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<p>Vladimir Putin listens to Donald Trump during a press conference in Helsinki, Finland, in 2018 </p>
Europe

Putin and Trump are deluded about each other, and Kyiv will pay for it

With Donald Trump vowing to the end war in Ukraine quickly, Tom Watling speaks to American and British former officials about the overconfidence of both the US president-elect and the Russian leader

<p>Thick smoke and flames erupt from an Israeli airstrike on Tayouneh, Beirut</p>
Middle East

Iran backs Lebanon in ceasefire talks as Israel intensifies strikes

<p>Rescuers search for bodies in the Torre neighbourhood in Valencia</p>
Europe

Valencia chief rejects calls to resign over handling of Spain floods

<p>Governments are currently trying to iron out a new global finance climate agreement at Cop29 </p>
News

UN climate talks no longer fit for purpose, say experts

Just in

<p>Prime Minister of Japan Shigeru Ishiba in Peru</p>
China

China urges Japan to ‘properly handle’ history and Taiwan issues

<p>A resident standing next to a blown off kiosk along a street in Panganiban town, Catanduanes province</p>
News

Over 400,000 evacuated as Super Typhoon Man-yi batters Philippines

<p>Typhoon Man-yi will hit land over the weekend </p>
News

Tens of thousands evacuated as Philippines braces for Man-yi

<p>People run past burning vehicles of India’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA during a protest to condemn the alleged killing of women and children in Imphal</p>
India

Curfew and internet shut down in Manipur as fresh violence erupts

<p>Police apprehend a person following a stabbing attack at vocational college in Yixing, Wuxi city, Jiangsu</p>
China

Ex-student kills eight in stabbing rampage at Chinese college

<p>Representational: A fire in the neonatal unit of a hospital in Uttar Pradesh killed 10 infants </p>
India

10 newborns killed in massive fire at hospital in India

<p>A photo of the Meiji shrine (left) and a close-up of the markings etched onto one of its wooden pillars </p>
US Crime News

American tourist arrested in Japan for defacing a religious shrine

<p>File: South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, 10 Jan 2024</p>
East Asia

South Korea’s opposition leader convicted of violating election law

<p>Firefighters work at the site of a residential area hit by a Russian missile strike</p>
Europe

Seven killed after Russia unleashes ‘massive’ air attack on Ukraine

Europe

Seven killed after Russia unleashes ‘massive’ air attack on Ukraine

<p>Firefighters work at the site of a residential area hit by a Russian missile strike</p>
<p>Firefighters work at the site of residential area hit by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine</p>
LiveEurope

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Moscow launches ‘largest attack’ in months

<p>Russia attacks Ukrainian military airfield.</p>
News

Video: Moment Russia launches attack on Ukraine military airfield

COP29 Climate Summit
Europe

As talks in Baku cross the halfway point, nations are no closer to a goal on cash for climate action

Norway Obit Thon
Europe

Olav Thon: Norwegian billionaire famed for bright red cap dead at 101

Norway Obit Thon
Europe

Olav Thon: Norwegian billionaire famed for bright red cap dead at 101

<p>A couple comfort each other while looking at the fire in a residential building after an attack by Russian drones on Kyiv, Ukraine</p>
Europe

Russia is secretly developing a petrifying new weapon

Europe

Zelensky says war will ‘end sooner’ with Trump as president

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Middle East

<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, flanked by Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, second from left, attends at the opening of the 25th Knesset session marking the anniversary of the "Iron Swords" war, in Jerusalem, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024</p>
Middle East

Flash bombs fired into garden of Benjamin Netanyahu’s Israel home

<p>Displaced Palestinians flee amid a military operation in Jabalia on 23 October</p>
Middle East

Israel accused of war crimes for forced displacement of Palestinians

<p>Palestinians displaced from shelters in Beit Hanoun cross the main Salaheddine road into Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip </p>
Middle East

US says Israel has not breached laws on blocking aid supplies in Gaza

<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>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

Middle East

Netanyahu confirms he okayed Lebanon pager attacks that killed 40

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

<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>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

US

<p>Donald Trump shakes hands with Joe Rogan at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night</p>
LiveUS politics

Trump picks oil fracking CEO as his energy secretary - updates

<p>Jodi Huisentruit </p>
US Crime News

TV news anchor vanished nearly 30 years ago - but the search continues

<p>President-elect Donald Trump arrives at Madison Square Garden for UFC 309 on Saturday night </p>
UFC

Trump emerges from Mar-a-Lago seclusion to raucous reception at UFC

<p>Monica Semenatelli and Robert Baker were charged with Fabio Sementilli’s murder in June, 2017 </p>
US Crime News

