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Israel-Gaza ceasefire ‘could come at any time’ says Blinken

Hamas has accepted a draft agreement for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip whilst Israel insists details are still being finalised

Europe

Ukraine launches one of the largest missile and drone attacks of war

Europe

Pope Francis handed box of papers over ‘most painful’ Vatican scandals

<p>A miner is assisted by rescue workers after being pulled from below ground</p>
Africa

Rescuers pull survivors from South Africa mine as hundreds trapped

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<p>Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor Khan (left) and Saif Ali Khan</p>
India

Kareena Kapoor Khan addresses attack on husband Saif Ali Khan

<p>Supporters of Pakistan’s former prime minister protest outside the court in Islamabad to demand his release</p>
South Asia

Imran Khan and wife sentenced to combined 21 years in corruption case

<p>A vehicle carrying impeached South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol (C) leaves the complex building housing the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) in Gwacheon</p>
East Asia

South Korean investigators seek extension of president Yoon’s custody

<p>Saif Ali Khan</p>
India

Police detain man after intruder climbs fire escape to stab India star

<p>People light bamboo candles at a memorial altar for the victims of the Great Hanshin Earthquake during a memorial ceremony on 17 January 2025 in Kobe, Japan. People gathered early in the morning to pay their respects and light bamboo lanterns in the park for more 6,000 people who lost their lives in the 7.3 magnitude Hanshin Earthquake </p>
Japan

Japan likely to face a devastating megaquake in the next 30 years

<p>Saif Ali Khan</p>
India

Indian actor Saif Ali Khan stabbed after intruder enters Mumbai home

<p>This photo taken on 16 January 2025 shows children taking a ride with adults in a park in Fuyang, east China’s Anhui province. China said on 17 January its population fell for the third year running in 2024, extending a downward streak after more than six decades of growth as the country battles a looming demographic crisis</p>
China

China’s population fell in 2024 for third year in a row

<p>File. People stand behind artwork during an exhibition entitled ‘Not Who We Were’ organised by the Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty in Taipei on 18 July 2020</p>
China

Taiwan’s first execution in five years sparks outcry: ‘Shocking’

<p>Adolf Hitler, then chancellor of Germany, is welcomed by supporters at Nuremberg in 1933 </p>
Europe

How Unity Mitford became Hitler’s ‘Baby Reindeer’ stalker

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Europe

How Unity Mitford became Hitler’s ‘Baby Reindeer’ stalker

Head shot of Guy Walters
Guy Walters
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<p>Adolf Hitler, then chancellor of Germany, is welcomed by supporters at Nuremberg in 1933 </p>
<p>North Korean troops are fighting in Russia’s Kursk region </p>
LiveEurope

Ukraine-Russia war: Putin’s forces locked onto French plane

<p>Carl-Eduard von Bismarck with the father who disinherited him, Ferdinand von Bismarck</p>
Europe

Bismarcks go to war over ‘black sheep’ prince and €1bn family fortune

Europe

Victoria Starmer joins PM in ‘harrowing’ trip to Auschwitz

<p>The chambers – complete with a large plunge pool, and hot, warm, cold and changing rooms – could accommodate up to 30 people</p>
Europe

Archaeologists unearth remarkable preserved Pompeii bathhouse

<p>The chambers – complete with a large plunge pool, and hot, warm, cold and changing rooms – could accommodate up to 30 people</p>
Europe

Archaeologists unearth remarkable preserved Pompeii bathhouse

<p>Factories mass producing the staple French cheese have been barred from labelling their products as “made in Normandy”. </p>
Europe

Camembert makers win landmark legal battle against major manufacturers

<p>Madeleine McCann disappeared from a holiday flat in Portugal in May 2007</p>
Crime

‘Currently no prospect’ of Madeleine McCann suspect facing charges

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<p>File: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the district court in Tel Aviv</p>
LiveMiddle East

