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CAIRO (AP) — An aid convoy was hit by drone strikes Thursday, killing three people and wounding four aid workers as it traveled to cities in central Sudan's Kordofan region, the epicenter of fighting between the army and its rival paramilitary forces, a local doctors group said.

Sudan Doctors Network, a group that monitors violence in Sudan, said on X late Thursday that the trucks were carrying food and humanitarian supplies to the city of Kadugli and the town of Dilling in South Kordofan when they were struck in the Kartala area by drones it said belonged to the Rapid Support Forces, or RSF. It was not immediately clear which aid organization the convoy was affiliated with.

The warbetween the RSF and the Sudanese militaryerupted into a full-blown war across the country in April 2023. So far, at least 40,000 people have been killed and 12 million displaced, according to the World Health Organization. Aid groups say the true war death toll could be many times higher, as the fighting in vast and remote areas impedes access.

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Most recently, the fight has been centered in Kordofan, where aid groups and analysts report anincrease in drone strikesthat hampered aid operations and took a toll on civilians, despite the army saying it seized control andbroke the siege of Kadugli and Dilling. At least 77 people were killed in various attacks in Kordofan due to drone warfare in February.

A U.N. convoy reached Dilling and Kadugli with aid for more than 130,000 people, the first major delivery in three months, United Nations agencies said Wednesday. However, aid workers are concerned about escalating violence.

Thursday's strike on the aid convoy is the second such incident in less than a month, according to Sudan Doctors Network. Earlier this month, an attackhit a World Food Program aid convoyin North Kordofan.

On Thursday, a U.N. backed fact-finding missiondetermined in a reportthat evidence of crimes committed in late October by the RSF in el-Fasher, the capital city of North Darfur, showed "hallmarks of genocide." Following the release of the report, The United States sanctioned three RSF commanders for their actions in el-Fasher, and called on the group to commit to an immediate ceasefire, the U.S. Treasury Department said.

A tornado snatched roofs from homes and buildings in Bloomington, Indiana, Thursday night. Bloomington is home to Indiana University and the damage on the west side of town appears widespread.

More than 1,700 customers were without power in hard-hit Monroe County Friday morning, according toPowerOutage.us

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No injuries have been reported so far, but significant damage is being reported at the Monroe County Airport and the Monroe County Humane Association. Wind gusts of 70 mph were recorded at the airport just after 7 p.m. local time.

In a statement Friday morning, the airport's director said they lost power for about three hours, several outbuildings were destroyed and multiple hangars are heavily damaged. Despite that, the airport is open and operating.

The Humane Association's executive director said all of the animals are safe and have been moved to other locations.

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Bloomington Police said their officers and other first responders were seeing extensive damage but were also "experiencing difficulties with the large number of people that are driving around looking at damage."

They urged people to avoid the area, warning of the danger of downed power lines and trees.

Damage survey teams from the National Weather Service will be in Monroe and Sullivan counties Friday where the tornado was observed.

The tornado warning for Bloomington included what's called a PDS or Particularly Dangerous Situation warning. That indicates a life-threatening situation with a higher likelihood of severe damage.

More than 30 counties across Indiana were under tornado watch or warnings on Thursday.

A wave of severe thunderstorms also brought hail, high winds and heavy rain across central Indiana.

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The former Prince Andrew was seen for the first time following his arrest on Feb. 19, being released after 11 hours in police custody

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• The former Duke of York was taken into custody for allegations of misconduct in public office

• After reports that Andrew's homes were being searched, police said their searches in Norfolk had concluded but were still underway in Berkshire

The formerPrince Andrewwas seen for the first time sincehis arrest.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor left the Aylsham Police Station in Norfolk after spending approximately 11 hours in custodyon Thursday, Feb. 19, his 66th birthday. He was photographed in the backseat of a vehicle.

The Thames Valley Police issued anupdated statementconfirming the release of a "man in his sixties from Norfolk," although Andrew was not named. "The arrested man has now been released under investigation," they said.

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Police added that their searches in Norfolk had concluded but searches in Berkshire, where Andrew's former home of Royal Lodge is located, were still underway. TheBBCreported earlier in the day that Andrew's homes were being searched.

Around 8 a.m. local time, police officers arrived at Wood Farm in Norfolk, located inKing Charles' Sandringham estate, where Andrew recently moved after being forced to surrender the lease on Royal Lodge. Andrew was arrested for "suspicion of misconduct in public office."

