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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel had killed senior Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar. 

Netanyahu made the announcement in a speech to the Knesset, the national legislature of Israel. The Israeli leader had previously only said that the terrorist leader had "apparently" been killed. 

Mohammed Sinwar was one of Israel's most wanted targets. He was the focus of an Israeli strike on a hospital in southern Gaza earlier this month and Netanyahu said on May 21 that it was likely he had been killed. There was no confirmation from Hamas.

"In the 600 days of revival, we changed the face of the Middle East," Netanyahu said according to the Times of Israel. "We removed the terrorists from our territories, entered the Gaza Strip, and killed [Mohammed] Deif, [Ismail] Haniyeh, Yahya [Sinwar], and Mohammed Sinwar."

At least 16 people were killed and 70 were wounded in the May 13 strike, the outlet reported, citing the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry.

Sinwar's body was found in a tunnel in Khan Yunis, along with the bodies of ten of his aides, the outlet reported.

Sinwar is the younger brother of the group's former leader, Yahya Sinwar, who was killed in an Israeli strike in October. Mohammed Sinwar assumed leadership of Hamas in the Gaza Strip and its military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, after his brother's death.

Mohammed Sinwar would have had the final word on any agreement to release the hostages and his death could further complicate U.S. and Arab efforts to broker a ceasefire. Israel has vowed to continue the war until all the hostages are returned and Hamas has been either defeated or disarmed and sent into exile.

Yahya Sinwar, meanwhile, planned and executed the October 7th Massacre, according to the IDF and Israel's Shin Bet intelligence agency.

"[He] promoted his murderous ideology both before and during the war, and was responsible for the murder and abduction of many Israelis," the statement read. 

Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Spanish emergency services say four women and three girls died when a small boat carrying migrants capsized while arriving to port at one of Spain’s Canary Islands on Wednesday.

Spain's maritime rescue service, which located the boat some 6 miles (9.6 kilometers) from the shore, said the boat tipped over as rescuers started removing minors as it arrived at a dock on the island of El Hierro.

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The movement of people on the boat caused it to tip and then turn over, dumping the occupants into the water, the service said.

Emergency services for the Canary Islands said four women, a teenage girl and two younger girls perished in the accident. One of the girls was found by a rescue diver.

A helicopter evacuated two more children, a girl and a boy, to a local hospital in serious condition after they nearly drowned, the service added.

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Local media reports said the small boat appeared to be packed with over 100 people. Spanish rescuers and members of the Red Cross pulled people out of the water.

The Spanish archipelago located off Africa’s western coast has for years been a main route for migrants who risk their lives in dinghies and rubber boats unfit for long journeys in the open sea. Thousands have been known to die on the way to European territory.

Nearly 47,000 people who made the crossing last year reached the archipelago, surpassing previous records for a second time. Most were citizens of Mali, Senegal and Morocco, with many boarding boats to Spain from the coast of Mauritania.

The arrivals include thousands of unaccompanied minors.

Some 10,800 people had arrived via the Atlantic to the Canary Islands by mid-May, which was down by 34% compared to the same period in 2024.

Turkey is tipping the scales in its war on obesity.

The country has launched a nationwide campaign to measure citizens’ weight in public spaces to combat its rising obesity rates — a move critics argue amounts to public fat shaming and government overreach. 

The initiative, called "Learn Your Ideal Weight, Live Healthy" campaign, will see around 10 million people assessed between May 10 and July 10. If they are deemed overweight, they will be directed to health centers to receive nutritional counseling and monitoring by dietitians, according to Turkish Minute.

The controversial move aims to raise awareness about chronic weight dangers and to promote healthier lifestyles.

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Turkish Health Minister Kemal Memişoğlu introduced the initiative earlier this month, stating that health personnel would take measurements in public areas across all 81 provinces, Turkish media reported. 

Various images posted to social media by Turkey’s health ministry show health officials taking people’s height measurements before guiding them onto weighing scales at so-called check points in public spaces.

Individuals have their body weight and height measured to calculate their body mass index (BMI), a simple calculation used to assess whether a person has a healthy body weight for their height.

If someone has a BMI of 25 or higher, they will be referred to the health centers.

The initiative has drawn backlash, with critics slamming it as invasive, stigmatizing and essentially amounting to fat shaming in public. Other detractors argue that the government is not addressing broader contributing factors such as soaring food prices, stagnant wages and limited access to affordable nutrition.

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Gökben Hızlı Sayar, a Turkish psychiatrist and academic, likened the stations to fat check points and said she was forced to get measured. 

"I got caught in a fat car showdown in Üsküdar Square, she wrote on X last week. "Luckily, they reprimanded me a little and let me go. When I saw the radar, I warned 3 fat people who were going that way to flash their headlights at each other. Today is the day of unity, my fat brothers."

The health minister, however, said the goal is to inform the public and make them healthier.

In an effort to lead by example, Memişoğlu himself was measured and revealed that he is over the limit, although it wasn’t clear by how much.

"Which dietitian should I go to?" he humorously said to reporters before later adding, "turns out I'm a little over. It's up to me now, I'll be walking every day," Turkish Minute reported. 

Memişoğlu also posted video of himself walking, writing, "it's time to get down to business, we'll walk every day."

Turkey has a population of around 85 million people and around 32.1% are considered obese, according to the World Health Organization. Anyone over a BMI of 30 is considered obese. 

That rate is still lower than in the United States, where the most recent studies by the CDC show obesity among adults at 40.3%.

Experts link the rate in Turkey to rising fast-food consumption, economic barriers to healthy food and urbanization reducing physical activity levels, according to Turkey Today. 

JOHANNESBURG – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa hit back Tuesday against President Donald Trump's demand that opposition politician Julius Malema should be arrested, for repeatedly chanting "kill the farmer."