Wife accused of murdering husband with adult film star lover

<p>Road signage is posted just outside of Emerson, Manitoba</p>
US Crime News

A family froze to death crossing the Canada-US border

Mpox
Americas

First US case of severe mpox strain reported in California

<p>Donald Trump and Elon Musk enter UFC arena with Dana White to rapturous applause.</p>
Sport

Trump fist pumps UFC crowd as president-elect joined by Elon Musk

APTOPIX UFC 309 Mixed Martial Arts
Americas

Jon Jones sends Stipe Miocic into retirement with decisive UFC heavyweight win in front of Trump

<p>Alec Baldwin appears as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on ‘Saturday Night Alive’ alongside James Austin Johnson as Donald Trump and Dana Carvey as Joe Biden</p>
US politics

SNL skewers Donald Trump’s ‘crazy’ cabinet picks in brutal Cold Open

US politics

SNL skewers Donald Trump’s ‘crazy’ cabinet picks in brutal Cold Open

<p>Alec Baldwin appears as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on ‘Saturday Night Alive’ alongside James Austin Johnson as Donald Trump and Dana Carvey as Joe Biden</p>
<p>Donald Trump shakes hands with Joe Rogan at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night</p>
LiveUS politics

Trump picks oil fracking CEO as his energy secretary - updates

<p>Lamora Williams has been sentenced to life in prison without parole after a jury convicted her of killing her two children by placing them inside an oven </p>
US Crime News

Georgia mother sentenced to life after killing young sons

Trump
Americas

Trump names fossil fuel executive Chris Wright as energy secretary

<p>Some Democratic lawmakers are encouraging former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, 84, to step out of the spotlight after she blamed President Joe Biden for the party’s loss on Election Day</p>
US politics

Pelosi press tour is upsetting Dems who want her to take a back seat

<p>Some Democratic lawmakers are encouraging former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, 84, to step out of the spotlight after she blamed President Joe Biden for the party’s loss on Election Day</p>
US politics

Pelosi press tour is upsetting Dems who want her to take a back seat

<p>Elon Musk shakes Donald Trump’s hand. Trump joked he ‘can’t get rid of’ the billionaire on Wednesday</p>
US politics

Elon Musk wants to hire ‘super high IQ’ X users for DOGE

US politics

Trump’s Cabinet tracker: Here’s the White House appointments so far

Europe

<p>Ukrainian soldiers fire a 2S1 self-propelled 122mm howitzer towards Russian positions near Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine </p>
Europe

Putin’s forces intensify assaults across Ukraine: ‘They keep coming’

<p>Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky gives a press conference at the European Political Community Summit in Budapest, Hungary, on 7 November 2024</p>
News

Zelensky issues Putin warning after German chancellor’s phone call

Israel Palestinians Hostage Family
Europe

The family of Israeli-American hostage pleads with Biden and Trump to bring hostages home

Spain Floods
Europe

Spanish regional leader admits mistakes made in flood response, but refuses to step down

Film Review - All We Imagine As Light
Europe

Payal Kapadia, director of 'All We Imagine as Light,' sees another way

APTOPIX Lebanon Israel
Europe

Top Iranian official holds talks in Lebanon on Israel-Hezbollah war as U.S. pushes for cease-fire

<p>Fans argue on stands during the UEFA Nations League soccer match between France and Israel at the Stade de France stadium in Saint-Denis</p>
Football

Israel and France fans clash during football match

Europe

Mapped: Where are severe weather alerts in force in Spain?

<p>The Russian army's multiple rocket launcher Solntsepyok fires towards Ukrainian positions in the Kursk region</p>
Europe

Ukraine is facing 50,000 Russian troops in Kursk – can they hold out?

Europe

Ukraine is facing 50,000 Russian troops in Kursk – can they hold out?

<p>The Russian army's multiple rocket launcher Solntsepyok fires towards Ukrainian positions in the Kursk region</p>
<p>Police, military and volunteers continue with cleaning operations in the flood-hit municipality of Paiporta</p>
Europe

Thousands in Spain yet to return home as rain brings fresh flood risk

<p>Israel’s Iron Dome air defence system intercepts missiles launched against the country</p>
Europe

Greece in talks with Israel to develop its own ‘Iron Dome’

<p>A self-propelled howitzer of Ukraine's 57th brigade fires in the direction of Russian positions on the outskirts of Kupiansk</p>
Europe

Ukraine says it has stopped Putin’s forces advancing on key city

<p>Ukrainian soldiers fire a 2s1 self-propelled 122mm howitzer towards Russian positions near Chasiv Yar town, in Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine </p>
Europe

Mapped: Where has Russia made advances on the frontline in Ukraine?