The arrest comes after a series of scandals that have plagued Andrew due to his association with Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender who died in prison in 2019. Andrew has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing in his ties to Epstein.

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Earlier this month, the BBC reported that the Thames Valley Police was investigating a complaint alleging that Andrew shared confidential information related to his role as a trade envoy in an email correspondence with Epstein. The complaint was lodged by the anti-monarchy group Republic after numerous files were released by the U.S. Department of Justice on Jan. 30 as part of the ongoing Epstein investigation.

"Following a thorough assessment, we have now opened an investigation into this allegation of misconduct in public office," said Assistant Chief Constable Oliver Wright following the Feb. 19 arrest, though Andrew was not named in thestatement. "It is important that we protect the integrity and objectivity of our investigation as we work with our partners to investigate this alleged offense."

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Andrew stepped back from his public royal role in 2019 after a disastrous interview with the BBC about his ties to Epstein.

In January 2022, Andrew's mother, Queen Elizabeth, revoked hismilitary titles and patronagesafter a judge rejected his attempt to have Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre'ssexual assault lawsuitagainst him dismissed. The former royal, who has denied Giuffre's allegations,reached a settlementwith her in 2022. She died by suicide in April 2025.

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In October 2025, King Charles announced that he wasstripping his brother's royal titles and honors. It was also announced that Andrew would leave Royal Lodge, his longtime residence in Windsor.

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Following the release of the Epstein files — which feature the names of Andrew and his ex-wife,Sarah Ferguson, several times — the King issued a statement confirming that his office would cooperate with authorities if asked.

Hours after Andrew's arrest, the King issued another statement.

"I have learned with the deepest concern the news about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and suspicion of misconduct in public office. What now follows is the full, fair and proper process by which this issue is investigated in the appropriate manner and by the appropriate authorities," the King said on Feb. 19.

"In this, as I have said before, they have our full and wholehearted support and co-operation. Let me state clearly: the law must take its course," the King continued. "As this process continues, it would not be right for me to comment further on this matter."

He concluded, "Meanwhile, my family and I will continue in our duty and service to you all."

King Charles and Queen Camillacarried on with royal engagementson Feb. 19 despite Andrew's arrest. The Queen, 78, attended a concert and met with musicians in London, while the King, 77,held audiencesandattended London Fashion Week.

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Experts say Andrew couldface a maximum sentence of life in prisonif he is convicted of misconduct in public office.

Dr. Tom Frost, Senior Lecturer in Law at Loughborough University, tells PEOPLE that it could take weeks or months for Andrew to be charged — if he's charged at all. Any charge will come from the Crown Prosecution Service after they determine if there is enough evidence to charge the former royal and "whether a prosecution is in the public interest."

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Anderson Cooper's exit from "60 Minutes" reportedly left CBS News leadership "blindsided."

Puck NewsreportedWednesday that CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss and the network's top brass expected Cooper to renew his contract and remain on board as a "60 Minutes" correspondent, who first joined nearly 20 years ago.

According to the report, Cooper was making "$2 million" a year at CBS in addition to the $17-$18 million he reportedly makes annually at CNN.

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"These negotiations were on the one-yard line," one source familiar with the negotiations told Puck News.

Another source told Puck News, "It was total chaos... Everyone was caught off guard." "Bari is pissed," one reportedly said.

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While Cooper may no longer be working under Weiss now, Puck News' Dylan Byers noted the possibility of Weiss overseeing CNN if CBS News' parent company Paramount, run by David Ellison, is successful in its bid to take over CNN's parent company Warner Bros. Discovery.

CBS News did not immediately respond toFox News Digital's request for comment.

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After news leaked of his departure, Cooper released a statement citing his family as a reason for rolling back his on-air work.

"Being a correspondent at 60 Minutes has been one of the great honors of my career," Cooper said in the statement. "I got to tell amazing stories, and work with some of the best producers, editors, and camera crews in the business. For nearly twenty years, I've been able to balance my jobs at CNN and CBS, but I have little kids now, and I want to spend as much time with them as possible, while they still want to spend time with me."

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A spokesperson for CBS News previously told Fox News Digital, "For more than two decades, Anderson Cooper has taken 60 Minutes viewers on journeys to faraway places, told us unforgettable stories, reported consequential investigations and interviewed many prominent figures. We're grateful to him for dedicating so much of his life to this broadcast, and understand the importance of spending more time with family. 60 Minutes will be here if he ever wants to return."

