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K-pop stars BTS draw 50,000-strong crowd in Mexico. Fans of BTS gathered outside Mexico's National Palace to get a look at the group, who waved to the crowd from a balcony after meeting with President Claudia Sheinbaum u.afp.com/SaCA

Some 50,000 fans of BTS welcome the South Korean group at Mexico's Zocalo, a day before the first of three concerts in the country. The members of the group wave to their fans from the main balcony of the presidential palace after a meeting with President Claudia Sheinbaum

@KayodeAkintemi says Middle Belt communities continue to suffer repeated violent attacks, trauma, and insecurity. He calls on state and federal authorities, including President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration, to respond more directly to their needs. Watch 👇🏾

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🇺🇸 🇬🇧 Without Brits 'you'd be speaking French': King Charles III pokes fun at Trump King Charles III poked fun at US President Donald Trump at a White House state dinner joking that, without the British, Americans would be speaking French. This was in response to a comment from Trump at the Davos summit in January, in which he said that without US help in World War II, "you'd be speaking German and a little Japanese"

#BREAKING Press freedom at lowest level in 25 years: Media rights watchdog RSF

Would have been nice to report on this inside the courtroom, but @AFP (along with a number of Nigerian media and reporters for @Reuters, @BBCAfrica and @DeutscheWelle) were all arbitrarily barred (I wish I could say this was a rare occurence) premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines…

A customs memo seen by AFP is warning of jihadist attacks in Abuja, with the airport and Kuje prison as potential targets theafricareport.com/415191/jihadis…

Nigeria's Lagos state has taken out a $7.5 million flood insurance policy to cover millions of people, the Insurance Development Forum said Thursday, as the country's economic capital faces rising sea levels and floods linked to climate change uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/lagos-sec…

Islamist militants killed at least 170 people in attacks on two villages in Kwara state, as jihadi groups expand into Nigeria’s north-west and border regions. @FT uses ACLED data to map the violence against civilians by Islamist groups since January 2020: ft.com/content/7ab6ff…

Nigeria’s first lady Remi Tinubu met with US members of Congress and Trump administration officials last week to press her case that Abuja is protecting Christians, a source familiar with the meetings told AFP on Monday vanguardngr.com/2026/02/remi-t…

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Does the latest track by your favorite singer sound slightly off? You may be right. Fraudulent AI-generated tracks are increasingly appearing in artists' own profiles on streaming platforms, presented as their original work. u.afp.com/S8T9 by @clara_lnn

#BREAKING 130 kidnapped Nigerian schoolchildren released: government

US turns on Rwanda, accusing Kigali of leading East Africa to war l.theafricareport.com/QCr

This statement clarifies what transpired in Abuja yesterday when my colleagues tried to cover a protest, and it should clear the misinformation in some of the Nigerian media. afp.com/en/agency/insi…

@SaharaReporters Can someone @Saharareporters please get in touch with us via PM. Thanks

BREAKING: Police Tear-gas, Arrest Two AFP Journalists Covering #FreeNnamdiKanuNow Protest In Abuja, Seize Gadgets | Sahara Reporters bit.ly/49iNups

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Kiruna church has been moved for two days. This was broadcast live on Swedish television. The church weighs 670 tons and is Sweden's heaviest house move. The church is being moved because the iron ore mine on the site takes up more land.

🇸🇪 VIDEO: Historic Swedish church on the move in logistical feat Weighing 672 tonnes and more than a century old, the red wooden Lutheran church of Kiruna isn't what you'd expect to find rolling down the road. But that's exactly what the building is doing, with crowds turning out to watch its massive relocation project.