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Argentina’s far-right Milei angers Falklands veterans with Thatcher praise

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Presidential candidate calls former UK prime minister one of ‘the great leaders in the history of humanity’ during debate

Argentina’s libertarian presidential candidate, Javier Milei, has been pilloried by veterans of the Falklands war after he praised Margaret Thatcher as one of “the great leaders in the history of humanity” during the final electoral debate before next Sunday’s election.

Milei – a self-described anarcho-capitalist – has frequently expressed admiration for Thatcher’s free-market policies. But she is still reviled in Argentina for ordering the sinking of the General Belgrano cruiser, killing 323 people on board, during the 1982 war with the UK over the Falkland islands, which Argentina claims as Islas Malvinas.

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Austria puts aside millions for gay people who faced prosecution

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People investigated under discriminatory laws to get €500, while those convicted will get €3,000 or more, says justice minister

Austria has set aside millions of euros to compensate thousands of gay people who until two decades ago faced prosecution, its justice minister has said.

The country decriminalised homosexuality in 1971 but certain discriminatory provisions remained in force until the early 2000s.

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Iceland braces for volcanic eruption as prime minister reassures residents

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Reykjanes peninsula continues to be hit by hundreds of earthquakes

Iceland’s prime minister has sought to reassure the nation as it braces for a volcanic eruption and the Reykjanes peninsula continues to be hit by hundreds of earthquakes.

Between midnight and early afternoon on Monday, the Icelandic meteorological office detected about 900 earthquakes as seismic activity between Sundhnúkur and Grindavík in south-west Iceland continued near the capital, Reykjavik. In recent days, a magma tunnel has formed under the peninsula, stretching out into the sea.

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Israel-Hamas war: Brazil’s president accuses Israel of ‘killing innocent people’ – as it happened

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This blog has closed. You can see all our Israel-Hamas war coverage here and see our latest full report on the conflict here

In case you missed this earlier, hundreds of patients were trapped and thousands of people sought shelter around Gaza’s largest hospital on Monday, as Israeli troops and Hamas fighters battled near the compound.

On Sunday, witnesses at the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City told AFP that “violent fighting” raged throughout the night.

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House speaker Mike Johnson faces race against the clock as shutdown is just days away – US politics live

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Johnson’s proposal unveiled at weekend would stretch funding until 19 January but doesn’t include cuts Republican colleagues are asking for

“Tim Scott is a good man of faith and an inspiration to so many. The Republican primary was made better by his participation in it,” Haley said on X. “South Carolina is blessed to continue to have him as our senator. Scott announced conceded on Sunday, just six months after launching his campaign.”

Scott conceded on Sunday, just six months after launching his campaign.

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Donald Trump Jr takes stand in Trump fraud trial again as defense team calls witnesses – live

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Former US president’s son tells court about Trump Organization’s early achievements

Ever been to a gym in a hotel? Donald Trump Jr thinks you should thank his father, who was a pioneer in making things that are “commonplace today in luxury real estate”, like gyms.

“Maybe someone had put a gym in a building somewhere, but no one did it at the scale of my father,” Trump Jr said.

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French police foil €600k champagne theft after high-speed chase

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Drivers of two HGVs carrying high-end Moët & Chandon manage to flee but officers recover stolen bubbly

French police are looking for a gang of champagne thieves after a high-speed motorway chase in which two heavy goods vehicles carrying a total of €600,000 (£436,000) worth of stolen prestige bottles sped through northern France.

Two trailers containing high-end champagne by Moët & Chandon disappeared in the early hours of Saturday morning in Reims, the capital of the Champagne region, according to reports in Le Parisien and on local TV.

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Three people killed in Russian shelling of Kherson, says Ukraine – as it happened

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Six people injured during attack on southern Ukrainian city, says local governor. This live blog is now closed

A European Union plan to spend up to €20bn ($21.4bn/£17.5bn) on military aid for Ukraine is meeting resistance from EU countries and may not survive in its current form, diplomats say.

Josep Borrell, the EU’s foreign policy chief, proposed in July that the bloc create a fund with up to €5bn a year over four years as part of broader western security commitments to bolster Ukraine as it fights Russia’s invasion.

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Brexit to pints with Xi: why David Cameron is a controversial foreign secretary

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As former UK PM makes a return to cabinet, we look at his somewhat chequered record on global stage

David Cameron has made a shock return to the UK government as foreign secretary.

A profile on the government’s website credits him with developing “a foreign policy that responded to the new challenges of the Arab spring and also evolving challenges from various state and non-state actors”.

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Archbishop of Canterbury makes ‘moral cry’ for Israel-Hamas ceasefire

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Justin Welby’s call came as British Palestinians with relatives in Gaza demanded a meeting with the prime minister

The archbishop of Canterbury has called for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas, saying the scale of civilian deaths and humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza could not be “morally justified”.

“The killing must stop,” Justin Welby said, adding that the call for a ceasefire was a “moral cry”.

