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Dozens of US attacks on boats in the Pacific and Caribbean have killed more than 230 people since September 2025 A special rapporteur for the UN human rights council has concluded that there are “reasonable grounds to believe” that the United States attacks on boats allegedly carrying drugs in the Pacific and Caribbean “constituted crimes against humanity”. The boat strikes, carried out since Sep…

Authorities say a man was critically injured and officer was wounded in exchange of gunfire near a Belleville synagogue A police officer and a man were wounded in an exchange of gunfire Sunday near a synagogue in Ontario as members of the Jewish community marked Yom Kippur, authorities said. The man was hospitalized in life-threatening condition. The province’s special investigations unit said th…

Ahead of United Nations meeting, prime minister says Australians knows the impact of global heating as well as anyone Australia understands the dangers of global warming and the urgency of climate action as much as any other country, Anthony Albanese has said in a keynote speech ahead of the United Nations general assembly. Speaking at the opening of the Climate Week event at the United Nations i…

Salmon companies operating in Tasmanian marine areas deployed almost 1,800 explosives in first half of 2026, government figures reveal Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast More than 150,000 underwater explosives have been used to deter seals at Tasmanian salmon farms since 2016, according to new government data. Department of Natural Resources and Environment (NRE Tas) dat…

New study describes two species, Anchiale robusta and Anchiale mabiensis , both found in far north Queensland Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Two new large stick insect species have been identified by Australian researchers, in a discovery they say illustrates how little we still understand about insect diversity. The two species, both found in far north Queensland, a…

Police crack down on family and political supporters of former PM who say authorities are ‘slowly killing’ him in prison Three sisters of Pakistan’s incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan have been arrested amid a heavy-handed government crackdown on plans for a nationwide protest to demand Khan’s release. The lawyer for the three sisters – Aleema Khan, Uzma Khan and Noreen Niazi – said on…

Lawyer tells review hearing that families wish to know whether weaponry involved in the deaths was made in UK Israeli and UK military commanders could be requested to give evidence to an inquest concerning three British workers killed in Gaza when aid vehicles they were travelling in were hit by an airstrike. It is also possible that the inquest into the deaths of John Chapman, 57, Jim Henderson,…

Exclusive: Slave trader is interred at All Saints, which may be given a change of use after being closed for years Bones of the enslaver Edward Colston are likely to remain interred in a church in Bristol if and when the currently unused building is given a new lease of life as a community resource, it has emerged. The dean of Bristol, the Very Rev Mandy Ford , said Colston’s remains would probab…

Nats says fault at Prestwick has been ‘fixed’ after airports in Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland are hit Business live – latest updates Airlines have called for “action and accountability” over the UK’s air traffic control services after another technical issue led to flights being disrupted for the second time in a fortnight. Dozens of flights were cancelled and others severely de…

Doula stopped to assist couple with birth while first responders were also stuck in traffic and arrived on foot A woman stuck in heavy traffic in San Francisco went into labor and gave birth to a healthy baby girl, local authorities have said. The San Francisco fire department said in a statement that a couple had been snarled up in heavy congestion near the city’s Golden Gate park when they were…

New report shows key indicators of Earth’s health are ‘outside the safe operating space’ as climate disaster looms The planetary life support systems relied upon by humans have deteriorated to their worst levels ever recorded amid ongoing pollution and habitat destruction, according to a key yet grim annual update by scientists. Of the nine “planetary boundaries” that help determine whether life …

Pro-Kremlin party’s record victory in tightly controlled vote likely to be used as evidence country supports war Russia’s new parliament will include 49 deputies who have taken part in the war against Ukraine, officials said on Monday, after a landslide victory by the ruling United Russia party in widely criticised elections. The pro-Kremlin party won a record 355 seats in the country’s 450-seat …

Walter Moorhead, 74, jailed on suspicion of manslaughter after allegedly shooting a woman while hunting in Delaware A Maryland hunter was recently jailed on suspicion of manslaughter after he allegedly fatally shot a woman whom he mistook for a deer, according to authorities in Delaware . Walter Moorhead, 74, was hunting from a ground blind in a field near Ellendale, Delaware, at about 7.40pm on …

Police responded to altercation and found injured man and another person who identified himself as a federal agent Authorities in Illinois are investigating a case on Sunday in which a US citizen was detained by federal immigration agents before ending up at a hospital with injuries. It came the same day that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shot and seriously wounded a man in Austin, Te…

Nigel Farage dismisses resignation of former leader as a ‘bump in the road’ and that the party would ‘carry on as if nothing had happened’ UK politics live – latest updates Nigel Farage dismissed the loss of Reform UK’s leader in Wales last week as a “bump in the road”, as the party unveiled a replacement. Helen Jenner becomes Reform UK’s new leader in Wales after Dan Thomas stood down last Tuesd…