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Hungary election results live: Orbán concedes to Magyar's Tisza after projections show opposition winning two-thirds majority Veteran nationalist leader Viktor Orbán conceded defeat after a landslide election victory by the upstart opposition Tisza party, in a setback for his allies in Russia and U.S. President Donald Trump'...

Follow live updates on Hungary election. Orban concedes. Ramifications well beyond Hungary — for the EU, Ukraine, Russia and even in Washington.

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Iran's new supreme leader has severe and disfiguring wounds, sources say Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is still recovering from severe facial and leg injuries suffered in the airstrike that killed his father at the beginning of the war, three people close to his inner circle told Reuters.

Khamenei's face was disfigured in the attack on the supreme leader's compound in central Tehran and he suffered a significant injury to one or both legs, all three sources said.

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Exclusive: Coordinated Telegram posts push pro-Orban narratives on eve of Hungary vote, research shows  - www.reuters.com/business/med...

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Israel's creation of "buffer zones" in Gaza, Syria and now Lebanon reflects a strategic shift after the attacks of October 7, 2023, one that puts the ​country in a semi-permanent state of war, six Israeli military and defence officials told Reuters.

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It's time to end the world's delusions over the Iran energy crisis The U.S. and Israeli war against Iran has been characterised by a series of miscalculations by most of the involved and peripheral parties, but the real danger is the delusion over the scale of the re...

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AI is rewiring the world’s most prolific film industry India's film studios are upending industry economics by deploying the technology at scale to slash movie costs and production timelines, pitting questions of efficiency against audience acceptance.

India’s studios are transforming filmmaking by using AI to slash production time, cut costs and dub movies into numerous languages. While union rules constrain Hollywood's use of the technology, Indian cinema is racing ahead

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US to leave Iran 'pretty quickly' and return if needed, Trump tells Reuters The United States will be "out of Iran pretty ‌quickly" and could return for "spot hits" if needed, President Donald Trump told Reuters on Wednesday, hours before he was scheduled to make a primetime ...

US to leave Iran 'pretty quickly' and return if needed, Trump tells Reuters - www.reuters.com/world/middle...

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Drones and mines: taking Kharg Island would pose risks for US troops President Donald Trump has been weighing whether to use ground forces to seize Iran's strategic oil hub of Kharg Island, an operation analysts say could be achieved quickly, but leave U.S. troops in g...

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Lovely to spend the day in Reuters Sydney office, not least because it’s my home town bureau!

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Exclusive: Iran attacks wipe out 17% of Qatar’s LNG capacity for up to five years, QatarEnergy CEO says Iranian attacks ‌have knocked out 17% of Qatar's liquefied natural gas (LNG) export capacity, causing an estimated $20 billion in lost annual revenue and threatening supplies to Europe and Asia, Qatar...

Exclusive: Iran attacks wipe out 17% of Qatar’s LNG capacity for up to five years, QatarEnergy CEO says - www.reuters.com/business/ene...

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Antonio Tejero, Franco loyalist and leader of Spain's failed 1981 coup, dies at 93 The cameras kept rolling as the Civil Guard officer in a tricorn hat strode into the chamber of Spain's parliament brandishing a pistol at 6:23 p.m. on February 23, 1981, then ordered its lawmakers to...

“The cameras kept rolling as the Civil Guard officer in a tricorn hat strode into the chamber of Spain's parliament brandishing a pistol on Feb 23, 1981, then ordered its lawmakers to get on the floor.”

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Takeaways from Trump's State of the Union address to Congress President Donald Trump delivered his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, a potentially pivotal moment as the White House seeks to firm up support among Republican vot...

“His advisers, some of whom have long pushed him to dial down his rhetoric so as not to turn off middle-of-the-road and independent voters, were likely relieved.”

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As lights go out on Milano Cortina, IOC bets on LA28 to reboot Olympic business model As the lights go out on the Winter Games this weekend, the Olympic movement is already pivoting towards Los Angeles 2028 — a privately financed showpiece the IOC is betting will reboot a commercial mo...

As lights go out on Milano Cortina, IOC bets on LA28 to reboot Olympic business model - www.reuters.com/sports/light...

