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Migrants deported under UK-France scheme lacked translators and advice, report says

PARIS, Feb 9 (Reuters) - ‌Migrants deported from Britain to France under a new "one-in one-out" scheme did ‌not have enough access to translators, legal advice or information about what would ‌happen to them next, inspectors said in a report published on Monday.

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Ghislaine Maxwell refuses to answer questions at congressional deposition, lawmakers say

WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine ‌Maxwell refused to answer questions at a deposition before the U.S.  House's Committee on Oversight and ‌Government Reform on Monday, according to lawmakers, drawing criticism from both Republican and Democratic members of ‌the committee.

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Portugal's far-right Chega party may have hit its ceiling in presidential election

LISBON, Feb ‌9 (Reuters) - The moderate Socialist candidate's decisive victory in Portugal's presidential election on Sunday showed that two-thirds of the electorate, ‌including many conservative voters, united against his far-right rival, who likely topped out his support at 33%, according ‌to analysts.

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Moscow ranks 1st in electronic goods production in Russia: mayor

MOSCOW, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- The city of Moscow ranks first nationwide in electronic goods production and second in the pharmaceutical sector, and aims to establish the country's leading pharmaceutical company within five years, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said Monday.

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Spanish train driver unions call off further strike action after talks

MADRID, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Unions representing Spain's train drivers on Monday announced the cancellation of the second and third days of strike action planned for Tuesday and Wednesday following talks with the Ministry of Transport.

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US issues fresh guidance to vessels transiting Strait of Hormuz as Iran tensions simmer

Feb 9 (Reuters) - The United States ‌issued fresh guidance on Monday to commercial vessels transiting the Strait ‌of Hormuz, a key shipping lane for Middle East oil supplies, ‌as tensions simmered between Washington and Tehran over Iran's nuclear program.

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Pakistan to invest 1 bln USD in AI to boost digital economy

ISLAMABAD, Feb. 9 ( Xinhua) -- Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Monday that the country would invest 1 billion U.S. dollars in artificial intelligence (AI) by 2030 to boost its digital economy and improve people's livelihoods.

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BiH vehicle imports from China up 87 pct in 2025: ITA

SARAJEVO, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) recorded a sharp rise of about 87 percent in vehicle imports from China in 2025, according to data released on Monday by the Indirect Taxation Authority (ITA) of BiH.

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UAE's banking assets, industrial exports see growth in 2025

ABU DHABI, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Banking assets in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) recorded strong growth in 2025, reaching about 5.34 trillion dirhams (about 1.45 trillion U.S. dollars), up from around 4.56 trillion dirhams at the end of 2024, the UAE Central Bank announced in a report on Monday.

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Russian forces pressuring Pokrovsk as 'last battles' rage

KYIV, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Russian forces ‌are trying to press forward around the city of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine, Kyiv's military said on ‌Monday, hoping to conclude a months-long campaign to seize the strategic hub as Moscow seeks to capture ‌the whole of the Donetsk region.

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NATO expected to launch Arctic Sentry mission in coming days, sources say

BRUSSELS, Feb ‌9 (Reuters) - NATO is ‌expected to launch ‌an Arctic Sentry mission in the coming days, five ‍sources told Reuters, ‍in a ‌move to boost its role ‍in ​the region and defuse ⁠tensions between U.S. President Donald ‌Trump and European allies over ⁠Greenland.

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UK's Starmer refuses to heed calls to quit over fallout from Epstein scandal

LONDON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - British Prime ‌Minister Keir Starmer refused on Monday to heed calls to quit, even by the leader of his party in Scotland, after a second aide resigned from a team in crisis ‌over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to Washington.

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Sudanese nomads trapped as war fuels banditry and ethnic splits

NEAR AL-OBEID, Sudan, Feb ‌9 (Reuters) - Gubara al-Basheer and his family used to traverse Sudan's desert with their camels and livestock, ‌moving freely between markets, water sources, and green pastures.  

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Spain's far-right Vox doubles its seats in Aragon regional vote

MADRID, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Spain's ‌far-right Vox party doubled its seats in Sunday's regional election ‌in Aragon region, as a gamble by the governing conservative ‌People's Party to call a snap election backfired.

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UK's Starmer refuses to heed calls to quit over Mandelson scandal

LONDON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - British Prime ‌Minister Keir Starmer issued a rallying cry to his staff on Monday, signalling he would not heed calls to step down after a second aide resigned ‌over the decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the United States.

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US Vice President Vance heads to Armenia, Azerbaijan to push peace, trade

TBILISI, Feb 9 (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President ‌JD Vance will visit Armenia and Azerbaijan this week to push a Washington-brokered peace agreement that could transform energy ‌and trade routes in the strategic South Caucasus region.

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Fifty-three migrants dead or missing after boat capsizes off Libya, IOM says

TRIPOLI Feb 9 (Reuters) - Fifty-three migrants, ‌including two babies, were dead or missing after a rubber boat carrying 55 people ‌capsized off the coast of Libya, the International Organization for Migration said ‌on Monday.

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Rubio to lead US delegation to Munich Security Conference, chairman says

BERLIN, Feb ‌9 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of ‌State Marco Rubio will ‌lead "a sizeable delegation" of U.S. officials to the Munich Security Conference ‍this weekend, the head ‍of the ‌annual gathering of security experts and ‍policymakers ​said on Monday.

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Italy's Alpine rescuers urge caution after string of avalanche deaths

MILAN, Feb 9 (Reuters) - ‌Italy's Alpine rescue service on Monday ‌urged "maximum caution" after avalanches claimed 11 ‌lives in seven days, as exceptionally unstable snow conditions threaten large parts of the Alps.

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UK's Prince William and Kate 'deeply concerned' about Epstein revelations

LONDON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Britain's Prince William and his ‌wife Kate said on Monday they were deeply concerned by revelations in the Jeffrey Epstein files amid further damning disclosures ‌about the heir-to-the-throne's uncle, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.