Also on Tuesday, a senior politician within South Africa’s government told Fox News Digital the chant "inflamed hatred" and called for "legal consequences."

In the White House Oval Office last week, President Trump had a video showing Malema making the chant shown to the then-visiting Ramaphosa. Trump told the South African leader that Malema should be arrested.

On Sunday, Malema, leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) political party, which drew just under 10% of the vote in last May’s South African election and is not part of the government of national unity, told a crowd of thousands at a rally in South Africa’s Free State, "I will never be intimidated by Donald Trump."

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Just four days after the president’s call that he should be arrested, Malema launched into the chant again, shouting to cheers "Shoot to kill. Kill the Boer (Afrikaans farmer), the farmer." The Afrikaners are descendants of mostly Dutch settlers who first arrived in South Africa in 1652.

Appearing to want to emphasize defiance, Malema then chanted "I repeat, kill the Boer, the farmer."

Reacting to President Trump calling for Malema’s arrest, President Ramaphosa on Tuesday told reporters there are no plans to detain the EFF leader. "It's not a matter where we need to be instructed by anyone (to) go and arrest this one. (Malema) We are a very proud sovereign country that has its own laws, that has its own processes."

Ramaphosa continued that South Africa’s equivalent of the Supreme Court, the Constitutional Court, had decided in 2022 the slogan "kill the Boer, kill the farmer" was only a decades-old "liberation chant and slogan, and it's not meant to be a message that elicits or calls upon anyone to go and be killed, and that is what our court decided." Critics point out that Malema sits on South Africa’s Judicial Services Commission – the body that appoints judges here.

TRUMP CONFRONTS SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT WITH VIDEO ON TREATMENT OF WHITE FARMERS

All of this is against the background of President Trump accusing South Africa of genocide against farmers and inviting so far 49 Whites to fly to the U.S. as refugees.

"That chant has no place in a democratic South Africa," the Democratic Alliance (DA) party’s Ian Cameron told Fox News Digital. The DA is South Africa’s main opposition party. They are members of the government of national unity, with Cameron serving as chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Police.

Cameron said that Malema singing the chant again this past weekend was "continuing to divide society and inflame hatred and mistrust. (It) plays a specific role in why farm attacks in South Africa are so unique: while brutal attacks continue in rural areas, he sings that song with pride, and many of his supporters openly celebrate the violence on social media."

"I do believe that Julius Malema’s repeated incitement—especially through songs like ‘Kill the Boer’, crosses a dangerous and unacceptable line," Cameron continued. "Freedom of speech is a cornerstone of democracy, but it cannot be used as a shield for promoting violence. At the very least, there should be legal consequences for incitement of violence, and our justice system must act without fear or favor."

Ramaphosa said he was not going to have people arrested "willy nilly," adding on Tuesday, "we are a country where freedom of expression is the bedrock of our constitutional arrangement."

None of this has phased Malema, who is on record saying, "I will sing the song as and when I like."

Fox News Digital reached out to Malema but received no response.

Attacks on both White and Black farmers here are real. Cameron told Fox News Digital, "I’ve personally stood in the aftermath of these attacks. I’ve walked into scenes that resembled abattoirs. I remember one farm where the victim’s fingernail marks were still embedded in the carpet from where he was dragged and tortured. These are not ordinary crimes and often include disproportionate violence."

U.S. President Donald Trump purported on Tuesday that Canada was "considering" giving up its statehood in exchange for protection by the proposed "Golden Dome" missile defense system at no cost, despite Canadian officials repeatedly stating that the country is not for sale.

"I told Canada, which very much wants to be part of our fabulous Golden Dome System, that it will cost $61 Billion Dollars if they remain a separate, but unequal, Nation, but will cost ZERO DOLLARS if they become our cherished 51st State," Trump wrote on Truth Social.

"They are considering the offer!" he claimed.

Trump has threatened in recent months to annex Canada, an idea fiercely rebuked by Canadian officials and their citizens.

KING CHARLES II VISITS CANADA AS SHOW OF SUPPORT FOR COUNTRY COVETED BY TRUMP

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, who secured an election win last month in part due to Canadians' opposition to Trump's wish to make the country part of the U.S., told Trump earlier this month that his country "won't be for sale, ever."

King Charles III, who is recognized as Canada's sovereign, gave a speech before the Canadian Parliament on Tuesday in which he appeared to reject Trump's idea of purchasing the North American country and making it the 51st U.S. state.

"Canadians can give themselves far more than any foreign power on any continent can ever take away," he said. "And that, by staying true to Canadian values, Canada can build new alliances and a new economy that serves all Canadians."

As for the "Golden Dome," Trump announced last week that the U.S. had officially selected the architecture for the missile defense system that would create a network of satellites to detect, track and potentially intercept incoming ballistic missiles.

The U.S. president said the project would cost $175 billion to build and that it was expected to be "fully operational" within three years. He also said Canada would be included in its safety net.

"Canada has called us, and they want to be a part of it. So we’ll be talking to them; they want to have protection also," Trump said at the time.

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Carney’s office said last week that there were "active discussions" between the U.S. and Canada on current and new security programs, including the "Golden Dome."

"Canadians gave the prime minister a strong mandate to negotiate a comprehensive new security and economic relationship with the United States," a spokesperson for Carney told BBC News.

"To that end, the prime minister and his ministers are having wide-ranging and constructive discussions with their American counterparts. These discussions naturally include strengthening [North American Aerospace Defense Command] and related initiatives such as the Golden Dome," the spokesperson continued.

French President Emmanuel Macron allegedly argued that video images showing his wife Brigitte pushing him away with both hands in the face on Monday were a pro-Russian disinformation campaign.

"Brigitte's hands #Macron brought to the PR's face at #Hanoï : the Élysée initially denied the veracity of the images, suggesting a video generated by AI and relayed by pro-Russian accounts, before finally authenticating the sequence and evoking a moment of "complicity," a post from the French outlet, Brèves de presse, claimed.

