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<p>Florida highway signage announces the impending arrival of Hurricane Milton in Port Richey on Tuesday. State officials told residents that the time to leave the area is now. </p>
LiveAmericas

Hurricane Milton nears Florida as locals told ‘this is the 11th hour’

Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden have pleaded with residents to evacuate now ahead of Milton’s landfall

<p>Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli air strike that targeted southern Lebanon </p>
Middle East

Biden and Netanyahu in first call for weeks

<p>The aftermath of a previous Israeli strike on Jabalia refugee camp</p>
Middle East

400,000 trapped in north Gaza, UN says, as death toll passes 42,000

Australasia

Fugitive father and children spotted in New Zealand bush after 3 years

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<p>Jemima Goldsmith</p>
South Asia

Imran Khan’s ex-wife Jemima Goldsmith says she received rape threats

<p>Chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath waves during a public meeting for BJP's candidate for the by poll to Phulpur (Allahabad) Lok Sabha seat in Allahabad on 8 March 2018</p>
India

India’s Uttar Pradesh to introduce law banning ‘spitting in food’

<p>A helicopter hoists Taiwan’s national flag during Taiwan National Day</p>
East Asia

Beware fake news and resist: how Taiwan is bracing for China invasion

<p>Doctors and social activists take part in a rally condemning the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata, India </p>
India

Doctors in India refuse to eat in solidarity with protest over rape

<p> Lawrence Bishnoi surounded by police </p>
India

The notorious gangster at the centre of a row between India and Canada

<p>File: A SriLankan Airlines Airbus A330 at Zurich International Airport 2 March 2012</p>
News & Advice

Pilot locks woman copilot out of cockpit after mid-air argument

<p>TV anchor Nesar Nabil wears a face mask to protest the Taliban's new order that female presenters cover their faces, as he reads the news on TOLOnews, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 22, 2022</p>
South Asia

Taliban media forced to stop showing images of living beings

<p>Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau listens to reporter's question during news conference on investigative efforts related to violent criminal activity occurring in Canada </p>
India

India and Canada expel diplomats amid row over Nijjar’s assassination

<p>A Ukrainian convict who joined the 92nd Assault Brigade of Ukraine’s army stands guard in an undisclosed area in the Kharkiv region</p>
LiveEurope

Russian soldiers given France visas after fleeing Vladimir Putin’s war

LiveEurope

Russian soldiers given France visas after fleeing Vladimir Putin’s war

<p>A Ukrainian convict who joined the 92nd Assault Brigade of Ukraine’s army stands guard in an undisclosed area in the Kharkiv region</p>
<p>Ukrainian men were held outside bars and restaurants by army recruiters</p>
Europe

Ukrainian men dragged away outside Kyiv nightspots by army recruiters

France Soccer Champions League
Europe

Mbappé's representatives dismiss Swedish reports of a rape claim

<p>The women are volunteers in air defence units and have undergone training to wield machine guns and assault rifles </p>
Europe

Meet Ukraine’s all-female unit shooting down Russian drones

Lifestyle

Christopher Columbus was secretly Jewish, new DNA study reveals

Lifestyle

Christopher Columbus was secretly Jewish, new DNA study reveals

<p>Gisele Pelicot waived her right to anonymity so the horror of what she endured could be heard around the world </p>
Europe

Thousands of women are abused like Gisele Pelicot: was I one of them?

<p>Sergei Skripal told the Dawn Sturgess inquiry that he now believes Vladimir Putin ordered the Novichok attack on his life </p>
Home News

Putin ordered Novichok attack on my life, Sergei Skripal tells inquiry

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Middle East

<p>Palestinians carry their belongings as they flee areas north of Gaza City on 12 October 2024 </p>
Middle East

US gives Israel deadline to allow Gaza aid or risk losing weapons

<p>A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-ballistic missile defense system is displayed </p>
Middle East

What is the THAAD defence system being sent by US to Israel?

<p>Irish UN peacekeeping soldiers take part in a ceremony at their camp in the southern Lebanese village of Blat, 27 October 2007</p>
Middle East

Irish peacekeepers in Lebanon have been part of mission for long time

Middle East

Why are there UN peacekeepers in Lebanon?

