Colombian court rules Meta was wrong to bar porn star’s Instagram account
The nation's highest court says the tech firm removed Esperanza Gómez's account without clear justification.
Nepal sets March 5 vote, restrictions eased as interim gov’t takes charge
The Himalayan nation picks its first ever female prime minister to head the interim government after deadly unrest.
US condemns Beijing’s South China Sea ‘nature reserve’ plan
China's plan to build a nature reserve in the Scarborough Shoal brings strong responses from the Philippines and US.
World ‘staring into the abyss of a Third World War’ after chilling Putin move – Daily Express US
- World 'staring into the abyss of a Third World War' after chilling Putin move Daily Express US
- Russia fires Zircon hypersonic missile during military drills Reuters
- Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 12, 2025 Institute for the Study of War
- Russia-Belarus military drill tests nerves on NATO’s eastern flank at the end of a tense week CNN
- Russia and Belarus launch big military exercise that fueled Western concerns NBC News
Ukraine Steps Up Its War on Russia’s Oil Industry – Bloomberg.com
- Ukraine Steps Up Its War on Russia’s Oil Industry Bloomberg.com
- Ukraine strikes key Russian oil terminal in massive drone attack BBC
- Russia says it downed 221 Ukrainian drones overnight France 24
- Ukraine's energy strikes hit Russians at the pump yahoo.com
- Oil gains weighed down by US demand worries Reuters
Woman held by Taliban warns British couple ‘dying’ in prison
Faye Hall was arrested with Peter and Barbie Reynolds in February, and released after two months.
Ai Weiwei and the lost backpack: A Chinese exile’s brush with bureaucracy
Artist's encounter with a railway 'lost and found' highlights the difficulties of those forced to leave their countries.
Suspect in Charlie Kirk killing caught in US; widow vows to carry on legacy
A 22-year-old Utah man has been arrested and booked for killing the prominent right-wing activist.
New Nato mission to bolster eastern flank after Russia drone incursion
France, Denmark and Germany will send jets to Poland after Russian drones flew into its airspace.
Healthcare graduates most satisfied with choice of course, UK data shows
Official agency’s figures indicate those who took journalism or marketing far more likely to regret their decision
The UK’s most satisfied graduates are those who studied healthcare subjects, while those who opted for journalism or marketing are far more likely to regret their choices, according to data obtained by the Guardian.
Vets, midwives and paramedics were the happiest with their degrees after entering the workforce, alongside those who studied vocational subjects such as architecture, computer science and construction, and were most likely to say they would study the same course if they were making their university choices again.
Continue reading...UK lender offers 98% mortgage to first-time buyers – but bars bank of mum and dad
Newcastle building society aims for those with smaller deposits and no help hoping to get on to housing ladder
First-time buyers are being offered the chance to borrow up to 98% of the price of a property – but they cannot get help with their deposit from the bank of mum and dad.
Newcastle building society’s First Step mortgage is designed to help those who have been saving to get on the housing ladder.
Continue reading...Universities around the world cut ties with Israeli academia over Gaza war
Educational bodies from Europe to South America are boycotting Israeli institutions, though Universities UK said it did not support the action
A growing number of universities, academic institutions and scholarly bodies around the world are cutting links with Israeli academia amid claims that it is complicit in the Israeli government’s actions towards Palestinians.
According to Gaza’s health ministry, more than 63,000 people have been killed in the territory – the majority of them civilians – with the true toll likely far higher. UN-backed experts have confirmed parts of Gaza, much of which has been reduced to rubble, are now in a “man-made” famine.
Continue reading...Man City vs Man United: Premier League – team news, start time and lineups
City and United are hoping to put painful seasons last year behind them in Sunday's early season Manchester derby.
Widow of Charlie Kirk says her ‘cries will echo around the world like a battle cry’
In statement Friday, Erika Kirk says ‘evildoers responsible for my husband’s assassination have no idea what they have done’
Erika Kirk, the widow of rightwing activist and provocateur Charlie Kirk, said in a statement Friday evening that her late husband’s message and mission will be “stronger, bolder, louder and greater than ever” and that her “cries will echo around the world like a battle cry”.
“I loved knowing one of his mottos was ‘never surrender’,” she said of her late husband. “We’ll never surrender.”
Continue reading...LIVE: Israel kills dozens in Gaza as outrage grows over attack on Qatar
More than 1.3 million Palestinians, including 350,000 children, remain in besieged Gaza City under Israeli attack.
7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes near the east coast of Russia’s Kamchatka region – NBC News
- 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes near the east coast of Russia’s Kamchatka region NBC News
- 7.4-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Russia’s Far East The New York Times
- A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake strikes near the east coast of Russia’s Kamchatka region ABC News
- Update: 7.5 earthquake off East Coast of Kamchatka Russia; No tsunami threat to Hawaiʻi Maui Now
- No tsunami threat to Hawaii after 7.4M earthquake hits Russia’s Kamchatka region KITV
Victorian Liberals must unite or face ‘crisis’, president warns as moderates swat away challenge for power
Philip Davis pleads for rival groups to ‘kiss and make up’ after divisive campaign to replace him
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Victorian Liberals shape up for ‘nastiest, most toxic’ state council in years
The president of the Victorian Liberals, Philip Davis, has warned his party to unite ahead of the 2026 election or “we will be in a crisis”, after he survived a leadership challenge.
Davis defeated his immediate predecessor, Greg Mirabella, in a vote at the Victorian Liberal party’s state council at Moonee Valley racecourse on Saturday by 493 votes to 397.
Continue reading...Can Keir survive? Inside the plot to bring down the prime minister
With his government mired in scandal, an operation to dethrone Starmer is now under way
There has been a joke going around Labour MPs over the past week about three envelopes in Soviet Russia. “Whenever you run into trouble, open them in order,” the instructions go. Envelope one says: “Blame your predecessor.” So he does – and it works. The party officials are satisfied. A year later, problems arise again. He opens envelope two. It says: “Restructure the organisation.”
He does a big reshuffle, changes some titles, and again buys himself some time. Finally, another crisis comes. He opens envelope three. It says: “Prepare three envelopes.”
Continue reading...Six great reads: rebels in Nazi Germany, how creativity works and Europe’s biggest pornography conference
Need something brilliant to read this weekend? Here are six of our favourite pieces from the past seven days
Continue reading...New Nato mission to bolster eastern flank after Russia drone incursion
Denmark, France and Germany will send jets to strengthen Poland's air defences after Russian drones flew into Polish territory.