The US’s former envoy to Kabul said that Ms Hall is now in the care of Qatari officials and would “soon be heading home”.
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JD Vance’s ominous pitch to Greenland
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Pro-democracy protesters return to Istanbul’s streets for huge rally
Demonstrators gathered in support of opposition leader Ekrem Imamoglu, who says his arrest was politically motivated.
Myanmar junta continues air strikes after devastating earthquake
A UN Special Rapporteur tells BBC it is “nothing short of incredible” that the military would “drop bombs when you are trying to rescue people”.
Myanmar quake toll passes 1,600 as people dig for survivors with bare hands
An acute lack of equipment, patchy communications and wrecked roads are hampering the search for survivors.
‘We told each other to run’: Survivors recount Bangkok building collapse
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Partial eclipse darkens sky over UK and abroad
The eclipse won’t be total anywhere in the world, but parts of Canada will come close.
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What caused the Myanmar earthquake – and why did it make a tower in Bangkok collapse?
The size of the earthquake and the length of the fault line it occurred on contributed to the devastation.