Japan's SLIM space probe entered the Moon's orbit on Monday in a major step towards the country's first successful lunar landing, expected next month. The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) is nicknamed the "Moon Sniper" because it is designed to land within 100 meters (328 feet) of a specific target on the lunar surface. If successful, the touchdown would make Japan the fifth country to have landed a probe on the Moon, after the US, Russia, China and India.

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On a countryside road in battle-ravaged Sudan, the hum of a passing vehicle turns villagers' blood cold, fearing the arrival of paramilitaries plundering their way south in their war against the army. On Saturday at least eight people were killed by RSF fighters in a village in Al-Jazira state, saying they had been shot after trying to stop their looting. Just south of Khartoum, more than half a million people had sought shelter in Al-Jazira after the fighting overwhelmed the Sudanese capital.

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Police in London said officers had arrested a second man on suspicion of theft and criminal damage, after a Banksy artwork was removed from a south London street corner within hours of appearing. A man in his 20s was released on bail after the Banksy installation, a traffic stop sign covered with three aircraft resembling military drones, emerged at an intersection in the Peckham neighborhood on Friday morning.

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Which piece of art work made by Banksy fetched the most at auction?

Friday's answer: The "Chunnel," the 31-mile (50 km) tunnel beneath the English Channel, opened in 1994 after six years and over £9 billion.