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2 days ago | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Kieran Kelly
Mr Trump held talks with Mohammed bin Salman immediately after stepping off Air Force OneDonald Trump has arrived in Saudi Arabia for the first major overseas trip of his second term. The US president is hoping to secure deals for investment in the US on a four-day tour of the Middle East, in which he will also visit Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. His presidential aircraft, Air Force Once, was escorted by F-15s as he landed in the Gulf State.
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2 days ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Kieran Kelly
Donald Trump has arrived in Saudi Arabia for the first major overseas trip of his second term. The US president is hoping to secure deals for investment in the US on a four-day tour of the Middle East, in which he will also visit Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. His presidential aircraft, Air Force Once, was escorted by F-15s as he landed in the Gulf State. The US president was greeted by Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi crown prince, as he stepped off the plane in Riyadh.
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2 days ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Kieran Kelly
Vladimir Putin is "very strangely silent" about attending peace talks in Turkey on Thursday, Volodymyr Zelensky has said. The Ukrainian president insisted in his evening address that he was "ready" to attend talks in Istanbul and potentially meet Putin face to face for the first time since 2019. "Russian shelling and assaults continue. Moscow remained silent all day regarding the proposal for a direct meeting. A very strange silence," he said.
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2 days ago | 
yahoo.com | Kieran Kelly
Kieran KellyMon, May 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM UTC1 min readEdan Alexander was released by Hamas on MondayHamas has said it has released the last living American hostage in Gaza. Edan Alexander, 21, was handed to the Red Cross in Rafah on Monday afternoon.
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3 days ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Kieran Kelly
Hamas has said it has released the last living American hostage in Gaza. Edan Alexander, 21, was handed over to the Red Cross in Rafah on Monday afternoon.
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3 days ago | 
yahoo.com | Kieran Kelly
Credit: Bernalillo County Sheriff’s OfficePolice officers in New Mexico opened fire after two children refused to drop a loaded handgun. Footage shows the two boys, dressed in Minecraft and Star Wars pyjamas, passing the pistol to each other and hiding it behind their backs. In the footage, the pair wave around the weapon, and one boy pulls the trigger, although the gun does not fire.
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telegraph.co.uk | Kieran Kelly
An officer eventually rushed in to detain both boys as they clung onto the weapon. "Had that gun gone off, our deputies could have taken deadly force. That would not have gone well with anybody in the nation," John Allen, Bernalillo County Sheriff, told a news conference. "This will shock the conscience of Bernalillo County," he added. The boys were not arrested but instead referred to a Behaviour Health Unit, where an official intervention was staged.
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6 days ago | 
yahoo.com | Kieran Kelly
Robert Prevost, the new Pope, has become embroiled in a social media storm after posts he appeared to share on X before he was elected criticised Donald Trump and JD Vance. The 69-year-old American, who will be known as Pope Leo XIV, expressed disapproval at the Trump administration’s recent moves on immigration and Mr Vance’s interpretation of Jesus’s teachings.
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6 days ago | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Kieran Kelly
Robert Prevost was elected as the first American pope on Thursday, appearing on the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica as Leo XIV. The 69-year-old pontiff takes immediate charge of the Vatican, leading the Catholic Church and holding authority over its 1.4 billion followers. Pope Leo XIV delivered his first public address and his first “Urbi et Orbi” (”To the City and the World”) blessing in front of the thousands who had gathered in St Peter’s Square.
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6 days ago | 
yahoo.com | Kieran Kelly
Robert Prevost was elected as the first American pope on Thursday, appearing on the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica as Leo XIV. The 69-year-old pontiff takes immediate charge of the Vatican, leading the Catholic Church and holding authority over its 1.4 billion followers. Pope Leo XIV delivered his first public address and his first “Urbi et Orbi” (”To the City and the World”) blessing in front of the thousands who had gathered in St Peter’s Square.
