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UN rights chief warns Gaza rubble clearance is disturbing remains and possible crime evidence
The warning intensifies pressure for forensic safeguards and independent access as families search for missing relatives beneath destroyed neighbourhoods.
Ukraine's parliament dismisses Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko
The unanimous removal follows Kravchenko's resignation and a confrontation between the prosecutor's office and Ukraine's independent anti-corruption agencies.
UK government announces mandatory meetings before flexible-working requests are refused
The proposed 2027 reform would require employers to explain refusals directly to workers, strengthening an existing consultation framework without creating an automatic right to work flexibly.
Egypt and Saudi Arabia align on protecting Red Sea and Bab el-Mandeb navigation
President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman put maritime security and a political settlement in Yemen at the centre of talks in Cairo.
Carney pitches Canada as a financial safe harbour at Toronto investor summit
Ottawa is courting more than 100 major investors as its trade confrontation with Washington accelerates a broader effort to diversify capital, exports and strategic partnerships.
Turkish police detain at least 150 people at Istanbul pro-LGBTQ protest
The mass detention adds a new enforcement episode to a wider campaign that UN experts say threatens equality, privacy, health and peaceful assembly rights.
Illegal pesticides spread through Greek farms as Europe confronts a cross-border trade
Financial pressure is drawing some farmers toward cheaper unapproved chemicals, while EU investigations show how organised networks move counterfeit agrochemicals across borders.
UK first secretary says government must act on advanced-AI safety warnings
Louise Haigh’s intervention links the government’s public-service AI programme to stronger risk management and international coordination, but stops short of announcing new legislation.
Colombia charges former foreign minister Laura Sarabia over nanny polygraph
Prosecutors allege that one of Gustavo Petro’s closest former advisers improperly used police resources to investigate missing cash from her home; Sarabia denies wrongdoing.
Yemen displacement passes 100,000 as renewed fighting blocks escape routes
Fuel scarcity, insecurity and pressure on Red Sea crossings are compounding a rapidly expanding humanitarian emergency inside Yemen and across the route to Djibouti.
Carney heads to Europe seeking a tailored Canada-EU alliance
Ottawa is pursuing deeper trade, investment and security integration with Europe while ruling out formal EU membership and trying to reduce dependence on the United States.
Thomas Massie introduces privileged resolution to impeach Pete Hegseth
The Republican lawmaker’s challenge forces the House to confront allegations that the Pentagon continued the Iran war in defiance of congressional war powers.
Congolese police disperse protests against proposed constitutional change
Opposition demonstrations challenge any attempt to alter presidential safeguards as President Félix Tshisekedi serves what the current constitution defines as his final term.
Ukraine successfully tests interceptor against Russia’s jet-powered Shahed drones
The prototype destroyed a target but still requires control-system refinement before it can become a scalable answer to faster Russian attack drones.
Kennedy Center board weighs Trump-linked renovation plan as solvency concerns mount
New board documents connect presidential recognition and private fundraising to a proposed two-year overhaul, extending a legal and governance battle over Washington’s national performing-arts memorial.
House Democrat opens inquiry into Russian-funded Trump Jr. wedding celebrations
Representative Robert Garcia has requested records about Umar Kremlev's reported financial support and any related White House communications, but the minority-led inquiry cannot compel compliance.
Reform UK’s Welsh leader resigns after assault arrest
Dan Thomas stepped aside months after becoming opposition leader in the expanded Senedd, creating an immediate leadership problem for Reform UK in Wales.
Germany’s Sonderstab accelerates arms purchasing for Ukraine
A small Defence Ministry unit can organise Ukrainian weapons contracts in weeks, illustrating how Berlin has built a faster channel alongside its conventional procurement system.
Yabloko election officials receive military summons for Russia’s first voting day
The timing of notices sent to opposition-appointed commission members in St Petersburg raises fresh concerns about staffing and participation in Russia’s parliamentary election.
Tanker attack in the Strait of Hormuz leaves two sailors missing
The latest incident compounds risks for crews and commercial shipping as competing accounts obscure responsibility for violence around a critical energy corridor.
Mount Etna ash grounds flights at Sicily's Catania airport
Renewed volcanic activity disrupted Sicily's principal eastern air gateway, prompting official warnings for travellers to verify flights before setting out.
British woman abducted in Malawi as police open investigation
The reported kidnapping renews concern about ransom abductions and violent crime in a country where official travel guidance says foreigners have previously been targeted.
Wildfires close in on Borneo's Cabang Panti orangutan research site
Researchers and local crews are defending a globally important field station as El Niño-amplified drought allows fires to spread through forest and peatland.
Romanian livestock farmers clash with police during Bucharest protest
The confrontation reflects mounting anger over animal-movement restrictions, disease-control culls and farm finances as EU emergency measures remain in force.