Israel-Hamas ceasefire live: Israel says 737 prisoners to be released

<p>Tens of thousands have been killed inside Gaza following Israel’s siege of the strip</p>
Middle East

A year of war in Gaza: A timeline of key moments as ceasefire agreed

<p>Israelis in Tel Aviv celebrate news that a ceasefire had been agreed</p>
Middle East

All we know about the Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas

<p>Shay Dickmann stands holding the image of her captured cousin (right) who will never make it home and the elderly male hostages who remain in Gaza and could be freed in the new deal </p>
Middle East

Countdown to Gaza ceasefire and release of hostages begins

<p>Israel Palestinians Hostage Family</p>
Middle East

Watch live: Israelis gather in Hostage Square awaiting ceasefire

<p>Israelis in Tel Aviv celebrate news that a ceasefire had been agreed</p>
Middle East

Who are the 33 Israeli hostages set to be released under ceasefire?

<p>Shay Dickmann stands holding the image of her captured cousin (right) who will never make it home and the elderly male hostages who remain in Gaza and could be freed in the new deal </p>
Middle East

Countdown to Gaza ceasefire and release of hostages begins

<p>Israel Palestinians Hostage Family</p>
Middle East

Watch live: Israelis gather in Hostage Square awaiting ceasefire

<p>Israelis in Tel Aviv celebrate news that a ceasefire had been agreed</p>
Middle East

Who are the 33 Israeli hostages set to be released under ceasefire?

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Middle East

The terrible cost of peace between Israel and Hamas: In numbers

Middle East

The terrible cost of peace between Israel and Hamas: In numbers

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<p>A child wounded in an Israeli strike is rushed to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza on Thursday </p>
Middle East

‘The next nightmare is just beginning’: Inside Gaza

<p>This satellite photo shows the airstrip on Abd al-Kuri Island in Yemen</p>
Middle East

Mysterious airstrip appears on Indian Ocean island

<p>Hostages Square in Tel Aviv after the ceasefire deal announcement</p>
News

'Everybody is tense': Family of released hostage hopeful of ceasefire

<p>Huge blasts fill Gaza skyline as Palestinians await Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal</p>
News

Huge blasts fill Gaza skyline as Palestinians await ceasefire deal

<p>Huge blasts fill Gaza skyline as Palestinians await Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal</p>
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Huge blasts fill Gaza skyline as Palestinians await ceasefire deal

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News

Protesters block main Tel Aviv road in hostage deal plea

<p>Israelis in Tel Aviv celebrate news that a ceasefire has been agreed</p>
Middle East

‘Happiness, sadness, grief and worry’ after ceasefire deal agreement

US

<p>Supreme Court upheld the law requiring TikTok to be sold or banned </p>
LiveTech

TikTok ban: App gives ultimatum to ‘go dark’ for 170 million users

<p>Shuefaub Xiong, 42, disappeared while out ordering pizzas for Domino’s in Apple Valley, Minnesota </p>
Americas

Search after Domino’s driver vanishes while making pizza deliveries

<p>A Fox News pundit has claimed that South Dakota governor Kristi Noem is ‘so hot’ that executing her own puppy would not make a difference on whether she was appointed to head up the Department of Homeland Security </p>
US politics

Fox pundit says Kristi Noem is ‘so hot’ that shooting her dog is fine

<p>An innocent man was killed after a murder suspect being chased by police crashed into his vehicle in Texas</p>
Americas

Innocent person killed as cop chase with murder suspect ends in crash

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Americas

Resettlement agencies race to help refugees ahead of Trump's second term

<p>Lee Jonathan Farber was arrested after ‘forcibly’ removing the pro-Trump signs from his neighbor’s fence in Florida</p>
US politics

Man arrested for tearing down pro-Trump sign he ‘felt intimidated’ by

<p>US President-elect Donald Trump greets guests as he arrives for a meeting with Republican governors at the Mar-a-Lago Club on January 09, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida</p>
LiveUS politics

