Unseen paths: Young and visually impaired in Costa Rica
A photographer explores the challenges and resilience of two teenagers with visual disabilities.
Trump ally says Ukraine focus must be peace, not territory
Bryan Lanza tells the BBC there needs to be an "honest conversation" with Kyiv and returning Crimea is not a US priority.
Thousands protest in New York and Washington – as it happened
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Russia’s foreign ministry sees no grounds for talking about resuming dialogue on strategic stability and arms control with the US at the moment, Interfax news agency reported on Saturday, citing Russia’s deputy foreign minister.
Sergei Ryabkov said that Moscow and Washington “are exchanging signals on Ukraine” through closed channels at the military and political levels, according to Interfax. He also said that Russia was ready to listen to US president-elect, Donald Trump’s proposals on resolving the crisis in Ukraine, adding that there could be no simple solution.
Continue reading...Middle East crisis: Amsterdam officials ban protests after violence; Hamas says it has ‘not received’ request to leave Qatar – as it happened
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Israeli air strikes on the Lebanese coastal city of Tyre have now killed seven people.
Reuters reported that Lebanon’s health ministry said the death toll has risen from three to seven after the attack on Friday.
Continue reading...Pompeii to cap daily tourist numbers at 20,000
Nearly 4 million people visited the ruins of the Roman city of Pompeii in 2023, a third more than the previous year.
‘They say Democrats look down on me’: Trump win spurred by populist backlash
The president-elect tapped into a fierce anti-establishment sentiment – and the Democrats didn’t have enough to say
The party was buzzing, the confidence was surging and Kenneth Stewart was riding the Trump train. “He’s masculine,” explained Stewart, an African American man from Chicago. “He brings a lot of energy. He talks about things that we can understand. He talks about building. He talks about the auto industry. He talks about a lot of stuff that people in the Rust Belt care about.”
Stewart was a guest at Donald Trump’s election watch event in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Tuesday night and celebrated his victory over Democratic vice-president Kamala Harris. The result said much about gender, race and the new media landscape. It also represented a populist backlash against America’s perceived elites.
Continue reading...Trump flips Nevada as Democrat Jacky Rosen holds on to state’s Senate seat
Trump’s win in the state gives him 301 electoral votes, even as Democratic incumbent is re-elected to Senate
Donald Trump has won his sixth battleground state of the 2024 election, flipping the state for the Republicans early on Saturday, by beating Kamala Harris in Nevada.
The president-elect has 301 electoral college votes so far, well beyond the 270 point he surpassed early on Wednesday to take the White House, over Democratic rival Kamala Harris, and the Republican has now won six of the seven battleground states. On Saturday morning only Arizona remained to be called.
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Continue reading...North Korea’s alliance with Russia proves Ukraine is not about religion – The Hill
- North Korea’s alliance with Russia proves Ukraine is not about religion The Hill
- Mark Rutte: North Korean troops in Europe marks turning point POLITICO Europe
- Western embarrassment at North Korean involvement in the war in Ukraine Le Monde
- News: Statement by the North Atlantic Council on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, 08-Nov.-2024 NATO HQ
- Asian Angle Why Southeast Asia should worry about North Korean troops in Russia South China Morning Post
Pompeii limits visitors to protect ancient city from overtourism
Tickets to visit ruins buried by Mount Vesuvius, seen by 4 million this summer, to be capped at 20,000 a day
Pompeii plans to limit visitor numbers to 20,000 a day and introduce personalised tickets from next week in an effort to cope with overtourism and protect the world heritage site, officials said.
This summer, a record 4 million people visited the remains of the ancient Roman city, buried under ash and rock after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD79.
Continue reading...Queen Camilla to miss remembrance events due to chest infection
Doctors advise queen not to attend Remembrance Day activities to ensure full recovery from seasonal illness
Queen Camilla will not attend Remembrance Day events this weekend as she recovers from a chest infection, Buckingham Palace has said.
Camilla was due to attend the Royal British Legion festival of remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday evening, and to honour the war dead at the Remembrance Sunday ceremony on Whitehall.
Continue reading...Pakistan railway bomb blast kills at least 25
About 50 others were injured in the blast, the city's commissioner says.
