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<p>Starmer and Trump share almost opposing views on climate crisis </p>
Climate

Starmer and Trump on collision course over climate change ambitions

As the prime minister confirms tough new emissions targets at Cop29 in Baku, the president-elect appoints an environment boss who wants to strip away regulations

<p>Vladimir Putin’s forces seek to advance in Donbas and repel Kyiv’s incursion into Kursk</p>
LiveEurope

Ukraine war: Russian forces suffer ‘second day of record casualties’

<p>People burn incense near floral tributes placed outside a sports centre where a deadly hit-and-run attack took place, in Zhuhai</p>
China

Dozens dead as car ploughs into crowd at China sports centre

<p>Satellite imagery of toxic smog over Pakistan seen on 12 November 2024</p>
South Asia

Pakistan’s smog cover is now visible from space

Just in

<p>Police stand on a street next to Vietnamese and Russian national flags in Hanoi</p>
Southeast Asia

Vietnam arrests pro-democracy activist for ‘anti-state’ activity

<p>A motorist rides past a sign board for the embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in New Delhi</p>
India

India set to accept first Taliban official to expand ties with Kabul

<p>File. Anti-smog guns spray water mist to curb air pollution in a street of New Delhi, India, 1 November 2024</p>
India

Delhi’s severe air pollution led nearly half to seek medical help

<p>Bhutan’s Great Buddha Dordenma statue near Thimphu</p>
South Asia

New ‘mindfulness’ city will have separate laws to rest of country

<p>Lawmakers applaud as prime minister Shigeru Ishiba, standing, is re-elected in a special parliamentary session in the lower house, Monday, 11 November 2024 in Tokyo</p>
Japan

Japan clarifies why PM Ishiba was spotted ‘sleeping’ in parliament

<p>Representational</p>
Southeast Asia

Woman discovers needle left in vagina during childbirth 18 years ago

<p>North Korea Russia</p>
East Asia

North Korea ratifies mutual defence treaty with Russia

<p>Medical students dissect a cadaver – stock image </p>
India

Why the world’s most populous country is running low on bodies

<p>Green activists called the decision a ‘setback’ for the battle against climate action</p>
News

Shell wins appeal against landmark climate ruling to cut emissions

News

Shell wins appeal against landmark climate ruling to cut emissions

<p>Green activists called the decision a ‘setback’ for the battle against climate action</p>
Belarus Crackdown Kolesnikova
Europe

Imprisoned Belarus activist resurfaces after no contact with her family for 20 months

<p>Terrible twosome: Trump and Putin at at press conference in Helsinki, Finland, in 2018 </p>
Europe

Europe is in grave danger if Trump hands victory to Putin in Ukraine

<p>A baby holds an adult hand </p>
Europe

They knew something was right – tests revealed they switched at birth

APTOPIX Russia Crackdown
Europe

Doctor accused of criticizing Russia's war in Ukraine is convicted and given over 5 years in prison

APTOPIX Russia Crackdown
Europe

Doctor accused of criticizing Russia's war in Ukraine is convicted and given over 5 years in prison

Greece Obit Vardinoyannis
Europe

Vardis Vardinoyannis, Greek business magnate and Kennedy family friend, dies at 90

<p>A man stands among flooded cars piled up in Valencia, Spain</p>
Europe

Spain struggles to get children back to school after deadly floods

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Middle East

<p>Palestinians line up for food distribution in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip</p>
Middle East

Aid groups say Israel has missed US deadline to boost aid into Gaza

<p>Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrives to meet then prime minister Theresa May outside 10 Downing Street in London, on 7 March 2018</p>
Middle East

Saudi crown prince says Israel committing genocide in Gaza

<p>Fellow minister said Israel planned to discuss expansion with ‘our friends in Washington’ </p>
Middle East

Israeli minister says Trump win means it is time to annex West Bank

<p>Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu </p>
Middle East

Netanyahu confirms he okayed Lebanon pager attacks that killed 40

<p>A Palestinian man carries away an injured child from a home that was hit in an Israeli strike on the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip</p>
Middle East

