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Africa

  • A man wearing a blue face mask behind bars with a court guard sitting to his left

    Police in Kenya say suspected serial killer has escaped from custody

    Man accused of murdering and dismembering 42 women named as one of 13 detainees on the run in Nairobi
  • A protester standing in a group of young people holds a Kenyan flag as smoke rises behind themA protester holds a Kenyan flag during the nationwide demonstration. Kenyan law enforcement fired teargas and live ammunition into the largely peaceful crowd, with unconfirmed reports of several dead on social media. Protesters called for members of Kenya's Parliament to reject the proposed legislation, which would increase taxes across the country's economy. Kenya Finance Bill Protests in Nairobi - 25 Jun 2024

    ‘A revolution is building’: can young people force change across Africa?

  • A view of the frontage of the Central Bank of Libya in Tripoli

    Libya’s central bank ‘suspends operations’ after official abducted

  • A health worker in a mask and surgical scrubs, holding small boxes of medicine, walks past plastic-betted fences and a corrugated iron roofed building in Africa

    Failure to deal with mpox outbreak ‘is risk not just to Africa but whole world’

  • African woman with suspected mpox, face not visible but small raised lumps can be seen on her upper right arm.

    Mpox screening stepped up globally as more cases emerge outside Africa

  • FINLAND-US-RUSSIA-POLITICS-DIPLOMACY-SUMMIT-DEMONSTRATION<br>A protester of the #ResistGag movement holds asign reading "If Trump got pregnant there wouldn't be a gag rule" during a protest at the Senate square in Helsinki, Finland on July 16, 2018, to support women's rights ahead of the meeting between US President and his Russian counterpart. (Photo by Alessandro RAMPAZZO / AFP) (Photo credit should read ALESSANDRO RAMPAZZO/AFP/Getty Images)

    Global health charities warn of ‘huge and terrible’ threat to abortion rights if Trump returns

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Americas

  • Thames Water cover

    Canadian export agency ‘hit by big losses after lending to Thames Water’

    State-backed body EDC has reportedly sold at deep discount two loans made to debt-ridden UK utility
  • Hurricane Ernesto moves on in the Atlantic Ocean after making landfall on Bermuda in a composite satellite image August 17, 2024. NOAA/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

    Fierce seas in US north-east as Ernesto regains hurricane strength over Atlantic

  • Musk in a suit on a stage.

    Elon Musk says X will pull operations from Brazil after ‘censorship orders’

  • waves crash into the shore of a beach

    Hurricane Ernesto pummels Bermuda with 35ft waves and high winds

  • Man works on pink and cream house as hurricane approaches

    Hurricane Ernesto bears down on Bermuda amid deadly flood warnings

  • Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro holds up his hand in front of flags, with Brazil’s president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva looking on

    Lula criticizes Maduro’s ‘authoritarian’ regime amid Venezuela election dispute

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Asia Pacific

  • The Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, and the Indonesian defence minister and president-elect, Prabowo Subianto

    Australia and Indonesia to deepen military ties after striking ‘historic’ security pact

    Anthony Albanese and Prabowo Subianto announce conclusion of treaty negotiations but reporters weren’t able to ask questions about new deal
  • Military guard posts of North Korea, rear, and South Korea, front, are seen in Paju, near the border with North Korea, Sunday, 2 Jan 2022

    North Korean soldier crosses militarised border to defect to South – report

  • A protest in Wellington, New Zealand

    Nearly half of New Zealanders say government policies increasing racial tensions, poll finds

  • A 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo, Japan

    Owner of 7-Eleven stores receives buyout offer from Canadian rival

  • A Philippine Coast Guard image it says shows damage to the vessel BRP Cape Engano following a collision with a Chinese coast guard vessel near Sabina Shoal in disputed waters of the South China Sea.

    Chinese and Philippine ships collide near disputed Sabina Shoal in South China Sea

  • Mao Zedong, in Beijing in 1967

    ‘Monument to history’ battle between US and China over future of Mao’s secretary’s diary

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Australia

  • Bridget Archer

    Bridget Archer and Fatima Payman sign letter pushing for total ban on gambling ads as independent MPs urge free vote

    More than 20 parliamentarians – including Jacqui Lambie and Lidia Thorpe – sign letter calling for blanket ban
  • The headquarters of the New York Times on 8th Avenue in New York

    Zionist Federation leader says Australia-based NYT journalist should be sacked over doxed list

  • Composite image of the long driveway and the police vehicle the Trains burnt out at the front gate with inset images of the Trains

    NSW police had emails that could have saved lives at Wieambilla, inquest hears

  • A woman in green wearing glasses

    NT government missed opportunities to prevent ‘horrific deaths’ of four Indigenous women, inquest hears

  • Simon Birmingham in the Senate chamber last Thursday

    Coalition senators split in voting on Ralph Babet motion on abortion – as it happened

  • Australian opposition leader Peter Dutton

    Peter Dutton tells Coalition party room he only wants temporary pause on Gaza visas as part of ‘principled stance’

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Europe

  • Rescue personnel work in the area where the superyacht Bayesian sank, off the coast of Porticello.

    Live
    Sicily yacht sinking: diving teams attempt to access stern and say huge volume of water entered Bayesian in short time in storm – live

    Specialist Italian divers face challenging conditions underwater with boat at great depth and positioned at 90 degrees
  • A young woman stays in line for evacuation train in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region.

