24 hours with Trump on diplomatic tornado through Middle East
The US president's single-day tour was a victory lap rather than an exercise in setting out detail, writes the BBC's Tom Bateman.
Recognising Palestinian state helped get ceasefire, says Starmer – BBC
US Envoy Expects ‘Big’ Pledges for Ukraine Weapon Purchases – Bloomberg.com
- US Envoy Expects ‘Big’ Pledges for Ukraine Weapon Purchases Bloomberg.com
- ‘Firepower’ coming for Ukraine, Hegseth says, but Tomahawks not on agenda at NATO meeting CNN
- Sweden, Estonia, and Finland pledge to increase spending on weapons purchases from US – Europe live The Guardian
- Hegseth tells NATO Ukraine 'firepower' is coming amid Tomahawk missiles speculation NBC News
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Gaza ceasefire tested as Israeli forces kill five Palestinians – Al Jazeera
- Gaza ceasefire tested as Israeli forces kill five Palestinians Al Jazeera
- Updates: Israel kills at least 9 Palestinians in Gaza despite ceasefire Al Jazeera
- Israeli troops 'open fire' on suspects who approached soldiers in northern Gaza Fox News
- Headlines for October 14, 2025 Democracy Now!
- IDF: 5 Palestinians killed in Gaza City had crossed ceasefire line and neared troops The Times of Israel
Cameroon opposition leader declares victory in presidential election
Issa Tchiroma Bakary calls on 92-year-old president to accept end of reign, although results have yet to be released
The Cameroonian opposition leader Issa Tchiroma Bakary has declared himself the winner of the 12 October presidential election and called on the incumbent, Paul Biya, to accept the end of his 43-year rule.
“Our victory is clear, it must be respected,” Tchiroma said in a video statement on Facebook with the national flag in the background, before directly addressing 92-year-old Biya: “We call on the regime in power to show greatness and to honour the truth of the ballot box with a long-awaited gesture: that phone call of congratulations, which will demonstrate the political maturity of our nation and the future strength of our democracy.”
Continue reading...Israeli Military Forces Kill at Least 5 Palestinians Despite Ceasefire Agreement – Democracy Now!
- Israeli Military Forces Kill at Least 5 Palestinians Despite Ceasefire Agreement Democracy Now!
- Updates: Israel kills at least 9 Palestinians in Gaza despite ceasefire Al Jazeera
- Israeli troops 'open fire' on suspects who approached soldiers in northern Gaza Fox News
- IDF Fires at Gazans ‘Who Crossed the Yellow Line’ During Ceasefire Newsweek
- Israel says it opens fire on suspects in Gaza, local authorities report six killed Reuters
US revokes visas of at least 50 Mexican officials in Trump’s drug cartel crackdown
The administration’s sweeping visa cancellations extend to Mexico’s political elite, alarming allies and rivals alike
The US government has revoked the visas of at least 50 politicians and government officials in Mexico amid the Trump administration’s crackdown on drug cartels and their suspected political allies, according to two Mexican officials.
The move has sent quiet shock waves through Mexico’s political elite, who regularly travel to the US. It also marks a significant broadening of US anti-narcotics action, with the Trump administration targeting active politicians usually seen as too diplomatically sensitive.
Continue reading...Starmer says he expects debate about ‘full horror’ of what happened in Gaza when media allowed in – UK politics live
PM hails Trump’s part in Middle East peace deal but says what matters now is implementation
Europe’s most senior human rights official has called on Shabana Mahmood to review UK protest laws after mass arrests over the ban on Palestine Action, Rajeev Syal reports.
The Commons authorities have confirmed that there will be two statements in the chamber after 12.30pm: first, Keir Starmer on the Middle East peace summit, and then Hilary Benn, the Northern Ireland secretary, on the Northern Ireland Troubles bill being published today.
Continue reading...Switching 50km/h speed limits to 30km/h would protect cyclists while barely affecting commutes, research finds
One expert says a cyclist hit by a car travelling 50km/h has about a one-in-ten chance of surviving, while at 30km/h it was a nine-in-ten chance
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Reducing residential speed limits from 50km/h to 30 km/h would protect cyclists from danger and make riding less stressful while not causing traffic delays for cars, according to new research.
