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Two Nasa astronauts who have been stuck in space for over two months will return to Earth in February 2025 with SpaceX.

Nasa said the Boeing Starliner spacecraft the astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore had travelled to International Space Station (ISS) on would return to Earth "un-crewed".

The pair took off on what was planned to be an eight-day mission on 5 June but will now spend around eight months in orbit.

It certainly wasn't love at first sight. In fact, not so long ago they didn't like each other very much.

"I don't hate the man," Elon Musk tweeted in July 2022, "but it's time for Trump to hang up his hat & sail into the sunset."

The Tesla and Space X founder's comment was prompted by a profane Donald Trump insult - put simply, calling Mr Musk a liar. Trump accused Mr Musk of lying to him about who he voted for in the last presidential election.

"Elon is not going to buy Twitter," Trump crowed to a rally crowd in Alaska.

Fresh peace talks aimed at ending Sudan's 16-month war have started although neither warring side has entered the negotiating room.

The US, which is leading the talks, insisted the event continued regardless, saying "we are going to try to do everything we can to try to end this horrific crisis in Sudan".

Fighting between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has killed thousands, driven about 10 million people from their homes and sparked what the United Nations has called the "world's worst hunger crisis".

A US citizen has been told he will be extradited to face courts in the UK after he lost an appeal in court in the US.

Isac Calderon was charged by police in the UK with causing serious injury by dangerous driving, following a car crash in Herefordshire which left mental health nurse Elizabeth Donowho seriously injured.

He left the UK on a commercial flight to Texas in November 2023 and failed to attend a UK court hearing the following month. Court documents allege he had been seen overtaking vehicles at high speed before the crash.

A Republican senate candidate in Minnesota has taken a meandering path from sport into politics, where he has earned support from the far-right fringes.

Now he faces a difficult battle to enter Congress.

Royce White, a former standout basketball player, won the GOP primary on Tuesday, capturing 38.5% of the vote in a crowded eight-candidate field.