Although Macron’s office initially denied the authenticity of the images, The Associated Press later confirmed them as genuine. 

EMMANUEL MACRON'S WIFE SEEN SHOVING HIM IN THE FACE IN VIRAL CLIP AS FRANCE'S FIRST COUPLE ARRIVES IN VIETNAM

His office has continued to downplay the incident following the initial attempt to suggest a pro-Russia disinformation campaign.

"It was a moment where the president and his wife were decompressing one last time before the start of the trip by horsing around. It’s a moment of complicity. It was all that was needed to give ammunition to the conspiracy theorists," his office said.

Macron has also told reporters that the couple were just joking around.

"We are squabbling and, rather, joking with my wife," he said, adding that the incident was being overblown into "a sort of geo-planetary catastrophe."

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Video of the incident showed a uniformed man opening the plane door as Macron was seen wearing a suit and standing in the doorway. Brigitte Macron's arms – in red sleeves – could be seen reaching out and pushing Macron away, with one hand covering his mouth and part of his nose while the other was on his jaw. The French president turned his head away but suddenly noticed news cameras capturing the moment. He quickly smiled and waved before exiting the door frame.

Macron and his wife later disembarked the stairs of the aircraft together. The French president offered his arm, though the first lady – seen wearing a red blazer – did not take hold of it. 

The video quickly went viral and was mainly promoted by accounts that have been accused of being habitually hostile to the French leader.

"For three weeks … there are people who have watched videos and think I shared a bag of cocaine, that I had a fight with the Turkish president, and that now I’m having a domestic dispute with my wife," said Macron. "None of these are true. Everyone needs to calm down."

If diplomacy is theater, Justin Trudeau walked onstage in costume to greet royalty.

The former Canadian prime minister made a head-turning entrance at Tuesday’s regal proceedings in Ottawa, attending King Charles III’s historic Speech from the Throne, not in the expected leather brogues or polished Oxfords but rather in a pair of turquoise and orange Adidas Gazelles. 

A sartorial choice that might fly in more casual settings, perhaps less so in the Senate chamber, especially when royalty are in the room.

KING CHARLES III VISITS CANADA AS SHOW OF SUPPORT FOR COUNTRY COVETED BY TRUMP

While Trudeau made headlines for his choice of footwear, King Charles III and Queen Camilla were in Canada for a significant two-day visit, his first since becoming monarch in 2022. 

The king, 76, is currently undergoing cancer treatment and has kept a limited schedule, but the decision to travel to Ottawa was widely seen as a symbolic gesture of support for Canada during a time of tension.

The visit follows repeated comments by President Donald Trump suggesting that Canada could become the 51st state of the United States, remarks that were publicly rejected by Canadian leaders. 

Prime Minister Mark Carney invited the king to open Canada’s 45th session of Parliament, making him the first monarch to do so since Queen Elizabeth II in 1977. Carney has previously stated that Canada "is not for sale now, not for sale ever," a message echoed by Canada’s envoy to the U.K., Ralph Goodale, who said the king’s visit "reinforces the power and the strength of that message."

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During his address in the Senate chamber, King Charles emphasized Canada’s independence and resilience. "The true north is indeed strong and free," he said.

Charles, who also held private meetings with Carney and Governor General Mary Simon, serves as Canada’s head of state, as he does for 14 other commonwealth realms. The visit comes at a time when U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is pursuing closer ties with the Trump administration on trade and international issues, including Ukraine.

While the ceremonial aspects of the visit drew attention, the event reinforced Canada’s current position on the world stage and the role of the monarchy in reinforcing that status.

Fashion-wise, Trudeau’s sneakers were at least en vogue, literally. British Vogue recently dubbed the Adidas Gazelle a perennial fashion staple, noting its '70s-inspired silhouette and quiet-cool profile. 

In an April 2024 article titled "Why Our Obsession With Adidas Gazelles Shows No Sign of Fading," Joy Montgomery called the shoe a "fashion trainer" with timeless appeal, but that doesn’t necessarily translate to royal protocol.

One onlooker quipped, "Justin Trudeau’s shoes, today, at Parliament! Also in Parliament today – King Charles," tweeted @margareta_matis. 

Emily Ferguson chimed in with a glancing blow: "Retirement runners perhaps..?" 

As if the message was unclear, Dimitris Soudas, former communications chief to Stephen Harper, delivered his verdict with silence: "I don’t know what to say."
 

In a room filled with governors general, premiers, Indigenous leaders, and military honors, Trudeau's Adidas suede also made its presence known.

King Charles opened the speech with a land acknowledgment and moved swiftly to emphasize Canada’s "unique identity" and "enduring sovereignty," subtle echoes of Prime Minister Carney’s recent message to Trump. 

Charles’s address, written mostly by the Canadian government but peppered with his own flourishes, pointed to ambitious economic goals.

"Every time I come to Canada … a little more of Canada seeps into my bloodstream, and from there straight to my heart," he said.

Meanwhile, Trudeau found himself seated next to Harper, his old political rival, and the two were seen in animated conversation, hands flying. It is unknown what they were discussing.

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To quote a different king, "Well, you can do anything, but stay off of my blue suede shoes."

Fox News' Landon Mion contributed to this report.

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. met with Argentine President Javier Milei on Tuesday at the Casa Rosada, where both leaders reaffirmed plans to withdraw their nations from the World Health Organization (WHO) and build a new international health framework.

The meeting brought together two strong-willed political outsiders. Milei, a libertarian economist known for cutting government spending, and Kennedy, a Trump-appointed health chief skeptical of pandemic-era mandates. Both promised to challenge what they call global overreach and politicized health policy.