<p>Cameron reveals the Conservative government had been preparing to sanction two senior Israeli ministers</p>
Politics Explained

Cameron planned sanctions on Israeli ministers – would it have worked?

<p>David Lammy says the UK will continue to challenge Iran’s ‘unacceptable threats’ </p>
UK Politics

New sanctions imposed on Israeli settlers as Lammy condemns ‘inaction’

Middle East

Why are there UN peacekeepers in Lebanon?

<p>Cameron reveals the Conservative government had been preparing to sanction two senior Israeli ministers</p>
Politics Explained

Cameron planned sanctions on Israeli ministers – would it have worked?

<p>David Lammy says the UK will continue to challenge Iran’s ‘unacceptable threats’ </p>
UK Politics

New sanctions imposed on Israeli settlers as Lammy condemns ‘inaction’

<p>File: Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu with US president Joe Biden in the Oval Office</p>
Middle East

Netanyahu tells Biden he will limit attack on Iran to military targets

Middle East

Netanyahu tells Biden he will limit attack on Iran to military targets

<p>File: Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu with US president Joe Biden in the Oval Office</p>
<p>Spanish peacekeepers as part of UNIFIL in Lebanon - teams are refusing to leave despite requests from Israel </p>
Middle East

UN defies Israel’s call to withdraw peacekeepers from Lebanon

<p> Spanish peacekeepers of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon</p>
Middle East

UN voices ‘strong concern’ for peacekeepers after Israeli attacks

Middle East

Over 400,000 children in Lebanon displaced in 3 weeks, UN says

<p>Three men attempt to extinguish a fire after an Israeli airstrike on tents sheltering displaced people</p>
Middle East

Four Israeli soldiers killed in Hezbollah attack on army base

<p>Three men attempt to extinguish a fire after an Israeli airstrike on tents sheltering displaced people</p>
Middle East

Four Israeli soldiers killed in Hezbollah attack on army base

<p>Fire breaks out on the tents of displaced Palestinians after Israeli attacks in the garden of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Gaza City </p>
Middle East

Israeli strike on Gaza hospital tent camp kills four

<p>President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office in July 2024 </p>
US politics

Biden administration sends anti-missile system and US troops to Israel

US

<p>Donald Trump speaks in Atlanta on Tuesday evening</p>
LiveUS politics

Trump claims he’s the ‘father of IVF’ at Fox women’s town hall

<p>Austin King was last heard from on Tuesday 17 September </p>
Americas

A Yellowstone hiker vanished. Now a haunting note has been found

<p>Missing Austin King (L) pictured with his father Brian King-Henke</p>
Americas

Father of missing Yellowstone worker issues warning over sons rescue

Journalist Killed Las Vegas
Americas

An ex-politician faces at least 20 years in prison in the killing of a Las Vegas reporter

<p>Kennedy’s motorcade minutes before his assassination </p>
US politics

10 JFK assassination conspiracies that refuse to die

<p>Former president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends a Fox News Town Hall moderated by Fox News host Harris Faulkner, in Cumming, Georgia. However, many in attendance were already backing the Republican nominee </p>
US politics

Trump talked about women. Only his Republican friends were invited

<p>Stephen Colbert dons aviator sunglasses as he impersonates President Joe Biden on ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ </p>
US politics

Colbert channels inner Biden as he mocks Trump’s dancing town hall

<p>Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris looks on as she participates a "town hall" with radio host Charlamagne Tha God, in Detroit</p>
US politics

Harris lays into ‘unfit’ Trump in Charlamagne tha God interview

<p>Trump spoke in Chicago on Tuesday and said “Only stupid people put old” in when filling Supreme Court seats. The 78-year-old is running and asking voters to put him in the White House </p>
US politics

Trump says ‘you don’t put old in’ when talking SCOTUS appointments

US politics

Trump says ‘you don’t put old in’ when talking SCOTUS appointments

<p>Trump spoke in Chicago on Tuesday and said “Only stupid people put old” in when filling Supreme Court seats. The 78-year-old is running and asking voters to put him in the White House </p>
Climate World Energy Outlook
Americas

