- Five killed and more than 450 injured in Bangladesh earthquake BBC
- Earthquake jolts Bangladesh, killing five and injuring around 100 Reuters
- Aftershock shakes Bangladesh as earthquake death toll rises to 10 Al Jazeera
- At Least 8 Dead, More Than 450 Injured After 5.5-Magnitude Earthquake People.com
- Bangladesh shaken by deadly M5.5 earthquake Earthquake Insights
At least five killed in Bangladesh earthquake
The epicentre of the earthquake was about 30 kilometres (18.6 miles) from the capital, Dhaka.
At least five killed in Bangladesh earthquake
The epicentre of the earthquake was about 30 kilometres (18.6 miles) from the capital, Dhaka.
Trump’s grab for Russian frozen assets puts EU Ukraine loan in doubt – Financial Times
- Trump’s grab for Russian frozen assets puts EU Ukraine loan in doubt Financial Times
- Ukraine’s Cash Is Running Low, and Europe Has No Good Plan B The New York Times
- The Guardian view on funding Ukraine’s resistance: a looming financial crisis in Kyiv must be averted | Editorial The Guardian
- What we learned from Ursula von der Leyen's options paper to support Ukraine Euronews.com
- Graphic Truth: Europe tries to fill US void in Ukraine funding GZERO Media
Morgues overflow, hidden graves in Dar es Salaam: Tanzania accused of mass killings – The Africa Report
- Morgues overflow, hidden graves in Dar es Salaam: Tanzania accused of mass killings The Africa Report
- ‘Oh my God, this is our Tanzania’: CNN investigation shows police shooting protesters, signs of mass graves CNN
- Tanzania’s poll unrest has 'stained' the country’s global image, President Samia Suluhu Hassan says BBC
- Tanzania’s descent into repression is a stark warning of how fast Africa’s progress can be eroded | Kenneth Mohammed The Guardian
- Tanzania, a Nation Known for Peace, Is Rocked by Deadly Protests The New York Times
South Africa declares gender violence a national disaster after protests – BBC
- South Africa declares gender violence a national disaster after protests BBC
- South African women stage lie-down protest against gender-based violence ahead of G20 summit AP News
- Fed Up With Femicide & Gender-Based Violence? Here’s How You Can Help OkayAfrica
- Women for Change says anti-GBV message carried strongly during national shutdown EWN
- National shutdown hitting South Africa today BusinessTech
South Africa calls gender violence a national disaster after protests
Fifteen women are killed every day in a country with one of the highest rates of gender violence in the world.
First revealed in spy photos, a Bronze Age city emerges from the steppe – Ars Technica
- First revealed in spy photos, a Bronze Age city emerges from the steppe Ars Technica
- Archaeologists may have uncovered a Bronze Age metropolis in Kazakhstan’s steppe CNN
- A major city of the Kazakh Steppe? Investigating Semiyarka’s Bronze Age legacy | Antiquity Cambridge University Press & Assessment
- 'Sophisticated' Bronze Age city unearthed in Kazakhstan 'transforms our understanding of steppe societies' Live Science
- Archaeologists Uncover a Massive Bronze Age ‘Proto-City’ in Kazakhstan That Rewrites Steppe History The Debrief
Grizzly bear on loose after attacking school group in Canada, injuring 11 – BBC
- Grizzly bear on loose after attacking school group in Canada, injuring 11 BBC
- Eleven injured after grizzly bear attacks schoolchildren and teachers in Canada The Guardian
- Grizzly bear attack reported in Canada's British Columbia province ABC News
- Grizzly Bear Attack on School Students and Teachers Leaves 2 in Critical Condition, Multiple Injured People.com
- 2 in critical condition after grizzly bear attack involving students in Bella Coola: officials CBC
France will investigate Musk’s Grok chatbot after Holocaust denial claims – AP News
- France will investigate Musk’s Grok chatbot after Holocaust denial claims AP News
- French authorities probe Holocaust denial on Elon Musk’s AI platform politico.eu
- EU is in touch with X regarding hate speech content on Grok Reuters
- France moves against Musk’s Grok chatbot after Holocaust denial claims ABC News
- Elon Musk's Grok goes viral for reviving a long-debunked claim about Auschwitz Euronews.com
Japan’s Takaichi Rejects China Demand to Retract Taiwan Remarks – Bloomberg.com
- Japan’s Takaichi Rejects China Demand to Retract Taiwan Remarks Bloomberg.com
- The real reason behind China’s fury toward Japan’s Takaichi CNN
- Japan’s New Leader Mentions Taiwan, and Tanks Her Relationship With China The New York Times
- Japanese concerts in China are getting abruptly canceled as tensions simmer CNBC
- Japan Tourism Faces $1.2 Billion Hit as Trip Cancellations Spike on China Rift Bloomberg.com
Reeves ‘not even sure what the popular path is’ on the budget – UK politics live
Chancellor says ‘We can’t just carry on like this and muddle through. We have to make some decisions to get on a different path’
Prime minister Keir Starmer had a bilateral meeting with South African president Cyril Ramaphosa on the sidelines of the G20 summit on Friday.