Argentina officially confirmed its exit from the WHO during Kennedy’s visit, following Milei’s initial announcement in February. The move aligns with President Trump’s revived pledge to pull the U.S. out of the WHO as part of his "Make America Healthy Again" (MAHA) agenda.

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Milei’s government blasted the WHO for what it called a failed COVID response. "The WHO’s prescriptions do not work because they are not based on science but on political interests and bureaucratic structures that refuse to review their own mistakes," the government said, referring to the group’s lockdown strategy as a "caveman quarantine."

Kennedy offered support, encouraging other countries to also exit the WHO in a recent address to the World Health Assembly. He has argued the organization is compromised by foreign governments and corporate interests, and that a fresh approach is needed.

After the meeting, Kennedy posted on X: "I had a wonderful meeting with President Milei about the mutual withdrawal of our nations from the WHO and the creation of an alternative international health system... free from totalitarian impulses, corruption, and political control."

Both governments say the new alliance will prioritize real science, individual freedom, and national sovereignty, pushing back against what Milei’s team calls "interference" from global agencies.

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The meeting also highlighted shared philosophies between the two leaders. Milei took office vowing to slash Argentina’s massive public spending. He famously carried a chainsaw during his campaign to symbolize budget cuts—and has since followed through, cutting public salaries, halting state projects, and ending energy subsidies.

His tough measures have produced results: Argentina posted its first budget surplus in nearly 15 years and sharply reduced monthly inflation.

Kennedy’s MAHA campaign echoes Milei’s anti-establishment style, but in the health sector. The Trump administration’s health agenda has focused on rolling back federal overreach, enforcing science-based policy, and promoting transparency in public health.

Tuesday’s meeting marks a deeper alignment between Argentina and the current U.S. administration. Milei has welcomed top American officials in recent months and shown clear interest in building strong ties with Washington. Now, by joining the U.S. in rejecting the WHO, Milei becomes the first foreign leader to openly back Trump’s health sovereignty push.

The decision is a major departure from Argentina’s previous international partnerships and could signal a shift for other countries weighing similar moves. Both Milei and Kennedy have framed the initiative as the start of a more accountable and independent global health network.

Critics, including some in Argentina’s opposition, warn that leaving the WHO could limit access to funding and vaccines. Global health experts largely defend the WHO’s role, despite acknowledging its COVID missteps.

But Milei and Kennedy appear unfazed. Argentina’s health minister praised the shared "vision" between the two governments, emphasizing a joint commitment to transparency and reform.

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.

The United States government is advising U.S. citizens to avoid traveling to Venezuela and its borders.

Venezuela currently has the highest Travel Advisory with a level 4.

Per the U.S. Department of State, citizens are warned not to travel to Venezuela due to severe risks.

The risks include wrongful detention, torture in detention, terrorism, kidnapping, arbitrary enforcement of local laws, crime, civil unrest, and poor health infrastructure.

VENEZUELA WILL FACE ‘SEVERE, AND ESCALATING SANCTIONS' IF IT DOESN'T ACCEPT ITS CITIZENS, RUBIO SAYS

Currently, more U.S. nationals are wrongfully detained in Venezuela than anywhere else in the world.

In March 2019, the DOS withdrew all diplomatic personnel from the U.S. Embassy in Caracas and suspended operations.

This means there is no U.S. consulate operating in Venezuela and the U.S. government cannot provide routine or emergency consular services to U.S. citizens in Venezuela.

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Police and security forces have instituted a brutal crackdown on pro-democracy or anti-regime demonstrations, including the use of tear gas, pepper spray, and rubber bullets against participants, which occasionally devolve into looting and vandalism.

If you are planning to still travel to Venezuela, the State Department recommends you do the following before traveling.

Travelers should prepare a will and designate appropriate insurance beneficiaries and power of attorney.

Develop a communication plan with family or your company with a "proof of life" protocol and consider hiring a professional security detail.

Travelers should have an understanding that medical care will be limited in Venezuela, especially over-the-counter medication.

Avoid Venezuela’s border areas with Colombia, Brazil, and Guyana as Colombian terrorist groups operate in those areas.

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If you choose to travel to Venezuela, the U.S. will not be able to assist you in recovering lost, stolen or expired travel documents. 

It is advised that any U.S. citizen currently in Venezuela should depart immediately.

The U.S.’s chief adversaries, Russia, North Korea and China, all of which are nuclear-armed nations, have condemned President Donald Trump’s space-based defensive plan he dubbed the "Golden Dome" as "dangerous" and a threat to global stability. 

The president discussed his $175 billion plan, which will use satellites and other technologies to detect and intercept a missile strike "even if they are launched from other sides of the world," Trump said last week.

The defensive plan, though it is believed to be years away before being fully operational despite Trump’s three-year goal mark, sparked stiff backlash from the U.S.’s top competitors, who took direct aim at what they called Trump’s "arrogance."

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North Korea’s foreign ministry, whose leader shared an uncommonly cordial relationship with Trump during his first term, called it the equivalent of an "outer space nuclear war scenario" that supports the administration’s strategy for "uni-polar domination."

According to local media outlets, the ministry on Tuesday said it was a "typical product of ‘America first’, the height of self-righteousness, arrogance, high-handed and arbitrary practice."

The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News’ Digital’s questions regarding the reactions to the plan, intended to resemble Israel’s "Iron Dome" defensive capability.

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But the North Korean foreign ministry claimed the defensive strategy was actually an "attempt to militarize outer space" and "preemptively attain military superiority in an all-round way."

Similarly, on Tuesday, Russian foreign minister Maria Zakharova said the strategy would undermine the basis of strategic stability by creating a global missile defense system, reported Reuters. 

But her comments were not the first time Moscow aligned its condemnation of the "Golden Dome" as it issued a joint statement with China earlier this month after Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping met for formal talks in Russia.

