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Man in exploded Cybertruck was elite soldier and shot himself before blast

Watch: Las Vegas police say driver in Tesla Cybertruck explosion likely US soldier The man who drove a Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside the Trump

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Cybertruck explodes at Trump Las Vegas hotel, killing one

Watch: Smoke seen outside Trump hotel after Cybertruck explosion Police are investigating after a Tesla Cybertruck filled with fuel canisters and firework mortars exploded outside

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How the wars of 2024 brought together rivals and created new enemies

BBC This has been one of the most eventful years since I began covering global security for the BBC in the aftermath of the 11

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Gaza babies dying from the cold as winter temperatures drop

BBC Sila’s father carries her tiny body to be buried Sila was less than three weeks old when her mother Nariman realised she wasn’t moving.

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US asks what’s next for healthcare

Special education teacher Robin Ginkel has spent almost two years fighting with her insurance company to try to get it to pay for back surgery

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Israel forcibly evacuates Gaza’s Kamal Adwan hospital and detains medical staff

Israeli forces have detained and interrogated medical staff after forcibly evacuating the last major hospital in northern Gaza, the Hamas-run health ministry says. The director

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Bashar al-Assad fell – then one woman learnt her husband’s past

BBC Abdullah Al Nofal (left) and his wife Douna Haj Ahmed It was early December when Douna Haj Ahmed, a Syrian refugee, discovered the disturbing

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The Nigerian wristwatch repairer lost in time in Kaduna

Ifiokabasi Ettang / BBC Ticking is the predominant sound inside Bala Muhammad’s tiny watch-repair shop, tucked away on a bustling street in the northern Nigerian

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South Africa’s succulent plants under threat from poachers in the Karoo

Thuthuka Zondi / BBC A biodiversity hotspot in a remote part of South Africa has become the hub of an illegal trade in protected plant

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Ukraine’s stamps put humour, patriotism and swearing in the post

MYKOLA TYS/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock The head of Ukraine’s postal company, Ukrposhta, says they’re “breaking the rules” with their war stamps Rude gestures are rare on postage stamps,