At least 17 dead in Israeli strike on single house in northern Gaza

<p>Qatar has pulled out of key Gaza ceasefire talks </p>
Middle East

Qatar pulls out as broker of key Gaza ceasefire talks

<p>Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu </p>
Middle East

Netanyahu confirms he okayed Lebanon pager attacks that killed 40

<p>A Palestinian man carries away an injured child from a home that was hit in an Israeli strike on the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip</p>
Middle East

At least 17 dead in Israeli strike on single house in northern Gaza

<p>Qatar has pulled out of key Gaza ceasefire talks </p>
Middle East

Qatar pulls out as broker of key Gaza ceasefire talks

<p>An inflatable dinghy carrying around 65 migrants crosses the English Channel on 6 March 2024 in Dover, England</p>
Home News

Hunting ‘The Scorpion’: My mission to track gangs smuggling migrants

Home News

Hunting ‘The Scorpion’: My mission to track gangs smuggling migrants

<p>An inflatable dinghy carrying around 65 migrants crosses the English Channel on 6 March 2024 in Dover, England</p>
<p>Displaced Palestinians ordered by the Israeli military to evacuate the northern part of Gaza flee </p>
Middle East

Besieged north Gaza looks like Stalingrad, warn aid officials

<p>A Palestinian woman looks on at the site of an Israeli strike on a house, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Khan Younis</p>
Middle East

Nearly 70 per cent of Gaza war dead are women and children, UN says

Israel Knesset
Middle East

Israel passes law to deport the families of Palestinian attackers

<p>Fire and smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike on Beirut, Lebanon, on 7 November 2024</p>
Middle East

Israel strikes on Lebanon kill 70 in last 48 hours

<p>Fire and smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike on Beirut, Lebanon, on 7 November 2024</p>
Middle East

Israel strikes on Lebanon kill 70 in last 48 hours

<p>An Iranian woman was arrested after she stripped down to her undergarments to protest about her alleged assault by security forces over improper hijab </p>
Middle East

UN warns Iran the world is watching its response to woman protester

<p>Protest in Tel Aviv as Netanyahu fires Israel’s defence minister Yoav Gallant</p>
Middle East

Protests erupt in Israel after Netanyahu fires defence minister

US

<p>Senator Tommy Tuberville said the US military ‘couldn’t beat anyone’ in comments he made to Fox News’ Laura Ingraham </p>
US politics

Tommy Tubberville says the military ‘couldn’t beat anyone right now’

<p>This artist depiction shows Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, right, appearing in U.S. District Court in Boston, April 14, 2023</p>
US Crime News

Pentagon secrets leaker Jack Teixeira sentenced to 15 years in prison

Americas

Explosion at Louisville plant; reports of missing and trapped people

<p>Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe said he apologizes to ‘nobody’ after his ill-received joke about Puerto Rico during a Trump rally</p>
Americas

Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe refuses to apologize for Puerto Rico joke

<p>Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to speak during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center on November 6, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida</p>
LiveUS politics

Judge delays decision in Trump’s hush money case

News

Who is who in the new first family?

<p>President Biden will meet with his predecessor-turned-successor in the Oval Office on Wednesday </p>
US politics

White House defends Biden-Trump sitdown invitation

<p>Jose Antonio Ibarra has been charged with Laken Riley’s murder </p>
US Crime News

What we know about the suspect in the Georgia nursing student’s murder

<p>A copy of the Ten Commandments is posted along with other historical documents in a hallway of Georgia’s state capitol. A federal judge has blocked Louisiana’s law requiring similar posters in public school classrooms</p>
US politics

Judge blocks Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments in classrooms

US politics

Judge blocks Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments in classrooms

<p>A copy of the Ten Commandments is posted along with other historical documents in a hallway of Georgia’s state capitol. A federal judge has blocked Louisiana’s law requiring similar posters in public school classrooms</p>
<p>Members of The Good Deed Project, a Las Vegas based non-profit that helps individuals in need, stands with Mr Deeds, a 700-pound stuffed dog that serves as the group’s mascot. The dog was stolen in November and has since been recovered by police, but the dog suffered damage and is still in police possession</p>
US Crime News

