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About 70 people, including patients, believed to have been killed in attack blamed on rebel Rapid Support ForcesAbout 70 people have been killed in an attack on the only functional hospital in the besieged city of El Fasher in Sudan, the head of the World Health Organization has said, the latest in a series of attacks as the African nation’s civil war has escalated...

Return to northern Gaza blocked as Israel delays removal of troops; US president says Middle East neighbours should house more refugeesIsraeli forces killed three people and injured at least 31 others trying to return to homes in south Lebanon where Israeli troops remained on the ground after a deadline for their withdrawal passed on Sunday, Lebanon’s health ministry has said.A 60-day truce that went...

Jason Riddle says he rejected pardon because ‘it happened. I did those things, and they weren’t pardonable’At least one more person who was convicted in connection with the 2021 US Capitol attack carried out by Donald Trump supporters has rejected a pardon from the president, saying he believed his actions “weren’t pardonable”.In an interview published Friday by New Hampshire Public Radio (NHPR), US navy...

In two actions, migrant workers claim exploitation while farmers demonstrate against inheritance tax planThis is a tale of two countrysides. One was featured prominently on Saturday by broadcasters as farmers held demonstrations throughout the UK against inheritance tax plans they believe will cripple family farms.A smaller protest staged a day earlier outside the Home Office received almost no attention. A small band of fruit...

Indigenous scientist Dr Katrina Wruck awarded Young Australian of the Year, and charity co-founder Brother Olly Pickett named Senior Australian of the YearGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFormer AFL player and coach Neale Daniher AO has been named as the 2025 Australian of the Year, for his work advocating for a cure for motor neurone disease (MND) since his...

Danish drug giant found to have failed to accurately report spending even after admitting to errorsThe pharmaceutical watchdog has reprimanded Wegovy maker Novo Nordisk for failing to correctly disclose dozens of payments to the UK health sector as it sought to boost sales of its slimming drugs.The Danish drug giant – Europe’s most valuable listed company – systematically misreported, under-reported or did not disclose...

Diplomatic frenzy and rattled nerves in republic as mayor and former president reject US president’s commentsFrom a modern control room high above the canal expansion – overlooking the Cocolí locks, then lakes, rainforest canopy and, eventually, the Atlantic ocean – it barely registers that the era of gunboat diplomacy is returning to the Panama canal.But four days into Donald Trump’s second administration, here we...

The 70-year-old former collective farm boss has been in power in reclusive, Moscow-allied Belarus since 1994Belarusians began voting on Sunday, with president Alexander Lukashenko expected to cruise to victory unchallenged for a seventh term, prolonging his three-decade authoritarian rule.Lukashenko – a 70-year-old former collective farm boss – has been in power in reclusive, Moscow-allied Belarus since 1994. Continue reading...

Striking image will be unveiled at National Portrait Gallery in March, as part of a major exhibition of the Norwegian master’s portraitsAt first glance, it is a striking portrait by Edvard Munch, painted in 1892, a year before the Norwegian master was to create his most famous masterpiece, The Scream.But peer closely at the man’s sleeve along the bottom edge and two embracing, ethereal...

The newly inaugurated US president told reporters on board Air Force One that he and Starmer ‘get along well’ despite their divergent political viewsPresident Donald Trump has praised British prime minister Keir Starmer’s leadership, telling reporters on Saturday his UK counterpart has “done a very good job” and the two leaders have a planned call in the next 24 hours.The newly inaugurated US president...

US president releases powerful bombs ‘because they bought them’ after Biden pause due to possible impact on civiliansDonald Trump has instructed the US military to release a hold imposed by former president Joe Biden on the supply of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel, the president said on Saturday.The move was widely expected. Continue reading...

It’s the latest example of the Coalition appearing to echo or praise US president Donald Trump’s new administrationFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDeputy opposition leader Sussan Ley has compared the arrival of the First Fleet to Elon Musk’s SpaceX seeking to reach Mars, in an Australia Day address.Her comments come a...

