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The release of more than 600 Palestinian prisoners planned for Saturday has been postponed "until the release of the next hostages is secured without humiliating ceremonies", Israel has said.

Pope Francis is in a critical condition after a "prolonged respiratory crisis" that required a high-flow of oxygen and is "suffering more than yesterday", the Vatican has said.

Donald Trump has said a deal for Ukraine's rare earth metals is "pretty close" and the US is targeting "anything we can get" in exchange for the aid it's provided.

Visits by prime ministers to the American president matter much more to us "Brits" than they do to them.

One person has been killed and two police officers seriously injured in a knife attack in eastern France.

Sir Keir Starmer and Volodymyr Zelenskyy said this is a "significant moment" for European security amid the continued fallout between the Ukrainian leader and Donald Trump.

A suspected drugs boss known as "The Fly" has been recaptured nine months after escaping during an ambush that killed two French prison officers.

The man arrested for stabbing a Spanish tourist at Berlin's Holocaust memorial is a 19-year-old Syrian refugee, according to prosecutors.

The body of hostage Shiri Bibas has been returned, her family has confirmed.

A man whose credit card was stolen and used to buy a winning lottery ticket is appealing for the thieves to come forward - so they can split the cash.