhoods January 11, forcing new evacuations and dimming hopes that the disaster was coming under control. Across the city, at least 11 people have died as multiple fires have ripped through residential areas since January 7, razing thousands of homes in destruction that US President Joe Biden likened to a "war scene." (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP)

    Six simultaneous blazes that have ripped across Los Angeles County neighbourhoods since Tuesday have killed at least 16 people as of late Saturday local time.

    Death toll in Los Angeles fires rises to 16
  • The skateboarding Australian painter who married a US president's granddaughter

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    11 Jan 2025
    The Reynolds describe Jimmy Carter as a protective and loving grandfather.

    An Australian painter met the girl of his dreams - but she was the granddaughter of American President Jimmy Carter, who wasn't so sure about him.

    Jimmy Carter's granddaughter married an Aussie 'playboy'. Here's how he won over the ex-president
  • US agency declares California wildfires a public health emergency

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    11 Jan 2025
    A house is threatened as the Palisades Fire grows in the mountains in the community of Topanga, California, on 9 January 2025.

    The fires, which have devastated neighbourhoods on the east and west sides of Los Angeles, have so far killed 10 people.

    Calmer winds help Los Angeles firefighters as death toll hits 10
  • Los Angeles wildfires devour thousands of homes even as fierce winds ease

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    10 Jan 2025
    Flames and smoke from the Palisades Fire surround a home (C) in the community of Topanga, California, on January 9, 2025. The two largest fires burning in Los Angeles remain "zero percent" contained on January 9 despite firefighting operations, officials said, as they also vowed to tackle looting of evacuated homes. A 17,000-acre (6,900-hectare) blaze in Pacific Palisades has become "one of the most destructive natural disasters in the history of Los Angeles," said city fire chief Kristin Crowley, while a 10,000-acre fire in Altadena was also at "zero percent containment," said county fire chief Anthony Marrone. (Photo by David Swanson / AFP)

    Two massive wildfires menacing Los Angeles from the east and west devoured nearly 10,000 homes and other structures, burning into a third night.

    Los Angeles wildfires devour thousands of homes even as fierce winds ease
  • 'He loved people': Cathedral packed for Jimmy Carter funeral

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    10 Jan 2025
    The remains of former US President Jimmy Carter arrive at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, DC, for a State Funeral Service on January 9, 2025. (Photo by Haiyun Jiang / POOL / AFP)

    US president Joe Biden will deliver the eulogy, Donald and Melania Trump, Barack Obama, Laura and George W. Bush and Hillary and Bill Clinton were also present.

    Hundreds pack into Washington cathedral for Jimmy Carter funeral
  • Trump inauguration nears four years after supporters stormed Capitol

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    7 Jan 2025
    LANDOVER, MARYLAND - DECEMBER 14: (L-R) U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Vice President-elect JD Vance attend the 125th Army-Navy football game at Northwest Stadium on December 14, 2024 in Landover, Maryland. Trump is attending the game with lawmakers and Cabinet nominees including, Vice President-elect JD Vance, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA), Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth, incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and others.   Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Kevin Dietsch / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

    Analysis - Late on a day of chaos and blood on 6 January 2021, it was unimaginable that Donald Trump - who summoned a mob to Washington and told the crowd to "fight like hell" - would get anywhere… Audio

    Four years after his supporters invaded the US Capitol, Trump is more powerful than ever
  • Pacific 2025: What is happening?!

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    6 Jan 2025
    Clockwise from top right: Jim Watson/AFP, TheoRouby/AFP, Rob Griffith/AP Photo, VBTC

    Navigating the shared challenges of climate change, geostrategic tensions, political upheaval, disaster recovery and decolonization plus a 50th birthday party.

    Pacific 2025: What is happening?!
  • Hamas and Israel wrangle over talks, strikes in Gaza intensify

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    6 Jan 2025
    People and first responders inspect the rubble of a collapsed residential building that was hit by Israeli bombardment in the Saraya area in al-Rimal in central Gaza City on January 4, 2025 amid the ongoing war in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

    Palestinian officials said intensified Israeli bombardments had killed more than 100 people over the weekend.

    Hamas and Israel wrangle over talks, strikes in Gaza intensify
  • Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza Strip as new ceasefire talks begin

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    5 Jan 2025
    People and first responders inspect the rubble of a collapsed residential building that was hit by Israeli bombardment in the Saraya area in al-Rimal in central Gaza City on 4 January, 2025 amid the ongoing war in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas.

    "Most of them are women and children, they are all civilians," a neighbour told Reuters.

    Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza Strip as new ceasefire talks begin
  • Bell tolls begin final sendoff for Jimmy Carter

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    5 Jan 2025
    Former and current US Secret Service agents assigned to the Carter detail, walk with the hearse carrying the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter, at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center on 4 January 4, 2025 in Americus, Georgia.

    Mourners began paying their respects to Jimmy Carter, as a carefully choreographed six-day farewell for America's longest-lived president got underway.

    Bell tolls begin final sendoff for Jimmy Carter
  • Zelensky vows Ukraine will do everything in 2025 to stop Russia

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    1 Jan 2025
    This handout picture taken and released by Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on 26 December, 2024 shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) stands for the National anthem of Ukraine during an award ceremony in Kyiv, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. (Photo by Handout / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

    The Ukrainian leader's address caps a difficult year for the war-battered country.

    Zelensky vows Ukraine will do everything in 2025 to stop Russia
  • The biggest world stories from 2024

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    30 Dec 2024
    Composite image of the biggest news stories from 2024

    From 'Where's Kate?', to an attempted assassination on Trump, and Diddy's "freak offs" - here are some of the biggest world stories from 2024.