Shift toward EVs, particularly in China, could disrupt global oil market, energy report says

<p>A woman is accused of stabbing a worker to death inside a Mississippi McDonald’s </p>
US Crime News

Woman stabbed a McDonald’s worker in a Mississippi restaurant: cops

<p>Donald Trump said immigration, not the economy, is the biggest issue for the US at a Tuesday night rally in Atlanta </p>
US politics

Trump ignores polls and claims immigration, not economy, is top issue

<p>Wyatt Testerman, 18, was charged with murder in connection to the death of his grandmother, 74. He is now being held in jail on $500,000 bond </p>
US Crime News

Teen uses tumbler to beat his grandmother to death, cops say

<p>Wyatt Testerman, 18, was charged with murder in connection to the death of his grandmother, 74. He is now being held in jail on $500,000 bond </p>
US Crime News

Teen uses tumbler to beat his grandmother to death, cops say

<p>Lucas Schwartz, 12, was killed in New Jersey when a tree fell on top of him while playing with friends </p>
Americas

Boy, 12, dies after a tree fell on him while playing with a friend

<p>Michigan congressional candidate Tom Barrett ran an ad in a Black-owned newspaper with the wrong date for Election Day. Now, an organization has filed a complaint against his campaign, accusing them of suppressing Black voters</p>
US politics

Michigan candidate puts wrong election day in ad aimed at Black voters

Europe

<p>A Russian soldier in Ukraine discusses their use of Starlink dishes earlier this year </p>
Europe

Russia illegally using Musk Starlink satellites to advance in Ukraine

<p>Le Pen could face up to a decade behind bars if found guilty</p>
Europe

Marine Le Pen defiant in court as she denies embezzling EU funds

<p>Budapest is the latest to clamp down on short-term rentals to bring down housing prices </p>
News & Advice

Central Europe’s most popular city break to ban new Airbnb properties

<p>Portugal is seeking to become a low-tax haven for young people as politicans hope more young people stay in cities like Lisbon </p>
Europe

European country seeks to become a low-tax haven for young people

<p>The 630ft-high Castilla-La Mancha Bridge is one of the tallest in Spain</p>
Europe

British daredevil falls to his death from 620ft-high bridge

<p>A guard tower stands at the former prison of the East German, communist-era secret police, known as the Stasi</p>
Europe

Former Stasi secret police officer jailed for murder at Berlin Wall

<p>Ukrainian servicemen of the 43 Artillery Brigade prepare a 2S7 Pion self-propelled cannon to fire towards Russian positions at a front line in the Donetsk region on September 27, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine</p>
Europe

Russia desperate to capture a tiny village in Ukraine before winter

<p>A Tesla Model S is pictured at the Paris Auto Show, in Paris, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)</p>
Europe

Investigation launched after Tesla crash in France kills four

Lebanon Israel UNIFIL Explainer
Europe

Middle East latest: EU condemns attacks on peacekeepers in Lebanon

Europe

Middle East latest: EU condemns attacks on peacekeepers in Lebanon

Lebanon Israel UNIFIL Explainer
<p>An earlier version of the Okhotnik combat drone (above) flies alongside an Su-57 jet</p>
Europe

What is the mysterious Russian weapon downed by Moscow’s own forces?

<p>Maria Kondratska and her two children pictured in Ukraine prior to Russia’s invasion</p>
Home News

Ukrainian mother’s desperate appeal to be reunited with children in UK

<p>Russia’s opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in an Arctic penal colony in February </p>
Europe

Navalny: Guards slipped sweets in pocket to ‘undermine’ hunger strike

<p>Far-right groups in Germany, seen marching here in January, have been exploiting the tension surrounding Israel’s actions in the Middle East </p>
Europe

Germany’s Nazi history has left it in turmoil over how to treat Israel

<p>Far-right groups in Germany, seen marching here in January, have been exploiting the tension surrounding Israel’s actions in the Middle East </p>
Europe

Germany’s Nazi history has left it in turmoil over how to treat Israel

Al-Fayed Sex Abuse
Europe

UK police say 40 women have made sex crimes claims against late Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed

<p>A Russian Army "Grad" self-propelled 122 mm multiple rocket launcher fires rockets toward Ukrainian position at an undisclosed location</p>
Europe

Mapped: Where has Russia made advances in Donetsk?

