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The broken banks of the Limpopo River are now faint snaking lines in a vast sea of brown, stagnant water that stretches out in every direction.

Northeast Syria is rapidly changing hands, and with it the country's fragile balance of power.

​​​​​​​Pep Guardiola has given a passionate speech in support of Palestinian children and called for action.

Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodriguez has signed a law opening the country's oil sector to privatisation.

The reopening of the Rafah crossing feels like it should be an important moment. Symbolically, it is. From Sunday, people will be able to cross from Gaza to Egypt, and back again. Sort of.

Donald Trump has endorsed a spending deal negotiated by US Senate Republicans and Democrats that would stave off a government shutdown and temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security.

A seven-year-old girl is missing after she was "swept away by a wave" in Morocco, an MP has said.

In Iran, the climate of fear has been restored after the clerics who run this country successfully crushed a nationwide revolt.

China has lifted restrictions on some British MPs and peers and will now allow all parliamentarians to visit the country, Sir Keir Starmer has said.

China has executed 11 members of a mafia family for killing 14 people and running a crime syndicate worth more than $1bn, authorities said.