    Trump, war in the Middle East, P Diddy, and Where's Princess Kate?: 10 of the biggest world stories from 2024
  • World leaders react to former US President Jimmy Carter's death

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    30 Dec 2024
    WASHINGTON - JANUARY 07: U.S. President George W. Bush (C) meets with President-elect Barack Obama (2nd-L), former President Bill Clinton (2nd-R), former President Jimmy Carter (R) and former President George H.W. Bush (L) in the Oval Office January 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. On January 20, 2009 Barack Obama will be sworn in as the nations’s 44th president.   Mark Wilson/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by MARK WILSON / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

    Condolences and tributes pour in from all sides of the political spectrum.

    World leaders react to former US President Jimmy Carter's death
  • Bid to get Murdoch family's secret sucession documents released

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    30 Dec 2024
    MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - JULY 17: Rupert Murdoch (L) speaks with Robert Thomson as they attends the third day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 17, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Delegates, politicians, and the Republican faithful are in Milwaukee for the annual convention, concluding with former President Donald Trump accepting his party's presidential nomination. The RNC takes place from July 15-18.   Leon Neal/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by LEON NEAL / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

    A voting machine company wants to use this in its defemation case against Fox News for 2020 US election lies.

    The Murdoch family waged a secret court battle over succession. A voting machine company is trying to pry the case open
  • Russia's Putin apologises to Azerbaijan over 'tragic' airliner crash

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    29 Dec 2024
    A man lays flowers to Azerbaijan's Embassy in Moscow on December 26, 2024 paying tribute to the victims of Azerbaijan Airlines' plane crash. - The Kremlin on December 26, 2024 cautioned against "hypotheses" over the crash of an Azerbaijani plane which had been due to land in Russia as experts pointed to possible evidence of a missile explosion. The Azerbaijan Airlines jet crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau, an oil and gas hub, on December 25, 2024. Thirty-eight of the 67 people on board died. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)

    The extremely rare publicised apology from Putin was the closest Moscow has come to accepting some blame for the disaster.

    Russia's Putin apologises to Azerbaijan over 'tragic' airliner crash
  • Zelenskiy denounces 'inhuman' Christmas Day attacks on Ukraine

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    26 Dec 2024
    President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky addresses a press conference during his visit at the European Council Summit, the EU leaders meeting at the headquarters of the European Union.

    Half a million people in the Kharkiv region have been left without heating after Russian missile strikes, and there were blackouts in the capital Kyiv and elsewhere.

    Russia launches 'inhuman' Christmas Day attacks, Ukraine says
  • Trump says he will direct Justice Department to 'vigorously pursue the death penalty'

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    25 Dec 2024
    Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during an election night event at the West Palm Beach Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, on November 6, 2024. - Republican former president Donald Trump closed in on a new term in the White House early November 6, 2024, just needing a handful of electoral votes to defeat Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)

    It comes after President Joe Biden commuted the death sentences of 37 federal inmates to life in prison.

    Trump says he will direct Justice Department to 'vigorously pursue the death penalty'
  • Biden takes all but three people off US death row

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    24 Dec 2024
    US President Joe Biden speaks at the Carpenters Local Union 445 "Get Out The Vote" event in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on November 2, 2024. (Photo by Ting Shen / AFP)

    US President Joe Biden has commuted the sentences for 37 out of 40 federal inmates on death row, converting them to life in prison without parole before he hands over power to Donald Trump.

    Biden commutes sentences of 37 of 40 inmates on federal death row
  • What happens if the US government shuts down?

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    20 Dec 2024
    US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, Republican from Louisiana, speaks to the media during a vote on a revised continuing resolution bill at Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on December 19, 2024. - The US House of Representatives on December 19, 2024 overwhelmingly rejected a Republican-led funding bill aimed at averting a government shutdown, with federal agencies due to run out of cash on Friday night and begin closing down at the weekend. (Photo by Allison ROBBERT / AFP)

    US government services will be disrupted and hundreds of thousands of federal workers will be told not to work if Congress fails to extend funding past Friday US time.

    US government shutdown: What closes, what stays open?
  • Police identify Wisconsin school shooter as 15-year old girl

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    World crime
    18 Dec 2024
    Madison Police chief Shon Barnes speaks to the media about the shooting at the Abundant Life Christian School on 16 December 2024 in Madison, Wisconsin.

    A student and a teacher were killed, and six people were taken to hospitals.

    What we know about the shooting that left 2 people dead at private Christian school in Wisconsin
  • Gaza ceasefire talks gain momentum as officials push for deal

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    18 Dec 2024
    Palestinians inspect the damage after an Israeli strike on the Nuseirat refugee Camp in the central Gaza Strip on December 7, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group.

    Sources told Reuters a ceasefire deal could be days away that would stop the fighting and free hostages held by Hamas in return for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.

    Gaza ceasefire talks gain momentum as officials push for deal
  • Two people killed in US Christian school shooting

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    17 Dec 2024
    Police lights

    Police believe that the suspect, who was found dead inside the building, was a student at the school.

    Two people killed in Christian school shooting in Wisconsin
  • FBI informant accused of lying about Bidens pleads guilty

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    13 Dec 2024
    In this courtroom sketch, Defendant Alexander Smirnov speaks in Federal court in Los Angeles on February 26.

    Alexander Smirnov is set to plead guilty to charges including tax evasion and obstructing justice by providing false information to the FBI.

    FBI informant accused of lying about Joe and Hunter Biden pleads guilty
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