- Iran warns of 'decisive response' if Israel crosses 'red lines' Fox News
- Iran’s president visits Qatar, aims to rally opposition to Israeli ‘crimes’ The Times of Israel
- Iran's Pezeshkian advocates peace after Islamic Republic's largest ever attack on Israel The Jerusalem Post
- Iranian president, visiting Qatar, aims to rally opposition to Israeli 'crimes' Reuters
- Saudi FM, Iranian president hold meeting in Doha Arab News
Georgia ratifies law curbing LGBTQ+ rights despite president’s opposition – Euronews
- Georgia ratifies law curbing LGBTQ+ rights despite president's opposition Euronews
- Georgian parliament speaker signs anti-LGBTQ law after president refuses to sign it The Associated Press
- Georgian President Refuses To Sign Anti-LGBT Bill Into Law Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
- Georgian president refuses to sign anti-LGBTQ+ rights bill into law The Guardian
- Georgia’s president refuses to sign anti-LGBTQ bill Al Jazeera English
Treasure hunter finally finds Golden Owl after decades
Typhoon Krathon makes landfall in Taiwan, packing fierce winds and torrential rain – The Associated Press
- Typhoon Krathon makes landfall in Taiwan, packing fierce winds and torrential rain The Associated Press
- Weaker but still powerful, "weird" Typhoon Krathon slams into Taiwan, two dead Reuters
- Two killed as slow-moving Typhoon Krathon lumbers into southern Taiwan CNN
- Two killed as ‘weird’ Typhoon Krathon crashes into southwestern Taiwan Al Jazeera English
- Typhoon Krathon: Two killed, tens of thousands without power as ‘weird’ storm makes landfall in Taiwan The Independent
Israeli strike on Gaza school targeted one Hamas figure, BBC told – BBC.com
- Israeli strike on Gaza school targeted one Hamas figure, BBC told BBC.com
- 'A scene of chaos' - BBC reporter outside building hit by Israeli strike BBC.com
- IDF says it struck Hamas command centers embedded in disused Gaza schools The Times of Israel
- Israeli bombardment kills at least 21 in Gaza Al Jazeera English
- Israeli airstrikes kill at least 37 in Gaza, Palestinian medics say Reuters
Gunmen kill 5 at drug rehab center in Mexico, escape by using metal spikes to puncture tires of security forces – CBS News
Christmas Caracas: early festivities are no joke as Maduro tightens grip
Venezuela’s president attempts to move on from bitterly disputed election result by declaring Christmas in October
’Twas 85 nights before Christmas when the decorations went up – at least in Venezuela, where President Nicolás Maduro has decided festivities should start early in an apparent attempt to lift spirits and distract minds after the recent election scandal.
A month after Maduro announced that Christmas 2024 would begin in October, residents of Caracas left home on Tuesday to find the capital’s boulevards and plazas decked with LED light strings and sculptures declaring: “Feliz Navidad.”
Continue reading...Tories challenge other Labour ministers to follow Keir Starmer in paying back donations – UK politics live
The prime minister said he’d paid back £6,000 worth of gifts and hospitality, including Taylor Swift tickets and his wife’s rented clothing
The UK has agreed to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, ending years of bitter dispute over Britain’s last African colony, Haroon Siddique reports.
Today’s homelessness figures highlight the need for the government to press on with banning no-fault evicitions, campaigners say.
It’s frankly ridiculous section 21 still exists – we’re approaching 6 years since the previous government first promised to abolish it, while every indicator on the dashboard has been going in the wrong direction. And now we discover homelessness caused by evictions is up almost 5% on the previous year. It’s clear from today’s data that that the renting crisis is driving the homelessness crisis …
Amid this escalating social crisis, the government’s renters’ rights bill is absolutely crucial. This legislation is a significant improvement on the last government’s effort. As drafted it will already make a difference for a lot of people.
Six people killed in Israeli strike on central Beirut as 1.2 million in Lebanon displaced by invasion | First Thing
Lebanese health ministry says another seven were injured in attack on district of Bachoura. Plus, the hunger emergency in Haiti
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Israeli airstrikes on a central Beirut medical centre have killed at least six people and wounded seven, Lebanese health officials said, adding that a further 46 people had been killed in Israeli attacks on the city in the previous 24 hours.
How many have been displaced in Lebanon? The Lebanese caretaker environment minister, Nasser Yassin, said the number of people displaced in Lebanon had exceeded 1.2 million.
What is the US view of the escalating Middle East conflict? On Wednesday the president, Joe Biden, said he would not support an Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear sites, as the US sought to temper Israel’s response to Iran’s missile attack on Tuesday and contain a rapidly escalating regional conflict. Israel vowed to respond to Iran.
