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Residents leave devastated Russian-occupied Oleshky as evacuation corridor opens
Several hundred people are understood to have decided to stay in the frontline town, despite the lack of gas, electricity and running water.
Venezuela opposition leader María Machado calls for elections upon return
Machado, who was in exile for nearly a year, said the transition in Venezuela's government would be "irreversible, organised, pacific".
Spain continues to investigate causes of deadly Toledo train crash – Europe live
The full investigation is likely to take at least weeks to concludeMeanwhile, we are getting a line from Russian-occupied Oleshky confirming that evacuations are now under way, as part of a US-brokered localised ceasefi...
Are Trump’s global actions, from Ukraine to Iran, going to hurt him in elections?
Voters who backed the US president in the last election are saying they can’t vote for him today: ‘This is an abomination’Outside the Ukrainian educational and cultural center in a quiet Pennsylvania suburb of Jenkintow...
INDIA bloc meet LIVE: Opposition bloc preps for ‘public impeachment’ of CEC Gyanesh Kumar
INDIA bloc meet LIVE: The "public impeachment" comes as a form of symbolic protest amid the ongoing stir against CEC and the polling body over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the country.
Student-backed election winners demand sweeping resignations in Serbia
Days after ousting Aleksandar Vučić's party from power, Student List MPs call for top figures to stand down.
China made Mbappé apologise - but many don't know exactly what he said
His comment about Chinese leader Mao sparked anger but censorship left many wondering what exactly happened.
Anant Singh ordered to surrender by Dec 1 in Dularchand Yadav murder case, SC gives Bihar Police four months to finish probe
The Supreme Court bench, comprising Justices MM Sundresh and PV Varale, ordered Anant Singh to surrender to the authorities by December 1.
Battle lines redrawn in Spain’s snap election after latest train disaster
Next month’s poll no longer the contest it was, as Pedro Sánchez finds himself forced to defend government’s safety recordOne of the most dependable cliches of contemporary Spanish politics is that it never pays to bet...
Mushroom murderer fails to overturn convictions in Australian court challenge
Erin Patterson argued her trial was unfair due to seven grounds but three appeal judges dismissed them all.
US judge blocks Trump’s Medicaid rule forcing ill to prove impairment
A US district judge sided with 25 states and the District of Columbia, which sued the administration.
Venezuela’s Machado lauds Trump for ‘freedom’, urges 2027 elections
Nobel winner returns to Venezuela from exile, urging elections and criticising a controversial US oil deal with Caracas.
Climate academic Andreas Malm barred from entering UK
Swedish author was due to speak alongside Palestine Action co-founder at event discussing ban on the groupAndreas Malm, the climate academic and author of How to Blow Up a Pipeline, has been blocked from entering the UK...
Houthi forces claim six attacks on Saudi airports, oil facilities
The announcement comes despite talks between Iran and the Mecca pact countries in Tehran earlier this week.
Patrick Stewart, ‘Star Trek’ Captain Picard and ‘X-Men’ actor, dies at 86
Stewart died in Los Angeles after living with Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body dementia.
Palestinians injured, arrested in Israeli raids across West Bank
This comes as more than 3,300 Palestinians are forced from homes in Hebron as Israel's military offensive continues.
Netanyahu, Eisenkot or fresh polls? With no clear mandate, here are four ways Israel can form its next government
The pro-Netanyahu bloc won 53 seats in the elections, and Eisenkot's opposition bloc secured 48 seats. The Arab parties, in a historic showing, won 19 seats.
China expels a record number from Communist party amid Xi’s intensified purges of top officials
The unprecedented number of empty seats at the fifth plenum – a symbol of expulsions – serve as a symbol for the scale of the purges under Xi JinpingChina expelled a record number of officials from the Chinese Communist...