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Author: Al Jazeera Staff
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Russia and Ukraine are trading blame for continued air attacks on civilian targets in Ukrainian regions Sumy and Donetsk and on energy targets in Russia’s Krasnodar. Trump and Putin had a lengthy telephone call in which they discussed the ongoing Russian war with Ukraine. After the call, the White House announced that the two leaders had agreed on a 30-day pause on attacks on energy infrastructure targets. Russia and the US said they would begin talks on the terms for a ceasefire in the Black Sea. The US and Russia will expand their bilateral relationship. The move towards peace will begin with a halt on targeting energy infrastructure. Negotiations will begin immediately in the Middle East on bringing maritime peace to the Black Sea. Russian and US experts are being created to work out terms for a settlement in Ukraine. To achieve a ceasefire across the line of contact, Moscow raised concerns about the rearmament of Ukrainian forces. The statement claimed that “barbaric terrorist crimes” had been committed by the Ukrainian army against civilians in Kursk. Russia is ready to guarantee the lives and decent treatment of Ukrainian troops in accordance with Russian and international law if they surrender. The US and Russia will make combined efforts to stabilise the situation in the Middle East. The Ukrainian president said Kyiv would support any attempt to bring peace to the region. He added that he wished to see specific details from Trump. Russian Ministry of Defence reported that Ukraine attacked an energy facility in the south of Russia’s Krasnodar region. In early March 2022, Russian troops occupied Zaphorizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Europe’s largest, in southeast Ukraine.

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Author: Mansur Mirovalev
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Russia launched 145 drones and six missiles on Ukraine on Tuesday. The attacks were launched from six locations in western Russia. 45 drones targeted the Kyiv region alone, Ukrainian officials said. Russia will continue to present its ultimatums in the next stages of talks,” Fesenko said. Kyiv proposed to cease air and sea attacks, as well as strikes on energy infrastructure for 30 days. Russian pummelling of Ukraine’s power stations has caused blackouts and further hobbled the country’s economy.

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Author: The Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 13:39:58

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Die Bundestag sat in Bonn for half a century after the birth of the Federal Republic of Germany. In 1999, nearly a decade after reunification, lawmakers moved to the Reichstag in Berlin. It's unclear when it will elect a new chancellor, since Friedrich Merz is still in talks to form coalition government. Outgoing speaker Bärbel Bas thanked the workers who would rearrange the chamber “in overtime and at the weekend” as she closed Tuesday's special session.

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Author: Maziar Motamedi
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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White House officials have again said Iran must do away with its nuclear programme entirely, leaving all uranium enrichment activity, even at low levels. Amid intense US air strikes on Yemen, Trump has also said the US will hold Tehran responsible for any attacks by Yemen’s Houthis. This has only led to more calls from within Iran to abandon its officially stated policy that it will never pursue nuclear weapons. Iran has amassed enough fissile material for multiple bombs but has made no effort to build one. The three countries have been holding talks in Beijing to present a more unified approach on the Iranian nuclear issue. France, Germany and the United Kingdom continue to threaten to activate its “snapback” mechanism to reinstate all United Nations sanctions against Iran. The rial briefly hit the psychological threshold of 1,000,000 against the US dollar. Trump has sent a letter to the Iranian supreme leader this week. The text of the letter has not been publicised.

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Author: Unknown
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Author: Unknown
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Alaa Yahya returns to Damascus to rebuild his community, long neglected under the now-toppled al-Assad regime. But his return is bittersweet – he’s exhausted after 14 years of humanitarian work and unsure about his future. A documentary film by Abdulrahman Alkilany, Siraj Albasha, and Hamza Ateka.

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Author: The Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 13:28:18

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An international staffer was killed and five others wounded in an explosion in the Gaza Strip. The cause of the blast remains unclear but an explosive ordnance was dropped or fired.

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Author: Unknown
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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SpaceX capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico near Tallahassee, Florida. They faced repeated setbacks before NASA arranged an alternate return. Their journey began with Boeing’s troubled Starliner launch last June.

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Author: Al Jazeera Staff
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Israeli forces killed at least 436 people in 100 simultaneous strikes across the Gaza Strip. At least 183 children, 94 women, 34 elderly people and 125 men were killed in the attacks. SANAD identified 23 locations attacked by the Israeli military. Israeli attacks continue Overnight, at least 27 Palestinians were killed as Israeli attacks continued for a second day. At least 49,547 Palestinians have been confirmed dead and 112,719 wounded in Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza. Israel will press ahead until it achieved all of its war aims – destroying Hamas.

