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According to a media report, US President Donald Trump does not believe that any talks with Iran will be affected by the crash of a US fighter jet. TV broadcaster NBC News reported, citing a telephone interview with the president, that when asked whether this would have an impact on diplomatic talks, he said: "No, not at all. No, it’s war. We’re in war." According to several media reports, the US has confirmed that a fighter jet has been shot down in Iran. One of the two crew members is said to have been rescued by US special forces, while the search for the second continues. This would be the...
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As the United States and Israel continue to attack Iranian nuclear facilities, Tehran's Atomic Energy Organisation (AEOI) slammed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as biased. The IAEA’s silence regarding the US and Israeli attacks on nuclear facilities used for peaceful purposes is “not merely inaction but clear complicity with the perpetrators,” the AEOI said in a post on X, decrying this "historic negligence" as eroding the agency's "little remaining credibility." Iran has sent several letters of protest to IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi, pointing this out, the post said. Ir...
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The Russian military launched powerful air attacks on Ukraine, battering the nation with missiles and drones on Good Friday, 1,500 days since Moscow began the war. “Hundreds of Shahed combat drones and dozens of missiles against our cities and towns,” President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote in a social media post after a telephone conversation with Pope Leo XIV. Zelensky said this was Russia’s response to his offer of a ceasefire over Easter, though churches in Ukraine, as in Russia, mark Easter next week, in line with the Orthodox calendar, on April 12. At least one person was killed and another i...
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A 20-year-old man who threatened to carry out an attack on a high-speed German Inter City Express (ICE) in western Germany was remanded in custody on Friday. An investigating judge issued an arrest warrant for the man in Aachen on Friday afternoon. He is to be remanded in custody, the Public Prosecutor’s Office announced. The arrest warrant cites suspicion of attempted murder, grievous bodily harm and violations of the Explosives Act, among other things. On Thursday evening, the assailant threatened to carry out an attack on a crowded ICE train en route from Cologne to Frankfurt and detonated ...
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Volunteers who have donated their time to help a humpback whale which got turned around off Germany's Baltic coast have received death threats now that it looks like the giant mammal might not survive its ordeal. “Regrettably, since it became clear that the animal could not be saved, hostility towards those involved in the rescue operation has been on the rise – even to the point of death threats,” said Till Backhaus, environment minister for the north-eastern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern region where the whale is currently stranded, according to a statement. "Of course, I understand that the situat...
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At least 55 people were injured in a serious train accident in Russia after the Moscow to Chelyabinsk night train derailed and seven double-decker carriages overturned. No one was killed in the accident, according to state-run Russian news agency TASS, citing the authorities. There were 415 passengers on board and at least 55 suffered minor or moderate injuries, regional governor Alexei Russkich said. Seventeen people are being treated in hospital, he said. Earlier reports put the number injured at 35. Some of the passengers managed to climb out of the overturned carriages, as could be seen in...
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What is it? More than 20 years ago, Porsche shocked the world by releasing a car which, at the time, seemed controversial. The original Cayenne was one of the very first road-focused SUVs that we’d ever seen and, given that it came from a brand which has such a link to sports cars, seemed like a huge departure from what you’d expect from Porsche. Fast-forward to 2026, and while SUVs are now the norm, electric powertrains continue to be something just out of the mainstream. It brings us to this – the new Cayenne Electric. It’s a battery-powered version of one of Porsche’s most successful models...
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The US government has confirmed that a fighter jet was shot down over Iran and one of two crew members has been rescued by US special forces, according to several reports. The news portal Axios, citing an Israeli official and a second source familiar with the situation, said the search for the jet's second crew member was ongoing. Broadcaster CBS News also reported on the rescue of a crew member, citing two US officials. The reports of the rescue came after the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Gard Corps said the armed forces shot down an F-35 fighter jet in central airspace using a new advanced ...
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Google has launched Gemma 4, which goes beyond chatbots and creates AI agents that can plan tasks, take actions on their own, generate code even without internet access, and process audio and video. It supports over 140 languages, making it useful for users worldwide. Developers can access Gemma 4 on Android through the new AICore Developer Preview or use Google AI Edge to build AI-powered features across mobile, desktop, and edge devices. Gemma 4 uses tools to fetch and process new information. It can turn long text or videos into short summaries or study notes, create charts from data, and w...
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US President Donald Trump plans a major increase in military spending, according to a draft budget published by the White House on Friday. Funding is set to soar to a record-breaking $1.5 trillion in the 2027 budget, local media reported. For the current financial year 2026, around $1 trillion is allocated for defence. The government’s budget plan is submitted to Congress, serving as a kind of roadmap and setting out the administration's priorities. Congress then decides on a series of budget bills, which the president must sign for them to enter force. Trump announced at the start of the year...
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