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More than 178,000 people have been displaced in the past two weeks alone as the M23 gained swathes of territory in eastern DRC. On Friday it was clashing with the army outside Goma. The UK, US and France urged citizens to leave the city, warning the situation could deteriorate rapidly.

The locals dubbed it "Kampung Russia" — a village of Russians in the middle of Bali's serene inland rice terrace haven Ubud.

Some watched with concern as it expanded from a cafe and bar during the middle of the COVID pandemic, to a five-room hotel and then a 103-room hotel-residence and event space that the developers called a "city".

The man who planted an explosive device outside the home of a pro-Palestinian resident has been sentenced to 12 months in jail, despite the court being told about his extensive mental health challenges.

Healey added: "I also wanted President Putin to hear this message: we see you, we know what you're doing and we will not shy away from robust action to protect this country."

Alyan knew it would be bad but did not expect to find what he did: a wasteland. “All we saw were ruins,” he said. “The city is demolished.”

“She was so skinny,” Basil says. “In those 20 months she has lost over 6 or more kilograms of her weight. She had been arrested on November 2023 for posting a picture supporting Gaza on Instagram.”

China says it mediated a peace deal between Myanmar's ruling military and a rebel resistance group.

The deal was confirmed during a briefing on Monday after coming into effect on Saturday.

If you only consumed reporting from some corners of the Israeli media, that's all you would have seen.

But over the border, amid the dusty ruins of Gaza, it was a very different perspective.

For all of the talk by Israel that it had decimated Hamas, members of the group with their distinctive green headbands were front and centre.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that at least 200,000 European peacekeepers would be needed to prevent a new Russian attack after any ceasefire deal.

Hadeel Hijaz, a 33-year-old activist, was arrested last June on her way home to the West Bank from Malaysia and has been held in an Israeli prison ever since, with no charges and no answers.

She was one of the many Palestinian prisoners held under what is known as "administrative detention" where people are arrested on the grounds they plan to break the law in the future.

A childcare centre at Maroubra in Sydney's south-east has been set alight and spray painted with anti-Semitic graffiti.

The building is a short distance away from the Maroubra Synagogue on Anzac Parade.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese condemned the incident as an "evil hate crime".

Using freedom of information laws, the Guardian obtained details of 3,347 import declarations that name eight US-blacklisted companies as suppliers of materials to Australian importers since 2020. The companies ship a range of products, including parts for car batteries and trains used by state governments; safety gear for tradespeople; spices and food additives; and laser printers.