Deadly attack on kindergarten reported in Sudan
Drone strikes on a town in South Kordofan on Thursday are said to have killed at least 50 people.
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Zelenskyy to meet Starmer at Downing Street to discuss US draft peace deal
Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz will also be present for talks on guaranteeing Ukraine’s postwar securityVolodymyr Zelenskyy will visit Downing Street on Monday for an in-person meeting with Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz in a show of support for Ukraine.Starmer will use the meeting with the leaders from Ukraine, France and Germany to discuss the continuing talks between US and Ukrainian officials aimed at finding an agreement on guaranteeing Ukraine’s postwar security. Continue reading...
Syria interim president accuses Israel of fighting ‘ghosts’ and exporting crises
Ahmed al-Sharaa says Israel justifies aggression in the name of security amid airstrikes on southern SyriaSyria’s interim president has accused Israel of fighting “ghosts” and exporting its crises to other countries after the war in Gaza.President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s comments come amid persistent airstrikes and incursions by the Israeli military into southern Syria. Continue reading...
National Guardsman 'slowly healing' after being shot in Washington DC
Andrew Wolfe, 24, is expected to remain in acute care with a head wound for a few more weeks, his family says.
Farage dodges press as he unveils Reform’s first peer after Conservative defection
Party leader leaves latest recruit, Malcolm Offord, to field questions on antisemitism allegations at Scotland rallyNigel Farage has addressed Reform UK’s largest rally in Scotland to date but refused to engage with local journalists – leaving the newly defected peer Malcolm Offord to field questions on allegations of racism and antisemitism.Farage introduced the former Conservative peer and millionaire donor Offord at a sold-out rally of about 700 at a hotel conference centre near Falkirk. Continue reading...
Jaiswal ton, Kohli’s form help India beat South Africa in ODI series
Kohli wins player of the series award as India win by 9 wickets and 10 overs to spare in the third ODI of the series.
Battlefield Picture Worsening for Ukraine as Trump Pushes Peace Plan
Russian forces have advanced on several fronts recently. President Vladimir V. Putin signaled after talks with U.S. officials that he was not budging from demands.
Senior DWP civil servant blames victims for carer’s allowance scandal
Neil Couling said failings by individual claimants ‘at the heart’ of crisis, despite a report finding DWP shortcomings ‘unacceptable’ One of the most senior civil servants in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has placed the blame for the carer’s allowance benefits crisis on victims, many of who have been left with life-changing debts.In an internal blogpost written for Whitehall colleagues, Neil Couling, the director general of DWP services, said individual failings by carers were “at the heart” of the issue that has been likened to the Post Office Horizon scandal. Continue reading...
Syria’s al-Sharaa promises peace and unity in face of Israeli aggression
Syrian president says Israel uses pretexts to justify militarism and divert attention from Gaza massacres.
China’s National Security Office in Hong Kong Summons Foreign Journalists
The authorities accused “some foreign media” of smearing the government’s response to a fire at a high-rise complex, saying: “Do not say you have not been warned.”