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Six people arrested in China’s Hubei province over ‘baby-trafficking ring’

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Whistleblower claims hospital director colluded with ‘online intermediaries’ to sell birth certificates for about £10,750

Six people have been arrested in central China’s Hubei province over alleged involvement in a baby-trafficking ring linked to a hospital in one of the province’s biggest cities.

The allegations about Xiangyang Jianqiao hospital first came to light on 6 November via a Weibo user by the name of Shangguan Zhengyi, who describes himself as an “anti-trafficking volunteer”. Shangguan posted a series of claims about the hospital’s director, Ye Youzhi, whom he accused of colluding “with online intermediaries” to sell birth certificates for 96,000 yuan (£10,750).

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What do we know about forced labour in Xinjiang?

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Beijing says labour transfers are poverty alleviation tool, but research raises concerns schemes are not voluntary

Xinjiang, a region of north-west China that is about three times the size of France, is an area that has become associated around the world with detention camps. The facilities are referred to by Beijing as vocational education and training centres. But critics say they are used to indoctrinate Uyghurs and other minority ethnic groups with the goal of transforming them into devotees of the Chinese Communist party.

After unrest in the region and a series of riots and violent attacks by Uyghur separatists between 2014 to 2017, the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, launched his Strike Hard Campaign Against Violent Terrorism, leading to the establishment of the camps. The UN has estimated that since then about 1 million people have been detained in these extrajudicial centres.

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Israeli forces at gates of Gaza’s main hospital with hundreds trapped

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Health officials say patients dying due to energy shortages as fighting between Israel and Hamas intensifies

Israeli forces have reached the gates of Gaza’s largest hospital as hundreds of patients, including dozens of babies, remained trapped inside.

Thousands of people have fled al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, but health officials said the remaining patients were dying due to energy shortages amid intense fighting between Israeli troops and Hamas militants.

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Netflix’s movie Hurricane Season stirs debate over violent depiction of Mexico

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Based on the prize-winning book by Fernanda Melchor, film depicts brutality stemming from ‘war on drugs’ that began in 2006

A group of children find a body in the river: the village witch, her throat slit, writhing with snakes.

The opening scene of Hurricane Season, a new Netflix movie based on Mexican novelist Fernanda Melchor’s book, plunges the viewer straight into a tropical, lawless, superstitious version of rural Veracruz, Melchor’s home state.

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Duterte critic Leila de Lima granted bail after six years in jail

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Former senator was arrested after launching inquiry into ex-president’s brutal war on drugs

The most prominent critic of the former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte’s so-called “war on drugs” has been granted bail, after more than six years in jail on what rights groups condemned as trumped-up charges.

Leila de Lima, 64, a former senator and human rights commissioner, emerged from court on Monday to cheers from supporters, who chanted “Justice” and “Leila will soon be free”.

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Rescue operation under way in India to save workers trapped after tunnel collapse

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Entrance to Silkyara tunnel collapsed in early hours of Sunday with dozens of workers inside

A huge operation is under way to rescue 40 construction workers trapped after a tunnel partially collapsed in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.

The entrance to the Silkyara tunnel, which was under construction as part of a road project in Uttarkashi district, collapsed in the early hours of Sunday morning while dozens of workers were inside.

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Hungarian plan to target foreign influence fuels NGO and media fears

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Campaigners say ‘sovereignty’ law is further step by Viktor Orbán to silence critics and solidify control

Hungarian rights advocates have raised fears over new legislation that they say could put more pressure on independent media and civil society groups.

The draft bill, which Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party is expected to submit on Tuesday, is set to propose creating a new office tasked with investigating activities that threaten Hungary’s “sovereignty”.

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‘This was her heaven’: son returns to Israel kibbutz where his mother was abducted

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WARNING: This article contains images that some readers may find distressing.

Noam Sagi wants information on what happened to Ada, 75, during the 7 October Hamas attack

“It’s a ghost town,” said Noam Sagi as he returned to the Nir Oz kibbutz for the first time since his mother, Ada, 75, was abducted by Hamas gunmen.

He had arrived from London to continue campaigning for the release of the 240 hostages who were snatched from their homes on 7 October, but he also wanted to make sense of what happened to Ada, who last messaged her family at 9.24am on what some in Israel now refer to as “Black Saturday”.

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Win or lose, supreme court decision on Rwanda policy will be pivotal for Tories

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A victory for the immigration and asylum policy on Wednesday will come with headaches, but a defeat could split the Conservative party

Wednesday marks a potentially pivotal moment in the government’s fortunes when the supreme court rules whether its plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda is lawful.

The decision could have significant implications not just for immigration and asylum policy, but also for the future direction of Rishi Sunak’s government, and the Conservative party more widely. Here is what could follow from a government win or loss.

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Shots fired at another Jewish school in Montreal amid tensions over Israel-Hamas war

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Third such case in less than a week in Canadian city but unclear if incidents are related

A Jewish school in Montreal was hit by gunfire, according to local media, marking the Canadian city’s third such attack in less than a week amid heightened tensions over the conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.

No one was injured when the facade of Yeshiva Gedola of Montreal was struck early on Sunday. Bullet marks and shells were found after residents heard gunfire, CBC News in Canada reported.

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