Bel Trew spent days travelling across Syria – from Aleppo in the north, to the capital Damascus and Deraa in the south – charting a nation coming to terms with the ends of decades of brutal rule by the Assads. From families trying to find missing loved ones in the regime’s notorious prisons to religious minorities facing an uncertain future under the new Islamist-led administration

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Teachers across the country approved of the ban

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Duggan, 56, has been in a maximum-security prison for over two years, fighting the extradition

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US president-elect Donald Trump said Mark Burnett ‘will work to enhance diplomatic relations’

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No tsunami alerts were triggered by the latest tremor

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Family members of businessman killed in crash in Gramado

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The man accused of fatally shooting the CEO of UnitedHealthcare is expected to be arraigned in a Manhattan court on state murder and terror charges

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Two recently retired senior Israeli intelligence agents are sharing details about a deadly clandestine operation that targeted Hezbollah militants in Lebanon and Syria with exploding pagers and walkie-talkies

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The former Florida congressman bared his plans in a speech to a conservative Phoenix crowd as the release of the House Ethics Committee investigation report on him is imminent

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Crime Commissioner Jessica Tisch said attacker committed ‘one of the most depraved crimes one person could possibly commit against another human being’

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Kay Granger, the current congresswoman representing Tarrant County in Texas, now lives full-time at an assisted living facility

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The walkouts are organised by Workers United, a union representing over 10,000 baristas

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“The golden age of America is upon us!” Trump declared.

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Washington showed its gray hair in 2024. More reckonings are likely on the horizon

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Fifty-one men have now been brought to justice, but questions remain after the trial that has shocked France and the wider world

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The event — AmericaFest 2024 — comes one day after Trump threatened to retake the Panama Canal in a lengthy post on Truth Social on Saturday night.

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Andre Gleissner was among the five dead following the attack on a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany

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As Syria marks the overthrow of the Assad regime, Bel Trew visits Aleppo, where Christian residents are beset by uncertainty. She speaks to families worried about life under a new Islamist-led administration

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Paris’s influence on the continent faces the biggest challenge in decades

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Authorities deemed previously suspect ‘no specific danger’ following a risk assessment

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