Middle East crisis live: IDF carries out airstrikes in southern Lebanon ahead of funeral of Hezbollah leader Nasrallah | Lebanon

IDF strikes south Lebanon as crowds gather in Beirut for Nasrallah funeral Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported earlier today that Israeli aircraft launched a series of attacks targeting the outskirts of the towns of al-Qalila and al-Ansar. The IDF confirmed this morning that it carried out airstrikes in southern Lebanon. “Several launchers of…

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Pope Francis had ‘restful night’, Vatican says, morning after respiratory crisis | Pope Francis

Pope Francis had a “restful night” in hospital, the Vatican said on Sunday morning, after announcing on Saturday that he was in critical condition following a prolonged asthmatic respiratory crisis linked to pneumonia and a complex lung infection. The 88-year-old pope received “high flows” of oxygen to help him breathe, it was announced on Saturday….

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‘Trump and Musk are gaslighting’: anti-apartheid artist on how US president and his billionaire ally are attacking South Africa | South Africa

For more than 50 years, Sue Williamson’s art has been shining a light on South Africa’s problems – first to campaign against the apartheid state, and then to question how far the country has progressed in reconciliation and remembrance. But as she prepares for her first retrospective exhibition, the 84-year-old artist has a new pair…

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Wet and wild: the magic of Cornwall in winter | Travel

Surfers are bobbing in the whitewater shallows off Newquay’s Fistral Beach, poised for that ecstatic moment when a barrelling Atlantic roller will propel them to their feet. Then it arrives – the Big One. Despite the biting cold the surfers rise in unison, carving into the wave’s lip with effortless balletic grace. There’s something quite…

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