Cooper's exit comes weeks after his "60 Minutes" colleagueSharyn Alfonsiclashed with Weiss over a report that Weiss deemed wasn't ready for air.

In December, Weiss pulled Alfonsi's segment on the Center for Confinement of Terrorism (CECOT) shortly before it was set to air. Alfonsi defiantly told colleagues she believed it was a political decision while Weiss sought to include voices from the Trump administration.

The segment ultimately airedin January, but Weiss and CBS News faced tense blowback from liberal critics.

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• While guest co-hosting The View on Feb. 19, Savannah Chrisley defended President Donald Trump when the other women on the panel called him "racist"

• Whoopi Goldberg and Sunny Hostin emphasized Trump's recent efforts to remove slavery exhibits in Philadelphia and a video posted on his Truth Social page that depicted the Obamas as primates

• Chrisley, whose parents received presidential pardons for their fraud convictions in May, claimed Trump has helped many members of the Black community

Savannah Chrisley's defense of PresidentDonald Trumpsparked a debate withTheViewpanel during the Thursday, Feb. 19 episode.

As the reality star, 28, nears the end of her week as guest co-host on the daytime talk show whileAlyssa Farah Griffin is out on maternity leave,the group discussedthe president's recent actions surrounding DEI initiatives, including a judge's order torestore the slavery exhibit that the federal government had removedfromThe President's Housein Independence National Historical Park.

"It is Black History Month, and you know who is being accused of sending mixed messages on the issue,"Whoopi Goldbergsaid before a clip, in which Trump "touted his relationship with the Black community," played.

In the video, Trump, 79, called the late civil rights activistRev. Jesse Jackson"a person I knew very well," further describing him as "a piece of work." He then praised rapperNicki Minajfor her vocal support of his administration, adding that "her skin's so beautiful" and "her nails" are long.

Chrisley, whose parentsTodd and Julie Chrisley were pardonedby Trump in May after being convicted of tax evasion and bank fraud the year prior, admitted that she understands the issue with Trump's "rants" but said, "What's so hard for me to witness is people stating that the president is a racist, because I've seen him firsthand."

"He is a racist,"Sunny Hostininterjected, as Chrisley continued, "He saved one of my best friends' lives. A Black woman who has been with him for 18 years."

Hostin, however, pushed back: "So he has a Black friend. He's a racist."

Goldberg also chimed in, explaining to Chrisley that the reason "many of us have a different take on it" is, in part, because of Trump's apparent struggle "to distinguish between Black people and his idea of what DEI is."

"When you target DEI programs with executive orders your first week in office, arguing that the policies undermine national unity," she said of the March 2025 executive order "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History," in which Trump specifically targeted Independence National Historical Park.

National Park Service workers were seen removing 34 panels and video displays about slavery from the park in January, including some titled "Life Under Slavery" and "The Dirty Business of Slavery." On Feb. 16, a judge reversed this order, writing that the removal of the displays was unlawful, "arbitrary and capricious," and caused "irreparable harm" by erasing historical truth and undermining public trust.

Goldberg, 70, continued to highlight examples of racism stemming from Trump's administration. "When you share racist posts about the Obamas. When you pursue the death penalty for the exonerated five, after you knew they had been exonerated," she said. "These are the reasons that his behavior is so hard."

The video that Goldberg referenced was posted to Trump's Truth Social account earlier this month, which centered around election conspiracy theories — alleging that voting machines in battleground states had been tampered with as the 2020 presidential votes were tallied — andconcluded with a racist depictionof former PresidentBarack Obamaand his wife,Michelle Obama, as primates.

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It was quickly criticized by lawmakers for advancing a longstanding racist trope used by slave traders and segregationists to dehumanize Black people and justify their mistreatment. At the time, White House press secretaryKaroline Leavittdefended Trump in a statement claiming it was "from an internet meme video depicting President Trump as the King of the Jungle and Democrats as characters fromThe Lion King."

"Please stop the fake outrage and report on something today that actually matters to the American public," the statement read.

The White House later deleted Trump's post and shared a new statement to PEOPLE, saying, "A White House staffer erroneously made the post. It has been taken down."

On Feb. 7, however, Trump told reporters he "didn't make a mistake" by posting the content to his profile, and stated thathe would not apologizefor it.