Researchers from RMIT University rated traffic stress levels for every road in greater Melbourne and modelled the effect of lower speed limits on bicycle and car travel.
Continue reading...Sustainability professor’s talk at UK party conferences cancelled
Academic told panel did not want dissenting view about value of North Sea oil and gas to UK economy
A prominent sustainability professor had events cancelled at Labour and Conservative conferences after hosts of a panel he was on said they did not want his views on oil and gas aired in front of MPs.
Prof Matthew Agarwala spoke on the fringe at Lib Dem conference for the panel organised by Total Politics but was then pulled from similar panels at subsequent Labour and Conservative conferences.
Continue reading...Afghan man jailed for five years for TikTok threat to kill Nigel Farage
Fayaz Khan, 26, was also sentenced at Southwark crown court for entering the UK illegally on a small boat
A man who threatened on TikTok to kill the Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage, has been jailed for five years.
Fayaz Khan, an Afghan national whose real name is believed to be Fayaz Husseini, made the threat last October in a video that Farage and a high court judge described as “pretty chilling”.
Continue reading...‘Instability and confusion’ as CDC slashes 1,300 jobs before reinstating half
Entire offices erased at health agency in Friday move before Trump administration says 700 notices were sent in error
More than a thousand employees at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) received notice that they were losing their jobs on Friday in a move that erased entire offices and was partially reversed over the weekend.
It caused “instability and whiplash”, said Debra Houry, former chief medical officer at the CDC.
Continue reading...National strike hits Belgian public transport, airports and ships
Tens of thousands of people take to the streets in Brussels over government reforms and spending cuts.
What happens next in Trump’s ceasefire plan?
All living Israeli hostages have returned home and a ceasefire is in place. What happens next in Gaza?
How Milei’s ‘Thatcherite’ economics divided his nation – but won over Trump
Ahead of Milei's visit to the White House - amid protests and anger on the streets back at home - Ione Wells unravels the paradox that Argentina's president has created
Palestinians return to the rubble of their homes in northern Gaza
Thousands of displaced Palestinians have been returning to northern Gaza following the ceasefire, only to find their hom
What Would It Cost to Rebuild Gaza? – The New York Times
- What Would It Cost to Rebuild Gaza? The New York Times
- ‘Another Nakba’: UN expert says Gaza recovery will take generations Al Jazeera
- UN says countries are willing to help fund Gaza's $70 bln reconstruction Reuters
- A Plan to Rebuild Gaza Lists Nearly 30 Companies. Many Say They’re Not Involved WIRED
- Gaza will be in the shadow of famine as long as we cannot plant our land Al Jazeera
Tennessee authorities identify 16 people killed in blast at explosive plant
Local pastor among victims of huge explosion in rural area where ‘everybody knows each other’
Authorities on Monday identified the 16 people killed in a devastating blast at a rural Tennessee explosives plant on 10 October, as investigators promised a painstaking process to figure out what happened by tracking down pieces of evidence that may now be miles apart.
At a news conference, Chris Davis, the sheriff of Humphreys county, said people in the tight-knit community probably at least knew relatives of the victims killed in the explosion at the plant owned by Accurate Energetic Systems. The company supplies and researches explosives for the military and is a well-known employer in the area.
Continue reading...Four people arrested after shooting in Mississippi town that left six dead
Three charged with murder and one with attempted murder following shooting in Leland after school football game
Three people have been arrested on murder charges – and a fourth person on an attempted murder charge – in a weekend shooting that left six dead and more than a dozen injured in a small Mississippi town, the FBI announced on Monday.
Teviyon L Powell, 29, William Bryant, 29, and Morgan Lattimore, 25, have been charged with capital murder, while Latoya A Powell, 44, has been charged with attempted murder in the mass shooting, a spokesperson for the FBI’s Jackson field office said.
Guardian staff contributed reporting
Continue reading...Torrential rains collapse Venezuelan gold mine killing 14
Efforts are under way to recover bodies from the shafts in the south of the country, emergency officials said.