Moscow Attack: Grim Details Out After Putin's Men Arrest 3 More For Aiding Terrorists Who Killed 150
Days after a deadly terror attack rocked Moscow, Russia’s Federal Security Service arrested 3 more suspects. These three fresh detainees are the father and his two sons, who were presented in the Moscow court and placed in pre-trial detention on terrorism charges. After the recent arrests, the total number of suspects has increased to 14 including four gunmen.
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Baltimore bridge collapse: All six missing people in bridge collapse are presumed dead - News
Maryland authorities said the six people who were missing after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed in Baltimore, Maryland, have been presumed dead. Maryland state police, said that the search and rescue mission was transitioning to one of search and recovery.
Baltimore bridge collapse: six missing people now presumed dead, police say
‘It seems impossible’: Baltimore residents grapple with bridge collapse
Baltimore bridge collapse: who are the victims?
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Explosion lights up sky in Rafah during heavy bombardment - News
The southern Gaza Strip came under intense bombardment overnight, despite international pressure for an immediate ceasefire in the Palestinian territory. Three people were killed in Israeli airstrikes in and around Rafah, Gaza's Hamas-run healthy ministry said on Wednesday. About 1.5 million people are crammed in the area of Rafah amid rising hunger and the threat of an Israeli ground invasion
Middle East crisis – live updates
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Several killed, injured in a series of Israeli airstrikes in Gaza - News
The demand from the UN Security Council was clear: an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, but Israel is treating the vote like it never happened. Its military has launched attacks from air and sea through Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning. One of them struck tents housing displaced Palestinians in Khan Younis, killing 12 people. Two homes were also shelled in Rafah, killing three people. At the same time, Israel withdrew its delegation from talks in Doha. Melinda Nucifora begins our coverage.
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Haiti violence: Illegal weapons fuel gang fighting, says UN - News
Illegal weapons from abroad are fuelling gun violence in Haiti, according to the UN.
It is not known exactly how many illegally trafficked weapons are in the country, but a UN report said that some estimates put the number at half a billion for both legal and illegal weapons, as of 2020.
The Caribbean nation has been gripped by increased violence in recent weeks following several armed-gang attacks on key facilities.
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Baltimore bridge collapse: Six people presumed dead - News
Six construction workers are presumed dead after a container ship struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, US on Tuesday.
One of the missing has been named as Miguel Luna, originally from El Salvador, who was working on the bridge at the time of the collision
Rescue efforts have been called off and investigators now hope to board the vessel to retrieve its data recorder.
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Hezbollah launches rockets into northern Israel after Israeli strike kills seven people
An Israeli air strike in Southern Lebanon has killed at least seven people.
The attack hit the village of al-Habbariyeh.
It targeted a health center used by a Lebanese armed group.
The Israeli military and Hezbollah have exchanged cross-border fire since the war on Gaza began.
In response, Hezbollah has fired a barrage of rockets into Israeli territory.
It targeted Israeli military positions in the city of Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel.
One Israeli soldier has been injured.
Israeli media is reporting that a number of people are trapped in a factory that was damaged in the atta
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Here’s what could happen if Trump violates gag order in criminal hush money trial
A New York judge has imposed a gag order on Donald Trump, limiting the former president from making statements about potential witnesses in the criminal trial relating to hush money payments scheduled to begin next month.
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Baltimore bridge collapse after massive cargo ship collision
Eight people were believed to have been on the Baltimore bridge when the massive container ship smashed into it in the early hours. Most of the 1.6-mile-long structure collapsed in seconds - sending those on it plunging into the river below.
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Baltimore Bridge crash: cargo ship suffered critical power failure
Maryland state governor Wes Moore has said that a cargo ship lost power before smashing into one of the columns supporting the landmark Francis Scott Key Bridge in the city of Baltimore, causing its collapse.
Several vehicles were crossing the bridge when the container ship collided with one of its supports. Six people are unaccounted for and a number of vehicles fell into the water.
Officials said the ship suffered a "power issue" and issued a Mayday distress call moments before the crash. Boats and helicopters are part of a huge search and rescue effort searching for the missing people. The authorities said they were part of a construction crew repairing potholes at the time the bridge collapsed.
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Two people were pulled from the water, with one in a serious condition.
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Baltimore bridge collapse ‘terrible accident’, says Joe Biden
US President Joe Biden has said the Baltimore bridge collapse was a “terrible accident”, and that the federal government will pay for the bridge to be re-built.
"The federal government will pay for the entire cost of that bridge," Biden said in an update to the media on the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
The president also said the search and rescue operation is the "top priority", and the army are on the scene to start removing the wreckage.
The bridge snapped and plunged into the Patapsco River at about 01:30 ET along with vehicles and people after a container ship crashed into it.
A huge search operation is under way for six missing people, authorities say, while two others have been pulled from the water.
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Senegal election: Bassirou Diomaye Faye set to become Africa's youngest elected president
Bassirou Diomaye Faye looks set on becoming Africa’s youngest elected president after the opposition candidate Amadou Ba conceded victory in Sunday’s election in Senegal.
Unofficial results showed that Mr Faye had a strong lead over Mr Ba.
The vote followed months of political turmoil in one of Africa's most stable democracies, after outgoing President Macky Sall tried to postpone the election until December.
