A bright spot for turtles: Olive ridleys are recovering in India, but still at risk
India's olive ridley turtle numbers appear to have rebounded after years of patchwork efforts to stem their decline. Can it last?
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Death Toll Rises to 128 in Hong Kong High-Rise Fire
Hope of finding survivors has dwindled, with many residents of the densely packed Wang Fuk Court apartment towers still unaccounted for.
Ukraine’s anti-corruption authorities search properties linked to Zelenskyy’s chief of staff – Europe live
Andriy Yermak said authorities given ‘full access’ to his apartment, and that he is cooperating with the officers, with his lawyers presentin KyivUkraine’s anti-corruption agencies have said they are conducting searches at the home of Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s powerful chief aide and lead negotiator in the latest round of peace talks, Andriy Yermak. Continue reading...
What we know about shooting of National Guard in Washington DC
Sarah Beckstrom, 20, has died, while Andrew Wolfe, 24, remains in a critical condition.
Watch: Pope struggles to remove cloth covering plaque
It took several attemps for Pope Leo and church clergy to unveil a plaque covered by a white sheet at an Istanbul cathedral.
Business secretary claims workers’ rights bill U-turn doesn’t breach Labour’s manifesto – UK politics live
Peter Kyle denies unfair dismissal policy U-turn is breach of manifesto pledge but unions and Labour MPs criticise decisionIn their London Playbook briefing for Politico, Andrew McDonald and Bethany Dawson have some insight into how the employment rights bill U-turn was negotiated. They say:We will never surrender … or maybe we will: This led to crunch meetings in the Churchill Room at DBT on Monday and Tuesday, chaired by Employment Minister Kate Dearden, with all the unions and business groups you’d expect in attendance. Over tea and sandwiches, a compromise position emerged which the two groups agreed to take back to their people for consideration: ditching the Day 1 idea in favor of a six-month qualifying period before an employee can claim unfair dismissal, reducing the current period from two years.White smoke on Whitehall: On Thursday morning the deal was struck. Government officials insist the compromise position means it can now get the bill through the Lords and deliver the rest of the package (which still includes other rights from Day 1, such as sick pay). Most of the affiliated unions and the TUC are fairly content with where things have ended up, and one union insider told Playbook the final deal was “stronger” than the other option on the table, a statutory nine-month probation period that would leave workers without lots of protections.What we’ve been clear about is that this won’t be dealt with within the Department for Education through our core schools budget. This will be dealt with across government.So it is not government policy to absorb this from schools, to expect schools to make those cuts. That is not our position. Continue reading...
Tunisia hands long prison sentences to opposition, business, media figures
A court sentences suspects over charges on 'conspiracy against state security' and 'belonging to a terrorist group'.
Iran to boycott FIFA 2026 World Cup draw in US over visa dispute
The 2026 FIFA World Cup is being staged in United States, Canada and Mexico, with Washington DC hosting December's draw.
Ten killed in deadliest Israeli raid for months in southern Syria
The village of Beit Jinn came under attack in what Israel said was an operation against a militant group.
Weather tracker: Snowfall cuts power in Poland and flooding devastates Sri Lanka
Temperatures dip to -8.5C in Poland and 250mm of rain falls in 24-hour period across Sri Lanka Temperatures plummeted this week across the eastern half of Europe, with the Alps dipping as low as -20C and to -8.5°C in the Polish town of Zakopane in the Tatras Mountains.Heavy snow also affected other parts of Poland with 15-20cm of snow falling in much of the central swathe of the country and more than 40cm in the south towards the mountains. Continue reading...