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Reform UK has warned that its first team, modelled on Elon Musk’s Department for Government Effectiveness (Doge), will “take time” to make recommendations. On Monday, the first group of Doges arrived at Kent County Council (KCC) in Maidstone for their…

The BBC has defended its coverage of the Gaza conflict after the US administration criticised its reporting on a recent incident in the area that reportedly left several people dead. Spokeswoman Carolyn Leavitt said the corporation, while updating the headline…

The search for Madeleine McCann will resume in Portugal, near the site of her last appearance in 2007. A new search began yesterday, with teams clearing a well and removing overgrowth around abandoned buildings in the countryside a few miles…

Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof has announced that his coalition government will serve as a caretaker administration after far-right politician Geert Wilders pulled his ministers out of the cabinet over a row over immigration restrictions. The statement marked the end…

The National Museum of the Netherlands has a new exhibit that combines art with Amsterdam’s infamous Red Light District: a nearly 200-year-old condom decorated with erotic art. The Rijksmuseum says the prophylactic, believed to have been made from a sheep’s…

Search teams have been seen working to drain a well and clear areas of dense vegetation near abandoned buildings as the search for Madeleine McCann continues in Portugal. German detectives, together with Portuguese police and firefighters, are working in a…

Palestinian medical officials and witnesses say Israeli forces opened fire on civilians heading to a humanitarian aid point on Tuesday, killing at least 27 people, the third such incident in three days. The army says the shooting was directed at…

Three British nationals accused of smuggling almost a kilogram of cocaine into Indonesia are appearing in court on the popular tourist island of Bali. They face the death penalty under the country’s harsh drug laws. In Indonesia, those convicted of…

Russia’s attack on the Ukrainian city of Sumy on Tuesday, which left at least three people dead and many injured, was described as “brutal” by President Volodymyr Zelensky. A series of rocket strikes hit residential buildings and a medical facility…

Conservative Karol Nawrocki has won Poland’s presidential election over the weekend, according to the final vote count. Mr Nawrocki won 50.89% of the vote in a tight race with Warsaw’s liberal mayor, Rafal Trzaskowski, who won 49.11%. The tense fight…