Africa

<p>A view on felucca boats on Nile river in Aswan at sunset</p>
Africa

Ten countries agree Nile water-sharing deal despite Egypt opposition

Africa

Ten countries agree Nile water-sharing deal despite Egypt opposition

<p>A view on felucca boats on Nile river in Aswan at sunset</p>
<p>There are 36 confirmed cases of the disease that manifests like Ebola</p>
Health

Marburg virus deaths rise to 11 as source still being investigated

<p>Sex workers listen to a briefing on mpox Wednesday, September 4, 2024 in a bar in Kamituga, eastern Congo</p>
Africa

Sex workers hit by mpox outbreak say only option is to keep working

<p>Representational. An instant porridge brand in South Africa has been taken off shelves following death of three children </p>
Africa

Porridge brand withdrawn in South Africa after three children die

Africa

Watch: Farmer on trial charged with attempted murder of Black boy, 6

Africa

Watch: Farmer on trial charged with attempted murder of Black boy, 6

<p>Shirley and Roland Cherry were on a dream holiday when the hippo attacked their canoe</p>
Africa

British man nearly killed after hippo dragged him into river in Zambia

<p>Rare heavy snowfall batters South Africa’s coast</p>
News

Rare snowfall hits South Africa forcing major highway closures

<p>People walk through floodwaters following a dam collapse in Maiduguri, Nigeria</p>
Africa

Hundreds of inmates escape after floods pull down prison walls

<p>Kenyan Aviation workers strike over planned 30-year lease to Indian based company</p>
Africa

Flights grounded at Kenya’s main airport as workers protest

<p>Three men accused of killing two women and feeding their bodies to pigs, from right to left, farm-owner, Zachariah Olivier, supervisor, Adrian Rudolph de Wet and employee, William Musora appear in court Polokwane, South Africa, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024</p>
Africa

Farmers accused feeding women to pigs in case that shocked country

<p>Killing 723 animals including 83 Namibian elephants will help offset the effects of this year’s drought, the government says</p>
Africa

Namibia to kill more than 80 elephants despite conservation warning

<p>Part of a dormitory is seen following a fire at the Hillside Endarasha Primary in Nyeri, Kenya</p>
Africa

17 children dead and bodies ‘burned beyond recognition’ in school fire

<p>Elephants in Namibia</p>
Africa

Namibia to cull 83 elephants and give meat to people hit by drought

<p>Illustration shows test tubes with “Mpox virus positive” label</p>
Health

What is mpox and what does the WHO emergency declaration mean?

<p>Suspect, Collins Jumaisi Khalusha, leaves court in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, July 16, 2024 </p>
Africa

Suspected quarry serial killer escapes from police station

Asia

<p>File. Armymen inspect the site of a bomb attack in Bannu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan on 31 August 2023 </p>
South Asia

Militants dressed as women attack police station and kill 4 officers

<p>A military checkpoint on the road connecting North Korea's Kaesong city to South Korea's Paju, on 15 October 2024</p>
East Asia

South Korea fires warning shots after North Korea blows up road

<p>File: People and vehicles are seen on a road amidst the morning smog in New Delhi, India, 8 November 2023 </p>
India

Delhi orders ban on fireworks ahead of Diwali as air quality worsens

<p>A Taiwan Air Force jet prepares to land at an airbase in Hsinchu</p>
East Asia

China encircles Taiwan in latest war games to warn ‘separatist forces’

<p>People wade through a flooded road after heavy rainfall in Colombo, Sri Lanka </p>
South Asia

Three people killed as heavy rainfall causes floods in Sri Lanka

<p>A military checkpoint on the road from North Korea’s Kaesong city to Paju in South Korea on 14 October 2024 </p>
East Asia

North Korea threatens to turn South Korea ‘into piles of ashes’

<p>A Taiwan Air Force jet prepares to land at an airbase in Hsinchu</p>
East Asia

China encircles Taiwan in latest war games to warn ‘separatist forces’

<p>People wade through a flooded road after heavy rainfall in Colombo, Sri Lanka </p>
South Asia

