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BBC News with Charles Carroll.
BBC
News
with
Charles
Carroll
President Trump has fired off more
President
Trump
has
fired
off
more
social media posts asserting his desire
social
media
posts
asserting
his
desire
to take over Greenland as he
to
take
over
Greenland
as
he
prepares to meet European leaders at
prepares
to
meet
European
leaders
at
the World Economic Forum in Switzerland.
the
World
Economic
Forum
in
Switzerland
One post shows an AI-generated image
One
post
shows
an
AI-generated
image
of himself planting the US flag on Greenland.
of
himself
planting
the
US
flag
on
Greenland
In another post, President Trump called
In
another
post
President
Trump
called
Britain's decision to hand the Chagos
Britain's
decision
to
hand
the
Chagos
Islands to Mauritius an act of great stupidity.
Islands
to
Mauritius
an
act
of
great
stupidity
The US has a military base
The
US
has
a
military
base
on one of the islands.
on
one
of
the
islands
His administration had previously supported the transfer.
His
administration
had
previously
supported
the
transfer
President Zelenskyy has warned that Ukraine
President
Zelenskyy
has
warned
that
Ukraine
is in urgent need of new
is
in
urgent
need
of
new
air defence missiles.
air
defence
missiles
It comes after another night of
It
comes
after
another
night
of
Russian drone and missile strikes.
Russian
drone
and
missile
strikes
The lower house of Australia's parliament
The
lower
house
of
Australia's
parliament
has overwhelmingly approved a national gun
has
overwhelmingly
approved
a
national
gun
buyback programme and new checks on
buyback
programme
and
new
checks
on
firearm licence applications.
firearm
licence
applications
Last month, 15 people were killed
Last
month
15
people
were
killed
in a shooting on Bondi Beach
in
a
shooting
on
Bondi
Beach
that targeted a Jewish festival.
that
targeted
a
Jewish
festival
Officials in Pakistan say more than
Officials
in
Pakistan
say
more
than
70 people remain missing after a
70
people
remain
missing
after
a
fire destroyed a shopping mall in
fire
destroyed
a
shopping
mall
in
Karachi on Saturday night.
Karachi
on
Saturday
night
Rescue services say 18 bodies have been identified.
Rescue
services
say
18
bodies
have
been
identified
The Ugandan opposition leader Bobby Wine
The
Ugandan
opposition
leader
Bobby
Wine
has called on his compatriots to
has
called
on
his
compatriots
to
step up their resistance to what
step
up
their
resistance
to
what
he called the dictatorial rule of
he
called
the
dictatorial
rule
of
President Yoweri Museveni.
President
Yoweri
Museveni
He said he would continue to
He
said
he
would
continue
to
stand up to Mr Museveni.
stand
up
to
Mr
Museveni
Israeli demolition teams have begun to
Israeli
demolition
teams
have
begun
to
tear down the Jerusalem headquarters of
tear
down
the
Jerusalem
headquarters
of
the UN Relief Agency for Gaza.
the
UN
Relief
Agency
for
Gaza
Israel accuses UNRWA of being infiltrated by Hamas.
Israel
accuses
UNRWA
of
being
infiltrated
by
Hamas
The UN says its premises are
The
UN
says
its
premises
are
protected under international convention.
protected
under
international
convention
New research in Antarctica has found
New
research
in
Antarctica
has
found
that penguins are breeding up to
that
penguins
are
breeding
up
to
two weeks earlier because of climate change.
two
weeks
earlier
because
of
climate
change
Scientists say the changes could force
Scientists
say
the
changes
could
force
competition between species.
competition
between
species
And Japan says that a record
And
Japan
says
that
a
record
number of foreign tourists visited the
number
of
foreign
tourists
visited
the
country last year.
country
last
year
42 million people came to the
42
million
people
came
to
the
country spending around $60 billion.
country
spending
around
60
billion
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