The duo called the plan "deeply destabilizing" and claimed it erodes the "inseparable interrelationship between strategic offensive arms and strategic defensive arms."

They also argued that it would turn "outer space into an environment for placing weapons and an arena for armed confrontation."

Russia has remained relatively muted in its response following Trump’s Oval Office discussion on the Golden Dome, which came just two days after Trump held a two-hour phone call with Putin. 

But China reiterated its objection to the plan, and following Trump’s announcement on it, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning said last week, "The project will heighten the risk of turning space into a war zone and creating a space arms race, and shake the international security and arms control system."

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has rejected the claims that the plan could be viewed as an "offensive" strategy and told Fox News Digital, "All we care about is protecting the homeland."

Morgan Phillips contributed to this report.

At least five are dead and six are missing Tuesday following a massive explosion at a chemical plant in eastern China.

Videos captured in the wake of the blast at the Gaomi Youdao Chemical Co. facility in Weifang showed huge columns of smoke rising into the sky. 

The blast was powerful enough to knock out windows at a warehouse more than two miles away, according to the Associated Press.

A student at a school about 1,000 yards away from the plant told state-run news site The Paper that he heard one explosion and saw dirt-yellow smoke, tainted with redness, rising from the plant. He said there was a funny smell, and all students were given a mask and told not to remove it. 

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The cause of the explosion was not immediately clear. 

At least five people were dead and 19 were injured, local emergency management authorities said. 

Gaomi Youdao Chemical Co. manufactures pesticides as well as chemicals for medical use, and has more than 500 employees, according to corporate registration records. 

More than 230 first responders went to the site of the blast. 

The incident took place less than two weeks after the National Ministry of Emergency Management held a workshop on preventing and controlling risks in the chemical industry, as Beijing urged officials at chemical industrial parks to boost their capabilities in "managing hazardous chemicals." 

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Last year, the chemical plant was cited for "safety risks" at least twice, but in September it was praised by the Weifang Emergency Management Bureau for resolving those matters. 

Officials at the plant identified more than 800 safety hazards in the first eight months of 2024 and rectified all of them, the bureau said, according to the AP. 

A warehouse complex storing large amounts of hazardous chemicals caught fire and exploded in Tianjin in 2015, leaving 173 dead or missing. 

In 2019, 78 people were killed in a blast at a chemical plant in Yancheng in China’s eastern coastal province of Jiangsu. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

After more than a year and a half of war, Israel has found itself in an "impossible dilemma" as it tries to defeat Hamas and bring home the remaining hostages, former Israeli government spokesperson Eylon Levy says.

In an interview with Fox News Digital, Levy said that it is crucial that Hamas not remain in power — and that it is also vital to save the hostages languishing in tunnels under Gaza.

"If this war ends with the Hamas regime that perpetrated October 7th still in power, it won't end, it will just pause, and the next war will be a matter of time," Levy said. "Israelis don’t want war. We need this war to be over, but we need this war to be over with the total defeat of the Hamas regime, or else this won't be the last Gaza war."

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Israel has faced international criticism over its handling of the war in Gaza, with the U.K., France and Canada releasing a joint statement earlier this month demanding that Jerusalem end its military operations in the Gaza Strip. The U.K. also suspended trade talks with Israel because of London’s objections to the war. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney of being "on the wrong side of humanity."

"I think anyone criticizing Israel needs to come up with a better plan for how you remove Hamas from power, because otherwise they're just giving it political power and trying to save [it] from the war that it started," Levy told Fox News Digital.

The international community has been pressuring Israel regarding hostage swaps. Jerusalem has been pressured to free Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the release of hostages taken on Oct. 7. Levy acknowledged that while Israel cannot leave the hostages behind, there are valid concerns about these releases. 

"Israel is facing the impossible dilemma because Hamas is demanding the hostage-takers of tomorrow for the hostages of today," Levy said.

Levy also called out the international community, saying that most countries would not "pay ransoms to terrorist hostage-takers."

"Here's the absurdity of international pressure on Israel to pay a ransom. Most countries don't pay ransoms to terrorist hostage takers because they understand it only incentivizes more hostage taking, it rewards it, it encourages more of it," Levy told Fox News Digital. "Israel has paid a ransom to get hostages out in two cease-fires because we say we know the dangers, we know it's risky, but we've got to get out these poor people who are being starved and tortured and even executed in the dungeons."

Levy believes Israel "found itself stymied along the way" as countries that initially backed efforts to defeat Hamas "got cold feet very quickly" as they understood what removing the terror group from power would entail.

Looking at the broader picture, Levy wonders if Israel had taken on a different strategy from day one, whether the war would have ended sooner, though he admits it would have meant "defying international pressure." 

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"I do wonder if that had been the strategy from the beginning—defying international pressure—then it's possible the war might have ended sooner," Levy said. "But again, Israel is caught in this impossible bind because there are still hostages who are trapped in Gaza, whom Hamas is threatening to execute if the Israeli army gets anywhere near them to try to rescue them."

This is not a new or empty threat. Several former hostages reported being threatened and said they were told that their captors would execute them if Israeli forces got close. Six other former hostages, including American-Israeli Hersh Goldberg-Polin, met this fate when they were fatally shot just before the IDF could reach them.

Not all of Israel’s international counterparts have turned on the Jewish state. America’s approach to Netanyahu shifted as President Donald Trump returned to the White House. While the Biden administration put more pressure on Netanyahu, Trump appears to support Israel doing what it must to end the war.

Levy told Fox News Digital that "Israelis definitely got the impression that the Trump administration has Israel's back and is willing to endorse any military strategy that it wants to implement, but there are also signs the Trump administration, you know, may want to wrap this up very quickly."

Since Trump’s return to the Oval Office, dozens of hostages have been freed, including American-Israelis Keith Siegel, Sagui Dekel-Chen and Edan Alexander.

