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A senior UN aid official has warned that half of Gaza’s population is starving, as fighting there continues. Carl Skau, deputy director of the UN World Food Programme, said only a fraction of supplies needed have been able to enter the Strip – and nine out of 10 people cannot eat everyday. Conditions in Gaza […]
- EU says starvation in Gaza being used as a weapon (Category: Breaking News)
- Over 100 reported killed in crowd near Gaza aid convoy (Category: Breaking News)
- UN agencies call for Gaza ceasefire as aid arrives (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel carries out intense air strikes on Khan Younis in southern Gaza (Category: Breaking News)
European Union officials have reached a provisional deal on the world’s first comprehensive laws to regulate the use of artificial intelligence. After 36 hours of talks, negotiators agreed rules around AI in systems like ChatGPT and facial recognition. The European Parliament will vote on the AI Act proposals early next year, but any legislation will […]
- Elon Musk’s X sues Media Matters over antisemitism analysis (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian court bans ‘LGBT movement’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump liable for fraud, judge finds in New York civil case (Category: Breaking News)
- Seychelles declares state of emergency after huge explosion (Category: Breaking News)
American actor Ryan O’Neal, best known for his Oscar-nominated role in 1970 romance Love Story, has died at the age of 82, his son said. His family did not share a cause of death, but O’Neal was diagnosed with chronic leukaemia in 2001 and prostate cancer in 2012. He also starred in 1970s hits What’s […]
- Airlines warn of UK flight delays over air traffic control fault (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian court bans ‘LGBT movement’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Norway’s princess Martha Louise sets date to wed shaman (Category: Breaking News)
- Hundreds of migrants killed by Saudi border guards (Category: Breaking News)
Alert bystanders stopped a woman as she attempted to set fire to the birth home of Martin Luther King Jr in Atlanta, Georgia, police say. Officials said the prompt action “saved an important part of American history”. The two-storey house where Dr King spent the first 12 years of his life is a federal landmark. […]
- At least 16 feared dead in mass shootings in US city of Lewiston, Maine (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump liable for fraud, judge finds in New York civil case (Category: Breaking News)
- Seychelles declares state of emergency after huge explosion (Category: Breaking News)
- Glynn Simmons: US judge exonerates inmate after 48 years in prison (Category: Breaking News)
The last meal of a 75-million-year-old Tyrannosaur has been revealed by scientists – two baby Dinosaurs. Researchers say the preservation of the animal – and of the small, unfortunate creatures it ate – shines new light on how these predators lived. It is “solid evidence that tyrannosaurs drastically changed their diet as they grew up,” […]
- COP28: UN climate talks in jeopardy in fossil fuel backlash (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan election: Final results give Khan-backed candidates lead (Category: Breaking News)
- Rohit Sharma: The Indian captain who lost cricket World Cup but won hearts (Category: Breaking News)
- Thai MP jailed for posts insulting the monarchy (Category: Breaking News)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he will stand again for a fifth term in office. He announced it at an awards ceremony for participants of the full-scale war he launched against Ukraine in 2022. It comes a day after election officials set 15-17 March 2024 as dates for the presidential election. The re-election of […]
- Nikki Haley exits race but stops short of endorsing Trump (Category: Breaking News)
- World leaders in India for G20 summit (Category: Breaking News)
- Poles prepare to vote as rivals end acrimonious campaign (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian court bans ‘LGBT movement’ (Category: Breaking News)
A BBC news anchor who was accidentally captured giving the middle finger at the start of a programme has apologised for a “silly joke” meant for friends but not for a live broadcast. On Wednesday, Maryam Moshiri, one of BBC News’s chief presenters, was seen at the start of the BBC News
- Man arrested after touching Spanish reporter during live broadcast (Category: Breaking News)
- The President is Gone, Long Live the President! (Category: Breaking News)
- Live Casino Games That Will Make You Forget to Go to Work (Category: Breaking News)
- Live worm found in Australian woman’s brain in world first (Category: Breaking News)