Three people killed as heavy rainfall causes floods in Sri Lanka

<p>A military checkpoint on the road from North Korea’s Kaesong city to Paju in South Korea on 14 October 2024 </p>
East Asia

North Korea threatens to turn South Korea ‘into piles of ashes’

<p>Representational </p>
East Asia

South Korea awards service medals to 2 women who had 13 children each

<p>Recent events have shaken Taiwan out of any lingering complacency</p>
East Asia

Taiwan is counting on its silicon shield to save it from invasion

<p>File. Juvenile De Brazza's monkey at the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens </p>
China

Hong Kong closes zoo after eight animals die in one day

<p>File. An Air India aircraft is seen parked at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, France, on 9 August 2024</p>
News & Advice

New York-bound flight with 239 passengers diverted after bomb threat

<p>The enduring mystery of Mallory and Irvine may finally have been solved after 100 years</p>
World

Long-lost remains of Everest climber found after 100 years of mystery

<p>Baba Siddique, a three-time member of the state legislative assembly, was known for his close ties with Bollywood stars</p>
India

Mumbai politician killed in office as police blame jailed gang leader

<p>Izakaya bars located in Tokyo’s Omoide Yokocho street </p>
Japan

Why women like Paltrow are going Japanese when it comes to whisky

<p>The head of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Joergen Watne Frydnes, holds a mobile phone displaying an illustration with the name of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize winner, the Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo, in Oslo, Norway</p>
Japan

Japanese nuclear bomb survivors’ group wins Nobel Peace Prize 2024

Australasia

<p>Anthony Albanese attends the ASEAN summit in Vientiane, Laos, on 11 October 2024</p>
Australasia

PM buys £2.2m house as his government launches affordable homes plan

Australasia

PM buys £2.2m house as his government launches affordable homes plan

<p>Anthony Albanese attends the ASEAN summit in Vientiane, Laos, on 11 October 2024</p>
<p>New Zealand Navy Sexism</p>
Australasia

NZ official says navy ship didn’t sink because captain was a woman

Australasia

Fugitive father and children spotted in New Zealand bush after 3 years

<p>Amani celebrated her 23rd birthday in May</p>
Australasia

Public outcry as zoo euthanises healthy lioness after partner’s death

<p>File. Media and police are seen outside the Supreme Court of Victoria </p>
Australasia

Man who embraced ‘depraved’ Isis ideology jailed for eight years

<p>File. Media and police are seen outside the Supreme Court of Victoria </p>
Australasia

Man who embraced ‘depraved’ Isis ideology jailed for eight years

<p>Lobster will be back on the menu after the ban was lifted </p>
Australasia

Lobsters back on the menu for Australian exports to China

<p>File. Anthony Albanese</p>
Australasia

Backlash after Australian PM mocks opponent as ‘having Tourette’s’

<p>Oasis stars Noel and Liam Gallagher</p>
News

How to get Oasis tickets for the Australia 2025 reunion tour dates

<p>Jacob Hersant, a self-described Nazi, talks to the media outside the Melbourne Magistrates Court</p>
Australasia

Nazi who is first to be convicted over salute says he will do it again

<p>A New Zealand Navy vessel on fire, as seen from Tafitoala, Samoa, 6 October 2024</p>
Australasia

New Zealand naval ship catches fire and sinks off Samoa

<p>Pro-Palestine gather at Flinders Street Station during an organised protest on Sunday</p>
Australasia

Thousands of pro-Palestine protesters gather in Australia

<p>Officer puts up police tape at crime scene</p>
Australasia

Australian woman accused of dismembering husband in ‘bizarre’ murder

<p>Moo Deng and Pesto the Penguin have taken the internet by storm </p>
Voices

Moo Deng and Pesto Penguin are the antidote to our existential terror

<p>A Chinese silk chicken named Betty White was thrown to her death in an alligator-filled pond by an Australian park guest</p>
Lifestyle

Tourist pleads guilty after tossing chicken into an alligator pond

<p>Sydney harbour water turns green</p>
Australasia

Sydney Harbour water turns bright green due to ‘bucket-full’ of dye

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