Queues and protests: BBC at the Shein store opening in Paris
The online shopping giant opened its first physical shop in the world - in a Parisian department store.
Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres
Questions about potential conflict of interest as council’s cabinet member for social care owns private care company
Lancashire’s Reform-run council has been accused of “selling off the family silver” through its plans to save £4m a year by closing five council-run care homes and five day centres and moving residents into the private sector.
One of the care home residents, a 92-year-old woman, said she would leave only by “being forcibly removed or in a box”.
Continue reading...Miss Universe contestants walk out after organiser berates Miss Mexico
Video of the incident, which was live streamed, has been shared widely on the internet.
Miss Universe contestants walk out after organiser berates Miss Mexico
Video of the incident, which was live streamed, has been shared widely on the internet.
Trump, 79, Gets Basic Geography Wrong in Awkward Senior Moment – The Daily Beast
- Trump, 79, Gets Basic Geography Wrong in Awkward Senior Moment The Daily Beast
- 'I'm not going to represent our country there' — Trump to skip G20 summit, dashing hopes of brokering meeting between Zelensky, Putin The Kyiv Independent
- Trump confuses South America and South Africa during speech in Miami The Independent
- Trump says South Africa should not be in G20, refuses to attend summit in Johannesburg Anadolu Ajansı
- Trump: "For generations Miami has been a haven for those fleeing communist tyranny in South Africa. I mean, if you take a look at what's going on in parts of South Africa. Look at South Africa, what's going on. Look at South America, what's going on. You know, X
‘Strung Up and Tortured’: Hostage Recounts 2 ½ Years of Captivity – The New York Times
- ‘Strung Up and Tortured’: Hostage Recounts 2 ½ Years of Captivity The New York Times
- Freed hostage Elizabeth Tsurkov details torture, sexual assault by Iraqi captors The Times of Israel
- 'Strung Up and Tortured': Elizabeth Tsurkov Recounts Over Two Years of Captivity in Iraq Haaretz
- Former hostage Tsurkov speaks of captivity to NYT The Jerusalem Post
- Former Hostage Tsurkov Sues Israeli Journalists Over False Reports During Captivity i24NEWS
US pressures Israel to allow safe passage for 100 to 200 Hamas operatives in Rafah – The Times of Israel
- US pressures Israel to allow safe passage for 100 to 200 Hamas operatives in Rafah The Times of Israel
- U.S. sees Rafah tunnels crisis as potential model for disarming Hamas Axios
- Hundreds of 'stuck' Hamas militants to be killed, Israeli official reportedly says KOMO
- Katz: IDF to destroy Hamas within Israeli-run area The Jerusalem Post
- U.S. presses Israel to let 200 Hamas militants move from IDF-controlled Gaza under amnesty Haaretz
Driver rams into pedestrians in western France, five injured – Reuters
- Driver rams into pedestrians in western France, five injured Reuters
- Driver in custody after intentionally striking pedestrians in France, interior minister says abcnews.go.com
- Car ramming injures 10 people on French island, interior minister says CNN
- France attack: Driver ‘shouting Allahu Akbar’ ploughs into crowd The Telegraph
- Two critically injured after driver rams into people on French island BBC
Mexico president to seek charges after being groped on street
Claudia Sheinbaum says she is pressing charges because "a line must be drawn" against the harassment of Mexican women.
Mexico president to seek charges after being groped on street
Claudia Sheinbaum says she is pressing charges because "a line must be drawn" against the harassment of Mexican women.
Seven Italian climbers still missing in Nepal
Three other Italian climbers have been confirmed dead this week.
China Delays Spacecraft Return Indefinitely Over Debris Damage Fears – Jalopnik
- China Delays Spacecraft Return Indefinitely Over Debris Damage Fears Jalopnik
- Chinese astronauts stranded in space after debris strikes return capsule during mission Fox News
- Chinese astronauts’ return to Earth delayed over fears spaceship damaged by debris CNN
- China Delays Return of Astronauts After Debris May Have Hit Spacecraft The New York Times
- Three Chinese astronauts stranded in space after debris hits their return capsule Live Science
Photos from inside Gaza show destruction wrought by Israeli military efforts to root out Hamas – AP News
- Photos from inside Gaza show destruction wrought by Israeli military efforts to root out Hamas AP News
- Inside Gaza, BBC sees total devastation after two years of war BBC
- Our Correspondent is Finally Allowed into Gaza NPR
- 'A wasteland': FRANCE 24 journalist given rare glimpse of war-ravaged Gaza France 24
- Palestinian boys walk past the rubble of destroyed buildings, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City Wednesday. Yahoo News Canada
Louvre heist suspect is social media star and former museum guard, reports say – The Guardian
- Louvre heist suspect is social media star and former museum guard, reports say The Guardian
- Password to Louvre’s video surveillance system was 'Louvre', according to employee abcnews.go.com
- Arrests in Louvre Heist Show Power of DNA Databases in Solving Crimes The New York Times
- The Louvre used mind-blowingly weak password for core security system ahead of $102M jewel heist: report New York Post
- Louvre Heist Fallout Reveals Museum’s Video Security Password Was ‘Louvre’ VICE
Mary was not co-redeemer, Vatican says amid spread of cult of the Madonna – The Guardian
- Mary was not co-redeemer, Vatican says amid spread of cult of the Madonna The Guardian
- Doctrinal Note on Marian titles: Mother of the faithful, not Co-redemptrix Vatican News
- Jesus, not Virgin Mary, saved the world, Vatican says Reuters
- Comments - DDF vetoes use of ‘Co-redemptrix’ title The Pillar
- Mary, mother of Jesus and all believers, is not co-redeemer, Vatican says usccb
Hamas hands over another coffin containing remains to Israel
If the person's identity is confirmed as that of a dead hostage, it will mean six others are still in Gaza.
Disgraced former king of Spain’s memoir details ‘enormous respect’ for Franco
Memoir chronicles Juan Carlos’s anointment as heir to dictator and death of younger brother when playing with pistols
A memoir by Spain’s disgraced former king chronicles his anointment as heir to the dictator Francisco Franco, his role in saving democracy from a coup attempt in 1981, and his grief at the death of his younger brother when the two were “playing” with a pistol as teenagers.
The book, published 11 years after Juan Carlos’s abdication and exile, is titled Reconciliation but appears to do anything but, instead detailing how he feels abandoned and misunderstood by his son and heir, King Felipe VI, and by other close family members.
Continue reading...A declaration of famine is rare. It’s now happened twice in 2025, this time in Sudan – NPR
- A declaration of famine is rare. It's now happened twice in 2025, this time in Sudan NPR
- Famine declared in two Sudanese cities cut off by war, fragile gains elsewhere UN News
- Hunger monitor confirms famine in Darfur's al-Fashir and one other city Reuters
- Famine conditions confirmed in Sudan’s Al Fasher and Kadugli but hunger and malnutrition ease where conflict subsides Unicef
- News Wrap: Famine spreads to 2 regions of war-torn Sudan PBS
French police launch investigation into Al Fayed sex-trafficking allegations
The opulent Ritz Hotel, in the heart of Paris, is likely to be a prominent target of the investigation.
Bosnia retirement home fire kills 11, injures dozens
Investigators are working to determine cause of the blaze that broke out at facility in Tuzla in northeastern Bosnia.