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Author: Oman Al Yahyai
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Mahmoud Khalil was arrested for his role in protests against Israel at Columbia University. In a letter released on Tuesday by his lawyers, he condemned his arrest and treatment as politically motivated. He wrote from a detention centre in Louisiana, criticised both the Trump and Biden administrations for suppressing Palestinian activism.

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Author: The Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 13:21:40

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Nicholas Prosper told he will not be eligible for parole for at least 49 years. At sentencing hearing, Justice Bobbie Cheema-Grubb said she had considered handing him a full life order. Prosper admitted last month to murdering his mother and two younger siblings.

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Author: Yashraj Sharma
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Datta Shirke has not left his home for the past two days. He fears being arrested by police, who he says are detaining innocent Muslims. The police have imposed a curfew and more than 50 people have been arrested in raids. Maharashtra’s chief minister suggests a recent Bollywood film portraying Aurangzeb as a villain might have played a role in inflaming Hindu sentiments. The film, Chhaava, fictionalises the battles between the Mughal ruler and the Marathas. Aurangzeb inherited a strong empire, where he ascended after imprisoning his father and having his elder brother killed. But the power-hungry emperor was also unmatched on the battlefield in his time and excellent at building alliances, author Audrey Truschke says. He imposed tough Islamic laws and had a discriminatory tax that Hindu residents needed to pay in return for protection. In 2024, four people were arrested for raising posters of Aurangzeb in a procession. In June 2023, an Instagram post on the ruler landed a 14-year-old Muslim boy in jail. The Modi government changed middle school and high school history textbooks. Aurangzeb’s tomb is safeguarded as a Monument of National Importance by the Archaeological Survey of India under a 1958 law. As tensions continue to simmer in Nagpur, residents and local activists fear more violence might be around the corner. For Truschke, the Hindu majoritarian obsession with history is about that movement’s hatred for Muslims.

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Author: Al Jazeera Staff
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Sayeda Zeinab is one of Egypt’s holiest sites, said to be where the granddaughter of the Prophet Muhammad is buried. People come from across Egypt to pray and hold vigils there, seeking miracles that many believe happen there. During Ramadan, the mosque overlooks a “table of mercy” set up by volunteers to feed the needy and passers-by. Volunteers run small shops and stands in the market, selling fabric, clothes and food. Once they’re done volunteering, they will go back to their shops to try to make money during a month when revenue sinks as fasting changes shopping times and patterns. One day, someone may donate meat, another day rice or vegetables. Hassan, an energetic volunteer in a lime-green hoodie, is scolded by older volunteers for joking around while distributing the food, but it ends in laughter. In Egypt, these tables of mercy are a massive phenomenon that goes as far back as the 800s. The International Monetary Fund is holding meetings with Egypt about past loans and a new $1.3bn package. The kitchen and storage facility that volunteers use belongs to a service that provides free weekly meals to some poor families but on a much smaller scale than this table of mercy. A table for all Hamdy stresses that these tables are open to anyone. Hamdy says seeing people sitting and enjoying their time fills us with joy. "We wait the whole year so that we can come together and do this again," he says.

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Author: Unknown
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang unveiled 'Blue' an advanced AI-powered robot developed in partnership with DeepMind and Disney Research. Blue impressed the audience by interacting in real-time with Huang and responding to his gestures and comments.

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Author: Al Jazeera
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Australia face an Indonesian team led for the first time by Patrick Kluivert. The teams meet in Sydney on Thursday in a crucial clash with both battling to nab the second spot in Asian qualifying Group C alongside Japan, who have all but locked up the top spot. Australia’s hopes of securing the second automatic ticket to the finals will rest on how they fare against Indonesia and China. Jay Idzes says Indonesia is a country that has to be dealt with. He says in the next years we can really put Indonesia on the map. "I’m very happy about the quality that we have in the group. Everything can be better," he says.

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Author: Rory Sullivan
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Italian authorities are still searching for up to 40 missing migrants. The incident comes a day after 10 other people were rescued from a vessel and taken to the italian island of Lampedusa. Last year, 66,317 reached the country, down from 157,651 in 2023. Meloni’s government has come under fire for its decision to open asylum processing centres in Albania.

