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Feb 24, 2026 - World

An Iranian military helicopter crashed into a fruit and vegetable market in central Iran on Tuesday, reportedly killing at least four people.

Feb 24, 2026 - World

US President Donald Trump's temporary 15 per cent tariffs, announced to replace those struck down by the US Supreme Court, may also land in legal troubles.

Feb 24, 2026 - World

Central and eastern Europe correspondent Shaun Walker joins Jakub Krupa to answer readers’ questions about four years of war, and where it’s headingZelenskyy says “we must be just as determined and strong as we were when the invasion began,” as “the threat hasn’t become smaller.”He says Europe can only respond to this war working together with the US, even as he remarks it “is not an easy task to maintain transatlantic unity and cooperation in the current conditions.”“So there must be no place in the free world for Russian oil, for Russian tankers, Russian banks, Russian sanctions …, schemes, or for any Russian war criminals. The time has come to fully ban all participants in Russia’s aggression from entire Europe.” Continue reading...

Feb 24, 2026 - World

Chris Bryant says former prince ‘could not distinguish between public and private interest’Keir Starmer is taking part in a coalition of the willing video call to discuss Ukraine. There is a live feed of his public contribution here.Kemi Badenoch is holding a press conference now. She is appearing with the relatives of children who she says have died as a result of social media – either because they took their own lives, or because it led to them being attacked. She says she wants to give them a platform to tell their stories. Continue reading...

Feb 24, 2026 - World

The hills of Jalisco echoed with gunfire before dawn on Sunday. By the time the smoke cleared, Mexico's most wanted man, Nemesio Ruben Oseguera Cervantes, or El Mencho, was bleeding in the back of a military vehicle.