Trump inauguration: Ceremony to be moved indoors due to cold weather

<p>There’s a battle royal underway between New York City’s Old Friend Photobooth and its next-door neighbor</p>
Americas

Artist ‘dumped urine’ on hipsters at viral photo booth outside home

<p>Migrants stand in line to receive food from the nonprofit Chi-Care Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, in Chicago</p>
US politics

Trump’s first major deportation operation will hit Chicago: report

US politics

Trump’s first major deportation operation will hit Chicago: report

<p>Migrants stand in line to receive food from the nonprofit Chi-Care Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, in Chicago</p>
<p> A police officer moves a barrier for an emergency vehicle, Oct. 9, 2024, at Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek, Colorado </p>
Americas

Cause of fatal Colorado gold mine accident revealed

<p>Suit accuses pharmacy chain of pressuring staff to rapidly fill prescriptions </p>
Americas

DOJ accuses Walgreens of ignored ‘red flags’ and driving opioid crisis

Trump Inauguration
Americas

The inauguration is moving indoors. Here's what to know about the changed plans

<p>Anthony Newton, 45, appears in court in 2017</p>
US Crime News

Man killed wife’s lover for getting her pregnant while he was in jail

<p>Anthony Newton, 45, appears in court in 2017</p>
US Crime News

Man killed wife’s lover for getting her pregnant while he was in jail

<p>Migrants turn themselves in to U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officers after crossing over a section of border wall on January 5</p>
US politics

Trump plans to ‘flood the zone’ with immigration actions, group warn

Immigration Self Deportation
US politics

Trump’s other victory: How he shifted the conversation on immigration

Europe

Biden
Europe

Ozempic, Wegovy and other new drugs are selected for Medicare's price negotiations

<p>A photo by Volodymyr Zelensky on his official Telegram channel shows a wounded soldier purportedly from North Korea</p>
Europe

North Korea troops fighting for Putin could ‘all be dead by April’

<p>The lawyers have been sentenced to three-and-a-half to five years in prison </p>
Europe

Navalny’s lawyers jailed as Putin’s crackdown on dissent continues

<p>A fresco depicting a mythological creature inspired by the Trojan War </p>
Europe

Pompeii is a gift that keeps giving – and has more treasures to offer

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Russia Crackdown
Europe

3 lawyers for the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny are jailed by a Russian court

<p>Keir Starmer met Zelensky in Kyiv today </p>
UK Politics

Starmer considers UK troops in Ukraine in peacekeeper role

<p>Found as a tiny piglet near garbage bins outside the horse farm of Elodie Cappe in Chaource, central France, in April 2023, ‘Rillette’ has now grown into a large sow </p>
Europe

Wild boar Rillette can stay with owner, court rules after outcry

<p>Pope Francis wores a sling on his right arm during his meetings at the Vatican </p>
Europe

Pope Francis using sling after injuring arm in fall

Russia-Ukraine-War
Europe

UK's Starmer arrives in Kyiv for security talks with Zelenskyy days before Trump is sworn in

Europe

UK's Starmer arrives in Kyiv for security talks with Zelenskyy days before Trump is sworn in

Russia-Ukraine-War
Italy US Meloni
Europe

Italy’s Meloni to leverage strong ties with Trump — but as president whisperer or Trojan horse?

Europe

Russia plotted terror attacks on airlines, Polish PM claims

<p>Les Arcs is a popular ski resort located in the Alps</p>
Europe

French investigate British skier’s death in ‘fast and violent’ crash

<p>The ‘boarding pass’ flyer</p>
Europe

German far-right party posts fake ‘deportation tickets’ to immigrants

<p>The ‘boarding pass’ flyer</p>
Europe

German far-right party posts fake ‘deportation tickets’ to immigrants

<p>Donald Trump has criticised US military aid for Ukraine and called Volodymyr Zelensky the ‘greatest salesman’ for seeking aid</p>
Europe

Trump ‘would breach international law’ if he gives up Ukrainian land

<p>President-elect Donald Trump blamed Nato for Russia’s war on Ukraine. Now Russia’s top diplomat says Moscow is open to talks with him </p>
Europe

