Israel is currently holding about 7,000 Palestinians accused or convicted of security offences, according to Israeli and Palestinian rights groups. Almost 3,000 Palestinians are reported to have been arrested in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, where violence has also surged, since 7 October.
Kent could be on course to have an elected mayor in the biggest shake-up of local government in more than half a century. The announcement came after Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey’s first Budget, delivered this afternoon in the House of Commons. Chancellor John Healey in the House of Commons today A mayoralty for
MOSCOW, Oct 28 (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin told African leaders on Wednesday that Russia was their best partner, accusing what he cast as a colonial West of still trying to exploit the continent’s resources and using debt to hold back development. Putin was speaking at the third Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow, a two-day event
A UK charity collected 88,544 unwanted real Christmas trees after the festive season. It turned them into reusable mulch, biomass and land management products. The effort also raised a record £1,885,915 for local causes. Just Helping, the national group behind the yearly Big Christmas TreeCycle Appeal, confirmed in its 2026 impact report that this was
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday hosted dozens of African leaders at a Russia-Africa summit, part of Moscow’s efforts to expand its influence across the continent. Speaking at the opening of the two-day Russia-Africa summit in Moscow, Putin cast it as an “organic part of a global transformation” and an end to
Yemeni officials have appealed for international support to protect civilians in Taiz as Iran-backed Houthi rebels tightened their siege of the city. Meanwhile, a police officer guarding the Israeli Embassy in the Serbian capital of Belgrade shot and killed a man who attacked him with a knife. Police said the incident was a “terrorist attack.”
Updated Oct. 28, 2026, 8:18 a.m. ET A high-speed passenger train rear-ended another and caused a derailment on Wednesday morning near Toledo, Spain, killing at least 30 people, according to a spokesperson for the regional government. The fatal accident, which sent multiple carriages down an embankment, comes after another deadly crash involving the same carriers
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Updated Oct. 28, 2026, 6:56 a.m. ET Two high-speed passenger trains collided and caused a derailment on Wednesday morning near Toledo, Spain, killing at least 30 people, according to a spokesperson for the regional government. The fatal accident, in which one train rear-ended another and sent two carriages down an embankment, comes after another deadly
Updated Oct. 28, 2026, 6:14 a.m. ET Two high-speed passenger trains collided and caused a derailment on Wednesday morning near Toledo, Spain, killing at least 10 people, according to local media, which cited Spanish officials. The fatal accident, in which one train rear-ended another and sent two carriages down an embankment, comes after another deadly
IF President Donald Trump loathed the Middle East, that unhappy region might be better off. Were he filled with cold disdain for Israel, Iran or the Arab monarchies of the Persian Gulf—as happened with other second-term presidents—he might by now be trying to walk away. Instead, as war clouds gather again over Iran and its
KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — A six-day ceasefire in a Russian-occupied city in southern Ukraine held for its first day and night, officials said Wednesday, but Moscow and Kyiv continued to batter each other elsewhere. The localized truce in the devastated southern city of Oleshky began Tuesday and is due to last through Sunday as a
Prakhar Jain, head of the state’s disaster management authority, said the cyclone had weakened slightly before landfall but still packed peak winds of up to 185 kph (115 mph) and brought heavy to very heavy rainfall to several coastal districts, triggering widespread disruption in affected areas. Officials said the cyclone was expected to weaken further
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday renewed his attacks on Arab parties, warning after casting his ballot that “they’re trying to steal the election” after reports that individuals were arrested with envelopes of cash. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (in picture) said that “they’re trying to steal the election” after reports that individuals were arrested
Demographically, it is true that young people in aging societies — which include France but also the United States and others — no longer have the same weight of numbers that helped their parents and grandparents make their mark when they were young. In France, protesting pupils have managed to spark a national conversation about
Morleys department store – which has been serving the Brixton community for 146 years – has been nominated in a national competition to find the UK’s Favourite Local Business 2026. The store, which is part of the London based independent department store chain Morley Department Stores Limited, was established in Brixton in 1880 as Morley
A new survey in Canada has found that public opinion towards immigrants is turning more positive after years of negativity. This was among the major findings of Focus Canada report on views on immigration released by the Toronto-based Environics Institute for Survey Research on Monday, ahead of the Canadian government announcing its new immigration levels
MYKOLAIV, Ukraine (AP) — A localized ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia took effect early Tuesday ahead of a humanitarian mission brokered by U.S. first lady Melania Trump, as missile attacks resumed in Kyiv. The local pause in fighting started at 3 a.m. to allow an aid mission into the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky in southern
ALEKSANDAR VUCIC has ruled Serbia for 14 years, controlling its media, economy and police so completely that the country was not considered a true democracy. But it turned out to be democratic enough. Less than two hours after the polls closed in the legislative election on October 25th, Mr Vucic, who was previously president but
Opposition leader María Corina Machado arrived in Venezuela Sunday, challenging a government she has vowed to oust and that has forged close ties with the Trump administration. Though the U.S. has supported Machado, it also has worked closely with interim President Delcy Rodríguez on oil deals. María Corina Machado greets supporters upon her arrival in
Imai yuki spent years learning to read Russian literature in the original. On a student exchange programme in St Petersburg in 2014-15, the lanky young Japanese man impressed Russian friends with his knowledge of their city and its literary legends, such as Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Mr Imai parlayed his language skills into a job covering Russia