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Iranian and American officials will kick off face-to-face talks in Oman today, following weeks of threatened military action by Donald Trump. The US is sending its Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, to the Muscat summit, where he will meet with Tehran’s foreign minister Abbas Araqchi. It comes amid a continued American naval build-up near Iran,

Catherine O’Hara, the Emmy-winning actress who starred as Kevin’s mother in Home Alone and the eccentric Moira Rose in Schitt’s Creek, has died. The Canadian-American star won an Emmy award for lead actress for her role in Schitt’s Creek in 2020. She died aged 71 on Friday at her home in Los Angeles “following a

Two explosions have been reported in Iran as the regime denied a ‌military leader was targeted, amid heightened tension in the region. ‌One blast happened at Iran’s southern port of Bandar Abbas on Saturday, local media reported. One person, a four-year-old girl, was killed and a further 14 were injured. A second blast, more than

At least 30 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes on Saturday, according to hospitals in Gaza. The casualties included two women and six children from two different families, officials at the hospitals which received the bodies say. It marks one of the deadliest days in Gaza since a ceasefire was agreed in October. Shifa

More than 200 people have been reported dead after a landslide hit coltan mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Many bodies are still buried under the mud following the tragedy near Rubaya, in the east of the country, earlier this week. More than 15% of the world’s supply of tantalum, a rare metal extracted

Northern Ireland should hold a referendum on whether it should become part of a united Ireland by 2030, the country’s first minister has said. Speaking to the Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips show, Michelle O’Neill said it was an opportunity for the people of Northern Ireland to “take control of our own fortunes”. Ms O’Neill

Pokémon has apologised after plans for a card game event at a controversial shrine for Japanese war dead saw it accused of hurting “the feelings of the Chinese people”. The event was due to be held on Saturday at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo – which honours Japan’s 2.5 million war dead, including convicted war

Parts of Ukraine and Moldova suffered power cuts on Saturday after high-voltage power lines failed while both countries were affected by sub-zero temperatures. Kyiv and Chisinau, the capital cities, were among the areas affected by the power outage after lines malfunctioned at 10.42​am local time. Ukraine‘s power grid has been severely compromised by Russian airstrikes

Hundreds of protesters have gathered in Milan, Italy, to protest against the deployment of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) staff at the upcoming Winter Olympics. Demonstrators gathered in Piazza XXV Aprile, a square named after the date of Italy‘s liberation from the Nazis in 1945. In an echo of anti-ICE protests in the US,