Poland’s Tusk to meet EU, UK, NATO leaders on Ukraine after Trump win – POLITICO Europe
- Poland’s Tusk to meet EU, UK, NATO leaders on Ukraine after Trump win POLITICO Europe
- Polish defence minister reacts to reports of Trump's peace plan Ukrainska Pravda
- Polish PM to meet French, UK, NATO leaders to discuss Ukraine Reuters
- Polish PM Tusk to meet allies to discuss Ukraine amid ‘new political landscape’ TVP World
- Tusk: nobody knows how Trump will act on Ukraine Ukrinform
NHS in ‘last-chance saloon’, says former health secretary Alan Milburn
Milburn set to take senior health department role and says crisis is ‘million times worse’ than when he was in office
The NHS is “drinking in the last-chance saloon” and needs to change, the former health secretary Alan Milburn has said as he prepares to take up a senior role in the Department of Health.
Milburn, who brought about radical changes, such as the introduction of NHS foundation trusts, when he was a minister for Tony Blair, called for “cultural change” in the health service and said “big reforms will be needed to make it fit for the future”.
Continue reading...Woman who fell to her death from Hackney council flat ‘was trying to fix drainpipe’
Coroner’s report finds Sarah McGreevy died after climbing on box on sixth floor balcony to unblock pipe repaired with tape
A woman who accidentally fell to her death from the sixth floor balcony of a Hackney council block was trying to fix a blocked drainpipe that had been repaired using “heavy duty tape”, a coroner has found.
Sarah McGreevy, 37, died on 16 June after climbing on to a wooden box on the balcony to manually unblock the pipe, a common practice among residents of the fifth and sixth floors of the building after heavy rainfall, according to the coroner’s report.
Continue reading...Trump’s win: The image, message and moment
Trump's victory was as much about the political context as it was about the media moment.
More than a dozen Israeli strikes hit Beirut suburbs – CNN
- More than a dozen Israeli strikes hit Beirut suburbs CNN
- Israeli strikes kill more than 40 across Lebanon, reports say CNN
- Israeli Strike Kills 23 People North of Beirut, Lebanon Says The New York Times
- Mideast wars: Israeli strikes kill dozens in Lebanon and isolated northern Gaza, officials say The Associated Press
- At least 20 killed in Israeli strike on Lebanon's Alamat - Lebanese report The Jerusalem Post
Doubledecker bus collision in Manchester leaves 17 injured
Two buses crash on Rochdale Road with people taken to hospitals across region although none seriously hurt
A crash between two doubledecker buses in Manchester has left 17 people needing hospital treatment.
The buses collided on Rochdale Road at 8.34am on Saturday.
Continue reading...Boost UK defence spending to win Trump’s support, former navy chief urges Starmer
Lord West says Republican victory is chance to show Britain is willing to prioritise military by allocating 3% of GDP
Keir Starmer is being urged to consider an emergency cash injection into defence and to accelerate Britain’s planned review of its military capabilities before Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
Senior defence figures are now assessing how Trump’s victory will shape a strategic defence review (SDR) that was already under way in Whitehall, whose findings are due to be reported in the spring. The SDR comes alongside a crucial review of public spending.
Continue reading...China and Indonesia sign multiple cooperation deals – Reuters.com
- China and Indonesia sign multiple cooperation deals Reuters.com
- China, Indonesia seal $10 billion in deals focused on green energy and tech Reuters
- China, Indonesia Firms to Ink $10 Billion of Deals, Prabowo Says Bloomberg
- Newly inaugurated Indonesian President Subianto visits China in first overseas trip The Associated Press
- China, Indonesia make key deals on lithium, green energy, tourism Bangkok Post
A powerful suicide bombing at a rail station in southwestern Pakistan kills at least 26 – The Associated Press
- A powerful suicide bombing at a rail station in southwestern Pakistan kills at least 26 The Associated Press
- Video shows deadly explosion at Pakistan train station CNN
- Bomb blast at Pakistan train station kills at least 24 The Guardian
- Suicide Bombing in Pakistan Leaves Dozens Dead or Wounded at Quetta Railway Station The New York Times
- ‘Bloodbath’: Railway station bombing in Quetta, Pakistan leaves 26 dead Al Jazeera English