Russia open for Trump talks after diplomat praises his Nato attack

Africa

<p>South Africa Miners Horrors</p>
Africa

Miner describes horrors as people starved to death underground

Africa

Miner describes horrors as people starved to death underground

<p>South Africa Miners Horrors</p>
<p>Reconstruction of Tameryraptor markgrafi </p>
Science

Giant dinosaur discovered in Egypt after fossils destroyed in WW2

<p>Forensic workers at the site of the abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, on Wednesday</p>
Africa

What did 87 people die trapped in South Africa goldmine?

<p>File. A medical worker carries a meal to an isolation tent housing a man being quarantined after coming into contact in Uganda with a carrier of the Marburg virus</p>
Africa

Bleeding eye disease kills eight after outbreak in new country

<p>Families of miners and activist protest as South Africa's Police minister Senzo Mchunu visit the gold mine</p>
Africa

78 dead in illegal South Africa gold mine, with hundreds still trapped

<p>Families of miners and activist protest as South Africa's Police minister Senzo Mchunu visit the gold mine</p>
Africa

78 dead in illegal South Africa gold mine, with hundreds still trapped

<p> The government of the Republic of South Africa launch a rescue operation to extract the illegal workers at the abandoned Stilfontein mine in North West, South Africa</p>
Africa

Hundreds of miners were stuck underground. Police blocked their supply

<p> Police officers and private security personnel stand by the opening of a reformed gold mineshaft</p>
Africa

Hundreds dead gold mine as urgent rescue mission launched

<p>An aerial view of a mine shaft where illegal miners were trapped</p>
Africa

At least 100 die after becoming trapped deep underground

<p>Keachia Bowers, second from right, her husband Damon Smith, right, and their children play cards in the living room </p>
Africa

Ghana told African diaspora to return. Black Americans took the offer

<p>People work to pull out the truck which plunged into a river in Ethiopia </p>
Africa

At least 71 killed as truck with wedding party plunges into river

<p>File. A protester reacts during protests against presidential election result in Maputo, Mozambique, on 11 November 2024</p>
Africa

Dozens killed during jailbreak as Christmas Day riots grip Mozambique

Africa French Military
Africa

Why African countries are ousting France’s military, one by one

Nigeria Christmas Lights
Africa

Dozens killed in deadly stampedes for Christmas gifts in Nigeria

South Sudan Flooding
Africa

Overflowing River Nile forces thousands to survive on edge of canal

<p>Residents say Emmanuel Macron has abandoned the island in the wake of cyclone Chido</p>
Africa

Macron swears as he’s heckled during visit to cyclone-hit Mayotte

Asia

<p>Jarawa girls in clothes given to them by outsiders. Encroachment onto their land risks exposing the Jarawa to diseases to which they have no immunity, warn experts </p>
India

Activists alarmed by plans to hand reclusive island tribe voter IDs

<p>File. Passengers walk through the departure transit hall at Singapore Changi airport</p>
News & Advice

Australian tourist jailed for threatening to crash flight

<p>Ground staff stand next to the Pakistan International Airline aircraft ahead of its takeoff for Paris at the Islamabad International Airport </p>
News & Advice

Pakistan investigates advert showing plane flying towards Eiffel Tower

<p>India successfully launches ISRO ‘Space Docking Experiment’</p>
Space

India becomes only fourth country ever to achieve key space landmark

<p>Yoon Suk Yeol sits in a car as he heads to a detention center in Gyeonggi province</p>
East Asia

Yoon Suk Yeol sits silently through 10 hours of questioning

<p>Sen Marco Rubio, R-Fla, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be Secretary of State, appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, 15 Jan 2025</p>
East Asia

Kim Jong Un using nuclear weapons as ‘insurance policy’, Rubio says

<p>India successfully launches ISRO ‘Space Docking Experiment’</p>
Space

India becomes only fourth country ever to achieve key space landmark

<p>Yoon Suk Yeol sits in a car as he heads to a detention center in Gyeonggi province</p>
East Asia

