Rescuers recover 36 bodies and 82 survivors from South African gold mine
Hundreds more survivors and dozens more bodies still underground, according to a miners rights group.
France must stand firm in face of ‘new world disorder’ embodied by Musk, says PM
François Bayrou said France must look global powers ‘face on’ in reference to Donald Trump’s return to office
The French prime minister has said the country must stand firm in the face of figures such as Elon Musk, who represents a “new world disorder”.
In his first policy speech to parliament on Tuesday, François Bayrou, a veteran centrist, said there was “a new world disorder, that threatens all equilibrium and all rules of defence. There are a certain number of people who embody this without complex, such as Elon Musk.”
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Pro-reform movement sees new hope with Salam's appointment as prime minister.
Ukraine launches largest attack of war so far, Kyiv claims
Officials in several Russian regions, some hundreds of kilometres from the border, reported strikes overnight.
Ukraine launches largest attack of war so far, Kyiv claims
Officials in several Russian regions, some hundreds of kilometres from the border, reported strikes overnight.
Brazil expresses concern over Meta’s changes to content moderation
Brazilian attorney general says that Meta's move to loosen curbs on hate speech may put it at odds with country's laws.
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Composer Arnold Schoenberg’s archive destroyed in LA fires
About 100,000 scores by the Austrian-American composer have been lost in the Pacific Palisade fires.
Is a Gaza ceasefire deal possible this time?
Hopes are running high that a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza might finally be reached.
Spain plans 100% tax for homes bought by non-EU residents
The measure is meant to help tackle the country's housing crisis, the prime minister said.
Relatives wait for news as body bags hauled from South African mine
Hundreds of people have reportedly been underground since a crackdown on illegal mining began last year.
Sudan shelling kills more than 100 civilians near capital
Rescuers say medical supplies are running low as health workers struggle to treat the victims.
French TV show pulled after ridicule of woman who fell for AI Brad Pitt
Anne, 53, faces wave of online mockery for believing she was in relationship with actor and paying scammer €830k
A French woman who believed she was in a long-term romantic relationship with Brad Pitt and was scammed into paying €830,000 (£700,000) to help him with medical treatment faced such a wave of online mockery that a TV programme about her has been withdrawn.
The interior designer, named as Anne, 53, has been targeted on social media and even a satirical sketch on France’s biggest radio breakfast show after giving an interview about the case to the Seven to Eight programme on the TF1 channel on Sunday.
Continue reading...Afghans evacuated by US in chaos of withdrawal are languishing in foreign camps, documents reveal
Exclusive: records show evacuees with pending applications to enter US ‘forced to remain in limbo’ in at least 36 countries, some in ‘untenable conditions’
Afghan citizens who fled the country with American assistance after the US’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan remain stranded in third countries, new documents shared exclusively with the Guardian suggest, some at prison-like facilities and many with no clarity about their prospects for resettlement.
US officials won’t say exactly how many Afghans remain at such sites, where they were taken after the withdrawal that involved hundreds of thousands fleeing for their lives during the Taliban’s lightning takeover in 2021. Some advocates estimate that “hundreds” remain stranded in temporary facilities in up to three dozen countries.
Continue reading...France’s new PM announces renegotiation of contested pension reforms
Francois Bayrou wants to hold more talks in order to prevent another collapse of government amid budget debates.
Sam Kerr appears in court charged with alleged racially aggravated harassment
The Australia and Chelsea striker, who denies the charge, appeared at Kingston crown court on Tuesday
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The Matildas and Chelsea superstar Sam Kerr has appeared in court charged with alleged racially aggravated harassment of a police officer
The Australian striker attended a hearing, wearing a black coat and a white jumper, at Kingston crown court on Tuesday.
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Andrew Tate released from house arrest
A Romanian court lifts the order that was imposed on the controversial influencer last year.
Andrew Tate released from house arrest
A Romanian court lifts the order that was imposed on the controversial influencer last year.
More than a million Haitians forced from their homes amid gang violence
UN agency says more than half of the displaced people are children, as gang attacks see upswing in Port-au-Prince
More than 1 million people have been forced from their homes in Haiti amid a sharp upswing in gang attacks in the country’s embattled capital, Port-au-Prince, the UN has said.
The UN’s migration agency, the IOM, said that never before had such a large number of Haitians been reported to have been displaced by violence. More than half of those internally displaced people (IDPs) were children who were bearing the brunt of Haiti’s security breakdown. Many had been displaced repeatedly.
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