Trying to get the hostages out of harm’s way while also taking Hamas out of power seem to be conflicting goals—something Levy acknowledges, saying, "We cannot afford to pay this ransom, but we also can't afford not to pay it."

President Donald Trump asserted on Tuesday that many "bad things" would have befallen Russia if it were not for him, warning that Russian President Vladimir Putin is "playing with fire!"

"What Vladimir Putin doesn’t realize is that if it weren’t for me, lots of really bad things would have already happened to Russia, and I mean REALLY BAD. He’s playing with fire!" Trump declared in the Truth Social post.

Trump, who has unsuccessfully been aiming to help broker peace between Russia and Ukraine, unloaded on both Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a Sunday Truth Social post.

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"I’ve always had a very good relationship with Vladimir Putin of Russia, but something has happened to him. He has gone absolutely CRAZY! He is needlessly killing a lot of people, and I’m not just talking about soldiers. Missiles and drones are being shot into Cities in Ukraine, for no reason whatsoever. I’ve always said that he wants ALL of Ukraine, not just a piece of it, and maybe that’s proving to be right, but if he does, it will lead to the downfall of Russia!" Trump declared in the first part of that post.

But Trump's tough talk was not reserved only for the Russian figure — he also criticized Zelenskyy.

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"Everything out of his mouth causes problems, I don’t like it, and it better stop," Trump declared of the Ukrainian president.

Trump has so far failed to achieve his goal of seeing the bloodshed end.

In a tweet on Monday, Zelenskyy noted that Ukrainian "air defense forces and rescuers were working all night," noting that Russia's "army launched the largest number of drones against our cities and communities since the beginning of the full-scale war — 355 attack UAVs, mostly ‘Shaheds.’ There were also 9 cruise missiles," he noted.

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"Like any criminal, Russia can only be constrained by force. Only through strength — the strength of the United States, of Europe, of all nations that value life — can these attacks be stopped and real peace achieved," Zelenskyy declared in the post.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has rejected President Donald Trump’s push to have the next round of Russia-Ukraine peace talks at the Vatican – an idea the president has floated since the newly appointed American pontiff, Pope Leo XIV, suggested it earlier this month.

Special Envoy Keith Kellogg confirmed the news while speaking on "Fox & Friends" Tuesday morning when he said, "The Russians didn’t want to go there" and suggested that instead the talks could next be held in Geneva. 

Though it remains unclear when another round of talks will be held as Russia has yet to agree to the U.S.’s peace proposal and its foreign ministry on Tuesday claimed it was still working on its memorandum of terms. 

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Trump on Tuesday took to social media to issue a warning to Putin and said he's "playing with fire."

"What Vladimir Putin doesn’t realize is that if it weren’t for me, lots of really bad things would have already happened to Russia, and I mean REALLY BAD," he wrote on Truth Social. "He’s playing with fire!"

Similarly, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Moscow of "playing games" after it carried out the largest drone strike ever in the three-year-long war in a Sunday attack in which Russia launched 335 drones and nine cruise missiles at civilian targets. 

The attack prompted Trump to condemn Putin as "crazy" in a post on his social media platform, Truth Social.

"I've always had a very good relationship with Vladimir Putin of Russia, but something has happened to him," Trump said Sunday. "He has gone absolutely CRAZY! 

He is needlessly killing a lot of people, and I'm not just talking about soldiers. Missiles and drones are being shot into cities in Ukraine, for no reason whatsoever," he added. 

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Trump took it one step further and warned Putin that should he attempt to take "all of Ukraine…it will lead to the downfall of Russia."

The Kremlin clapped back at Trump and accused him of being "emotional."

When asked about the president’s comments, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said, "We are really grateful to the Americans and to President Trump personally for their assistance in organizing and launching this negotiation process.

"This is a very crucial moment, which is associated, of course, with the emotional overload of everyone absolutely and with emotional reactions," he added, according to a Reuters report. 

But Trump didn’t limit his verbal attack to Putin in his social media post and claimed Zelenskyy was "doing his country no favors by talking the way he does."

"Everything out of his mouth causes problems, I don’t like it, and it better stop," he added, though it is unclear what Zelenskyy said that prompted this reaction. 

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) — a U.S.-backed group that has Israel's stamp of approval — said it has started distributing aid to the Gaza Strip despite being the subject of controversy and questions. 

GHF did not specify how many trucks of food it was dealing with but said that the supplies made it to its hubs and were being distributed throughout the Strip. The organization also said there would be more trucks arriving on Wednesday.

"As part of the ongoing efforts to facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, four aid distribution centers were established in recent weeks, in accordance with the directive of the political echelon and in close coordination with the United States," the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement.

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"Every day, thousands of Gazans will be able to come here, reach this third party and get the aid directly. We hope this will end Hamas' abuse of the aid coming into Gaza, Hamas's abuse of the people of Gaza, and that the people of Gaza will be able to receive the aid directly," IDF spokesperson Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani said in a video about the aid.

The organization received considerable scrutiny before its distribution began, as well as a potentially major hurdle: just hours before it started distributing aid, the head of the organization resigned. 

Jake Woods, who was the executive director of the GHF, resigned on Monday, citing the organization’s inability to "adhere to the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and independence, which I will not abandon."

"I urge Israel to significantly expand the provision of aid into Gaza through all mechanisms, and I urge all stakeholders to continue to explore innovative new methods for the delivery of aid, without delay, diversion, or discrimination," Woods said in a statement obtained by Fox News. "I continue to believe the only sustainable path for the long-term is for Hamas to release all hostages, for there to be a cessation of hostilities, and a pathway for peace, security, and dignity for all people in the region."

