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Mojtaba Khamenei named supreme leader to succeed father killed in strikes as oil prices surgeIsrael is using white phosphorous over civilian homes in Lebanon, Human Rights Watch has warned.
The organisation said it verified and geolocated seven images showing airburst white phosphorus munitions being deployed over a residential part of the southern Lebanese village of Yohmorand civil defense workers responding to fires in at least two homes and one car in the area.
The white-hot chemical substance can set buildings on fire and burn human flesh down to the bone. Survivors are at risk of infections and organ or respiratory failure, even if their burns are small.
“The Israeli military’s unlawful use of white phosphorus over residential areas is extremely alarming and will have dire consequences for civilians,” said Ramzi Kaiss, Lebanon researcher at Human Rights Watch.
“The incendiary effects of white phosphorous can cause death or cruel injuries that result in lifelong suffering.”
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A woman from Derby is trekking 500 miles to the North Pole in the hope of inspiring women and girls across the globe.
With International Women’s Day on Saturday, Preet Chandi MBE, 37, known as 'Polar Preet’, is due to set out for her 60-day hike in the next few days, and aims to become the first woman to reach the North Pole solo and unsupported.
The four-time Guinness World Record-holding British-Indian explorer has already become the first woman of colour to reach the South Pole solo and unsupported when she walked 700 miles there in 2021.
open image in galleryPreet Chandi MBE, known globally as 'Polar Preet’, she aims to become the first woman ever to reach the North Pole solo and unsupported (Aviaaja Schluter)Now, she has set her sights even higher, with conditions during her North Pole journey expected to be even more challenging. Setting out from Canada, she is hauling 130kg of her own gear on a sledge across one of the most hostile environments on Earth, with no outsid..

An explosion on Sunday outside the U.S. embassy in Oslo, Norway, may be linked to the ongoing Middle East security situation, police have said said.
As of Sunday afternoon, no suspects had been identified, Norwegian police added.
“It's natural to see this in the context of the current security situation and that this could be an attack deliberately targeting the U.S. embassy,” police spokesperson Frode Larsen told a news conference.
A “loud” explosion occurred at the entrance to the U.S. embassy in the city in the early hours of Sunday morning.
The incident reportedly did not cause any deaths and resulted in minor damage at the scene.
“A loud bang/explosion was reported at the scene,” Oslo police told CBS News in a statement.
“Around 1 a.m. we received several reports of explosions. We arrived after a short time and determined that there had been an explosion that had hit the American embassy, ​” police incident commander Michael Delmer told public broadcaster NRK, in comments vi..

Hungarian authorities have temporarily detained seven Ukrainian citizens and seized two armoured vehicles carrying tens of millions of euros in cash, amid suspicions of money laundering.
The incident, which occurred across Hungary, saw the individuals held on Thursday before their release on Friday.
Despite the Ukrainians being freed, Hungarian officials retained the substantial sum of money. This move has prompted a rebuke from Kyiv, with Ukraine accusing Hungary's Russia-friendly government of illegally confiscating the funds.
“We will not tolerate this state banditism,” Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha wrote on X on Friday.
open image in galleryUkraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha (Reuters)The seven detained Ukrainians were employees of the Ukrainian state-owned Oschadbank, who were traveling in the two armored cars that were carrying the money between Austria and Ukraine as part of regular services between state banks, Sybiha said.
In a post on Facebook, Osch..

Leavitt outlines what Trump's 'unconditional surrender' of Iran meansIran's president described the United States’s demand for an unconditional surrender as a “dream that they should take to their grave” as he apologised for attacks on regional countries, insisting that Tehran would halt them.
Masoud Pezeshkian made the statement in a pre-recorded address aired by Iranian state television on Saturday morning.
It came after Tehran’s Mehrabad airport was hit by explosions, with video footage showing a burning plane and plumes of smoke rising into the sky.
The Mehrabad airport is Iran's busiest commercial airport and main domestic hub. It also serves the Iranian air force.
The attack followed Donald Trump – who was reported to express serious interest in deploying a limited US force on the ground – saying the US military was doing “phenomenally” against Iran as he demanded Tehran's “unconditional surrender”.
US treasury secretary Scott Bessent, meanwhile, war..