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Princess Kate seen at farm shop a week after photo editing controversy
Catherine, Princess of Wales attends the Christmas Day service at St Mary Magdalene Church on Dec. 25, 2023 in Sandringham, Norfolk. (Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images)(LONDON) -- Kate, the princess of Wales, is seen in a new video with Prince William as the pair visited a local farm shop over the weekend in Windsor, England.The video, newly obtained by TMZ and shared on Monday, is the first video footage the public has seen of Kate since she was hospitalized in mid-January for what Kensington Palace described at the time as planned abdominal surgery. It is also only the third time Kate has been seen in public since late December as questions continue to swirl online about her health and ... Read MoreFamine is ‘imminent’ in northern Gaza, with many facing ‘catastrophic’ levels of hunger: Report
pawel.gaul/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Famine is "imminent" in northern Gaza, as the entire population of the strip experiences high levels of food insecurity amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, according to a report released Monday.The report from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) initiative said a famine in the north of the strip may occur between mid-March and the end of May unless an immediate cease-fire occurs so that essential food and supplies can be delivered consistently to Gazans."The conditions necessary to prevent famine have not been met and the latest evidence confirms that famine is imminent in the northern governorates," the report said.The report projects that northern Gaza will be classified as Phase 5, the highest stage of food ... Read MorePutin extends rule in state-managed election victory
Contributor/Getty Images(LONDON) -- President Vladimir Putin was handed a fifth term in Russia’s heavily stage-managed presidential election on Sunday in a vote where no real competition was permitted and with virtually all leading opposition figures jailed, in exile or dead.The election, held over three days, gave Putin over 87% of the vote, extending his already 24-year rule until at least 2030 – a stratospheric result that recalled the illusionary elections of the Soviet Union or those of other dictatorships, such as North Korea or Saddam Hussein’s Iraq.It was the highest result ever for Putin and underlined the extent that dissent is no longer acceptable to the Kremlin, amid Russia’s rapid turn deeper into dictatorship since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine ... Read MoreMonolith mystery reemerges in Wales, prompting speculation of space aliens
Geraint Rowland Photography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A newly discovered 10-foot-tall silver monolith on a muddy bluff in Wales has reignited wild speculation on its origin after similar obelisks appeared in Utah, California, England and Romania.The shiny spear impaled in the ground near Hay-on-Wye in Powys, Wales, was discovered this month by construction worker Craig Muir while he was out for his regular hike.Muir posted a video of the bizarre find on TikTok, saying, "I come up here most days, and I've never seen this before. Almost looks like a UFO just put it on the ground."He said that when he first discovered the object atop the roadless 2,221-foot Hay Bluff, he found no tire tracks or footprints around it that ... Read MoreState Department helps more than 30 US citizens leave Haiti on charter flight
ABC NewsMore than 30 U.S. citizens were returned to the United States from Haiti on a flight chartered by the U.S. State Department Sunday, a department spokesperson said.One day after the State Department posted its plans for the flight on X, asking interested U.S. passport holders to register on an intake form, the flight departed from the northern port city of Cap-Haitien, and landed in Miami, Florida, according to the spokesperson.As of Sunday night, it was unclear how many U.S. citizens stranded in Haiti have requested a charter flight, and how many Americans total remain on the ground.The spokesperson pointed to the "fluid and quickly evolving situation" in the country, saying, "U.S. citizens are not required to register their travel ... Read MorePutin clinches Russian presidency, says there was proposed agreement to free Navalny before death
ABC NewsVladimir Putin has thanked the Russian citizens after early election results showed him winning his country's presidency in a landslide.In his victory speech, delivered after results showed him winning with 87% of the vote, Putin called his win an example of the trust of Russian citizens.Among the tasks he said his administration would tackle in the coming term are strengthening the Russian Federation's defense capabilities and issues of special operations. He went on in his speech to call the election results a manifestation of trust on the part of citizens.He also said Russians in border areas -- a reference to Ukraine -- are showing courage and no one has intimidated them and will not be able to do so. ... Read MoreVolcano erupts in Iceland for 4th time since December
Department of Civil Protection and Emergency ManagementA volcano on Iceland's southwestern coast erupted on Saturday for the fourth time since December, prompting an evacuation, officials said.The eruption began between Mt. Hagafell and Mt. Stóra Skógfell at 20:23 UTC, with a "2.9-km-long fissure forming quickly," the Icelandic Meteorological Office said."The lead-up to the eruption was short," Iceland's Department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management said in a statement, noting that a state of emergency has been declared due to the eruption.The first warning to Iceland's Department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management was at 19:43 UTC, with the onset of the eruption confirmed via web cameras 40 minutes later, according to the Icelandic Meteorological Office."The eruption is effusive in nature, so ... Read MoreIsraeli forces deny opening fire at Gaza aid drop-off site
