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Hundreds of Goma residents in the Democratic Republic of Congo are protesting the arrival of Rwandese security agents in the region. Clashes erupted between angry youths and local police resulting in several injuries and the death of a policeman on Monday in Goma which is the capital of North Kivu. They mostly erected barricades on several roads blocking traffic. “In ...

Pope Francis has condemned domestic violence against women as “almost satanic”, in some of his strongest language yet on the issue. The head of the Catholic Church made the remark during a programme broadcast on Italy’s TG5 network on Sunday. He spoke to a panel of four people from difficult backgrounds, including a survivor of domestic abuse. He lamented the ...

Germany has become the latest European country to ban most travellers from Britain, to try to slow the spread of the Omicron variant. German nationals and residents will still be allowed to enter from the UK. They must have a negative test and quarantine for two weeks, regardless of whether they have been vaccinated. The measures took effect on Sunday ...

Olaf Scholz has been confirmed as German chancellor, leading a three-party government that takes over from Angela Merkel after 16 years in office. He was voted in by the German parliament, where his coalition has a substantial majority. Mr Scholz’s new government is formed of his Social Democrat party along with the with Greens and Free Democrats. The handover of ...

Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa has blasted off on a trip to the International Space Station (ISS), joining the growing list of billionaires who have made it to space. A Russian rocket carrying Mr Maezawa took off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. He is expected to spend 12 days at the ISS, and is the first space tourist to visit ...

Barbados has officially removed Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state and become the world’s newest republic. In an overnight ceremony in the capital, Bridgetown, Dame Sandra Mason was sworn in as president. The Prince of Wales and Barbadian singer Rihanna attended the event, which coincided with the country’s 55th anniversary of independence. In a speech, Prince Charles acknowledged ...

Manchester United have appointed Ralf Rangnick as their interim manager until the end of the season, subject to work visa requirements. The 63-year-old takes over from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who was sacked on 21 November following a defeat by Watford. Rangnick has left his role as head of sports and development at Russian club Lokomotiv Moscow to take up the ...

Tottenham manager Antonio Conte said the “situation is not simple” at the club after his much-changed side were embarrassed by NS Mura to leave their Europa Conference League last-16 hopes hanging by a thread. The Italian opted not to talk to his players after the defeat in Slovenia, where Amadej Marosa’s injury-time goal sealed the unlikely victory after Harry Kane ...

Reports have revealed that Apple has concluded “much of the core work” targeted at creating a new processor meant to power an autonomous electric car project known as Titan, this report was disclosed by Bloomberg. The report also discloses that Apple is reportedly now accelerating its timeline for developing the autonomous electric car with a new target of launching it ...

Mauricio Pochettino is open to becoming Manchester United manager and it is not out of the question they could get the Paris St-Germain boss now. The Argentine is held in high regard at Old Trafford but there was a feeling it might be difficult to prise him away from PSG mid-season. United sacked Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on Sunday and said ...