The son of Israel’s former army chief Gadi Eisenkot, who is currently a minister in the country’s war cabinet, has been killed in Gaza, the military says. It says 25-year-old Major Gal Eisenkot died in northern Gaza on Thursday. Israeli media say Maj Eisenkot was badly injured after a tunnel shaft exploded and later died […]
- Antony Blinken holds talks with Prime Minster Netanyahu in Israel (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel-Hamas truce in Gaza extended for two days, Qatar says (Category: Breaking News)
- EU says starvation in Gaza being used as a weapon (Category: Breaking News)
- Hezbollah steps back from all-out war on Israel over Gaza – for now (Category: Breaking News)
A state of emergency has been declared in Seychelles, after a massive explosion at an industrial zone on the main island, Mahé as well as flooding. Seychelles President Wavel Ramkalawan has ordered all citizens except essential workers to stay at home. A number of people have been injured. The blast happened at a construction and […]
- Russian court bans ‘LGBT movement’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump liable for fraud, judge finds in New York civil case (Category: Breaking News)
- Boeing whistleblower found dead in US (Category: Breaking News)
- Airlines warn of UK flight delays over air traffic control fault (Category: Breaking News)
Police say three people have been killed in a shooting at the Las Vegas campus of the University of Nevada (UNLV) on Wednesday morning. Officers struck and killed the suspect, who remains unnamed, in a shootout. One other victim remains in a critical condition at a local hospital, police said in a statement. UNLV and […]
- Six people shot, one fatally, on first day of school in Iowa (Category: Breaking News)
- 1,000 buses evacuate scouts from disaster-hit World Jamboree (Category: Breaking News)
- Bystanders prevent attempt to burn down Dr Martin Luther King’s birth home (Category: Breaking News)
- At least 16 feared dead in mass shootings in US city of Lewiston, Maine (Category: Breaking News)
The US has grounded its entire fleet of V-22 Osprey helicopters after a report said a crash off the coast of Japan last week, which killed eight crew members, was due to a malfunction. Air Force and Navy officials said they had taken the step “to mitigate risk while the investigation continues”. Not all of […]
- Wagner chief presumed dead after Russia plane crash (Category: Breaking News)
- Beijing subway crash leaves 102 with broken bones (Category: Breaking News)
- Girl, 5, killed after Italian military jet crash in Turin (Category: Breaking News)
- Five US troops die in helicopter crash in eastern Mediterranean (Category: Breaking News)
Russian President Vladimir Putin is making a rare trip abroad to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and is also scheduled to travel to Saudi Arabia. President Putin is expected to discuss the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, as well as oil production, with the UAE president. The UAE is currently hosting the COP28 UN climate […]
- China’s Xi to meet Putin in Moscow next week (Category: Breaking News)
- World leaders in India for G20 summit (Category: Breaking News)
- Putin to stand for fifth term as Russian president (Category: Breaking News)
- Putin arrest warrant issued over war crime allegations (Category: Breaking News)
Nimisha Priya, barely 19, left the southern Indian state of Kerala for Yemen in 2008 with big dreams. She had found work as a nurse in a government-run hospital in the capital Saan’a and told her mother, a poorly-paid domestic helper, that their days of hardships would be over soon. Fifteen years later, that dream […]
- Russian jet carrying Ukrainian PoWs crashes – Moscow (Category: Breaking News)
- At least eight dead after major rioting and unrest in Papua New Guinea (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan jet crash: Passengers describe chaos inside flight 516 (Category: Breaking News)
- How Hamas built a force to attack Israel on 7 October (Category: Breaking News)
Aid agencies are warning that Palestinian civilians are running out of places to flee to, after the Israeli military first ordered tens of thousands to evacuate part of the main city in the south ahead of an assault by tanks and troops. A map posted on social media on Monday told people in northern and […]
- Crucial Red Sea data cables cut, telecoms firm says (Category: Breaking News)
- UK-owned ship damaged in Houthi missile attack off Yemen, US says (Category: Breaking News)
- Hungary’s parliament clears path for Sweden’s Nato membership (Category: Breaking News)
- How Hamas built a force to attack Israel on 7 October (Category: Breaking News)
You know it’s a crisis when Germany’s Green vice chancellor cancels attending a climate summit. Robert Habeck, who’s also economy minister, was supposed to be at the COP28 summit this week in Dubai. Instead, he is in Berlin, wrangling with coalition partners over an emergency agreement for next year’s budget. The crisis exploded on 15 […]