Russian strike on Pryluky farming warehouse kills three and injures seven
The attack in northern Ukraine adds human losses to a campaign that has forced Kyiv to redesign protection and financial support for vulnerable logistics businesses.
Explosive device found and neutralised on drone downed over Lithuania
The finding turns an already serious airspace incursion into a more consequential security investigation, while the drone’s origin and intended mission remain unresolved.
Seventeen European telecom CEOs challenge EU plan to phase out high-risk network suppliers
Operators warn of a costly equipment replacement programme as Brussels seeks a binding, bloc-wide response to security risks in 5G and other critical communications networks.
El Niño crosses the very-strong threshold as governments prepare for drought and floods
Pacific warming has moved beyond the two-degree benchmark, intensifying agricultural and humanitarian risks from Southern Africa to the Horn of Africa and South America.
House Democrats split as Russia and Iran sanctions bill approaches a vote
A dispute over presidential tariff powers is complicating an otherwise bipartisan effort to increase pressure on Moscow and Tehran.
Pentagon watchdog discloses extensive US aircraft and base losses from Iran war
The first broad official accounting describes destroyed drones, damaged aircraft, hundreds of affected structures and mounting pressure on US ammunition supplies.
United States asks Citibank to release up to $44 million belonging to Belarus
The financial request surfaced during a US envoy's Minsk visit, adding a concrete banking issue to negotiations shadowed by political imprisonment and sanctions.
US forces destroy two Iranian boats during attempted seizure of a Navy drone
The encounter near the Strait of Hormuz adds a direct military clash to Washington's effort to escort recovering commercial traffic through the strategic waterway.
Russian strike hits Kyiv gas station and leaves one man seriously wounded
The attack in the capital's Darnytskyi district adds to a rising civilian toll from long-range Russian weapons used against Ukrainian cities.
Top private-equity energy portfolios linked to 1.5 billion tonnes of annual emissions
A new investigation connects fossil-fuel plants, pipelines and data-centre expansion across 20 large private-equity managers, while acknowledging significant disclosure gaps.
More than 130 lawyers press Britain to widen its measures against Israel
The signatories argue that settlement-focused restrictions do not fully meet the consequences of Britain’s recognition that Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory is unlawful.
US surgeon general nominee reports $270,605 in income from supplement company
Nicole Saphier’s newly filed disclosures also list tobacco investments, sharpening scrutiny before her Senate confirmation hearing.
England and Wales disability-benefit caseload reaches 4.1 million
New official data show Personal Independence Payment entitlement rose 2% in three months even as the award rate for new claims declined.
New assessment warns Himalayan glacier losses are approaching a regional tipping point
Accelerating melt and sparse monitoring are increasing flood and water-security risks across a mountain system supporting hundreds of millions of people.
US immigration arrests reach another record while deportations remain broadly flat
Preliminary government data reviewed by Reuters shows legal cases, aircraft constraints and receiving-country limits widening the gap between arrests and removals.
Reuters/Ipsos poll gives Democrats a seven-point US midterm advantage
Trump’s approval recovered slightly from a record low, but voters moved toward Democrats on congressional control and rejected his conditional $5,000 dividend proposal.
West Bengal’s stricter cattle rules push beef from shops and restaurant menus
Months after the BJP took power in the state, enforcement of an old slaughter law is reshaping livelihoods, diets and relations between religious communities.
Thirlwall Inquiry says earlier action at Countess of Chester could have protected ten babies
The final inquiry report finds that hospital leaders failed to act decisively on warnings about Lucy Letby and recommends continuous cot-side video and stronger neonatal oversight.
Imran Khan’s sons accuse Pakistan’s army chief of a vendetta as court ruling approaches
Kasim and Sulaiman Khan say prolonged restrictions on contact have heightened fears for their imprisoned father, while Pakistan's government rejects claims of mistreatment.
UN experts say Belarus’s justice system coordinates repression of Lukashenko opponents
A new expert assessment describes cooperation among police, prosecutors, courts and prisons to silence real or perceived government critics after the disputed 2020 election.
New modelling puts Australia’s pre-colonial Indigenous population at 2.2 million
The estimate far exceeds older baselines and reframes the demographic effects of disease, violence and dispossession after British colonisation began.
Denmark summons Russian ambassador after warship fires flares near military helicopter
A close encounter over international waters adds a new diplomatic dispute to the widening pattern of Russian-NATO friction in the Baltic Sea.
EU governments target institutional spending in negotiations over the 2028-2034 budget
National capitals are seeking administrative savings as they argue over how to finance defence, regional support, enlargement and external action.
China’s retail-sales growth slows to 0.4% as production outpaces domestic demand
New August data reinforce concern that China’s industrial recovery is not translating into stronger household consumption or investment.