The two leaders discussed the 11-hour flight from London to Johannesburg in brief remarks in front of reporters, according to the PA news agency.
Energy bills are still far higher than five years ago, on top of sky-high mortgages and rents and prices in the shops.
The government has pledged time and time again to bring down energy bills – it is time for them to live up to their word and stop tinkering, committing to a real long term plan.
Liberal Democrats have a plan: we would slash energy bills in half by removing the renewables levy from bills, creating new energy loans for homeowners to insulate their homes and boosting renewables – the cheapest, cleanest and most popular form of energy.
How to make sustainable seafood choices this Christmas to ease the pressure on Australia’s oceans
Australian Marine Conservation Society’s GoodFish guide aims to showcase the most environmentally friendly seafood sources
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As a challenging year for marine life heads into its final weeks, GoodFish has shared its list of sustainable choices for the festive season to help take the pressure off Australia’s oceans.
“It’s a time to be more careful than ever,” said Adrian Meder, sustainable seafood program manager at the Australian Marine Conservation Society, which produces the GoodFish guide.
Continue reading...Europe’s economy is geared towards a disappearing world, says ECB’s Lagarde
Central bank chief warns that the bloc’s dependence on third countries for trade and security has left it vulnerable
Europe’s economy is “geared towards a world that is gradually disappearing”, according to a warning from Christine Lagarde that the EU needs reforms to spur growth.
The president of the European Central Bank (ECB) said the EU’s dependence on international trade had left it vulnerable, as major partners had turned away from the trade that made the bloc’s exporters wealthy.
Continue reading...Run-up to G20 in South Africa marred by host’s simmering row with US
Group’s first summit on the continent, which opens on Saturday, comes at a febrile time in global politics
The dispute between South Africa and the US over the Trump administration’s decision to boycott the G20 in Johannesburg has continued, with South Africa objecting to a US plan for a junior embassy official to take part in the closing ceremony meant to mark the handover to the next summit, which will take place in Florida.
The two-day summit, which opens on Saturday, comes at a febrile moment in global politics. The US has proposed a deal to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which it agreed with Moscow without the involvement of Ukraine or the EU.
Continue reading...Nigeria reels after 215 children taken in second mass school abduction in a week
Twelve teachers also kidnapped from Catholic school amid threats from Trump to intervene over ‘Christian genocide’
Unknown gunmen have abducted 215 schoolchildren and 12 teachers from a Catholic school in central Nigeria, the second mass abduction in the country in a week.
The latest kidnapping, in Papiri community in Niger state, came against the backdrop of Donald Trump’s threat to intervene militarily to end a “Christian genocide”, which the Nigerian government has denied is happening.
Continue reading...Trump has assembled least diverse US government this century, study shows
President has chosen white men for key posts at expense of women and people of colour, Brookings Institution finds
Donald Trump has assembled the least diverse US government of the 21st century, filling the corridors of power with white men at the expense of women and people of colour, research shows.
Nine in 10 individuals confirmed by the Senate in the first 300 days of the second Trump administration were white, according to the Brookings Institution thinktank in Washington.
Continue reading...Michael Gove apologises after Covid report alleges ‘toxic’ culture – BBC
- Michael Gove apologises after Covid report alleges 'toxic' culture BBC
- Vote for competent leaders, not entertainers – that’s what I wish the Covid report could say The Guardian
- Thank lockdowns for the worst Budget in history The Telegraph
- Ex-UK PM Johnson oversaw 'chaotic' response to COVID which led to more deaths, inquiry finds Reuters
- UK’s Covid response was ‘too little, too late’ and cost thousands of lives, inquiry says CNN
First Thing: Outrage after Trump accuses Democrats of ‘seditious behavior, punishable by death’
US president roundly decried for Truth Social post after lawmakers told military personnel to refuse illegal orders. Plus, Superman comic found in attic becomes most expensive ever sold
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Democrats expressed outrage after Donald Trump accused a group of Democratic lawmakers of engaging in “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH” and that they should be arrested after they posted a video in which they told active service members they should refuse illegal orders.
What did the lawmakers say in the video? “Our laws are clear: you can refuse illegal orders, you must refuse illegal orders. No one has to carry out orders that violate the law or our constitution.”
What did the report say? A “joint situational information report” from the FBI and the New York police department (NYPD), dated 28 August 2025, quoted from a chat on Signal, the encrypted messaging app, and also characterized the court watchers as “anarchist violent extremist actors”.
Where did it come from? The two-page report was distributed to other law enforcement agencies across the US. The records were obtained by Property of the People, a government transparency non-profit, through public records requests.
Continue reading...Reform UK’s former Wales leader jailed for taking bribes for pro-Russia speeches
Police say Nathan Gill received at least £40,000 while he was an MEP from Oleg Voloshyn, an alleged Russian asset
Reform UK’s former leader in Wales, Nathan Gill, has been jailed at the Old Bailey for 10 and a half years for taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia when he was an MEP.
Gill, a member of the Ukip and Brexit party blocs led by Nigel Farage in the European parliament, had pleaded guilty to eight counts of bribery between 6 December 2018 and 18 July 2019.
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