Continue reading...UK agrees to give sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius – Al Jazeera English
Britain to return Chagos Islands to Mauritius ending years of dispute
Agreement to hand back UK’s last African colony follows 13 rounds of negotiations and international pressure
The UK has agreed to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, ending years of bitter dispute over Britain’s last African colony.
The agreement will allow a right of return for Chagossians, who the UK expelled from their homes in the 1960s and 1970s, in what has been described as a crime against humanity and one of the most shameful episodes of postwar colonialism.
Continue reading...‘I am going to die’: North Dakota teen in runaway vehicle saved by crashing into police car
Sam Dutcher, 18, was in SUV that sped up to 113mph on its own before he was advised to run into trooper’s vehicle
A teenager from North Dakota says he thought he was “going to die” when his SUV sped up on its own to more than 110mph (177km/h) and wouldn’t slow down – but he saved himself by intentionally crashing into the back of a Minnesota state trooper’s patrol cruiser.
As the North Dakota television station WDAY told it, 18-year-old Sam Dutcher was driving near Harwood – relatively close to the state’s border with Minnesota – as night fell on 17 September. His Honda Pilot suddenly accelerated on its own to 113mph, a speed so high that it would be virtually impossible to survive crashing.
Continue reading...‘People are giving, sharing’: Augusta comes together as Kamala Harris surveys damage
As the vice-president visited the Georgia city shattered by Helene, the sense of community spirit was palpable
As Kamala Harris descended Wednesday into Augusta, she met a city contemplating how much of their lives have been unmade by Hurricane Helene.
“I am here to personally take a look at the devastation,” Harris said after receiving a briefing by emergency response leaders in Georgia. “It’s particularly devastating in terms of loss of life that this community has experienced, the loss of normalcy, and the loss of critical resources.”
Continue reading...Anti-corruption officers raid Parliament House but remain tight-lipped on target of ‘ongoing investigation’
Exclusive: Nacc says ‘operational activity’ does not involve any current or former member of parliament
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Officers from the National Anti-Corruption Commission have conducted a raid at Parliament House as part of an ongoing operation that does not involve any current or former member of parliament.
Late on Thursday, the Nacc confirmed in a statement to Guardian Australia that its officers had been at the parliament during the day.
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Continue reading...Sinwar’s right-hand man: Hamas leader Rawhi Mushtaha announced killed – The Jerusalem Post
- Sinwar's right-hand man: Hamas leader Rawhi Mushtaha announced killed The Jerusalem Post
- Israeli military says it 'eliminated' Hamas government chief in Gaza Reuters
- Israel Says Hamas Government Chief, 2 Top Leaders Eliminated In Gaza NDTV
- Israel-Iran war latest: Israel assassinates Hamas leader’s right-hand man The Telegraph
- Three Hamas leaders killed months ago, IDF says BBC.com
India’s top court saves a poor student’s college dream
Tesco boss says new workers’ rights laws must not hurt growth
Bill is likely to include measures such as ending ‘exploitative’ zero-hours contracts and changes to sick pay
The boss of Tesco has called on the UK government to work with business to ensure new legislation to improve workers rights also increases productivity and growth as the retailer revealed better-than-expected profits.
Ken Murphy, the chief executive of the UK’s biggest supermarket, said he was keen to use a planned consultation on the wide-ranging employment rights bill, announced by the government in the king’s speech in July, to “make sure that whatever the government decides to put forward has the intended consequence of stimulating productivity and growth and protecting workers at the same time”.
Continue reading...Hidden runway bomb explodes just after plane takes off
Starmer repaid freebies to restore trust in politics, minister says
Sarah Jones suggests PM believes he should be held to higher standards now he is in government
Keir Starmer has repaid thousands of pounds in freebies to restore trust in politics, a minister has said as she ruled out accepting more hospitality.
Sarah Jones, the industry minister, said the prime minister’s motivation for repaying the money was “to do more to make people trust politicians”.
Continue reading...Europe’s exhausted oyster reefs ‘once covered area size of Northern Ireland’
Study uncovers vivid and poignant accounts of reefs as high as houses off countries including UK, France and Ireland
Only a handful of natural oyster reefs measuring at most a few square metres cling on precariously along European coasts after being wiped out by overfishing, dredging and pollution.
A study led by British scientists has discovered how extensive they once were, with reefs as high as a house covering at least 1.7m hectares (4.2m acres) from Norway to the Mediterranean, an area larger than Northern Ireland.
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