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Africa

  • USAF B-1 Bombers at the air base on Diego Garcia.

    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
  • Armed police officers step out of a police vehicle

    Tanzania suspends news websites over ad referencing killings of dissidents

  • A woman holds a sign reading 'Chagos Islands Are Our Home', with Big Ben visible in the background. Behind her is a sign reading 'We Must Return to Diego Garcia'

    A timeline of the UK’s history with the Chagos Islands

  • Dikembe Mutombo was known for his infectious personality

    Dikembe Mutombo, NBA Hall of Famer and humanitarian, dies at 58

  • Two police vehicles in front of crime scene tape outside a small house on

    Seventeen killed in two mass shootings in South African town

  • A woman holds a photo of her sister

    British army to investigate conduct of troops in Kenya amid rape and murder claims

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Americas

  • Members of security forces guard the streets in a bid to control rising crime linked to gang violence, in Kingston, Jamaica.

    Jamaica welcomes US move to clamp down on gun trafficking to Caribbean

    Horace Chang, deputy PM of country with highest homicide rate, praises US attorneys generals’ support for legislation
  • close-up of man wearing blue suit and blue tie

    Quebec separatist leader holds Trudeau to ransom: ‘We saw an opportunity’

  • People walk through a tunnel made of Christmas lights in Caracas

    Christmas Caracas: early festivities are no joke as Maduro tightens grip

  • People wait for a food distribution in a displaced persons camp at the Lycée Marie Jeanne in Port-au-Prince on 30 September 2024

    Gang violence leaves Haiti facing ‘worst hunger emergency in the western hemisphere’

  • A man wearing a black suit and gray tie speaks at a podium with his hands gestured

    Justin Trudeau survives a second parliamentary confidence vote

  • Four parrots on a cable in the sky.

    Parrots overwhelm Argentinian town with screeching, poo and power outages

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Asia Pacific

  • People holding umbrellas walk under a fallen tree after Typhoon Krathon made landfall in Kaohsiung in Taiwan.

    Typhoon Krathon hits Taiwan, killing two people and wreaking destruction

    Several missing and more than 120 injured after storm makes landfall in Kaohsiung, with authorities pleading for people to stay inside
  • Forty-seven tigers, three lions and a panther have died in zoos in south Vietnam due to the H5N1 bird flu virus.

    Bird flu outbreak kills dozens of tigers in Vietnam zoos

  • Military guard posts of North Korea, rear, and South Korea, front, are seen in Paju, near the border with North Korea.

    North Korean defector crashes stolen bus in failed bid to return home

  • Waves come over a wall onto a road where a car is driving

    Typhoon Krathon: two people killed and two missing in Taiwan

  • Part of a damaged taxiway at Miyazaki airport.

    Buried US second world war bomb explodes at Japanese airport

  • Two women and two men play Nintendo games on oversized controls

    Former Nintendo factory in Kyoto opens as nostalgia-fuelled gaming museum

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Australia

  • Greens senator Dorinda Cox and leader Adam Bandt

    Adam Bandt defends Greens response to bullying allegations against WA senator

    Party follows the recommendations of independent Parliamentary Workplace Support Service, leader says
  • Tu Le and Anthony Albanese

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    Australia news live: PM introduces Tu Le as Labor challenger for western Sydney seat of Fowler

  • Opposition Leader David Crisafulli reacts during a debate with Premier Steven Miles as part of the 2024 Queensland State Election, in Brisbane, Thursday, October 3, 2024.

    David Crisafulli has sold the Queensland public on a crime crisis. It could prove to be his downfall

  • Queensland Labor premier Steven Miles looks on while opposition LNP leader David Crisafulli speaks during a leaders’ debate on Thursday night

    Queensland LNP leader David Crisafulli says he would quit after a term if crime target not met

  • Megan Davis

    ‘An idea whose time will come’: Megan Davis on the way forward after voice referendum loss

  • Person draped in a Palestinian flag standing outside the NSW supreme court

    Protesters wouldn’t have to fight for police permission if NSW had less ‘undemocratic’ system, expert says

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Europe

  • Golden owl statuette.

