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Army making rapid advances across the country and closing in on RSF-held Republican Palace in KhartoumSudan’s brutal civil war appears to be approaching a decisive phase as the country’s military reported sweeping gains in the symbolic battle for the capital.As a ruinous conflict, often characterised by bloody stalemate, nears its two-year anniversary, the Sudanese armed forces (SAF) declared a string of rapid advances across the country against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/07/sudanese-military-reports-gains-battle-for-capital-khartoum Author : Mark Townsend Publish date : 2025-02-07 14:44:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Officials work to gather details of plane heading across Norton Sound in third US aviation incident in eight daysRescuers searched on Friday for any sign of a plane that went missing while carrying 10 people across Alaska’s Norton Sound south of the Arctic Circle.The Bering Air Caravan, a single-engine turboprop, was heading from Unalakleet to Nome on Thursday afternoon with nine passengers and a pilot, according to Alaska’s department of public safety. Authorities were working to determine its last known coordinates. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/07/alaska-missing-plane Author : Associated Press Publish date : 2025-02-07 12:59:00 Copyright for syndicated content

Greenlandic parliament calls for snap election for 11 March as ruling party, Siumut, proposes accelerating independence processGerman chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Friday that US president Donald Trump was wrong to impose sanctions on the international criminal court (ICC) as it jeopardized an important institution.“Sanctions are the wrong tool. They jeopardize an institution that is supposed to ensure that the dictators of this world cannot simply persecute people and start wars, and that is very important,” Scholz said at a campaign event, as per Reuters. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/feb/07/greenland-independence-referendum-denmark-snap-election-sweden-belgium-europe-latest-updates-news Author : Jakub Krupa Publish date : 2025-02-07 11:52:00

The work and pensions secretary said those who think they were unable to work probably could with the right supportEd Miliband, the energy secretary, reportedly argued against the government’s decision to back a third runway at Heathrow at a cabinet meeting the day before Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, confirmed the move in a speech.In an interview this morning, he said he would abide by “collective responsibility” with regard to the decision – but he would not say he was personally in favour.I’m part of a government that has said it wants to invite applications from Heathrow for a third runway