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Four astronauts evacuated from the International Space Station (ISS) have landed back on Earth, after their stay in space was cut short by a month due to a "serious" medical issue. The astronauts arrived on the ISS on 1 August expecting to complete a standard six and a half month stay. But last week, a scheduled spacewalk was called off at the last minute. Hours later, Nasa revealed a crew member had become ill. It is the first…

Moroccan fans celebrated through the night as their beloved Atlas Lions beat Nigeria to make it to the Afcon final. Source link

Mark Poynting,Climate researcherandErwan Rivault,Senior data designerGetty ImagesUntil now, a lot of what lay beneath Antarctica's icy surface had remained a mysteryA new map has unmasked the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice in unprecedented detail, something scientists say could greatly enhance our understanding of the frozen white continent.Researchers used satellite data and the physics of how Antarctica's glaciers move to work out what the continent might look like beneath the ice.They found evidence of thousands of previously undiscovered hills and…

Benedict Garman,Emma PengellyandMatt Murphy,BBC Verify BBCIsrael has moved the blocks which are supposed to mark its post-ceasefire line of control deeper into Gaza in several places, sowing confusion among Palestinians.Satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify show that in at least three areas Israel placed blocks, before returning later and moving the positions further into the Strip.Under the terms of the US-brokered deal with Hamas, Israel agreed to withdraw troops beyond a line marked in yellow on Israeli military…

Google has appealed a US district judge's landmark antitrust ruling that found the company illegally held a monopoly in online search."As we have long said, the Court's August 2024 ruling ignored the reality that people use Google because they want to, not because they're forced to," Google's vice president for regulatory affairs Lee-Anne Mulholland said.In its announcement on Friday, Google said the ruling by Judge Amit Mehta didn't account for the pace of innovation and intense competition the…

Laura GozziOdesa, UkraineBBCSergii, Mariia and Eva's Odesa apartment suffers from frequent power cutsFrom Mariia's 16th-floor flat, the calm waters of the Black Sea stretch out into the horizon beneath the fading twilight."Up here you can see and hear when the drones come," she says, standing by a wall-length, floor-to-ceiling window. When they hit buildings and homes in the city of Odesa down below "we see all the fires too".Her daughter Eva, who is nine, has learned the shapes…

Guinea PresidencyOfficial pictures of Mamadi Doumbouya have portrayed him in a more relaxed modeFrom the moment he seized power in September 2021 Guinea's Mamadi Doumbouya struck an imposing figure.Just 36 years old at the time, the broad-shouldered colonel, standing at well over six feet (1.8m), wearing military fatigues, mirrored sunglasses and a red beret certainly made an impression when announcing the coup.A relatively unknown member of an elite army unit, he declared that the government of ousted President…