- COP28: UN climate talks in jeopardy in fossil fuel backlash (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan election: Final results give Khan-backed candidates lead (Category: Breaking News)
- Thai MP jailed for posts insulting the monarchy (Category: Breaking News)
- Tour operators ordered to pay millions to White Island volcano victims (Category: Breaking News)
The risks from China’s debt pile are mounting as the country grapples with an economic slowdown and property crisis, a leading credit ratings agency has said. Moody’s issued the warning as it cut its outlook on the government’s debt to negative, from stable.The firm is the latest to raise concern about problems facing the world’s […]
- World leaders in India for G20 summit (Category: Breaking News)
- How India overcame bitter G20 divisions over Ukraine (Category: Breaking News)
- Belt and Road Initiative: Is China’s trillion-dollar gamble to transform the world working? (Category: Breaking News)
- China sends top envoy Wang Yi to Russia for security talks (Category: Breaking News)
Canadian entrepreneur Daniel Langlois and his partner have been found dead in the Caribbean island nation of Dominica under suspicious circumstances. The bodies of Langlois and Dominique Marchand were discovered on Friday, reportedly in a burnt-out vehicle. The couple had been missing for several days from an eco-resort they owned on the island. Daniel Langlois […]
- COP28: UN climate talks in jeopardy in fossil fuel backlash (Category: Breaking News)
- Kenneth Eugene Smith faces first nitrogen execution in US after losing last-minute appeals (Category: Breaking News)
- Namibia’s president Hage Geingob dies aged 82 (Category: Breaking News)
- House votes to impeach homeland security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas (Category: Breaking News)
The Gold Coast has withdrawn its bid to host the next Commonwealth Games, ending any hope the tournament could still be held in Australia. The coastal city hosted the 2018 Games, and mayor Tom Tate had – unilaterally – insisted it could do it again. But the federal and state governments have repeatedly ruled out […]
- US grounds entire Osprey fleet after fatal crash in Japan (Category: Breaking News)
- Gabon partially suspended from Commonwealth after coup (Category: Breaking News)
- Boss of Australian telecom giant quits after nationwide outage (Category: Breaking News)
- Queensland floods: Airport submerged and crocodiles seen after record rain (Category: Breaking News)
Israeli ground forces are pushing into southern Gaza, after three days of heavy bombardment. Initial reports from Israeli army radio effectively confirmed Israel has launched a ground operation to the north of Khan Younis. The BBC has also verified images of an Israeli tank operating near the city
- How Hamas built a force to attack Israel on 7 October (Category: Breaking News)
- WHO says Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital a death zone, as hundreds leave (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel’s new Gaza evacuation zones leave Palestinians few places to go (Category: Breaking News)
- Israeli hostages holding white cloth shot dead by Israeli soldiers (Category: Breaking News)
Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is poised to win three of the four key state elections in India ahead of the crucial general elections next year. The BJP has a commanding lead in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. The Congress is comfortably ahead in the southern state of Telangana. More than […]
- German cabinet tries to solve ‘no-debt’ crisis after court outlaws budget (Category: Breaking News)
- Gunmen storm Ecuador television studio live on air (Category: Breaking News)
- Rohit Sharma: The Indian captain who lost cricket World Cup but won hearts (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan election: Final results give Khan-backed candidates lead (Category: Breaking News)
Three people have been killed and nine wounded in an explosion at a Catholic Mass in the Philippines, officials say. The incident occurred in a gymnasium at the Mindanao State University (MSU) in the city of Marawi on Sunday morning. In 2017, the city was the scene of a five-month battle between government forces and […]
- Twitter outage sees users told they are over daily tweet limit (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump arrives in Florida ahead of court appearance (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian court bans ‘LGBT movement’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Taliban and China firm agree Afghanistan oil extraction deal (Category: Breaking News)
Israel has carried out intense air strikes on Khan Younis in southern Gaza, with residents describing it as the heaviest bombing of the war. People in eastern areas of the city have been told by the Israeli military to evacuate further to the south. Israel believes some Hamas leaders are in the city, where many […]
