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Israel and Hamas have been included for the first time on a United Nations list for violating children’s rights. The UN’s Children in Armed Conflict said in its annual report that war in Israel and Gaza, as well as in Ukraine and Sudan, led to an unprecedented number of children being killed and injured in

The vice-president of Malawi and nine others have died in a plane crash, the country’s president has said. The flight – carrying seven passengers and three military crew members – “went off radar” after leaving the capital, Lilongwe, on Monday morning. Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera announced the news in a live broadcast on Tuesday. This

Joe Biden’s son has been found guilty of illegally buying a gun after hiding his drug use. Hunter Biden, 54, was convicted of three firearm charges in the first criminal prosecution of a sitting US president’s offspring. Prosecutors had said he lied on a form when buying a Colt Cobra revolver in October 2018 by

An aircraft carrying Malawi’s vice president and nine others has gone missing. According to the president’s office, Saulos Klaus Chilima was on board when the flight “went off radar” after leaving the capital, Lilongwe, on Monday morning. Rescue operations are ongoing, it added, after efforts to “make contact” with the plane failed. “The public will be

French President Emmanuel Macron has dissolved France’s National Assembly and called a snap election after his party suffered a calamitous result in elections to the European Parliament. Marine le Pen’s hard right National Rally party won about 32% of the vote – a 10 point increase on the last EU election in 2019. It is

Denmark’s prime minister is suffering from whiplash after a man assaulted her in Copenhagen on Friday. Mette Frederiksen’s office said in a statement on Saturday the prime minister had been rushed to a hospital for a check-up soon after the attack. She is otherwise fine apart from whiplash but had been left “shaken” by the

Israel says it has rescued four hostages from Gaza. They are in a good medical condition, Israeli authorities said, and are receiving medical checks at Sheba hospital, where they will spend the night. The hostages, who were captured by Hamas from the Nova music festival in October, were named as Noa Argamani, 25, Almog Meir

Denmark’s prime minister Mette Frederiksen has been attacked in central Copenhagen. Ms Frederiksen was in shock after being hit by someone, the Danish news agency Ritzau said, citing the police and the prime minister’s office. A man has been arrested. It is unclear whether the PM has been left injured by the attack. This breaking

Two police officers in the US are under investigation after they were filmed beating a man on the ground with their batons at a bus stop. Footage posted online showed the officers repeatedly hitting the man with truncheons in Seattle last Friday. During the 40-second clip, one of the officers appeared to grab the man’s

The renowned “50 Best” list of the world’s best restaurants has been revealed in Las Vegas – with a new restaurant taking top spot. Disfrutar in Barcelona took the crown from Central in Lima, Peru (previous winners are ineligible and instead join a Best of the Best list). Eating the standard menu costs £247 (€290)

An Israeli airstrike on a school in Gaza has killed dozens of people, including children, local officials say. Israel claimed its military planes were targeting what it says was a “Hamas compound” when they struck the school. Hamas-affiliated media said the airstrike killed at least 39 people, with local health officials saying that included at

The potential for all-out war between Israel and Lebanon seems to have dramatically moved up a notch – or more – over the past few days. And the Israeli prime minister has done nothing to dissuade that notion – telling his troops on the northern border with Lebanon on Wednesday that they are prepared for

The last 12 months have all been over the critical threshold of 1.5 degrees of global warming, according to a new analysis of temperature data. Global average temperatures from June 2023 to May 2024 were 1.63 degrees above the 1850-1900 “pre-industrial” baseline according to Copernicus, the EU’s climate monitoring service. A short-term annual breach isn’t

Joe Biden is set to close the border with Mexico under a new executive order clamping down on asylum seekers. Signed on Tuesday, the order allows the US to suspend entry of non-citizens crossing from Mexico once the average number of daily encounters hits 2,500 between official ports of entry. A senior administration official said

A Chinese spacecraft is on its way back to Earth after becoming the first ever probe to collect samples from the far side of the moon. The Chang’e-6 lifted off just after 12.30am UK time on Tuesday to begin its journey home, according to the China National Space Administration. Officials said it had been successful

For the past three weeks or so I’ve travelled the entire length of Mexico, from its border in the south with Guatemala to its northern state of Chihuahua that borders the US. In cities, towns, and villages, ubiquitous billboards for the various political parties and candidates dominated the skyline. Claudia Sheinbaum’s face was as common

The Maldives says it will ban the entry of Israelis amid public anger in the predominantly Muslim archipelago over the war in Gaza. The office of Maldives’ President Mohamed Muizzu said his cabinet had decided to change laws to prevent Israeli passport holders from entering the country, and it will establish a subcommittee to oversee

Manisha has been waiting for hours in the scorching heat for the water tanker. Hundreds of residents like her from the Vivekanand camp have lined up their empty container along the sidewalk with hose pipes. While the tanker is rolling into this narrow lane young boys and girls climb atop the moving vehicle. A dozen

Mexico’s election has become its bloodiest in modern history after the number of assassinated candidates reached 37 before today’s vote. The election is likely to give Mexico its first woman president as voters decide between a former academic who is promising to advance the current leader’s populist policies and a former senator and tech entrepreneur

Signs of Russia’s so-called special military operation are everywhere in Moscow, from roadside recruitment adverts to Z-themed souvenirs. Now there is another example – a proposed tax hike, that amounts to the biggest shake-up of the Russian tax system in a quarter of a century. As the war in Ukraine continues to drain the Kremlin’s