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Exclusive: A palace in Marrakesh: How Schwab moved $27.7 million in payments for Epstein days before his arrest Charles Schwab wired about $27.7 million on behalf of Jeffrey Epstein to a realtor in Morocco as the disgraced financier tried to purchase a palace in the 10 days before his 2019 arrest, including one...

Exclusive: A palace in Marrakesh: How Schwab moved $27.7 million in payments for Epstein days before his arrest - www.reuters.com/world/europe...

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How Reuters captured the photo of former Prince Andrew leaving custody Slumped in the back seat of his Range Rover, a visibly shaken man once referred to as the "Playboy Prince" stares ahead of him as the car leaves Aylsham police station in Norfolk, England.

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Frederick Wiseman, American documentary filmmaker, dies at 96 Wiseman made immersive, dispassionate explorations of how institutions work.

"The store, school, city hall, zoo, ballet, gym, racetrack, park and court."

Frederick Wiseman, who has died at 96, made documentaries about all of those places, immersive, dispassionate explorations of how institutions work

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Exclusive: US military preparing for potentially weeks-long Iran operations The U.S. military is preparing for the possibility of sustained, weeks-long operations against Iran if Trump orders an attack, two U.S. officials told Reuters, in what could become a far more serious ...

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Exclusive: US military preparing for potentially weeks-long Iran operations The U.S. military is preparing for the possibility of sustained, weeks-long operations against Iran if President Donald Trump orders an attack, two U.S. officials told Reuters, in what could become a ...

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The Kyiv family, with its pets and pigs, defying Russia and the cold A Kyiv family shelters in their pig cafe with kids and pets, enduring blackouts and brutal cold as Russian strikes leave their home unlivable.

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US ICE agents to support security at Winter Olympics in Italy, source confirms U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel will help protect U.S. delegations at the Winter Olympics in Italy, a U.S. embassy source said on Tuesday, confirming local media reports and p...

"It seems sheer idiocy to me.”

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American approval of U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration policy fell to its lowest level since his return to the White House in a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, with a majority of Americans saying his crackdown on immigration has gone too far.

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He was gloriously ferocious.

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ICE broke into Minnesota home, dragged barely clothed man into snow A Minnesota man told Reuters on Monday he felt fear, shame and desperation a day after ICE officers broke down his door with guns drawn, handcuffed him and dragged him into the snow wearing shorts and...

"I was praying. I was like, God, please help me, I didn't do anything wrong. Why do they do this to me?" www.reuters.com/world/us/ice...

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Ghana took in Trump's deported West Africans. Then it forced them home Ghana is in the middle of a heated debate over President Donald Trump's use of so-called third-country removals to hasten the departure of unauthorised immigrants who cannot easily be sent to their ho...

“Ghana is in the middle of a heated debate over (Wahsington's) use of so-called third-country removals to hasten the departure of unauthorised immigrants who cannot easily be sent to their home countries." #Ghana #Africa #Trump #Immigration

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Exclusive: Trump questions Reza Pahlavi's ability to garner support in Iran Speaking with Reuters in the Oval Office, Trump said Iran's clerical government may collapse, blamed Ukraine President Zelenskiy for the stalemate in Russia talks and dismissed Republican criticism of...

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Denmark's Greenland dilemma: Defending a territory already on its way out President Trump's threats to seize Greenland have forced Copenhagen to rally support among its European allies, but it won't have much to gain if the territory declares independence.

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England ruthlessly privatised cricket – Australia embraces it with constant public displays of affection | Emma John If there is one takeaway for England from this Ashes tour it should be how cricket thrives in a nation where it is readily and freely available as the dominant summer pastime

“We (English) grow up with the narrative that Australian cricket has always reflected its red-rock interior: a place where hard men toil on hard wickets.” But an #Ashes trip Down Under shows #Australia protecting cricket’s soul in a way #England has lost

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Can the US put a price tag on Greenland? Discussion of the hypothetical sale rapidly encounters imponderables such as how a meaningful price tag could even be established.

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Exclusive: Trump administration mulls payments to sway Greenlanders to join US U.S. officials have discussed sending lump sum payments to Greenlanders as part of a bid to convince them to secede from Denmark and potentially join the United States, according to four sources famil...

$100,000 for your support?

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China says it cannot accept countries acting as 'world judge' after US captures Maduro Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Beijing cannot accept any country acting as the "world's judge" after the United States captured Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro.

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