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Author: The Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 11:31:56

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The northwestern Torkham border crossing had been shut for nearly a month. The crossing is in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Pakistani Taliban militants frequently target security forces.

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Author: Unknown
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore spent nine months stranded in space. They had planned to spend eight days on the International Space Station. The Boeing Starliner they were relying on malfunctioned.

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Author: Al Jazeera Staff
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Israel’s latest wave of deadly attacks across Gaza shattered the fragile two-month ceasefire agreement it had with Hamas. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “backed down on the agreement”. At least 404 Palestinians were killed and hundreds wounded in the air raids on Tuesday.

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Author: The Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 10:32:51

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Italian Coast Guard recovered six bodies and was searching for up to 40 migrants missing. Another 10 people, including four women, were rescued Tuesday and brought to Italy's southernmost island. The Red Cross said they were in good physical condition, and were receiving psychological care.

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Author: DAVID RISING Associated Press, ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 09:29:55

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The Trump administration's broad cuts to USAID also halted efforts to clear unexploded American munitions and landmines. The cuts risk jeopardizing hard-won diplomatic gains with Vietnam. Funding for the Agent Orange cleanup was unfrozen about a week after it was stopped. Vietnam is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. It was a slow road back from the war, which saw more than 58,000 Americans killed before it finally ended in 1975. Starting in the 1990s, the U.S. Began helping its former enemy address wartime legacies like Agent Orange. A U.S. Project to clean up from the former Da Nang Air Base was successfully completed in 2018, giving rise to the Bien Hoa cleanup effort outside of Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon. As of 2024, the province in which Bien hoa is located had more than 8,600 people still suffering from Agent Orange-related health issues. Work began in 2020 on a 10-year project funded by USAID and the Department of Defense. Embassy in Hanoi and USAID referred all questions on the war legacy projects to the State Department in Washington. Asked to elaborate on how long the Bien Hoa project was shut down and what operations had resumed. Vietnam’s Defense Ministry referred questions to the Foreign Ministry, which did not respond to requests for comment. It’s too early to say exactly how the abrupt decision will affect relations, but it is likely to call into question whether Washington is still a reliable partner in other dealings. One joint program not affected by USAID cuts is ongoing efforts to find and identify missing American troops. But funding for the effort falls under the U.S. Defense budget rather than foreign aid. Rieser: "Right now it’s a museum of American war crimes and the whole point of this is to show that we didn’t just walk away from what happened" Rising reported from Bangkok.

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Author: Qasem Waleed, Qasem Waleed Palestinian physicist, based in Gaza
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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I, like two million other Palestinians in Gaza, survived the genocidal inferno from October 7, 2023 to January 19, 2025. I remember telling myself after the 2008-09 Israeli aggression against Gaza that I would never witness something like that war ever again. Despite living through 15 months of Israel’s genocidal war, I have no answer to these questions. How many more children will Israel kill to realise its so-called “total” victory? How long will it take them this time to “finish the job”? if that was the case, then what was the ceasefire for? A rest for the killers from all the killing?. The least it can do is not to take our pain and misery for granted.

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Author: Unknown
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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US and Russia praised a phone call between Trump and Putin on Tuesday. Kyiv fears it may be forced into a deal it does not like.

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Author: Al Jazeera
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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UNHCR representative says inflatable dinghy left Tunisia on Monday. Survivors said some of the missing had fallen overboard in rough seas. There were five landings in Lampedusa on Tuesday.

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Author: Sergio Cantone
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Europol says traditional criminal activities have been weaponized by a teaming up of gangsters and “hostile state-actors such as Russia and Belarus” Europol officials say criminal organizations are agile, borderless and they work to destabilize. The new Serious and Organized Crime Threat Assessment (SOCA) report points out that organised crime is no longer a nationally based and rooted entity. In 2024, Europol’s budget amounted to more than 220 millions Euros. One of the most concrete and visible acts of hostile hybrid warfare is the use of illegal immigration to destabilize the political landscape of the EU. It is also a prototypical case of the synergy between organized crime and state actors. Polish deputy-interior minister Maciej Duszczyk tells Euronews. "this is the modus operandi of the criminal gangs who cooperate very closely with the Belarusian and Russian government"

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