    Live
    Russia-Ukraine war live: civilians flee Pokrovsk as Russia’s army bears down on key eastern Ukraine city

  • Tesla's China-made Model 3 vehicles at its factory in Shanghai in 2020

    Tesla faces lowest duty on Chinese-made cars exported to EU

  • A fishing boat sails past a police vessel and a coastguard vessel

    Bayesian yacht sinking: divers resume search for six missing people

  • Irmgard Furchner is wheeled into court sitting in a wheelchair. She is holding her handbag on her lap and is wearing a face mask

    German court rejects appeal by ex-Nazi secretary over role in 10,500 murders

  • A handout photo made available on 19 August 2024 by Perini Navi Press Office shows the 'Bayesian' sailing boat, in Palermo, Sicily, Italy.

    Sicily yacht sinking: Morgan Stanley International chair Jonathan Bloomer among missing

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Middle East

  • Men stand in the rubble of a school in Gaza City

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    Israel-Gaza war live: at least 10 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrike on school, say Gaza defence authorities

    Israeli military says it struck Hamas militant base inside the school but civil defence agency spokesperson says bodies of men and children recovered
  • Clockwise from top left: Nadav Popplewell, Haim Perry, Yagev Buchshtab, Alexander Dancyg, Yoram Metzger and Avraham Munder

    Israel says bodies of six hostages have been recovered from Gaza

  • Antony Blinken speaks to the media near Israeli protesters holding US flags and placards reading 'Hostage lives matter' and 'Hostage deal now'

    Blinken says Gaza ceasefire talks ‘may be last opportunity’ for hostage deal

  • US secretary of state Antony Blinken, left, shakes hands with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu

    Middle East crisis: Netanyahu’s office says meeting with Blinken was ‘positive’ – as it happened

  • Aerial view of damaged buildings in Khan Younis

    Israel perpetrating war crimes in plain sight in Gaza, says ex-UK diplomat

  • An ambulance in the middle of a street reduced to rubble

    Lawyers seeking arms export ban submit claims of Israeli war crimes to UK court

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South and Central Asia

  • Doctors at a protest march on Friday over the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata

    Hospitals in India hit as doctors begin nationwide strike over trainee’s rape and murder

    Non-essential medical services paralysed as more than a million doctors expected to join 24-hour protest amid rising anger at violence against women
  • A crowd of medics and students, one holding up a 'Stop Rape' sign

    Indian medics step up strike in protest at doctor’s rape and murder

  • Crowds of protesters shout and wave flags

    Protesters attack supporters of ousted Bangladesh PM in Dhaka

  • Protest in Kolkata over an alleged rape and murder incident at RG Kar Medical College<br>epa11549404 Citizens of Kolkata shout slogans against the government as they attend a mass protest over a rape and murder incident that took place at RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata, India, 14 August 2024. The Kolkata High Court on 13 August ruled that a probe into the rape and murder of a doctor during her working hours at RG Kar Medical College must be transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). A postgraduate student was found dead at a seminar hall of the hospital on 09 August, sparking state-wide protest protests and a strike by medical students and doctors. EPA/PIYAL ADHIKARY

    Indian women march to ‘reclaim the night’ after doctor’s rape and murder

  • Activists gather outside a university building: a crowd of young men are standing around the base of a statue, some waving dark green flags with red circles and wearing green and red headbands, and some with their fists raised; several lines of young women stand below them.

    Bangladesh court orders inquiry into Sheikh Hasina’s alleged role in grocer’s death

  • A woman sits next to the bodies of two people covered with cloth on the banks of a river

    Children among up to 200 Rohingya killed in Myanmar drone attack

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UK

  • Fresh angle on English … Rowan Atkinson as Mr Bean in Bean.

    Mr Bean teaches English: how film is helping language learners

    For students fathoming British accents, cinema is a godsend. Three Ukrainians getting used to Yorkshire explain how light entertainment has been seriously useful
  • Bright flowers and balloons

    King Charles to visit Southport to meet people affected by stabbings and riot

  • Swiftie in a Eras Tour hat

    Love story: Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour at Wembley – photo essay

  • New £1 coins in hand

    First £1 coin featuring King Charles III enters circulation

  • A moth in a tree

    Rare moth found in Cambridgeshire orchard threatened by busway plan

  • Chief Executive of Severn Trent Liv Garfield.

    Sewage-spilling English water firms could be denied ‘top marks’ in rankings

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US

  • Kamala Harris and Barack Obama pictured together in 2022

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    Obamas to address Democratic National Convention following rousing Biden speech – US politics live

    Bernie Sanders and Doug Emhoff to also speak at Chicago conference after rapturous reception for outgoing president on Monday
  • a woman in a light purple suit speaks into a microphone

    Ex-Nikki Haley voters rally behind Kamala Harris: ‘I picked the side that had the least issues’

  • A teenage boy wearing a yellow polo shirt being interviewed

    Louisiana teen honored by Red Cross after saving man’s life with CPR

  • Joe Biden speaks at the Democratic national convention in Chicago.

    First Thing: Biden urges voters to elect Harris to ‘preserve democracy’

  • Gold bars at the Argor-Heraeus plant in Mendrisio, Switzerland

    Gold prices hit record high amid prospect of US interest rate cuts

  • Joe Biden,Barack Obama<br>FILE - Former President Barack Obama, with President Joe Biden and Bill Clinton, participates in a fundraising event with Stephen Colbert at Radio City Music Hall, Thursday, March 28, 2024, in New York. Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama have endorsed Kamala Harris in her White House bid, giving the vice president the expected but still crucial backing of the nation’s two most popular Democrats.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

    Barack and Michelle Obama to speak on second day of Democratic national convention

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