Police searching for suspect that stole 700-pound mascot from charity

<p>The alleged Ponzi scheme the suspect and his wife pulled off was based on bogus real estate purchases, federal prosecutors say</p>
Americas

Celeb house flipper’s wife smashed phone to hide Ponzi scheme: feds

<p>23andMe is laying off 40% of its workforce, or more than 200 employees, as it tries to slash costs </p>
Americas

23andMe is laying off 40% of its workforce right before the holidays

<p>Five people died in a horrific murder-suicide in Minnesota </p>
US Crime News

Fundraisers launched for murder-suicide where dad killed people

<p>Five people died in a horrific murder-suicide in Minnesota </p>
US Crime News

Fundraisers launched for murder-suicide where dad killed people

<p>Republicans push for criminal probe into judge in Trump hush money case – and the judge’s daughter</p>
US politics

Republicans push for criminal probe into Trump’s hush money judge

UnitedHealth Amedisys Suit
Americas

Justice Department sues to block UnitedHealth Group's $3.3 billion purchase of Amedisys

Europe

Belgium Parliament Hearings
Europe

EU top diplomat nominee strongly backs Ukraine and underlines China's links to the war

Netherlands Tensions
Europe

Dutch tram set on fire while tensions are high after violence targeting Israeli fans

<p>Pope Francis and US president-elect Donald Trump agree on Ukraine</p>
Europe

Surprising alliance of Trump, Orban and Pope could derail Ukraine aid

<p>A Russian soldier fires at a Ukrainian position in the Kursk region</p>
Europe

Zelensky says Ukraine’s forces face 50,000 troops in Russia’s Kursk

<p>Prints of Girl With Balloon by Banksy </p>
Europe

Huge crime network forging Banksy, Warhol and Picasso uncovered

<p>Trump Jr speaks ahead of Trump arriving at a campaign rally at J.S. Dorton Arena, Monday, November 4 in Raleigh, North Carolina </p>
US politics

Don Jr mocks Zelensky that he’s weeks away from ‘losing allowance’

UK Politics

Watch: Starmer joins Macron for Armistice Day in France

<p>File. A supporter waves a Palestinian flag during a demonstration in Amsterdam on 7 November </p>
Europe

Police file first charges over Amsterdam violence

<p>A central streets covered in debris from destroyed residential buildings after Russian bombing in Kurakhove, Donetsk</p>
Europe

Russian forces surround Kurakhove – residents refuse to leave

Europe

Russian forces surround Kurakhove – residents refuse to leave

<p>A central streets covered in debris from destroyed residential buildings after Russian bombing in Kurakhove, Donetsk</p>
<p>Photos showing Mackenzie Michalski, an 31-year-old American tourist who was murdered while on vacation</p>
Europe

Irish man arrested over killing of US tourist in Budapest

<p>Ukrainian soldiers from the Joint Assault Brigade of the National Police of Ukraine fire a Soviet-era howitzer D-30 at Russian forces in Toretsk, Donetsk region</p>
Europe

Russia suffering highest frontline losses since start of war

<p>Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Valencia following devastating flooding </p>
Europe

Thousands take to streets of Valencia following deadly flooding

<p>The talks underline Vladimir Putin’s desire to support his war effort, reports suggest </p>
Europe

Russia to ‘merge three oil companies’ to boost war effort

<p>The talks underline Vladimir Putin’s desire to support his war effort, reports suggest </p>
Europe

Russia to ‘merge three oil companies’ to boost war effort

<p>Volunteers use poles to search for victims in a paddy field in the Albufera national park near Catarroja, following devastating flooding in the region of Valencia, eastern Spain</p>
Europe

Searches continue for Spain flood victims as families left heartbroken

<p>Tourists visit Pompeii in 2022 </p>
News & Advice

‘Fragile’ Pompeii to cap daily tourist numbers at 20,000

Africa

Ethiopia Electric Vehicle Challenges
Motoring News

It was the first country to ban petrol car imports. Is it working?