Finding suggests the agency believes totality of evidence makes a lab origin more likely, but assigns a low degree of confidence to the conclusionThe CIA now believes the virus responsible for the coronavirus pandemic most likely originated from a laboratory, according to an assessment released on Saturday that points the finger at China even while acknowledging that the spy agency has “low confidence” in...

Official cites review of course curriculum at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, where new recruits get basic trainingDonald Trump’s order halting diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives has led the US air force to suspend course instruction on a documentary about the first Black airmen in the US military, known as the Tuskegee Airmen, a US official said on Saturday.The famed Black aviators included 450 pilots...

Full restoration could take days, says energy official, with conditions still difficult and more yellow alerts issuedAbout 40,000 people in Scotland remained without electricity on Saturday night in the aftermath of Storm Éowyn and some may have to wait several days before it is restored, according to an energy distribution director.As of 4pm on Saturday, about 28,000 Scottish Power customers were without power, while...

Weather will aid firefighters, but heavy downpours on charred hillsides could bring the threat of poisonous runoffRain on the way to parched southern California on Saturday will aid firefighters mopping up multiple wildfires. But heavy downpours on charred hillsides could bring the threat of new troubles like toxic ash runoff.Los Angeles county crews spent much of the week removing vegetation, shoring up slopes and...

Nigerian officials say a Boeing 787-800 belonging to United Airlines was forced to make an emergency return last FridayMultiple people were injured on a United Airlines flight heading from Lagos, Nigeria, to Washington DC last week.In a statement released on Friday, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria said that a Boeing 787-800 belonging to United Airlines was forced to make an emergency return last...

Intelligence sources suggest battle for Congolese regional capital Goma is imminent before UN crisis talks on Sunday Large numbers of troops from Rwanda have been pouring across the border into the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to help rebels seize the regional capital of Goma before an emergency UN meeting about the crisis takes place on Sunday, intelligence officials have warned.Rwanda Defence Force...

Home Office review will criticise counter-terrorism officers for not taking into account Southport killer’s obsession with extreme violenceCounter-terrorism officers did not believe Southport killer Axel Rudakubana was “in danger of being radicalised”, leaks from a Home Office report have revealed.The Prevent learning review will criticise counter-terrorism officers for failing to properly take into account Rudakubana’s obsession with extreme violence when it is released, the...

Tycoon tells 4,500 people at campaign event in Halle to be proud of German culture in speech via video linkElon Musk made a surprise appearance during Germany’s Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) election campaign event in Halle in eastern Germany on Saturday, speaking publicly in support of the far-right party for the second time in as many weeks.Addressing a hall of 4,500 people alongside the...

South Dakota governor will take on Trump’s anti-immigration mission, air travel and natural disastersKristi Noem secured US Senate confirmation as homeland security secretary on Saturday, putting the South Dakota governor in charge of a sprawling agency that is essential to national security and Donald Trump’s plans to clamp down on illegal immigration during his second presidency.The Senate worked on Saturday as Republicans successfully sought...

Pressure growing on Labour to improve trade with EU as Rachel Reeves admits Brexit damaged UKKeir Starmer is under growing pressure to forge closer economic links with Europe five years on from Brexit, as a major new poll shows voters clearly favour prioritising more trade with the EU over the US.The MRP survey of almost 15,000 people by YouGov for the Best for Britain...

The latest protests come after private meeting between Robert Fico and Vladimir Putin in DecemberThe Slovakian prime minister, Robert Fico, has rejected calls for his resignation after tens of thousands demonstrated against his government’s policy shift closer to Russia.About 60,000 people protested in the capital, Bratislava, on Friday and approximately 100,000 turned out for rallies in cities across the country, the largest demonstrations since...

First full-scale replica of Frank’s attic annexe goes on show next week on International Holocaust Remembrance DayThe first-ever full-scale replica of Anne Frank’s attic annex goes on show in New York next week, part of an ongoing effort to maintain awareness of – and combat – antisemitism in the midst of conflict in the Middle East and political tensions in the US.Eighty years on...