Yet amid devastation, a new opportunity is emerging: to rebuild the economy on sounder foundations, freed from the shackles of crippling international sanctions.

Trump has said he will lift sanctions on Syria, ahead of an expected meeting with its leader Ahmed al-Sharaa.

Celebrity billionaire Kim Kardashian gave evidence on Tuesday in the trial of a gang dubbed the "grandpa robbers", who are accused of stealing jewellery worth millions of euros from her at gunpoint du...