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Real event · international · 2026-10-22

Two European women held captive for more than a year in Niger freed in Libya

Final verdict announced: October 23, 2026 at 6:03 AM ET

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BBC News headline: Two European women held captive for more than a year in Niger freed in Libya The aid workers from Switzerland and Austria are due to fly home on Thursday, reports say. This paragraph is an excerpt/paraphrase of the linked original. It is not an unsourced AI claim.

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