- Japan’s parliament is set to elect Sanae Takaichi as nation’s first female prime minister AP News
- Sanae Takaichi wins historic vote to become Japan's first female prime minister BBC
- Sanae Takaichi is Japan’s New Prime Minister, and She’s a Heavy Metal Drummer The New York Times
- Japan to elect first female leader, a hawk who promotes ‘Japan First’ The Washington Post
- Japan's next finance minister could unsettle the yen bears Reuters
One dead after rare tornado topples construction cranes near Paris
The tornado killed one construction worker on a building site, injured 10 others and left four in critical condition
A tornado tore through districts north of Paris on Monday, toppling three construction cranes that killed one person and left four others with critical injuries, authorities said.
The town of Ermont, about 20km (13 miles) north-east of Paris was worst hit by the sudden twister that caused damage across about 10 districts.
Continue reading...France’s former president Sarkozy will begin serving a 5-year prison sentence Tuesday – NBC News
- France's former president Sarkozy will begin serving a 5-year prison sentence Tuesday NBC News
- Nicolas Sarkozy going from France’s presidential palace to a Paris prison AP News
- France puts a former president, Nicolas Sarkozy, behind bars The Economist
- Sarkozy received by Macron at Élysée Palace before five-year prison term starts on Tuesday Euronews.com
- 'Nicolas Sarkozy's supporters have undermined the foundations of political and judicial life' Le Monde.fr
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,335
Here are the key events from day 1,335 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Israel continues deadly Gaza truce breaches as US seeks to strengthen deal
About 100 Palestinians killed since ceasefire entered into effect on October 10, according to Gaza officials.
Prince Andrew tried to hire ‘internet trolls’ to hassle Virginia Giuffre, book claims
Andrew hid behind Balmoral’s ‘guarded gates’ to escape court papers, accuser says in memoir Nobody’s Girl
Prince Andrew’s team tried to hire “internet trolls to hassle” his accuser, Virginia Giuffre, while he hid behind the “well-guarded gates” of Balmoral Castle to avoid being served court papers, according to allegations in her posthumous memoir.
Giuffre wrote of the 2022 confidential settlement of her sexual abuse civil claim against the royal, widely rumoured to be $12m (£9m), that her lawyers “were going to ask for the moon” and her team had agreed it “had to be more than mere money”.
Continue reading...Anti-malaria funding cuts could lead to ‘deadliest resurgence ever’, study warns
Expected reduction in contributions by wealthy countries likely to cost millions of lives and billions in lost growth
Slashed contributions from wealthy countries to an anti-malaria fund could allow a resurgence of the disease, costing millions of lives and billions of pounds by the end of the decade, according to a new analysis.
The fight against malaria faces new threats, including extreme weather and humanitarian crises increasing the number of people exposed, and growing biological resistance to insecticides and drugs, the report warns.
Continue reading...Nearly half of UK garden space is paved over, RHS study finds
Homeowners urged to use more robust planting and permeable materials to help mitigate flood risk
Nearly half of the UK’s garden space is paved over, a new study has found.
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has conducted the largest ever audit of the UK’s gardens, and found that they are an untapped – and until now, mostly unmeasured – potential resource for nature.
Continue reading...US appeals court says Trump can send soldiers to Portland, Oregon
Dissenting justice says decision 'erodes core constitutional principles' and risks violating freedom of expression.
US man accused of faking own death after rape conviction gets at least five years in prison
Nicholas Rossi, who fled US, receives first of two sentences after being convicted of raping two women in Utah in 2008
A judge has sentenced a Rhode Island man who appeared to fake his death and flee the United States to avoid arrest of at least five years in prison for rape.
The sentence handed down Monday for Nicholas Rossi, 38, was the first of two he faces after being convicted separately in August and September of raping two women in northern Utah in 2008. He is scheduled to be sentenced in November for the second conviction.
Continue reading...Argentina’s central bank says it signed $20bn currency swap deal with US
Central bank says deal part of a comprehensive strategy to help it respond to forex and capital markets volatility.
Inquiry recommends Lisbon funicular trams stay closed after September crash
September Lisbon funicular crash killed 16 due to faulty cable, prompting closure of other funiculars for safety checks.
Lisbon funicular crash initial report reveals litany of failings
A preliminary report says a cable that broke on the Glória funicular last month had never been certified, and mentions other failures.
Lisbon funicular crash initial report reveals litany of failings
A preliminary report says a cable that broke on the Glória funicular last month had never been certified, and mentions other failures.
UK peace force for Ukraine would cost ‘well over £100m’, says defence secretary
John Healey says he has already brought forward millions in spending for swift deployment if ceasefire agreed
The cost of Britain’s contribution to a post-ceasefire stabilisation force for Ukraine would be “well over £100m”, the defence secretary, John Healey, has said after a speech in the City of London.
Healey said he had already brought forward millions in spending so that a “multinational force Ukraine” led by the UK and France could be ready to deploy quickly if peace talks produce a ceasefire.
Continue reading...Pakistan says ceasefire hinges on Afghanistan curbing armed groups
Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif says Pakistan Taliban operates ‘in connivance’ with Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban.
US strikes on Latin American ‘drug boats’: What do we know, and are they legal?
Experts have suggested several attacks launched by the US may be illegal under international law.
Catholic clergy sex abuse survivors hopeful after Pope Leo meeting
The Pope acknowledged "resistance in some parts of the world" to permanently remove a priest who abuses a child, the group said.
Former NFL player Doug Martin dies in police custody in California
His former team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, said they were "deeply saddened" by the ex-player's death.
Palestinian woman in hospital after being clubbed by masked Israeli settler
The attacker is seen striking the 55-year-old woman with a large wooden stick during the assault in the West Bank village of Turmus Ayaa.