    France’s 31-year treasure hunt for a buried owl statue finally ends

    Conclusion of search launched by 1993 picture puzzle book leaves chouetteurs with mixed emotions
  • Three people cheer and raise their clasped hands over their heads with banners and balloons in the background

    How remigration became a buzzword for global far right

  • People shopping in a pedestrianised area of Rotterdam

    Dutch court fines man in first conviction under new sexual harassment law

  • A man being stretchered into an ambulance

    Russia’s exiled opposition rocked by claims over hammer attack on Navalny ally

  • Oysters on seabed

    Europe’s exhausted oyster reefs ‘once covered area size of Northern Ireland’

  • Tunk and part of the canopy of the Brazil nut tree, one of dominant tree species in the Amazon

    Former EU environment chief hits out at plans to delay anti-deforestation law

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Middle East

  • People gather outside a hospital after an Israeli airstrike in Tulkarm, West Bank.

    West Bank: 18 reported killed in Israeli strike targeting Hamas figure

    Palestinian security services say attack on Tulkarm refugee camp is deadliest on West Bank in 24 years
  • Flames and smoke rise from Israeli airstrikes in Dahiyeh in Beirut, Lebanon, early on Friday.

    Israel orders evacuation of southern Lebanese city as Beirut strikes continue

  • Joe Biden talks to the press outside the White House

    Biden says US ‘discussing’ possible Israeli plans to attack Iran’s oil industry

  • The Abadan refinery seen from across a river

    What are the risks involved in Israeli options for retaliatory strikes on Iran?

  • Lebanese ambulances

    Lebanese healthcare workers fearful as growing numbers killed in strikes

  • People hold up pictures of missing Yazidis in front of a row of pictures pinned to the side of a partly destroyed building

    Yazidi woman kidnapped by IS freed from Gaza after decade in captivity

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South and Central Asia

  • Aerial night shot of buildings with homes and offices with more skyscrapers in the distance in Gurgaon

    ‘Life is pretty brutal’: concerns in India over high-pressure corporate jobs

    The death of a young chartered accountant has highlighted a work culture of overworked employees and bullying bosses
  • Chris Martin on stage at Glastonbury

    Indian police investigate ticket resales for Coldplay Mumbai gigs

  • River and mountains around the peak of Everest

    Mount Everest is having a growth spurt, say researchers

  • A woman walks through muddy water

    More than 200 dead in Nepal floods, as parts of Kathmandu left under water

  • A man in deep flood water

    More than 100 killed and 64 missing as flooding and landslides hit Nepal

  • An aerial view shows houses partially submerged in flood, after rise in water level of river Ganges.

    Dozens of children drown in India during Hindu festival

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UK

  • Rows of boxes of brands of breakfast cereal on shelves in supermarket

    UK toddlers get nearly half their calories from ultra-processed food, study finds

    Review also finds by the time children are seven, 59% of calories come from UPFs
  • They stand by the water wearing hi-viz jackets

    Labour to commit almost £22bn to fund carbon capture and storage projects

  • Sarah Caddick

    White women added to NHS eligibility list to donate stem cells

  • The Villa Vie Odyssey anchored at sea with two people walking along the waterfront with a dog

    Stranded cruise ship finally leaves Belfast for round-the-world voyage

  • Pupils writing notes.

    Private London college taught students by showing videos, investigation reveals

  • Boy George and Leigh Bowery at the Limelight Club in London.

    Dressing for the dancefloor: creative explosion behind 80s’ most colourful club

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US

  • Tim Walz, delivers remarks at an election campaign event in Superior, Wisconsin.

    Tim Walz to Muslim voters in push before election: ‘Our hearts are broken’

    Democratic vice-presidential candidate spoke virtually at advocacy group Emgage Action’s event
  • Two women smile and wave.

    Liz Cheney campaigns with Harris and urges voters to reject Trump’s ‘cruelty’

  • Bruce Springsteen wearing a flannel shirt and sitting at a diner counter, mid-speech

    Bruce Springsteen endorses Kamala Harris for president while criticising ‘dangerous’ Trump

  • two men hike a long a road strewn with debris

    Hurricane Helene: more than 200 dead as search for missing people continues

  • Men hold up signs

    US dock workers agree on deal with port operators to end strike

  • a man in a cowboy and a wearing a guitar gestures with his hands

    Country music star Garth Brooks accused of sexual assault in civil lawsuit

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