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NewsFeb 27, 2026

Pakistan declares state of ‘open war’ after bombing major Afghan cities

Wave of strikes comes after Taliban forces attack Pakistani border troops following earlier action from Islamabad

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NewsFeb 27, 2026

Pakistan declares ‘open war’ against Afghanistan after cross-border attack – as it happened

Pakistani forces launched airstrikes against military targets in the Afghan capital, Kabul, as well as other provinces close to the border

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NewsFeb 27, 2026

Shell-shocked and tense: inside the Mexican tourist town where ‘El Mencho’ made his last stand

Tapalpa deserted and scared by day of terror when military raid brought feared drug lord’s reign to an end

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NewsFeb 27, 2026

‘More exploitation, fewer rights’: Argentina braces for sweeping overhaul of labor laws

Javier Milei’s boosters say law will revive employment, but critics decry cuts to severance and longer working hours

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NewsFeb 27, 2026

Friday briefing: Is the result in Gorton and Denton a sign of things to come?

In today’s newsletter: ​This byelection has long been mooted as a foreshadowing of coming elections in Wales, Scotland and eventually the whole of the UK

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NewsFeb 27, 2026

Firefighters in Sicily rescue 400 rare library books from precipice after landslide

Landslide in Niscemi in January tore away entire slope of town and carved 4km chasm

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NewsFeb 27, 2026

Frozen in time: Antarctic ice cave to be used to save melting glacier samples

Ice Memory Foundation’s specially dug ‘sanctuary’ offers storage for cores, which hold thousands of years of history

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NewsFeb 27, 2026

North Korea’s ‘most beloved’ child: what the key congress revealed about Kim Jong-un’s succession plans

Many observers believe North Korean leader has decided daughter Kim Ju-ae will succeed him, but others say gender politics could block her path to power

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NewsFeb 27, 2026

Pakistan bombs Kabul after intensifying border clashes with Afghanistan

Escalation of violence between the volatile neighbours makes a Qatar-mediated ceasefire appear increasingly shaky

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NewsFeb 27, 2026

Ukraine war briefing: IMF approves $8.1bn loan for Kyiv

Fund says loan will resolve Ukrainian balance of payments problem while boosting reconstruction and growth prospects. What we know on day 1,465

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