- WHO says Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital a death zone, as hundreds leave (Category: Breaking News)
- Hezbollah steps back from all-out war on Israel over Gaza – for now (Category: Breaking News)
- EU says starvation in Gaza being used as a weapon (Category: Breaking News)
- UN warns half of Gaza’s population is starving (Category: Breaking News)
Adelaide Strikers beat Brisbane Heat to become back-to-back Women’s Big Bash League winners. Strikers reached 125-5 from their 20 overs, with Laura Wolvaardt (39) and captain Tahlia McGrath (38) producing the only scores of note. But controlled bowling limited Heat to 122-8, with Amanda-Jade Wellington’s two wickets in the final over sealing victory by three […]
- Hamilton calls for car restrictions to end ‘periods of dominance’ by teams (Category: Breaking News)
- Rebecca Welch becomes Premier League’s first woman referee (Category: Breaking News)
- Paris Mayor wants Russia banned from 2024 Olympics (Category: Breaking News)
- Scrum-half quits Wales 100 days before World Cup (Category: Breaking News)
A man has died and two others have been injured in an attack on a street in central Paris. France’s Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said an attacker had targeted tourists around the Quai de Grenelle, which is close to the Eiffel Tower. He added that a 26-year-old French national known to security services had been […]
- Hezbollah steps back from all-out war on Israel over Gaza – for now (Category: Breaking News)
- Hundreds of migrants killed by Saudi border guards (Category: Breaking News)
- Airlines warn of UK flight delays over air traffic control fault (Category: Breaking News)
- Boss of Australian telecom giant quits after nationwide outage (Category: Breaking News)
Two powerful earthquakes have hit the Philippines’ second-largest island of Mindanao, prompting initial fears of a potential “destructive tsunami”. The US Geological Survey measured the first tremor late on Saturday at 7.6 magnitude, and the one that followed shortly afterwards at 6.4. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quakes were 7.4 and […]
- Oil tanker on fire after Houthi missile attack, firm says (Category: Breaking News)
- Cargo ship attacked off Gujarat coast (Category: Breaking News)
- US military aircraft with eight aboard crashes off Japan island (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian court bans ‘LGBT movement’ (Category: Breaking News)
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Heroin with an estimated street value of more than €8m (£6.8m) and a plane have been seized at an airport in Dublin, gardaí (Irish police) have said. The seizure was part of joint operation between An Garda Síochána (Irish police) and Irish customs officers. A light aircraft was intercepted and later seized on Friday morning […]
- More hostages released by Hamas despite agonising delay (Category: Breaking News)
- Thousands arrested in Sri Lanka’s week-long anti-drug operation (Category: Breaking News)
- Hezbollah steps back from all-out war on Israel over Gaza – for now (Category: Breaking News)
- Broadway star Chita Rivera dies at 91 (Category: Breaking News)
An elephant known as “the world’s saddest elephant” has died at the Manila Zoo.During a news conference on Wednesday, Mayor Honey Lacuna announced that Mali the elephant —deemed the “saddest” by some because she was the only captive elephant in the Philippines and lived alone in a pen for decades — had recently died from […]
- Lankan peacekeepers in Mali suffer first casualties (Category: Breaking News)
- At least 49 civilians reported dead in attack on river boat in Mali (Category: Breaking News)
- Mali urges immediate end to UN Minusma peacekeeping mission (Category: Breaking News)
- Four Sri Lankans injured in Mali explosion (Category: Breaking News)
In a surprise that has lit up COP28, delegates have agreed to launch a long-awaited fund to pay for damage from climate-driven storms and drought. Such deals are normally sealed last minute after days of negotiations. COP28 president Sultan al-Jaber shook up the meeting by bringing the decision to the floor on day one. The […]
- COP28: UN climate talks in jeopardy in fossil fuel backlash (Category: Breaking News)
- Corruption scandal threatens PM Kishida’s government (Category: Breaking News)
- German cabinet tries to solve ‘no-debt’ crisis after court outlaws budget (Category: Breaking News)
- Gunmen storm Ecuador television studio live on air (Category: Breaking News)
The recent chaos at artificial intelligence (AI) company OpenAI was not due to a disagreement over safety, the president of Microsoft has said. There were fears the sacking of OpenAI boss Sam Altman followed a “dangerous” discovery at the ChatGPT creator. Brad Smith told the BBC
- Microsoft offers to match pay of all OpenAI staff (Category: Breaking News)
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