What might Hezbollah, Israel and Iran do next?
Israel has killed Hezbollah's leader - but this may bring the region one step closer to a much wider conflict.
Drone video shows Hurricane Helene’s path of destruction
Drone video shows Hurricane Helene's path of destruction
Iran warns Hezbollah leader’s blood ‘will not go unavenged’
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announces five days of mourning in response to the “martyrdom" of his ally.
Manhunt after 17 people killed in South Africa mass shooting
Fifteen women and two men were killed in a targeted attack on a village in Lusikisiki, police say.
Zelensky gives his ‘victory plan’ a hard sell in the US – did the pitch fall flat?
Ukraine's president met Donald Trump, Kamala Harris and Joe Biden as he bid for Western help to end the war.
An ‘abomination’ of a sub – and the boss convinced Titan was safe
A damning picture emerges from a public hearing into the failure of Oceangate’s Titan submersible.
At least 66 dead and dozens missing in Nepal floods
The death toll is likely to rise as intense rain is forecast to persist until Tuesday.
Trump or Harris? In a crisis-hit world, diplomats resigned to either
Behind the scenes at the United Nations, insiders tell the BBC they don't see major change whoever wins the White House.
Ukraine says nine killed in Russia strikes on hospital
Officials say Sumy's hospital was hit in the morning, and was struck again as rescuers were evacuating people.
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah killed by Israel in major escalation of conflict – Middle East live
Hezbollah confirmed the death of Nasrallah, while Israel said he would ‘no longer be able to terrorize the world’
Numerous reports have said that Hezbollah’s long-time leader Hassan Nasrallah was the target of Israel’s strikes on a southern suburb of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on Friday evening. There has been no official confirmation of whether Nasrallah was killed in the strikes or not.
The Israeli Defense Forces said the military carried out a “very accurate” strike on Hezbollah headquarters, but did not mention Nasrallah’s name. Media outlets quoted Hezbollah sources as saying he was “alive and well” but the Iran-backed militant group haven’t yet made an official statement.
The Syrian Arab republic strongly condemns all these continuous crimes, and renews its affirmation that the Israeli terrorist entity’s insistence on shedding blood and committing all kinds of war crimes and crimes against humanity that are blasphemy, will lead the region to a dangerous acceleration that is impossible to predict its consequences.
Continue reading...‘Like celebrity reality TV where you don’t recognise the celebrities’: senior Tories fear next leader won’t survive long
Conservative grandees at the conference in Birmingham fear that none of the candidates can unite the party’s factions
Senior Tories are already predicting that whoever wins the Conservative leadership race is unlikely to survive until the next election, amid criticisms of a “B-list” contest that risks taking the party farther to the right.
Some veteran figures have decided to give this weekend’s conference in Birmingham a miss, fearing the party has learned little from the complete loss of discipline that characterised its final years in government.
Continue reading...Russia-Ukraine war: Zelenskyy condemns Russian attack on hospital as death toll rises – as it happened
This live blog is now closed, you can read more of our Ukraine war coverage here
Russia has filed “pre-trial claims” against Denmark, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland over the Nord Stream pipeline explosions, accusing the West of trying to “sweep the matter under the carpet”, Reuters is reporting.
The multi-billion dollar pipeline that carried natural gas from Russia to Germany under the Baltic Sea was ruptured by a series of blasts in September 2022, seven months after Russia invaded Ukraine.
Continue reading...Seventeen killed in two mass shootings in South African town
Police hunting for suspects in attacks that took place in same neighbourhood in Eastern Cape province
Seventeen people, including 15 women, have been killed in two mass shootings that took place close to each other in a rural town in South Africa, police said.
A search was under way for the suspects, the national police spokesperson, Brig Athlenda Mathe, said in a statement on Saturday. One other person was in critical condition in the hospital, she added.
Continue reading...North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson treated for second-degree burns
Embattled Republican lieutenant governor was expected to return to the campaign trail on Saturday
North Carolina’s lieutenant governor, Republican Mark Robinson, received burns on Friday night while attending a truck show as he was campaigning for governor, his campaign said.
Robinson was making an appearance at the Mayberry truck show in Mount Airy when he was injured, campaign spokesperson Mike Lonergan said in a statement.
Continue reading...Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah killed by Israel in major escalation of conflict
IDF says southern front commander Ali Karki and other senior leaders killed in bombing of Beirut headquarters
Hezbollah’s veteran leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, who led the group for more than three decades, has been killed by Israel in a series of strikes on the group’s underground headquarters in Beirut, Israel and Hezbollah have confirmed.
The announcement by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Saturday morning came after overnight speculation about the fate of Nasrallah, following the strikes in Dahieh, a southern suburb of the Lebanese capital, on Friday.
Continue reading...UK weather: wind and rain warnings issued for southern England and south Wales
Days after floods hit, further heavy rain likely to cause travel delays and flooding from late Sunday afternoon
Weather warnings have been issued as strong winds and heavy rain approach the UK, days after some areas were hit by flooding.
The Met Office issued a yellow rain warning – meaning further heavy rain is likely to cause some travel delays and flooding – covering much of southern England and south Wales between 4pm on Sunday and 9am on Monday.
Continue reading...Florida university to host extremist after DeSantis-led lurch to right
Next month, New College of Florida will welcome activist and writer Steve Sailer, a ‘proponent of scientific racism’
New College of Florida (NCF) will host the extremist writer Steve Sailer, who has been described as a “white supremacist” and a “proponent of scientific racism”, at a college-branded public event next month.
New College has made headlines since January 2023, when the rightwing governor, Ron DeSantis, vowed to transform it from a university known for liberal values into a conservative institution, and installed a new board of trustees including the rightwing culture warrior Christopher Rufo. That board in turn appointed DeSantis’s “close ally” Richard Corcoran as the new college president, in which role he makes a $699,000 salary.
Continue reading...Who was Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah?
He played a key role in turning Hezbollah into the political and military force it is today.
Tories were too focused on Reform to see Lib Dem threat, Theresa May says
Former PM says leadership candidates must understand that party lost election because it ‘trashed our brand’
The Conservatives “failed to see the threat from the Liberal Democrats” while focusing too much on the rise of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, Theresa May has said.
Writing in the Times on the eve of the party’s annual conference in Birmingham, Lady May said the remaining candidates for the Tory leadership could “play into Reform’s hands” by failing to understand the reasons behind their electoral humiliation.
Continue reading...Bowen: West left powerless as Israel claims its biggest victory yet against Hezbollah
Diplomats were hoping to calm matters - they will be looking at events with dismay.