<p>Ukrainian soldiers fire a 2s1 self-propelled 122mm howitzer towards Russian positions near Chasiv Yar town, in Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine </p>
Europe

Mapped: Where has Russia made advances on the frontline in Ukraine?

<p>Those arrested are also facing charges of facilitating the Naples-based mafia Camorra and the Sicilian Cosa Nostra by investing their profits in VAT fraud</p>
Europe

Police arrest 43 and seize 520m euros in Europe-wide mafia probe

<p>Malaga streets turn to rivers as floodwaters sweep through Costa del Sol towns.</p>
News

Video: Malaga streets turn to rivers as floodwaters sweep through town

Africa

<p>A woman who fled war in Sudan and requested anonymity because she feared retribution after reporting sexual exploitation</p>
Africa

Women in refugee camps say they’re being forced to have sex to survive

Africa

Women in refugee camps say they’re being forced to have sex to survive

<p>A woman who fled war in Sudan and requested anonymity because she feared retribution after reporting sexual exploitation</p>
South Africa Miners Trapped
Africa

South Africa says it won’t help 4,000 miners stuck inside closed mine

Ethiopia Electric Vehicle Challenges
Motoring News

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

<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>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>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

Asia

<p>Commuters ride along a street engulfed in smog in Lahore</p>
South Asia

Anger in Pakistan after politician leaves country amid air emergency

<p>Li Ziqi </p>
China

Popular Chinese influencer Li Ziqi returns after 3-year hiatus

<p>An artisan depicts a landscape on a porcelain vase </p>
SPONSORED

Porcelain’s glories shine forever on

<p>Two students from Wellington College in Shanghai try a classical Chinese musical instrument</p><p></p>
SPONSORED

Gaining a competitive edge

<p>A fridge magnet featuring the phoenix coronet of Empress Xiaoduan from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)</p>
SPONSORED

Fridge magnets prove hot sales items at museums

<p>Consumer products on display at the seventh China International Import Expo in Shanghai </p>
SPONSORED

Country’s openness creates more opportunities

<p>Two students from Wellington College in Shanghai try a classical Chinese musical instrument</p><p></p>
SPONSORED

Gaining a competitive edge

<p>A fridge magnet featuring the phoenix coronet of Empress Xiaoduan from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)</p>
SPONSORED

Fridge magnets prove hot sales items at museums

<p>Consumer products on display at the seventh China International Import Expo in Shanghai </p>
SPONSORED

Country’s openness creates more opportunities

<p>Visitors and performers pose on 5 November at the China Pavilion of the World Travel Market London in the United Kingdom. The three-day event, one of the most influential tourism exhibitions in the world, ended on 7 November </p>
SPONSORED

Chinese tourists return to global markets

<p>Rows of yurts are a highlight at a Naadam celebration in Xiliin Gol League in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region in 2023 </p>
SPONSORED

Yurt culture continues to stand the test of time

<p>A motorcyclist drives through a thick layer of smog in Delhi, India, on 15 November 2024</p>
News

Delhi shuts all primary schools as hazardous smog worsens

<p>Sri Lanka’s president and National People’s Power (NPP) party leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake gestures as he leaves after casting his vote</p>
South Asia

Sri Lanka president’s party wins landslide victory in snap elections

<p>Kim Jong-un inspects tests of drones designed to crash into targets, at an undisclosed location in North Korea</p>
East Asia

North Korea’s Kim Jong-un orders mass production of suicide drones

<p>A resident reinforces the roof of his house in Santa Ana in Cagayan province of northern Philippines as they Usagi approaches on 14 November 2024</p>
News

Usagi weakens over Philippines but Taiwan braces for severe weather

<p>A blanket of air pollution seen over Delhi in northern India on 14 November </p>
India

Delhi smog visible from space as air quality ranked ‘severe’

<p>A man offers flowers outside the Zhuhai People's Fitness Plaza where a man rammed his car into people exercising at the sports center</p>
China

China censors outrage and shuts down memorial after car ramming attack

Australasia

Australasia

Couple returns from work to discover koala in their bedroom

Australasia

Couple returns from work to discover koala in their bedroom

<p>Roy's Peak Lake Wanaka New Zealand</p>
Australasia

New Zealand may start charging visitors to iconic tourist sites

<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>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

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

Canada denies claims of banning Australian diaspora outlet

<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

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