Bumrah gives India a shot at victory, but Australia lead by 333
Australia's tail pushes the lead past 300 on fourth day of fourth Test but Jasprit Bumrah keeps Indian hopes alive.
How ‘scientist’ whales are helping uncover the secrets of climate change
Southern right whales are thriving again. Now they face an even bigger threat – the Anthropocene era.
Rebel Wilson marries Ramona Agruma in Sydney ceremony
The couple held a service in Sardinia in September and have now made it official in Wilson's hometown.
Up to 30 MPs who backed assisted dying bill could withdraw support at next vote
Several MPs preparing to suggest amendments on key concerns including coercion and role of medics
Up to 30 MPs who backed assisted dying could withdraw support at the next parliamentary vote, MPs have said, as several prepare to suggest amendments on coercion and the role of medics.
The committee that will examine the next stage of Kim Leadbeater’s assisted dying bill will begin hearings in the new year, with MPs coalescing around several demands for changes to the legislation.
Continue reading...Polls close in Chad’s contentious parliamentary election
Opposition boycotts vote for a new parliament, provincial assemblies and local councils, citing fears of vote rigging.
Video: Jeju Air plane crashes and explodes during landing in South Korea
A plane crash has killed almost everyone on board the South Korean Jeju Air Flight 2216.
Azerbaijan’s president says plane that crashed was shot at from Russia – Reuters
- Azerbaijan's president says plane that crashed was shot at from Russia Reuters
- Azerbaijan’s president accuses Russia of downing airliner in Christmas Day crash and covering up cause CNN
- Putin Apologizes but Does Not Take Responsibility for Azerbaijani Plane Crash The New York Times
- Azerbaijan Airlines says doomed flight saw 'external and technical interference' before it crashed NBC News
- Crashed Azerbaijan plane damaged by fire from Russia, Azerbaijani president says ABC News
City regulators to start oversight of tech firms that provide ‘critical’ services to UK
New powers come amid concerns that cyber-attacks and outages could put the country’s financial stability at risk
City regulators will begin cracking down in the new year on tech firms providing “critical” services to UK banks amid concerns that cyber-attacks and outages at companies such as Google or Amazon could put the country’s financial stability at risk.
From 1 January, the Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority will be handed powers to regulate companies that are becoming a crucial part of the day-to-day operations of the increasingly digital banking and payments sector.
Continue reading...Met police pays out after arrest of teenager wrongly linked to protest
Exclusive: Force reaches out-of-court settlement with Xanthe Wells, who was accused of being at pro-Palestine demonstration
Scotland Yard has paid £5,000 in an out-of-court settlement after allegedly unlawfully imprisoning a 17-year-old who was wrongly accused of being at a pro-Palestine protest where a building was spray-painted.
The case is said by civil liberties campaigners to be compelling evidence of a heavy-handed approach by the Met to the policing of demonstrations over the last year.
Continue reading...Jeju Air crash: all but two presumed dead in South Korea’s worst domestic civil aviation disaster
Footage appears to show Boeing 737-800 skidding along runway at Muan airport before hitting wall and catching fire
All but two of 181 people onboard a plane that crashed while landing at an airport in South Korea are presumed to have died, in the country’s worst domestic civil aviation disaster.
Officials said they had confirmed that 177 people died in the crash on Sunday at Muan international airport in the country’s south-west, while two crew members – a man and a woman – had been rescued. Two people remained missing nine hours after the incident.
Continue reading...New Georgian president sworn in as predecessor refuses to stand aside – Al Jazeera English
- New Georgian president sworn in as predecessor refuses to stand aside Al Jazeera English
- Former Manchester City footballer sworn in as Georgia's president Sky News
- Georgia: Pro-EU protesters, president form human chain DW (English)
- Russia could inflict 'substantial' casualties by unconventional attack against NATO, allied official says Kyiv Independent
- Kavelashvili is inaugurated as Georgia’s president, complicating its path toward EU The Associated Press
New Georgian president sworn in as predecessor refuses to stand aside – Al Jazeera English
- New Georgian president sworn in as predecessor refuses to stand aside Al Jazeera English
- Former Manchester City footballer sworn in as Georgia's president Sky News
- Georgia: Pro-EU protesters, president form human chain DW (English)
- Russia could inflict 'substantial' casualties by unconventional attack against NATO, allied official says Kyiv Independent
- Kavelashvili is inaugurated as Georgia’s president, complicating its path toward EU The Associated Press
New Georgian president sworn in as predecessor refuses to stand aside
Mikheil Kavelashvili sworn in as Georgia's new president as pro-EU predecessor refuses to recognise his legitimacy.
Calls for the release of Gaza hospital director detained by Israel
Palestinians, campaigners express concern after Abu Safia and others from Kamal Adwan Hospital are detained by Israel.
North Korea’s Kim vows the toughest anti-US policy before Trump takes office – The Associated Press
- North Korea’s Kim vows the toughest anti-US policy before Trump takes office The Associated Press
- North Korea vows 'toughest' US policy in vague announcement Fox News
- North Korea launches 'toughest' U.S. strategy in key party meeting Reuters
- North Korea adopts ‘most hardline’ stance against US ahead of Trump presidency NK News
- Kim Jong Un vows to launch ‘toughest’ anti-US policy The Hill
Councils failing to take homeless young people into care
Exclusive: UK teenagers placed in temporary housing until they are adults as there are fewer obligations to support them if they are not care leavers
Councils are treating teenagers like homeless adults and placing them in unsuitable temporary housing rather than taking them into care, new research has shown.
Local authorities are “waiting out the clock” when assessing vulnerable 16- and 17-year-olds until they can be classed as adults. The teenagers were kept in the dark about their rights after escaping “harrowing” family situations involving physical and emotional abuse, addiction and mental health problems, according to research by the Coram Institute for Children charity.
Continue reading...Georgia’s pro-west president says she remains ‘only legitimate president’ as new leader sworn in
Salome Zourabichvili tells protesters she will leave presidential palace as far-right successor Mikheil Kavelashvili takes power
Georgia’s pro-western president, Salome Zourabichvili, has said she will leave the palace but remain the country’s legitimate officeholder, after refusing to hand over the keys to her successor in the wake of a controversial general election.
Zourabichvili spoke as thousands of protesters gathered in the capital, Tblisi, to demonstrate against the inauguration of Mikheil Kavelashvili, a former football player turned far-right politician backed by the ruling pro-Moscow and increasingly authoritarian Georgian Dream (GD) party, who was sworn in as president at a parliamentary ceremony.
Continue reading...Behind the Dismantling of Hezbollah: Decades of Israeli Intelligence – The New York Times
- Behind the Dismantling of Hezbollah: Decades of Israeli Intelligence The New York Times
- How Israel’s ‘Operation Grim Beeper’ rattled global spy chiefs Financial Times
- How Israel's Mossad tricked Hezbollah into buying explosive pagers | 60 Minutes CBS News
- Massive intel breach: How the IDF blocked Hezbollah's doomsday attacks on Tel Aviv The Jerusalem Post
A Year of Youth Protests: Reclaiming Power
On The Stream: We look back at various student protest movements prompted by young people in 2024.
Inside a Syrian ‘reconciliation centre’ where Assad’s soldiers give up their weapons
Former regime fighters tell the BBC they want to regain civilian status and had nothing to do with atrocities.