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265 children and their teachers seized from a Catholic boarding school in the country's Niger state on Friday are still missing.

The Thai military has mobilised boats, helicopters and even its lone aircraft carrier to deliver supplies and evacuate the sick.

Another 279 people are unaccounted for, city leader John Lee says.

Trump's lead Georgia defence counsel said in a statement the "political persecution" of Trump was "finally over."

Paul Doyle has for months denied 31 criminal charges but on the second day of his trial, the 54-year-old sensationally changed his plea.

Seagulls who hear a raised voice are more likely to flinch, stop pecking at food and leave the area, a new study has found.

The deal is in line with the government's push to develop a local defence export industry.

Australian Border Force officers seized the drugs after selecting two women, both aged 22, for a bag examination.

Rare earths are at the centre of furious geopolitical competition, especially between the United States and China.

The Russians shared the paper, which outlined Moscow's conditions for ending the war, with senior US officials in mid-October, sources say.

The effort marks an unprecedented step in President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.

The move comes as China, which views democratically-governed Taiwan as its own territory, has ramped up military and political pressure.

Police said this week's search involved the inspection of six mine shafts.

Victoria Police has declared part of Melbourne's CBD a designated area, giving police greater search powers.