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Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was among six people who were detained in Denmark, police said, after a demonstration against the University of Copenhagen for co-operating with Israeli universities where demonstrators shouted pro-Palestinian slogans. The group was detained on Wednesday…

A fatal fire at a housing block in 2009 should have alerted the London Fire Brigade (LFB) to the “shortcomings” in its ability to fight blazes in high-rise buildings, the final report of the inquiry into the Grenfell Tower disaster…

The devastating Grenfell Tower fire in London which killed 72 people was the result of “decades of failure” by the UK government and the construction industry to act on the dangers of flammable materials on high-rise buildings, a long-awaited report…

A campaign to inoculate children in Gaza against polio and prevent the spread of the virus began on Saturday, as Palestinians in both the Hamas-governed coastal enclave and in the occupied West Bank reeled from Israel’s ongoing campaigns in both…

One of two doctors charged in connection with Matthew Perry’s death made his first appearance in a federal court in Los Angeles on Friday after reaching a plea deal with prosecutors. Dr Mark Chavez, 54, of San Diego, stood in…

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky fired the commander of the country’s air force on Friday, four days after an F16 warplane that Ukraine received from its Western partners crashed during a Russian bombardment and killed the pilot. The order to dismiss…

Czech explosive experts detonated a Second World War bomb on Friday at a major chemical plant in the north west of the country, where it was found last week, authorities said. Besides a few broken windows, the controlled explosion did…

The Israeli military struck the West Bank city of Jenin, authorities said on Friday, the third day of heavy fighting in the Palestinian territory. The Israeli military says it “struck a terrorist cell”. Such airstrikes, while common over the months-long Israel-Hamas…

Inflation in the 20 European Union countries that use the euro fell sharply to 2.2% in August, opening the door for the European Central Bank to cut interest rates as the ECB and the US Federal Reserve prepare to lower…

Special counsel Jack Smith has filed a new indictment against Donald Trump over his efforts to undo the 2020 presidential election that keeps the same criminal charges but narrows the allegations against him. The new indictment removes a section that…