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Looted African belongings must be returned: is it repatriation or restitution? The words we use matter

Museums and universities around the world hold vast collections of cultural artefacts, artworks, objectified belongings and even ancestral remains. Many were not freely given but taken during colonial times, through force, manipulation, theft or violence. For decades, they have sat in storerooms and display cases, classified into categories like anthropology,…

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UK accused of breaking key aid promise as cuts drive humanitarian crisis in South Sudan

IN FOCUS: Britain is accused of undermining a key aid pledge to support Sudan after failing to maintain the flow of aid as refugees flee to South Sudan, reports Nick Ferris. Stories from the border between the two countries reveal just how devastating the cuts have been

The Independent UK

We can be heroes: the inspiring people we met around the world in 2025 – part one

From the Indigenous doctor balancing traditional and western medicine to a father risking death to provide for his family in Gaza, these are some of the people whose determination and bravery stood out

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Huge online scam operations are flourishing in war-torn Myanmar – I travelled there to find out why

South-east Asia has become the “ground zero” for the global online scamming industry, according to the UN, costing victims billions of US dollars each year. Scam operations are run by Chinese crime syndicates from fortified compounds in countries like Myanmar, which has been embroiled in a nationwide armed conflict since…

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‘You sneak in and hope you make it back’: the Sudanese volunteers risking it all to bring care to millions

Members of Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms network tell Guardian they didn’t mind missing out on the Nobel peace prize because ‘we only want to help’

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Investigation Rules Out Sabotage in Libya Plane Crash That Killed Army Chief and Three French Crew Members

Turkish investigators rule out sabotage in Libya plane crash that killed army chief Mohammed Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad and three French crew members.

International Business Times UK

Myanmar junta using ‘brutal violence’ to force people to vote in sham election, UN says

Prominent cultural figures have been handed harsh years-long prison sentences for questioning a state propaganda film

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Myanmar’s first election since the 2021 coup: everything you need to know

The ruling junta says the heavily restricted polls are a return to democracy but critics are wary

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Amazon 'Fights' 1,800 North Korean Operatives Targeting US Jobs to 'Get Hired, Get Paid, Fund Weapons'

A top Amazon official revealed that the company received over 1,800 job applications filled by suspected North Korean agents trying to get remote to finance Pyongyang's weapon development.

International Business Times UK

Ancient Egyptian boat hailed as ‘one of the most important restoration projects in the 21st century’

The ambitious project is expected to span four years

The Independent UK

Italy to keep military in Lebanon after end of UN mission to ensure stability

Italy says it will keep a military presence in Lebanon after the United Nations peacekeeping force it belongs to begins to withdraw as planned at the end of 2026.

Radio France Internationale

A story about North Korea and Japan, an exhilarating political film and a funny spy thriller – the three best releases of 2025

In 2025, there was a lot of excellent art and culture to rave about.

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Reform plan to cap aid at £1bn would damage UK’s international influence, critics warn

Exclusive: Campaigners say slashing overseas aid would leave UK unable to meet existing commitments

The Guardian - UK

Sudan's prime minister takes his peace plan to the UN, but US urges humanitarian truce now

Sudan’s prime minister is proposing a wide-ranging peace initiative to end a nearly 1,000-day war with a rival paramilitary force

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Keir Starmer urged to protect HIV funding for once-in-a-generation opportunity to end Aids

Coalition of charities and MPs have signed a letter from Geordie Greig, editor-in-chief of The Independent, appealing to the prime minister to grasp the chance to ‘make Aids history’

The Conversation

Ecological myopia: the blind spot holding back climate action

Global debate about how to navigate the climate crisis often centres on high-level pledges and whether national targets are being met. Yet focusing on these technical outcomes obscures a deeper problem that keeps climate action falling short.

The Guardian - UK

Patches of the moon to become spacecraft graveyards, say researchers

As number of lunar satellites soars, sites will be marked out where defunct hardware can be crash-landed

The Guardian - UK

Reward countries that toe the line, punish those that don’t: that’s how Trump is exerting control in Latin America

His interference in the region has been aided by the collapse of the leftist forces that once pushed back against US imperialism, says Jordana Timerman, a journalist based in Buenos Aires

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Nigeria says all freed after release of 130 abducted Catholic schoolchildren

Nigerian authorities have secured the release of 130 schoolchildren who were taken at gunpoint from a Catholic school in November. The government says that no more staff and students are still being held.

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Monday briefing: A route out of Gaza’s shattered universities – and the student who made it to the UK

In today’s newsletter: With Gaza’s education system in ruins, a small number of students have found a way to study abroad. Aseel Mousa reflects on escape, guilt and how the war followed her to the UK

The Guardian - UK

It was lethal to be in Gaza this year, and deadly for those who tried to tell the world

The Al Jazeera reporter Anas al-Sharif was the most prominent name among so many targeted for simply bearing witness to the truth, says journalist and media professor Jane Martinson

Evening Standard

Disruption to Christmas getaway amid queues to ferry and train cancellations

Ferry passengers faced queuing traffic towards the Port of Dover and some Cross Country trains between Manchester and Bournemouth were cancelled.

Radio France Internationale

Macron in United Arab Emirates for bilateral talks, Christmas with French troops

France will ⁠build a new aircraft carrier to boost its ‍capacities as a maritime power, President Emmanuel Macron has told French troops gathered at a military ‍base in Abu Dhabi, where he will also discuss bilateral ties with the Gulf state, notably co-operation on combatting drug trafficking. The UAE is…

The Guardian - UK

Sweden and Germany slash aid budgets to focus on Ukraine and defence spending

Echoing the dismantling of USAID, other countries are changing funding priorities and health and hunger programmes in Africa will lose out

The Guardian - UK

Dining across the divide: ‘A lot of English people living in Scotland have a visceral reaction when you say you want independence’

They disagree on the EU, and both think Brexit was a terrible idea. Do they feel the same about opportunities for young people?

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