Sir Keir Starmer has promised Russia’s “irresponsible rhetoric” on nuclear weapons will not affect UK support for Ukraine. Ukraine has fired US-supplied longer-range missiles at Russian territory for the first time, the Russian government said, a day after the US gave its permission for such attacks. Earlier on Tuesday, President Putin approved changes to Russia’s … Read more
G20 leaders pledge support for multilateralism, the Global South and an open economy. Leaders of the world’s top economies have wrapped up a meeting in Brazil, where they committed to tackling poverty, inequality and climate change. The wars in Ukraine and the Middle East were also high on the agenda, as were global trade and … Read more
Israeli strikes hit ‘specific component’ in Iran’s nuclear programme in October Financial Times Netanyahu confirms Israel strike against Iran hit nuke program during October retaliatory strikes Fox News Israeli strikes hit ‘component’ of Iran’s nuclear programme: Netanyahu Al Jazeera English Netanyahu says Israel’s October attack hit a component in Iran nuclear programme Reuters Israeli counterattack hit component of Iranian … Read more
Videos circulating on Chinese social media show screaming children and people lying injured on the ground. Multiple schoolchildren have been injured following a car crash outside a school in central China’s Hunan province, state media outlets have reported. “Many” children were injured in the incident, but the specific number of casualties is still being determined, … Read more
A large convoy of trucks carrying aid was “violently looted” in the Gaza Strip over the weekend and its drivers forced at gunpoint to unload supplies, the main United Nations agency that helps Palestinians said on Monday, calling it one of the worst such incidents of the war. The agency, known as UNRWA, said in … Read more
The Biden administration was complicit in Israeli war crimes, but will things be even worse under the Trump White House? United States President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees to his administration are hardline pro-Israel politicians, but the outgoing administration of current US President Joe Biden had a similar policy of unconditional support for Israel, argue former US … Read more
Uruguayan midfielder found guilty of ‘aggravated breach’ in comments about his South Korean club captain Son Heung-min. Tottenham Hotspur’s Rodrigo Bentancur has been banned for seven matches after the Uruguayan made a racist remark about South Korean people when talking about teammate Son Heung-min during a television appearance, the English Football Association (FA) has said. … Read more
Alan Jones, a retired controversial Australian talk radio host, was arrested on Monday in Sydney and charged with nearly two dozen counts of sexual abuse. Mr. Jones, 83, has faced accusations of abuse in the past and has denied them. On Monday, the New South Wales police said that he had abused eight people between … Read more
Veteran radio host and ex-rugby coach previously denied allegations of indecent assault aired by local media. Australia’s veteran broadcaster and former rugby coach Alan Jones has been charged with alleged sexual offences spanning two decades. Police in the state of New South Wales said on Monday that Jones had been charged with 24 offences involving … Read more
“I will say this simply, we cannot ask our farmers in Europe … to change their practices, to not use certain products and develop quality farming and, at the same time, open our markets to massive imports,” he said. The French president is on a whirlwind tour of South America that takes him to Argentina, … Read more