Who are the candidates running to be Japan’s next prime minister?
Japan's governing Liberal Democratic Party is choosing its next leader on Saturday.
Europe needs to ‘get serious’ about threat posed to it by Russia, Ukraine minister says
Sergiy Kyslytsya says Kremlin already at war with Europe and predicts that Vladimir Putin will ‘escalate escalating’
Europe needs to “get serious” about the existential threat posed to it by Russia, Ukraine’s deputy foreign minister has said, warning that Vladimir Putin will “escalate escalating”.
In an interview with the Guardian, Sergiy Kyslytsya – Kyiv’s former ambassador to the UN – said the Kremlin was already at war with Europe. He said Russia’s recent drone incursions against several EU countries were well-calculated and an attempt to “move the red lines”.
Continue reading...How tensions with Bangladesh are roiling India’s sari business
Bangladesh's political turmoil has been mixed bag for the Indian sari industry, hurting some traders and helping others.
Many civilians in Gaza sustained injuries common in soldiers
Civilians in Gaza face combat wounds usually seen in soldiers, at double the civilian injury rate of other conflicts.
Indonesian school collapse: death toll rises to 14 as crews pull more bodies from rubble
Dozens of students remain unaccounted for at Sidoarjo boarding school as rescuers bring in heavy excavators to clear large slabs of concrete
The death toll from a school collapse in Indonesia rose to 14 on Friday after recovery crews pulled multiple bodies from beneath the rubble. Dozens of students remain unaccounted for and the death toll is expected to rise.
Rescuers initially searched by hand for survivors after the building caved in on Monday. But with no more signs of life detected by Thursday, they turned to heavy excavators equipped with jackhammers to help them progress more rapidly.
Continue reading...Israel-Gaza Live Updates: Trump Says Hamas Is Ready for Peace After It Agrees to Release Hostages – The New York Times
- Israel-Gaza Live Updates: Trump Says Hamas Is Ready for Peace After It Agrees to Release Hostages The New York Times
- Hamas agrees to release all Israeli hostages outlined in Trump Gaza peace deal: report Fox News
- Trump moves closer to Middle East peace — and maybe the Nobel Prize NBC News
- Hamas accepts Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza, but with conditions The Washington Post
- Exclusive | Hamas Is Still at War With Itself Over Terms of Trump’s Peace Plan The Wall Street Journal
We need hospitals more than football stadiums, say Morocco’s young protesters
Morocco will soon have the world's largest football stadium but this has angered many young people who want better services.
Watch: Emotional day in court as Diddy sentenced
The BBC's Nada Tawfik was inside the courtroom as the convicted hip-hop mogul addressed his family and the judge.
‘Machines don’t see gender’: India’s first female train driver on blazing the trail
Surekha Yadav became a train driver at a time when it was uncommon for Indian women to take up the profession.
They’re making sex jokes in Saudi: Inside the controversial comedy festival
A-listers including Dave Chappelle, Bill Burr and Jack Whitehall have faced a backlash over the event.
They paid thousands for a cruise that hasn’t sailed. Now they can’t get their money back
The BBC has been speaking to retirees who want the firm selling the cruise to stop advertising and refund their deposits.
LIVE: Israel kills 7 people after Trump tells it to ‘stop bombing’ Gaza
US leader tells Israel it 'must immediately stop' bombing Gaza, says he believes Hamas is 'ready for a lasting peace'.
Gisèle Pelicot returns to court after trial made her an icon – and tore her family apart
A rift has emerged between the victim at the centre of the largest rape trial in French history and her eldest children.
Gisèle Pelicot returns to court after trial made her an icon – and tore her family apart
A rift has emerged between Gisèle Pelicot - the victim at the centre of the largest rape trial in French history - and her eldest children
‘Yeah, nah’: why the Victorian Liberal party has taken an unusual step in the search for future MPs
The state opposition is changing tack in a bid to attract stronger candidates for high stakes seats and avoid an election catastrophe
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When the Victorian Liberal party’s state executive met last Thursday, just days before preselections closed in seats held by four retiring MPs, they looked at the list of candidates before them, underwhelmed.
“The view was, ‘yeah, nah’,” said one Liberal source, who requested anonymity to discuss internal party matters.
Continue reading...‘Will they change course?’: US Senate in deadlock over government shutdown
The third day of the US government shutdown has yielded no breakthrough as Democrats and Republicans split on spending.
Netanyahu ordered drone attacks on Gaza-bound humanitarian aid boats off Tunisia, sources say – CBS News
- Netanyahu ordered drone attacks on Gaza-bound humanitarian aid boats off Tunisia, sources say CBS News
- PM approved drone attacks last month on Gaza flotilla ships off Tunisian coast — report The Times of Israel
- Maghreb branch of Global Sumud flotilla says aircraft flew over Gaza’s ship Menafn.com
- Tunisia • Croatian national arrested following Gaza flotilla attack Africa Intelligence
- Drone attacks on the “Global Sumud Fleet” protested in Tunisia Middle East Monitor
Hamas response to US Gaza plan is significant – but there are key omissions
There is still a huge amount of detail to be worked through around how a ceasefire could be implemented.
Madagascar president refuses to step down as antigov’t protests continue
Protesters issue president 24-hour ultimatum to ‘respond favourably’ to demands, threatening 'all necessary measures'.
Senate stalemate sends US shutdown into second week
Two separate funding proposals failed on Friday as mass lay-offs and sweeping cuts loom over the government.