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Saudi Arabia has not commented on claims, but confirmed three killed in airport strikes earlier this week Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis say they have struck Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh ⁠airport with a ballistic missile, badly damaging a plane and leading some airlines to suspend flights to the capital. The group provided no evidence, and Saudi Arabia did not immediately comment on the claim. Continue re…

Thousands expected to march in Delhi on Saturday, as anger mounts over controversial changes to voter lists in world’s largest democracy India’s Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), which began as a satirical movement but is now emerging as a political force among gen Z’s, says authorities have begun detaining its members en masse days before a major anti-government protest in Delhi. Opposition parties, …

Victory by Sagal Abdi-Wali in north London seat will be a relief for Andy Burnham in high-stakes battle for the left of British politics Labour has won the Holborn and St Pancras byelection in a high-stakes battle for the left of British politics. The byelection, called after the former prime minister Keir Starmer resigned the seat in September, was considered a two-horse race between the Labour …

Residents in areas from the mouth of the Mississippi River to Florida urged to ‘evacuate if told to do so’ Millions of people from Louisiana to Florida were under hurricane warnings on Thursday as Hurricane Isaias heads toward the US Gulf coast, with weather officials warning of dangerous storm surge, hurricane-force winds, heavy rainfall and flooding. Isaias intensified from a tropical storm int…

Making its southern hemisphere debut, Dance Reflections will feature collaborators of Rosalía, Madonna and Beyoncé – and a high-wire takeover of the Cutaway Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email A “once-in-a-lifetime” program of dance works of scale will be coming to Sydney in January, including 11 international works from France, Belgium, South Africa and beyond making their Australian pre…

Treasurer earmarks funds for year-long transition period for tax office, delaying ban’s 30 November start date A controversial credit card ban for payments on tax bills will be delayed by six months as extra funding is announced for the Australian Tax Office. Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced on Friday extra funding for the ATO to halt the change until the end of June. Continue reading...

Results are expected from 2.30am BST in the north London poll to choose a replacement for former PM Keir Starmer Holborn and St Pancras is, under normal circumstances, a Labour stronghold . Keir Starmer won it with a majority of 11,500 at the 2024 general election despite strong challenges from the Greens and a leftwing independent candidate, who is not standing again and has endorsed Zack Polans…

State planning minister declares project ‘state significant’, wresting approval process away from local council Plans for a grand new public square in centre of Sydney are in doubt after the New South Wales planning minister declared the project “state significant”, wresting the approval process away from the City of Sydney. The lord mayor, Clover Moore, released renders in August for the plaza o…

Captain Dan Keeler says there were ‘no lost lives on board’ and adds that deployment was ‘first experience with combat’ for most sailors Thousands turn out to welcome weary USS Lincoln sailors Sign up for the US Breaking News email Donald Trump has urged James Talarico , the Democratic nominee in the US Senate race in Texas, to debate Ken Paxton – Republican attorney general that the president ha…

Peter Fonagy lauds courage of young people and warns of consequences of rising prevalence of mental illness Full report | NHS at risk of ‘system failures’ as demand for ADHD and autism care soars, inquiry finds Explainer | What has the Fonagy review found and what does it recommend? Eighteen months ago, in an off-the-cuff remark during a discussion on disability benefit cuts, Wes Streeting said m…

Prof Peter Fonagy’s 607-page report is categoric that mental distress has increased substantially and ‘cannot be explained by greater awareness alone’ Full report | NHS at risk of ‘system failures’ as demand for ADHD and autism care soars, inquiry finds Analysis | No ‘snowflakes’: mental health review says today’s youth have it harder and harms are real The Fonagy review of NHS England’s mental h…

England-focused mental health review returns stark warning and calls for shift to ‘needs-led’ system Explainer | What has the Fonagy review found and what does it recommend? Analysis | No ‘snowflakes’: mental health review says today’s youth have it harder and harms are real The NHS in England is heading into a “world of system failures” as it struggles to cope with relentlessly rising demand for…

Flowers, tried six times over 1996 murders of four people, faced execution before supreme court tossed his conviction Curtis Flowers, a Black man who spent more than 22 years in prison and was on death row in Mississippi before the US supreme court threw out his conviction and death sentence, has died. He was 56. Flowers’ family confirmed that he died on Wednesday at his home in Mississippi , att…

NYPD says person conscious and taken to a hospital but officials do not specify which agency carried out shooting Federal agents shot an individual in New York City on Thursday, according to the New York police department (NYPD). The individual was conscious and taken to a hospital, the NYPD said in a brief statement . Continue reading...

The offer would have been the biggest debut on the stock market since the telecommunication giant in 1997 Firmus Technologies has scrapped what was set to be Australia’s biggest company listing in decades after investor demand for its much-hyped AI data centre business failed to materialise. A Firmus spokesperson said the board decided that proceeding with the offer was no longer in the best inte…