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Le Pen back in the dock: the trial that’s shaking France
In the Spotlight Appealing her four-year conviction for embezzlement, the Rassemblement National leader faces an uncertain political future, whatever the result
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Ukraine, US and Russia: do rare trilateral talks mean peace is possible?
Rush to meet signals potential agreement but scepticism of Russian motives remain
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Syria’s Islamic State problem
In The Spotlight Fragile security in prison camps leads to escape of IS fighters
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Panama and Canada are negotiating over a crucial copper mine
In the Spotlight Panama is set to make a final decision on the mine this summer
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Trump backs off Greenland threats, declares ‘deal’
Speed Read Trump and NATO have ‘formed the framework for a future deal,’ the president claimed
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What is ‘Arctic Sentry’ and will it deter Russia and China?
Today’s Big Question Nato considers joint operation and intelligence sharing in Arctic region, in face of Trump’s threats to seize Greenland for ‘protection’
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How space travel changes your brain
Under the Radar Space shifts the position of the brain in the skull, causing orientation problems that could complicate plans to live on the Moon or Mars
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Iran unleashes carnage on its own people
Feature Demonstrations began in late December as an economic protest
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Spain’s deadly high-speed train crash
The Explainer The country experienced its worst rail accident since 2013, with the death toll of 39 ‘not yet final’
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The rise of the spymaster: a ‘tectonic shift’ in Ukraine’s politics
In the Spotlight President Zelenskyy’s new chief of staff, former head of military intelligence Kyrylo Budanov, is widely viewed as a potential successor
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How oil tankers have been weaponised
The Explainer The seizure of a Russian tanker in the Atlantic last week has drawn attention to the country’s clandestine shipping network
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Iran in flames: will the regime be toppled?
In Depth The moral case for removing the ayatollahs is clear, but what a post-regime Iran would look like is anything but
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The app that checks if you are dead
In The Spotlight Viral app cashing in on number of people living alone in China
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Europe moves troops to Greenland as Trump fixates
Speed Read Foreign ministers of Greenland and Denmark met at the White House yesterday
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