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Prior to Woods’ resignation, GHF faced criticism over its distribution plan, which involved the aid arriving at hubs that are guarded by armed contractors, according to The Associated Press. The outlet also reported that the four hubs being set up are all close to Israeli military positions, saying that three are "far south where few Palestinians are located."

The Associated Press reported that GHF said the flow of supplies to Palestinians in Gaza would be "increasing each day."

Woods is not alone in his concern about GHF’s independence and impartiality, as the organization has faced backlash over Israel’s support for the organization. The United Nations and aid groups have voiced criticism of GHF. 

A spokesperson from the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) told Reuters that GHF is "a distraction from what is actually needed."

"Our position remains firm: as Tom Fletcher, the under-secretary-general for Humanitarian Affairs, told the Security Council the other week, this is a distraction. Aid operations must be in line with the humanitarian principles and must be scaled up to stave off famine and meet the needs of all civilians, where they are in the Strip," OCHA spokesperson Eri Kaneko told Fox News Digital.

Fox News Digital reached out to the State Department and the Red Cross for comment, but they did not immediately respond. 

Trey Yingst contributed to this report.

Iranian truck drivers have widened their labor stoppage to include more than 100 towns and cities across the country, while the clerical regime launched a violent crackdown on strikers in the Kurdish city of Sanandaj.

Iranian experts have long urged successive U.S. administrations to provide strike pay and other forms of aid to restive workers in the Islamic Republic, with a view to improving human rights and causing regime change from within.

Truckers are a key industrial force that helps keep the worsening Iranian economy above water.

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Alireza Nader, a Washington, D.C., expert on Iran's regime who studies Iranian labor unrest, told Fox News Digital, "The Trump administration should offer loud support to the truckers-this would give Trump even more leverage in the nuclear negotiations. And organizations such as the AFL-CIO can play an important role in bringing the trucker strikes to international attention."

The U.S. is engaged in talks with Iran’s regime to dismantle its illegal nuclear weapons program in exchange for sanctions relief.

Nader added, "The nationwide trucker strikes have the potential to paralyze the regime as it faces increasing vulnerability. The trucker strikes can be even more effective if other sectors of Iran’s economy go on strike, especially the energy sector and other transportation sectors."

Many opponents of the clerical regime want the U.S. government to take a page from former President Ronald Reagan's playbook against the now-defunct communist Poland via organized support for workers and their unions.  

U.S. administrations cooperated prior to the collapse of the communist Soviet Union with the free American labor movement to inject democracy into trade unions in the largely closed communist societies. 

The core economic issues animating the work stoppage, which started on May 18 in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, involve working conditions and reduced insurance costs.  According to the independent diaspora news organization IranWire, the spike in insurance coincided with a downsized medical care. 

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The Union of Iranian Truckers and Heavy Vehicle Drivers is also demanding remedies for the lack of roadside aid for graft in the allocation of cargo.

The truckers are also seeking the amelioration of expensive spare parts, freight brokerage fees and diesel quotas. Greater security on the long stretches of Iranian highways is also demanded.

"A driver who protests for his bread and dignity is not a rioter," the truckers’ union stated, adding, "Protest is not a crime, but our legal right," reported IranWire.

Lisa Daftari, an Iran expert and editor-in-chief of the Foreign Desk, told Fox News Digital, "The latest nationwide truckers’ strike is not an isolated incident—it is only the latest manifestation of deep disenchantment among Iranians who are denied dignity and proper rights in every industry. Over the past 46 years, we have witnessed waves of protest across a patchwork of sectors and communities, each uprising pointing to a single, overarching truth: the Iranian people are not just sending a message to their government, but to the entire world, urging support in their quest for freedom and basic rights."

She added, "This is a fundamental demand, but as history has shown, it is not easily achieved under a government that has proven itself incapable of reform or of delivering the life Iranians deserve."

In 2019, the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) urged Tehran to release detained workers' rights activists. In 2018, the Teamsters Union, which represents most truckers in the U.S., issued solidarity support for truck drivers on strike in more than 290 Iranian cities.

Romanian populist Calin Georgescu announced his retirement from politics after being barred from running in the country’s presidential election rerun this month. 

The decision comes after Georgescu ran for president late last year and emerged victorious in the first round of voting. However, a top Romanian court then annulled the result after allegations emerged of electoral violations and Russian interference. Georgescu was later banned from participating in this month’s contest, which was won by pro-European Union candidate Nicusor Dan. 

"I choose to be a passive observer of public and social life," the 63-year-old Georgescu said in a video posted online late Monday. "I choose to remain outside any political party structure … I am not affiliated with any political group in any way." 

Georgescu – who ran as an independent in November – said he made his decision to take a step back following the conclusion of the presidential race, which for him indicated "the sovereignist movement has come to a close." 

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"Even though this political chapter has ended, I am convinced that the values and ideals we fought for together remain steadfast," he added. "My dear ones, I have always said that we would make history, not politics." 

In February, prosecutors opened criminal proceedings against Georgescu, accusing him of incitement to undermine the constitutional order, election campaign funding abuses, and founding or supporting fascist, racist, xenophobic, or antisemitic organizations, among other charges. On Tuesday, he was due to appear at the prosecutor's office in Bucharest. 

Despite what appeared to be a sprawling social media campaign promoting him, Georgescu had declared zero campaign spending in last year’s contest. A Romanian court then made the unprecedented move to annul the election. 

"This December, Romania straight up canceled the results of a presidential election based on the flimsy suspicions of an intelligence agency and enormous pressure from its continental neighbors," Vice President JD Vance said in a speech at the Munich Security Conference in February. 

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"Now, as I understand it, the argument was that Russian disinformation had infected the Romanian elections, but I'd ask my European friends to have some perspective. You can believe it's wrong for Russia to buy social media advertisements to influence your elections. We certainly do. You can condemn it on the world stage even. But if your democracy can be destroyed with a few hundred thousand dollars of digital advertising from a foreign country, then it wasn't very strong to begin with," Vance added. 

