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British foreign minister Dominic Raab said he was urging all those involved to find a diplomatic solution to tensions which have flared following the killing of a top Iranian military commander by the United States. Speaking following a meeting of senior British ministers, chaired by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, to discuss the crisis, Raab said he had spoken to Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif earlier on Monday. Asked about President Donald Trump’s threat to attack Iranian cultural sites, Raab said such sites were protected under international law and Britain expected that to be respected.

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The U.S. ambassador to Iraq and other staff were evacuated from their embassy in Baghdad for their safety, Iraqi officials said, as thousands of protesters and militia fighters thronged the gates, threw stones and lit fires in fury at U.S. airstrikes in Iraq. On Sunday, U.S. planes had attacked bases belonging to an Iranian-backed militia, a move that risks drawing Iraq further into a proxy conflict between Washington and Tehran at a time when mass protests are challenging Iraq’s political system. The attack on the Kataib Hezbollah militia was in response to the killing of a U.S. civilian contractor in…

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The New Year’s Eve Service with the man of God, Reverend (Dr.) Chris Oyakhilome, was one of the most televised events in the world and launched many millions into a glorious 2020.  The event was hosted from the LoveWorld Convocation Arena in Lagos, Nigeria and transmitted LIVE by all LoveWorld Network stations, several terrestrial TV/radio stations across the globe and via several internet platforms to many millions around the world.  Further Millions also gathered at Loveworld Churches globally and viewing centers in different cities and towns around the world to thank God for a most luminant 2019 and to receive…

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Iran’s most powerful military commander, General Qasem Soleimani, has been killed by a US airstrike in Iraq. The 62-year old spearheaded Iranian military operations in the Middle East as head of Iran’s elite Quds Force. He was killed at Baghdad airport, alongside local Iran-backed militias, early on Friday in a strike ordered by US President Donald Trump. Under his leadership, Iran had bolstered Hezbollah in Lebanon and other pro-Iranian militant groups, expanded Iran’s military presence in Iraq and Syria and orchestrated Syria’s offensive against rebel groups in the country’s long civil war. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said “severe…

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A series of new records for high temperatures were broken in the UK in 2019, concluding a record-breaking decade, the Met Office has said. The last decade was the second hottest in the past 100 years in the UK, with eight new high-temperature records set. Four new UK records were set last year alone, including the highest winter and summer temperatures ever recorded: Last year, a maximum of 21.2C was reached on 26 February, in London – the hottest February day ever recorded and on 25 July, temperatures then reached 38.7C in Cambridge – the UK’s highest-ever recorded temperature. The…

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Britain’s Prince William launched a multi-million-pound prize to encourage the world’s greatest problem-solvers to find answers to Earth’s biggest environmental problems, saying the planet was now at a tipping point. The Earthshot Prize, described in its publicity as the “most prestigious environmental prize in history”, will be awarded to five winners a year over the next decade with the aim of producing at least 50 solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges. A film to coincide with Tuesday’s launch was narrated by veteran British broadcaster and naturalist David Attenborough, who has been making nature programmes such as the popular Blue…

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Tens of thousands of holiday makers fled seaside towns on Australia’s east coast on Thursday ahead of advancing bushfires, as military ships and helicopters began rescuing thousands more trapped by the blazes. Fueled by searing temperatures and high winds, more than 200 fires are burning across the southeastern states of New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria, threatening several towns. Long queues formed outside supermarkets and petrol stations as residents and tourists sought supplies to either bunker down or escape the fires, emptying shelves of staples like bread and milk. More than 50,000 people were without power and some towns had…

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British factory output fell in December at the fastest rate since 2012 as a tepid global economy hurt demand and businesses further reduced stocks of goods they had built up in case of a no-deal Brexit, a survey showed on Thursday. The output gauge in the IHS Markit/CIPS UK Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell to 45.6 from 49.1 in November, its lowest since July 2012. Readings below 50 denote contraction. The broader headline PMI, which combines gauges of output, employment and orders, fell to 47.5 from 48.9 – revised up only slightly from a preliminary reading of 47.4 and…

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