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Controversies over antisemitism have engulfed the billionaire and his social network, X. Source link

Rio de Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer statue has been illuminated to welcome Taylor Swift. It came as the global pop sensation arrived in the country for her record-breaking Eras Tour. Swift had to cancel previously scheduled performances in the country because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Source link

Christophe Béchu, who is both a party colleague and minister of ecological transition, said Horizons officials would meet on Saturday to discuss his position. “He clearly won’t be able to stay in the party if there is the slightest doubt surrounding the veracity of all this,” he told French radio. Source link

On German streets outrage at Israel’s actions is growing and pro-Palestinian demonstrations have been held most weekends since 7 October. Germany has large Arab diaspora communities with links to, or sympathy for, people in Gaza. Support for Palestinians is also traditionally a totemic issue for some German left-wing groups. Source link

A rebel leader tells the BBC his forces will fight a paramilitary group accused of ethnic cleansing. Source link

The Minister for Education Jason Clare also said students should not be at the Friday strike. “I want our kids to be passionate, I want our kids to care about democracy and I want our kids to care about the future, but I also want our kids at school,” he said. Source link

At least 50 people are said to have died so far with over 7,000 suspected cases. Source link

David McBride helped expose allegations of extrajudicial killings by Australian troops in Afghanistan. Source link

A selection of the best photos from across the African continent this week. Source link

The African music star mulls her 40-year career, which is to be celebrated at the Royal Albert Hall. Source link

A jury deadlocked on charges over whether Brett Hankison violated the rights of Ms Taylor and her neighbours. Source link

The Israeli army says Yehudit Weiss’s body was recovered near Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City. Source link

Four members of the Afzaal family died after they were deliberately run over with a truck in Ontario. Source link

Julie Mehretu’s painting becomes the most expensive by an African-born artist to be sold at auction. Source link

The rival presidents found common ground on climate change, military communications and fentanyl. Source link

After weeks of haggling, the Socialist leader clinches a vote in parliament with a four-seat majority. Source link

In one of his famed self-portraits, Omar Victor Diop, a Senegalese photographer and artist, wears a three-piece suit and an extravagant paisley bow tie, preparing to blow a yellow, plastic whistle. The elaborately staged photograph evokes the memory of Frederick Douglass, the one-time fugitive slave who in the 19th century rose to become a leading

The new foreign secretary is visiting Kyiv, as President Zelensky thanks the UK for its support. Source link

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“They tried to impose the Russian identity through the public space. They marked days of the Russian flag, days of Russia, put up billboards and, of course, tried to establish control over school. They introduced the Russian school curriculum, crucially the history course, and tried to impose Russia’s world view,” Mr Petryk says. Source link