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Residents of Ituri province fear spread of disease and economic impact of outbreak six years after the last “On public transport, in bars and at mass gatherings, everyone is talking about Ebola,” said Gloire Mumbesa, 38, a resident of Mongbwalu, a mining town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He said cases of the disease had been reported locally and panic was engulfing the area because of…

Britain likely to face ‘warm, welcoming stance’ if it seeks re-entry but also a ‘hard-headed one’ – with no special deals Britain would not be able to rejoin the EU on the special terms it enjoyed in the past, veterans of the Brexit negotiations have said. According to former officials from around Europe, the UK should not expect to achieve as beneficial a deal as it once had if it decided to beg…

Former contestants claim there was not enough protection for cast during making of Channel 4 show Two women have alleged they were raped during the filming of Married at First Sight UK, one of Channel 4’s biggest shows, and a third alleged she was subjected to a non-consensual sex act. The show did not do enough to protect them, the women told an edition of the BBC’s Panorama outlining their alle…

Expected candidate in Makerfield byelection says party ‘needs to change if we are to regain people’s trust’ Andy Burnham drew the battle lines for the future of the Labour party on Monday as the Greater Manchester mayor promised he would “change Labour” and win back the voters the party had lost. Burnham, who is expected to be Labour’s candidate in the Makerfield byelection, claimed it would be n…

Kalshi announces two-year investment to National Council on Problem Gambling ‘focused on trader health and safety’ The prediction market Kalshi, which maintains it is not a gambling platform, has announced plans to give $2m to the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) as it continues to ride a nationwide surge. While prediction markets allow users to bet – or “trade” – on the outcome of alm…

Christian Castro charged with five counts over shooting of Julio César Sosa-Celis in Trump immigration crackdown A Minnesota prosecutor on Monday announced charges against an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in the shooting of a Venezuelan man during the Trump administration’s crackdown. The officer, Christian Castro, is charged with four counts of second-degree assault and one c…

Health officials to take ‘proactive measures’ in response to the ongoing Ebola virus epidemic in the DRC and Uganda Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email US health authorities confirmed on Monday that an American has developed Ebola after being exposed during their work in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); officials also said that they were taking “proactive measures” to protect…

Pouria Zeraati, who worked for a dissident Farsi-language broadcaster, was attacked outside his home in 2024 The stabbing of a journalist in London was a planned attack ordered by a third party acting on behalf of the Iranian state, a court has heard. Pouria Zeraati, a British journalist of Iranian origin had worked for Iran International, a Farsi-language dissident Farsi-language broadcaster, wh…

If most popular Labour politician cannot win this seat then party’s electoral problems run deeper than Keir Starmer The Makerfield byelection is bigger than Andy Burnham. Of the Labour MPs who were back on the constituency’s doorsteps in Hindley Green and Winstanley, just after an intensive local election campaign, many said the fight feels existential. It matters because it is probably the close…

About 36% of children whose parents were detained were younger than six, Brookings Institution study found More than 145,000 US children have likely experienced a parent being detained by immigration authorities since the start of Donald Trump’s second presidency , according to a new report published by a reputed US thinkthank. The report , released Monday by the Brookings Institution, estimates …

A court case in New York has highlighted how Iran is using technology to recruit agents who may not even be regime supporters When on Friday a 32-year-old Iraqi was brought before a court in New York to be charged with planning to attack Jewish community sites in the US, a curtain was suddenly lifted on a corner of a shadowy world. The detention of Mohammed Saad Baqer al-Saadi in Turkey last week…

Tehran is said to have made or reiterated some concessions but source in mediator Pakistan appears pessimistic Middle East crisis – live updates Iran has made a new proposal for a deal to definitively end the war in the Middle East, officials in the region said on Monday, though there was no sign of any immediate breakthrough in the stalled peace negotiations. A ceasefire has paused most violence…

Accounts for Reform UK leader’s media company suggest money was not withdrawn at time of property purchase Nigel Farage is facing fresh scrutiny over his claim that he paid for his £1.4m house from a reality show fee rather than the millions gifted to him by a crypto billionaire. Accounts for the Reform leader’s personal media company, Thorn in the Side Ltd, suggest that money was not withdrawn f…

Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum denies any links between her Morena party and organized crime Pressure is mounting on Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s president, after two former top officials from the country’s Sinaloa state – both members of her Morena party – gave themselves up to US authorities over alleged ties to the Sinaloa cartel. The state’s former security minister, Gerardo Mérida Sánche…

‘Tank Day’ event causes outrage with ‘malicious mockery’ of deadly crackdown during dictatorship era The chief executive of Starbucks in South Korea has been fired after the company ran a promotional event using slogans that evoked a massacre of pro-democracy protesters during the country’s dictatorship era, sparking outrage and boycott calls. The coffee chain launched a “Tank Day” campaign on 18…