pawel.gaul/Getty Images(GAZA) -- The Israel Defense Forces denied accusations that its troops opened fire on a group of Gazan civilians who were waiting for aid Thursday.At least 20 people were killed and 155 were injured in a shooting at the Kuwait Roundabout in Gaza City, which is used by aid groups to distribute goods, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health.The IDF said its preliminary investigation shows that an hour before a convoy of 31 humanitarian aid trucks arrived at the roundabout, "armed Palestinians" opened fire on the civilians."As aid trucks were entering, the Palestinian gunmen continued to shoot as the crowd of Gazans began looting the trucks. Additionally, a number of Gazan civilians were run over by the ... Read MoreAs Russia holds elections, Putin opposition fights to survive and adjust to life after Navalny
In this pool photograph distributed by Russia's state agency Sputnik, Russian President Vladimir Putin gives an interview to TV host and Director General of Rossiya Segodnya (RIA Novosti) news agency Dmitry Kiselyov (not pictured) at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 12, 2024. -- (Photo by GAVRIIL GRIGOROV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)(MOSCOW) -- For days after the funeral of the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, thousands of people continued to line up outside the cemetery in southern Moscow waiting to lay flowers at his grave.They came to honor the Kremlin's most formidable critic, defying the intimidating presence of police and fears of arrest. Navalny's grave eventually disappeared under a 6-foot mound of thousands of carnations and roses.The funeral became the largest ... Read MoreSenior Israeli official says US slow-walking aid, which US disputes
pawel.gaul/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A senior Israeli official says the United States has begun slow-walking some military aid to Israel -- an assertion senior U.S. officials denied was the case, in what's perhaps more evidence that the relationship between the two allies is growing increasingly strained.The conflicting account came as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer -- the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in the U.S. -- said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has "lost his way" and should hold an election for a potential replacement."I believe that to achieve that lasting peace -- which we so long for -- Israel must make some significant course corrections," Schumer said Thursday.According to a senior Israeli official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, the ... Read MoreTropical Storm Filipo makes landfall in Mozambique
NASA(LONDON) -- At least two people have been killed and thousands have been displaced as Tropical Storm Filipo made landfall in Mozambique, the country's National Institute for Disaster Management said.The tropical storm made landfall in Mozambique on the March 12 after strengthening off the coast of southeast Africa, bringing strong winds and heavy rain to Mozambique's Inhambane and Gaza provinces.At least 2,780 people have been affected by Filipo, which has damaged roads and at least 510 homes, disaster management officials said. At least least 43 families have been displaced, they said.MIDA estimates over 500,000 people are to be affected by the storm, which arrived a year after Cyclone Freddy, the the devastating storm that killed at least 522 people across ... Read MoreFive Palestinians killed after shelling at UN aid distribution center in Rafah, Gaza
pawel.gaul/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Five Palestinians were killed on Wednesday at the U.N. aid distribution center in Rafah, the southern Gaza city bordering Egypt, the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health said. This distribution center is run by United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNWRA), the main U.N. agency operating inside of Gaza.The Gaza Ministry of Health said the U.N. distribution center was hit by shelling. ABC News has reached out to the Israel Defense Forces for comment on the attack.Philippe Lazzarini, the Commissioner-General of the UNWRA, called for an "independent inquiry" into violations against the Israeli military’s targeting of U.N. sites in Gaza."Every day, we share the coordinates of all our facilities across the Gaza Strip with parties to the ... Read More‘Complete mystery’ as 1,800-year-old ancient Roman statue dug up in UK parking lot
Burghley House(LONDON) -- A mysterious 1,800-year-old Roman statue has been discovered by a construction worker while he was digging up a parking lot.It was during work on an overflow parking area at Burghley House -- a historical Tudor-era manor dating back to the 16th century located 90 miles north of London -- when the discovery was made by Greg Crawley who was driving a digger and saw a “pale object amongst the lifted earth” that he had been excavating, according to a statement from Burghley House announcing the discovery.“I had a real shock as the digger bucket rolled over what I thought was a big stone to reveal a face. When I picked it up, I realised it was a ... Read MoreTop Navalny aide Leonid Volkov recovering after hammer attack in Lithuania
Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images(LITHUANIA) -- Leonid Volkov, a former top aide to the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, is recovering after he was attacked with a hammer by an assailant on Tuesday night near his home in Lithuania, in an assault he blamed on the Kremlin.Volkov, who was Navalny's longtime chief of staff, said he was attacked as he arrived in the yard of his home in Vilnius. In a video message on his Telegram channel, Volkov said the attacker struck him around 15 times with the hammer, and that it left him struggling to walk and with a broken arm. Photos shared by his colleagues showed Volkov with a bloodied leg and a bruised face."It's painful to walk, but ... Read MoreEngland’s NHS halts puberty blockers for transgender youth amid research efforts
Graeme Robertson/Getty Images(LONDON) -- England's National Health Service has banned the use of puberty blockers for the treatment of gender dysphoria or gender incongruence in transgender minors.The NHS has not stated it will restrict puberty blockers for non-transgender children and young people.An NHS spokesperson told ABC News the agency hopes to have a study into the use of puberty blockers in place by December of this year, with eligibility criteria yet to be decided.The agency said it made the move after considering an evidence review conducted by England's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence."We have concluded that there is not enough evidence to support the safety or clinical effectiveness of puberty suppressing hormones to make the treatment routinely available ... Read MoreTop of page