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Putin blames US and Ukraine for orchestrating ISIS terror attack on Moscow
We know that the crime was committed by radical Islamists, whose ideology the Islamic world itself has been fighting for centuries. But we also see that the United States, through various channels, is trying to convince its satellites and other countries of the world that, according to their intelligence data, there is supposedly no Kiev trace in the Moscow terrorist attack, that the bloody terrorist attack was carried out by followers of Islam, members of the ISIS organization banned in Russia.
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Gaza: Fighting continues despite UN Security Council resolution calling for ceasefire
Fighting has continued in Gaza despite a UN Security Council resolution being passed on Monday, which called for an immediate ceasefire.
The UN also demanded the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages.
Meanwhile, organisations continue to call for urgent action to avert a famine in Gaza.
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Baltimore bridge collapse ‘unthinkable tragedy’, says city’s mayor
The collapse of Francis Scott Key Bridge in the US city of Baltimore has been described as a "tragedy you could never imagine” by the city’s mayor.
A large container ship hit the structure at around 01:30 ET (05:30 GMT); several people and vehicles fell into the Patapsco River.
Rescuers are searching for at least seven people, authorities say, while two others have been pulled from the water
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Suspects in Moscow mass shooting brought to Russian Investigation Committee headquarters
Russian authorities have raised the death toll from Friday’s mass shooting at a concert hall on the western edge of Moscow to 137, rising from an earlier figure of 133.
Investigators said that the figure included three children and that 62 bodies had been identified.
Guns and rounds of ammunition were also found at the site of the attack, Russia’s investigation committee said, as well as a car used by the suspected gunmen to flee the scene.
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Baltimore bridge collapses after being hit by a container
Rescue workers in Baltimore are working furiously in an attempt to save the lives of dozens of people who were plunged into the freezing waters of the Patapsco River when the Francis Scott Key bridge snapped and collapsed after being hit by a container ship. Video shows the astonishing moment when the bridge collapsed after the collision. Initial reports indicate that at least a dozen cars fell into the water including just as many construction workers who were working on the bridge at the time. Coast Guard search and rescue vessels were surrounding the ship early on Tuesday. Maryland State Police AW-139 helicopters were also deployed to assist in rescue operation.
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Putin says radical Islamists behind Moscow attacks - but linked to wider Ukraine campaign
Vladimir Putin has accepted that radical Islamists were behind the attack on Friday that killed 137 people at a concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow, but he has also said the shooting was linked to a wider campaign against Russia by Ukraine, something strongly denied by Kyiv.
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Boeing boss to leave as firm faces safety crisis
Boeing boss Dave Calhoun will leave at the end of this year amid a deepening crisis over the firm's safety record.
Boeing also said that the head of its commercial airlines division will retire immediately while its chairman will not stand for re-election.
The firm is under pressure after an unused door blew out of a Boeing 737 Max in January shortly after take-off.
No-one was injured but the firm's safety and quality control standards came under renewed scrutiny.
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UN Security Council calls for 'immediate ceasefire' in Gaza after US abstains from vote
The UN Security Council has passed a resolution calling for an "immediate ceasefire" in Gaza, after the US refrained from vetoing the measure in a change from its previous position.
The text also demands the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages.
The body had been at an impasse since the war began in October, repeatedly failing to agree on a ceasefire call.
The move by the US signals growing divergence between it and its ally Israel, over Israel's offensive in Gaza.
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Senegal’s opposition leader leads race for presidency
Opposition leader Bassirou Diomaye Faye is leading the race in Senegal's presidential election.
Several candidates have conceded to him, however official results are yet to be announced.
Millions took part in a peaceful vote on Sunday, following three years of turbulence and opposition protests against the incumbent, Macky Sall.
The ruling coalition's choice, Amadou Ba, has denied that he has lost.
He said he expected to contest a run-off vote to decide a winner.
This would be required if no candidate gets more than 50% of the vote.
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Donald Trump fraud bond cut to $175m
Donald Trump was handed a last-minute reprieve in court on Monday, when a New York court allowed him to post a reduced bond of $175m to delay enforcement of a $464m fraud penalty.
The former president's lawyers had argued it would be "impossible" to secure a bond for the full amount.
The appeals court gave Mr Trump 10 days to find the $175m bond.
This comes as separately, Mr Trump will face a criminal trial on 15 April - the first-ever criminal trial of a former or current US president.
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On board Royal Navy ship as it faces Houthi attacks
HMS Diamond is among the ships to have joined the US-led operation to protect merchant shipping in the Red Sea.
Since November, the Houthis have been attacking ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden in what they say is a campaign of solidarity with Palestinians during Israel's war in Gaza.
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On board Royal Navy ship as it faces Houthi attacks
HMS Diamond is among the ships to have joined the US-led operation to protect merchant shipping in the Red Sea.
Since November, the Houthis have been attacking ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden in what they say is a campaign of solidarity with Palestinians during Israel's war in Gaza.
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Letitia James will clinch Trump's victory if she does this: Concha
Joe Concha joins 'Fox & Friends First' to weigh in on mainstream media reactions to Trump's $454 million bond deadline and Chuck Todd's criticism of his own bosses for hiring Ronna McDaniel.
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