"I mean, I look at a lot of thousands of things. I looked at the beginning of it. It was fine," he said. "I guess it was a take off onThe Lion Kingand certainly it was a very strong post in terms of voter fraud."

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Hostin, doubling down on her claims, cited Trump and his administration's handling of the video to Chrisley.

"Let's call a thing a thing. Donald Trump is a racist. There's no question in my mind," Hostin said. "The most recent thing that he did by posting on Truth Social the Obamas depicted as apes inThe Lion King, [when] there are no apes inThe Lion King, that was a racist act. He tried to blame a staffer."

When Chrisley insisted, "It was in fact a staffer who posted it," Hostin askedTheViewcrew to play a clip of Leavitt telling reporters on Wednesday, Feb. 18, "When you see it on Truth Social, you know it's directly from President Trump."

Chrisley continued to defend Trump, stating, "For the first time in history, HBCUs got permanent funding under the Trump administration."

Hostin replied, "That funding was started, Savannah, sweetheart, before Donald Trump got into office."

Ultimately, Chrisley said that she agreed "wholeheartedly that the White House failed when it came to the posting of that video because it is the White House's responsibility to protect minority groups that lost friendships and relationships over just standing for President Trump."

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Kelly Rowlandis clockingBeyoncéas only a fellow superstar can.

The "Motivation" singer couldn't help but tease her fellowDestiny's Childalum during a recent appearance on Scott Evans' YouTube seriesHouse Guestearlier this month. The call out occurred after Evans read a prompt asking the pair to "sing your favorite love song." Evans then burst into a verse from Beyoncé's 2011 hit, "1+1."

"I don't know much about algebra," Evans began, only for Rowland to interject with a correction.

"It's algeb'a," she told him. "She doesn't pronounce that 'r.'"

Indeed, when Queen Bey belts out the opening verse of her 2011 single, she pronounces the word as "alge-buh," with no "r" included.

While Evans fought to hold in his laughter, Rowland added, "I love it. She don't say that 'r' for nothing. I love it though. Am I right?"

After Evans sang the verse over, with the Beyoncé-accurate pronunciation of "algebra," Rowland shared some additional thoughts about the track, calling it "so beautiful" and adding, "She performs the hell out of that song every time."

Still laughing, Evans replied, "You killed me with that. That's not how she said that at all. There's no 'r' in that word."

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Not just anyone is bold enough to critique Beyoncé, but Rowland is uniquely suited for the task. In addition to spending several of their formative years onstage together as part of Destiny's Child, the duo remain lifelong friends. In fact, while chatting withComplex Musicearlier this month, Rowland confirmed rumors that Beyoncé gave her notes after attending a show on last year'sThe Boy Is Mine tour.

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"Iron sharpens iron," Rowland said simply. "And by the way,it's Beyoncé. She's f---ing brilliant, you know what I mean?"

She added that the feedback wasn't exclusive to just Queen Bey, noting that she takes notes from several of the other artists in her life.

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"I keep nothing but iron around me," Rowland explained. "I like the fact that, if it's someone whose opinion I respect and they see that I want the show to be great, they're like, 'Nah, we'll help you get there.' Because I used to be really sensitive. And I didn't give the space for that. Now I'm like, 'No, give me all of it.'"

She continued, "If something can be better, yeah, why not? I don't want to be stagnant, I don't want to be mediocre."

Watch Rowland's full appearance on Evans'House Guestabove.

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STUTTGART, Germany, Feb 20 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday vowed to ‌uphold an informal pact within Germany's ‌political mainstream not to partner with the far-right ​Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.

"We will not allow these people from the so-called Alternative for Germany to ruin our country," Merz told fellow ‌members of ⁠his conservative CDU at a national party conference in the southwestern ⁠city of Stuttgart.

"And that is why I say with full conviction: this party cannot ​be a ​partner of the ​CDU," Merz said, adding ‌that the AfD must expect a bitter fight by conservatives.

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Many Germans are alarmed by the AfD, whose rise evokes parallels with the Nazi Party's ascent in the 1930s, ‌when authoritarian rule was ​established through legal means.

Germany's ​mainstream parties ​refuse to work with its lawmakers ‌by giving them influential ​positions in ​parliament or forming coalitions. The AfD argues this is undemocratic.

(Reporting by Andreas Rinke ​in Stuttgart ‌and James Mackenzie in Berlin, writing ​by Friederike Heine, editing by Linda ​Pasquini and Thomas Seythal)