Motoring News

It was the first country to ban petrol car imports. Is it working?

Ethiopia Electric Vehicle Challenges
<p>Frustration over the cost of living crisis has led to several mass protests in recent months</p>
Africa

Children face death penalty for protesting against cost of living

<p>Laila Soueif, 68, stands next to her daughter Sanaa Seif in London holding signs calling for the release of Alaa Abdel Fattah </p>
Africa

Mother of jailed Egyptian-UK activist on hunger strike over his case

<p>A view on felucca boats on Nile river in Aswan at sunset</p>
Africa

Ten countries agree Nile water-sharing deal despite Egypt opposition

<p>There are 36 confirmed cases of the disease that manifests like Ebola</p>
Health

Marburg virus deaths rise to 11 as source still being investigated

<p>There are 36 confirmed cases of the disease that manifests like Ebola</p>
Health

Marburg virus deaths rise to 11 as source still being investigated

<p>Sex workers listen to a briefing on mpox Wednesday, September 4, 2024 in a bar in Kamituga, eastern Congo</p>
Africa

Sex workers hit by mpox outbreak say only option is to keep working

<p>Representational. An instant porridge brand in South Africa has been taken off shelves following death of three children </p>
Africa

Porridge brand withdrawn in South Africa after three children die

Africa

Watch: Farmer on trial charged with attempted murder of Black boy, 6

<p>Shirley and Roland Cherry were on a dream holiday when the hippo attacked their canoe</p>
Africa

British man nearly killed after hippo dragged him into river in Zambia

<p>Rare heavy snowfall batters South Africa’s coast</p>
News

Rare snowfall hits South Africa forcing major highway closures

<p>People walk through floodwaters following a dam collapse in Maiduguri, Nigeria</p>
Africa

Hundreds of inmates escape after floods pull down prison walls

<p>Kenyan Aviation workers strike over planned 30-year lease to Indian based company</p>
Africa

Flights grounded at Kenya’s main airport as workers protest

<p>Three men accused of killing two women and feeding their bodies to pigs, from right to left, farm-owner, Zachariah Olivier, supervisor, Adrian Rudolph de Wet and employee, William Musora appear in court Polokwane, South Africa, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024</p>
Africa

Farmers accused feeding women to pigs in case that shocked country

<p>Killing 723 animals including 83 Namibian elephants will help offset the effects of this year’s drought, the government says</p>
Africa

Namibia to kill more than 80 elephants despite conservation warning

<p>Part of a dormitory is seen following a fire at the Hillside Endarasha Primary in Nyeri, Kenya</p>
Africa

17 children dead and bodies ‘burned beyond recognition’ in school fire

Asia

<p>People light sparklers and crackers during Diwali celebrations near New Delhi on 31 October</p>
India

No religion encourages air pollution, India’s top court says

Bangladesh Timeline Photo Gallery
South Asia

Bangladesh to request Interpol’s help to repatriate Hasina from India

<p>Uyghur and counter China protestors holding placards outside the Adelaide Zoo in Australia</p>
Southeast Asia

Lawmakers urge UN intervention in detention of 48 Uyghurs in Thailand

<p>Naoki Hyakuta</p>
Japan

Japan party head apologises for ‘uterus removal’ remark

<p>In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese honor guard raise the Chinese flag during the commissioning ceremony of China's conventionally powered Shandong aircraft carrier at a naval port in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, on Dec. 17, 2019</p>
China

Secret China project revealed to be nuclear propulsion project

<p>File. India’s foreign minister S Jaishankar </p>
Australasia

Canada denies claims of banning Australian diaspora outlet

<p>Naoki Hyakuta</p>
Japan

Japan party head apologises for ‘uterus removal’ remark

<p>In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese honor guard raise the Chinese flag during the commissioning ceremony of China's conventionally powered Shandong aircraft carrier at a naval port in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, on Dec. 17, 2019</p>
China