Georgescu sparked controversy for describing Romanian fascist and nationalist leaders from the 1930s and 1940s as national heroes, according to the Associated Press. He has also praised Russian President Vladimir Putin in the past as "a man who loves his country" and has questioned Ukraine’s statehood, but he claims not to be pro-Russian. 

Georgescu has argued the election was "canceled illegally and unconstitutionally," and after he was barred from the May rerun, he accused the authorities of "inventing evidence to justify the theft" of the elections. 

Earlier this year, thousands of protesters took to the streets of Bucharest in a show of support for Georgescu. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

Germany’s new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, says his country, as well as its allies, have lifted all range restrictions on the weapons delivered to Ukraine.

Merz has seemingly attempted to maintain diplomatic efforts as he tries to secure a ceasefire keeping Western support for Ukraine.

"We will do everything in our power to continue supporting Ukraine. This also means no longer having any range restrictions on the weapons we supply. Ukraine can now also defend itself by attacking military positions in Russia," he posted to the social media platform X.

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In an accompanying statement Monday, Merz said that the range restrictions on weapons that have been delivered to Ukraine would include the British, the French, and America.

"That means Ukraine can also defend itself by, for example, attacking military positions in Russia," Merz said at a forum organized by WDR public television. "Until a while ago, it couldn’t. … It can now."

"We call this ‘long-range fire’ in jargon, also supplying Ukraine with weapons that attack military targets in the hinterland," he added.

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Just last week, Merz made a call for Germany to defend democracy and strengthen the constitutional state amid the conflict.

"The Basic Law allows us to live in freedom, peace, and security – we are proud of that. But our freedom is being attacked from within and without like never before. Therefore, we must stand up for a strong constitutional state and defend our democracy every day," he posted.

Merz’s statements come after Moscow hit Ukraine with more than 300 missiles and drones.

Dmitry Peskov, a spokesperson for the Kremlin, warned that lifting the range restrictions would be dangerous in a statement, saying that it runs "contrary to our efforts to reach a political settlement."

Moscow warned the West to not lift the restrictions, claiming that doing so would make the offender a target for the Kremlin and face the threat of nuclear weapons.

King Charles III arrived in Canada on Monday for a symbolic visit showing support for the country, which recognizes him as its sovereign, amid U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to acquire the North American nation as the 51st U.S. state.

Charles and his wife Queen Camilla landed at Ottawa Airport in Ontario, where the king met on the tarmac with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Governor General Mary Simon, the king's representative in Canada. The king later held separate meetings with Carney and Simon.

Charles, 76, has kept a limited schedule while undergoing cancer treatment. His two-trip to Canada signals a strong commitment to the country, which is one of 15 nations where he is monarch.

This is Charles' first visit to the former British colony since becoming king in September 2022.

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The king accepted an invitation from Carney to open Parliament on Tuesday – the first time a British monarch has carried out the duty since his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth, 68 years ago.

Carney invited Charles to Canada after Trump repeatedly suggested he wanted to annex the country, an idea fiercely rebuked by the prime minister, who secured an election win last month in part due to Canadians' disapproval of Trump's wish to make the country part of the U.S.

"The prime minister has made it clear that Canada is not for sale now, is not for sale ever," Canada's envoy to the U.K., Ralph Goodale, told reporters during a visit last week by Charles to Canada's high commission in London.

"The king, as head of state, will reinforce the power and the strength of that message," Goodale added.

Earlier this month, Carney told Trump that Canada is "not for sale" and "won't be for sale, ever" during a meeting at the White House.

Charles has made subtle signals showing his support for Canada in recent months by wearing Canadian medals, calling himself the king of Canada and describing the country's flag as "a symbol that never fails to elicit a sense of pride and admiration."

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The king now must perform a tricky balancing act as British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is attempting to reach favorable outcomes with Trump over trade and the war in Ukraine.

When Starmer visited the White House in February, he delivered Trump an invitation from Charles for an unprecedented second state visit for the U.S. president, who has repeatedly praised the royal family.

Carney, however, said that gesture had upset Canadians.

Reuters contributed to this report.

A German university, Göttingen University, has literally "struck gold" in recent findings from volcanic rocks.

A new study of these volcanic rocks from Hawaii, that leaked out from deep under the lithosphere, contained various precious metals.

Dr. Nils Messling of the Göttingen University’s Department of Geochemistry said in a news release they were surprised when the test results came in.

"When the first results came in, we realized that we had literally struck gold! Our data confirmed that material from the core, including gold and other precious metals, is leaking into the Earth's mantle above," Messling said.

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Approximately 99% of the Earth’s gold is buried deep in the Earth’s Metallic Core, far out of humankind’s reach.

The gold is currently buried about 1,800 miles deep in the core.

The discovery of this ruthenium, which was formed and locked down with gold, might be a telling sign that these volcanic rocks are coming from deep within the Earth.

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"Our findings not only show that the Earth’s core is not as isolated as previously assumed. We can now also prove that huge volumes of super-heated mantle material – several hundreds of quadrillion metric tonnes of rock – originate at the core-mantle boundary and rise to the Earth’s surface to form ocean islands like Hawaii," said Professor Matthias Willbold in a news release.

There is a way to test for isotopes of ruthenium, especially when differences are small variations of the same element.

The isotopes of ruthenium in the Earth's core are slightly different from those on the surface, with the difference being too small to really detect.

However, new procedures developed by researchers at the University of Göttingen have made it possible.

"Whether these processes that we observe today have also been operating in the past remains to be proven. Our findings open up an entirely new perspective on the evolution of the inner dynamics of our home planet," Messling said in a statement.

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With these precious metals beginning to leak to the Earth’s surface, it could suggest that the supplies of gold and others important for renewable energy came from the Earth’s core.