I drive body bags away from the front line – this is the worst thing I’ve faced’

The smell is the first sign this van is not carrying ordinary cargo. Driving through Ukrainian wasteland,Mark Zydga’s truck is not ferrying supplies or weapons,but dead bodies.

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Dublin museum employee charged after car bomb intercepted near Irish border

The discovery marked the 'most significant bomb in Ireland in a decade'.

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‘Russia’s Amazon’ warehouses obliterated in large-scale drone blitz

One staff member was killed and several people were injured in the attack.

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Two tourists stabbed at the Acropolis in Athens, Greece

The Acropolis,where the attack took place,attracts millions of tourists every year (Picture: Dimitris Aspiotis/Shutterstock)

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‘Golden tongues’ discovered in unearthed Egyptian tombs

The tombs were unearthed in Marina El Alamein,west of Alexandria (Picture: Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities)

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US uses kamikaze drones to blow up Iranian naval bases for the first time

The United States has targeted Iranian naval facilities using kamikaze drones. The series of attacks over the weekend marked the first time the US military used uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) as stri

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Number of British people killed in Spain wildfires rises to five

Sign up for all of the latest storiesStart your day informed with Metro\'s News Updates newsletter or get Breaking News alerts the moment it happens.Among the survivors was British pensioner Malcolm T

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Bangkok pub fire where 27 died ‘hampered by blocked exits’

Some 27 people have died and dozens more are injured after a fire in a Bangkok on Sunday. Police todya confirmed they were looking into whether had blocked emergency exits,preventing some people from

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AlphAi Expands Its Trading Ecosystem Through Polymarket-Compatible Prediction Markets

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Neighbours speak out at vigil held for boy ‘killed and eaten by his mum’

'He seemed really normal and happy and full of energy, but he was a shy little kid.'

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