Yoon Suk Yeol sits silently through 10 hours of questioning

<p>Sen Marco Rubio, R-Fla, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be Secretary of State, appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, 15 Jan 2025</p>
East Asia

Kim Jong Un using nuclear weapons as ‘insurance policy’, Rubio says

<p> Ryan Corbett (L), George Glezmann (C) and Mahmoud Habibi (R) are the American citizens held ‘hostage’ by Taliban in Afghanistan </p>
US politics

Families of Americans held by Taliban ask Biden to ‘do right thing’

<p>A cyclist peddles along a road amid dense fog on a cold winter morning in New Delhi, India</p>
India

Nearly 200 flights delayed as thick fog descends over Delhi

<p>Tourists walk down a street near Yasaka Pagoda during a visit to the city of Kyoto on 13 January 2025. Japan on January 15 announced tourist figures for the year 2024</p>
News & Advice

Japan smashes annual record with more than 36 million tourists in 2024

<p>File. Khaleda Zia</p>
South Asia

Bangladesh top court clears way for ex-PM Zia to run in new elections

<p>Mark Zuckerberg</p>
India

Meta apologises for Zuckerberg’s comments about Modi’s election ‘loss’

East Asia

Why did it take so long to arrest South Korean president Yoon?

<p>Yoon Suk Yeol is the first sitting South Korean president to be arrested </p>
East Asia

South Korea investigators climb wall of buses to arrest president Yoon

<p>South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol declares martial law</p>
East Asia

Who is Yoon Suk Yeol? First South Korean president to be arrested

Australasia

<p>The new funnel-web spider dubbed ‘Big Boy’ or Atrax christenseni</p>
Australasia

Scientists discover new species of one of world’s deadliest spiders

Australasia

Scientists discover new species of one of world’s deadliest spiders

<p>The new funnel-web spider dubbed ‘Big Boy’ or Atrax christenseni</p>
The woman was arrested south of Brisbane, Australia on Thursday
Australasia

Australian influencer charged with poisoning her baby girl

<p>File. Anthony Albanese</p>
Australasia

Australia calls Russian ambassador over video of captive Melbourne man

Australasia

Mysterious marble-sized balls wash up on Sydney beaches

<p>General view of Southern Sydney Synagogue in Allawah, Sydney</p>
Australasia

Counterterror police take over probe into Sydney synagogue vandalism

<p>General view of Southern Sydney Synagogue in Allawah, Sydney</p>
Australasia

Counterterror police take over probe into Sydney synagogue vandalism

<p>General view of the Southern Sydney Synagogue, in Allawah, Sydney</p>
Australasia

Sydney synagogue attack condemned as ‘massive escalation’

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Australasia

Marriage annulled after bride says wedding was social media stunt

<p>File. Chris Minns called graffiti ‘disgusting and disgraceful’ </p>
Australasia

Sydney synagogue targeted with antisemitic graffiti

Australasia

Australia violated human rights of asylum seekers in Nauru camps

<p>Representative. An Honor TV monitor with AI deepfake detection technology at the Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin fair on 6 September 2024</p>
Australasia

Sydney teen reported to police over deepfake images of classmates

Australasia

CCTV footage shows man removing flaming pants after arson attempt

<p>Hadi Nazari, a 23-year-old medical student, has been found alive after a 13-day search </p>
Australasia

Australian hiker found after two weeks survived on berries and muesli

Australia Hiker Rescued
Australasia

Hiker found after two weeks lost in remote Australian mountain range

<p>Bluebridge ferry makes it way to Wellington, New Zealand, in rough seas on Aug. 21, 2023</p>
Australasia

Wild weather separated New Zealand again. Is it time for a tunnel?

<p>Australian police recover wreckage of the seaplane</p>
News & Advice

Three killed as seaplane crashes off Australian tourist island

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