UK and France to work with Ukraine on peace plan, Starmer says, as European leaders arrive for London defence summit – live | Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Starmer says UK and France will work with Kyiv to present peace plan to Washington Starmer said that after discussions with Zelenskyy and Macron that there has been an agreement made that the UK, along with France, and “possibly one or two others” will work with Kyiv to stop the war. He said this agreed…

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Four million Queenslanders warned they could be in ‘firing line’ when Cyclone Alfred heads towards coast | Australia weather

Tropical Cyclone Alfred will “likely” turn towards major population centres in south-east Queensland this week, with authorities warning more than 4 million people from Bundaberg to the Gold Coast that their communities could be “in the firing line”. The Queensland premier, David Crisafulli, said on Sunday the system could cause serious and potentially dangerous coastal…

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Botched Botox jabs can be dangerous. Some Australians don’t even realise what they’re receiving | Cosmetic surgery

The Sydney cosmetic injectors look the part: social media photos show them mid-procedure, wearing scrubs, clinical tool in hand. But behind the camera, they are suspected of being part of a growing number of beauticians posing as medical practitioners, delivering potentially dangerous anti-wrinkle, filler and fat-dissolving injections in unauthorised premises around Australia. The New South…

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‘America is going down’: China can capitalise on damage caused by Trump, former PLA colonel says | China

The damage caused by Donald Trump to the United States’ reputation is creating opportunities for China, particularly with regards to Taiwan, according to a retired senior colonel from China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA). Speaking to the Guardian in Beijing, Zhou Bo said that Trump was damaging the US’s reputation “more than all of his predecessors…

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Bukavu hospital patients tell of being shot in chaos of Congolese withdrawal | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Patients at hospitals in the second-largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo have described how they sustained serious injuries during the chaotic withdrawal of the Congolese army and its allies in the days before Rwanda-backed M23 rebels marched in. Widespread shooting and looting preceded the arrival of the rebels in Bukavu, the capital…

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