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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has rejected the US president’s plan for peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Mr Trump has proposed a pathway to the creation of an independent Palestinian state, and the recognition of Israeli sovereignty over West Bank settlements. He said that, under the plan, Jerusalem would be Israel’s undivided capital, and the […]

US President Donald Trump has presented his long-awaited Middle East peace plan, promising to keep Jerusalem as Israel’s undivided capital. He proposed a two-state solution and said no Israelis or Palestinians would be uprooted from their homes. After holding talks with Mr Trump in Washington DC on Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the

US President Donald Trump has presented his long-awaited Middle East peace plan, promising to keep Jerusalem as Israel’s undivided capital. He proposed what he called “a realistic” two-state solution and said no Israelis or Palestinians would be uprooted from their homes. Mr Trump said the plan included a capital for Palestinians in eastern Jerusalem. Read

Glaciologists have described Thwaites Glacier as the “most important” glacier in the world, the “riskiest” glacier, even the “doomsday” glacier. Scientists from the UK and US are studying the glacier’s changes as part of the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration. The BBC’s chief environment correspondent Justin Rowlatt visited the project. Source link

Wuhan is the centre of a deadly coronavirus outbreak, and all 11 million residents have been advised to stay at home as the Chinese city remains under quarantine. Video clips on Chinese social media have emerged showing residents shouting encouragement and singing songs from their apartment windows at night, in an effort to boost each

Anita Lasker-Wallfisch is one of the dwindling number of men and women still living who survived Auschwitz. She was taken to the camp but escaped the gas chambers because of her ability to play the cello, and went on to become a founding member of the English Chamber Orchestra. She has been talking to the

Watch Kobe Bryant’s final game for the LA Lakers in 2016, when the five-time NBA champion bowed out with a sensational 60 points against Utah Jazz in Los Angeles. The US basketball legend, 41, was killed in a helicopter crash in California on Sunday. READ MORE: Basketball legend dies in helicopter crash WATCH MORE: Kobe

In the DRC’s capital city, wrestling has helped an extraordinary woman to escape the violent streets on which she grew up. As a fighter, Shaki is an inspiration for dozens of street children, and her home has become a refuge for girls trying to escape the thugs, rapists, and pimps of Kinshasa’s slums. BBC Africa

Members of the public and celebrities reacted in shock to the death of US basketball star Kobe Bryant. Bryant and his daughter Gianna are among nine people killed in a helicopter crash in the city of Calabasas, California. Fans gathered at Staple Center in Los Angeles and Madison Square Gardens in New York to pay

In the heart of Hitler’s Nazi Germany, ordinary people worked tirelessly and at great risk to themselves to help those whose lives were threatened. Among them was Ruth Winkelmann, who witnessed 16 members of her family being taken away to concentration camps. She managed to live in a garden shed for two years, hiding her