Secret China project revealed to be nuclear propulsion project

<p>File. India’s foreign minister S Jaishankar </p>
Australasia

Canada denies claims of banning Australian diaspora outlet

Japan

Japan’s Shigeru Ishiba survives as PM despite terrible election result

<p>People mourn deaths of relatives outside a hospital </p>
South Asia

At least 26 dead in powerful bomb blast at train station in Pakistan

<p>A Chinese coast guard vessel stays beside suspected Chinese militia ships near Thitu island, locally called Pag-asa island ahead of a Philippine military multi-service joint exercise at the disputed South China Sea</p>
China

China spars with Philippines over Scarborough shoal in South China Sea

<p>A North Korean guard post on the North side of the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ), seen from the border city of Paju</p>
East Asia

Flights disrupted as North Korea jams GPS signal, South Korea says

<p>Hairdressing is just one area where it’s suggested men be banned </p>
India

Indian state mulls ban on men cutting women’s hair to stop groping

<p>Japanese prime minister and leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a press conference in Tokyo</p>
Japan

Japan vows military growth, better ties with US as Trump takes office

<p>File: Passengers bound for their hometowns wait to board a train ahead of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, at a railway station in Chennai on 29 October 2024</p>
India

How a man’s fight with wife led to a £270k loss for Indian Railways

<p>File: South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol, speaks during a joint press conference at the Presidential Office in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, 24 October 2024</p>
East Asia

South Korea president apologises for controversies surrounding wife

Australasia

<p>A male emperor penguin dubbed Gus, stands on a beach near Denmark, Australia, on Nov. 1, 2024 </p>
Australasia

Lost emperor penguin found waddling up Australian beach

Australasia

Lost emperor penguin found waddling up Australian beach

<p>A male emperor penguin dubbed Gus, stands on a beach near Denmark, Australia, on Nov. 1, 2024 </p>
<p>File: Australian husband sentenced to four and a half years in jail for leaving her wife stranded in Sudan without a passport</p>
Australasia

Man convicted for abandoning wife in Sudan for ‘exit trafficking’

<p>Flowers and gifts are laid at the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre</p>
Australasia

It took Bondi attacker three minutes to stab 16 people, inquest hears

<p>New Zealand prime minister Christopher Luxon, centre, stands in silence ahead of making a ‘formal and unreserved’ apology</p>
Australasia

New Zealand delivers historic apology to victims abused in state care

<p>Koala on tree </p>
Australasia

‘Roadkill hotspot’ sees 150 endangered koalas die every year

<p>Koala on tree </p>
Australasia

‘Roadkill hotspot’ sees 150 endangered koalas die every year

<p>Worker killed after being crushed by fan blade at wind farm construction site. Screengrab</p>
Australasia

Man crushed to death by falling fan blade at Australian wind farm

<p>Workers check the runway near where a grass fire occurred at Sydney International Airport on 8 November</p>
News & Advice

Qantas emergency landing sparks grassfire after engine failure

<p>Ian Botham was recently saved by Merv Hughes after he accidently fell into crocodile-infested waters in Australia</p>
Australasia

Ian Botham injured after fall into crocodile-infested waters

<p>A ‘tar ball’ seen on a Sydney beach </p>
Science

Gross origin of mysterious black balls washed up on beaches revealed

<p>Emperor Penguins</p>
Australasia

Emperor penguin lands in Australian town 21,000 miles from icy home

<p>Tim Smartt, the lawyer for Jacob Hersant, arrives at Melbourne Magistrates Court in Melbourne, Australia, 8 Nov 2024</p>
Australasia

Man, 25, becomes first person jailed in Australia for Nazi salute

<p>Representational </p>
Lifestyle

Australia proposes landmark ban for children under 16 on social media

Tech

Under 16s will be banned from using social media, Australia announces

<p>Rachael ‘Raygun’ Gunn at the Paris Olympics</p>
Sport

Raygun retires from breakdancing after Paris Olympics backlash

<p>Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd allegedly deleted tweets that criticized Trump</p>
US politics

Australian ambassador to US deleted messages about Trump, report says

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