Dozens missing after migrant boat sinks near Malaysia-Thailand border
World News
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Dozens missing after migrant boat sinks near Malaysia-Thailand border

Malaysian authorities are looking for more survivors after the vessel capsized near the resort of Langkawi.

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Philippines Braces for Typhoon Fung-Wong, While Still Reeling From the Last Storm
Typhoons
17 minutes ago

Philippines Braces for Typhoon Fung-Wong, While Still Reeling From the Last Storm

Typhoon Fung-wong is heading for the main island of Luzon, prompting the evacuations of more than one million people after another storm killed over 200 last week.

King Charles and senior politicians lead UK Remembrance Sunday service at Cenotaph – live
Politics
19 minutes ago

King Charles and senior politicians lead UK Remembrance Sunday service at Cenotaph – live

Two-minute silence held at 11am GMT, with commemorations also taking place across the UK, including in Edinburgh, Cardiff and BelfastThe Prince of Wales, dressed in Royal Air Force uniform in the rank of Wing Commander, saluted after laying his wreath at the Cenotaph.He was followed by the Duke of Edinburgh, with wreaths also laid on behalf of the Duke of Kent and the Princess Royal. Continue reading...

Nearly one million evacuated as Typhoon Fung-wong nears Philippines
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20 minutes ago

Nearly one million evacuated as Typhoon Fung-wong nears Philippines

Super Typhoon Fung-wong is approaching the Philippines, forcing nearly a million people to evacuate.

Water levels below 3% in dam reservoirs for Iran’s second city, say reports
Iran
24 minutes ago

Water levels below 3% in dam reservoirs for Iran’s second city, say reports

Storage dwindles in Mashhad, home to 4 million people, as country struggles with droughtWater levels at the dam reservoirs supplying Iran’s north-eastern city of Mashhad have plunged below 3%, reports have said, as the country suffers from severe water shortages.“The water storage in Mashhad’s dams has now fallen to less than 3%,” Hossein Esmaeilian, the chief executive of the water company in Iran’s second largest city by population, told the ISNA news agency. Continue reading...

Britain sends RAF specialists to help Belgium combat disruptive drones
Military
30 minutes ago

Britain sends RAF specialists to help Belgium combat disruptive drones

Incursions halted flights at Brussels and Liège airports last week with Russia said to be the most likely culpritBritain is deploying Royal Air Force specialists to help Belgium counter drone threats to the country’s airports after disruptive sightings last week that some politicians blamed on Russia.Sir Richard Knighton, the head of the UK’s armed forces, said the British military would provide “our people, our equipment” to help Belgium, though he was careful to say “we don’t yet know” the origin of the drones seen last week. Continue reading...

UK military to help protect Belgium after drone incursions
News
38 minutes ago

UK military to help protect Belgium after drone incursions

Sir Richard Knighton, the UK military chief, says his Belgian counterpart asked for assistance this week in the form of UK personnel and equipment.

Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
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42 minutes ago

Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo

"I didn't want to say immediately it was me," fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux said. "With this photo there is a mystery, so you have to make it last."

UK banks still committed to climate goals, Bank of England executive insists
Banking
about 1 hour ago

UK banks still committed to climate goals, Bank of England executive insists

Exclusive: David Bailey plays down concerns after HSBC and Barclays quit UN-backed Net Zero Banking AllianceA Bank of England executive has insisted that UK banks are still showing a “vibrant” commitment to climate goals despite the recent demise of a global net zero target-setting group.David Bailey, the executive director of prudential policy at the Bank’s regulatory arm, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), played down concerns surrounding the fact that significant lenders including HSBC and Barclays had followed their US peers in dropping membership of the UN-backed Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA). Those exits led to the closure of the once-lauded NZBA last month. Continue reading...

Hollywood is “waking up, becoming aware” of Palestinian stories
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about 1 hour ago

Hollywood is “waking up, becoming aware” of Palestinian stories

Cherien Dabis, talks about the difficulties in providing audiences with Palestinian stories and distributing her film.

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