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Israel’s cabinet has approved a deal with Hamas to secure the release of 50 hostages being held in Gaza The hostages will be released over a four-day pause in fighting, a statement from the Israeli prime minister’s office says. Under the deal, the release of every additional 10 hostages will extend the pause in fighting […]
Millions of Indians cried along with cricket captain Rohit Sharma on Sunday as he walked off the field, trying to hold back his tears. His team had just lost the cricket World Cup final to Australia, prolonging India’s painful wait for the glory since 2011. This was arguably his best shot at winning the coveted […]
North Korea claims it has successfully put a military spy satellite into space, drawing condemnation from neighbouring countries. State news agency KCNA said the satellite, named Malligyong-1, had accurately entered orbit. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed the launch, the agency added. The White House described the step as a “brazen violation” of multiple […]
Microsoft has offered to match the pay of any staff who join it from crisis-ridden OpenAI. Sam Altman was controversially sacked as CEO on Friday, leading to a job offer at Microsoft to lead “a new advanced AI research team”. Almost every staff member at OpenAI has threatened to leave unless he and co-founder Greg […]
Elon Musk’s social media platform X has sued a left-leaning pressure group that accused the site of allowing antisemitic posts next to advertising. X’s lawsuit alleges that Media Matters for America “manipulated” data in an attempt to “destroy” the platform formerly known as Twitter. Firms including Apple, Disney, IBM and Comcast have paused adverts on […]
Three of the world’s most influential women have told BBC News they want to end child marriage within a generation. Michelle Obama, Amal Clooney and Melinda French Gates announced last year a collaboration between their foundations to combat the problem. At the current rate of progress
South Africa’s former rugby star Hannes Strydom has died in a car accident at the age of 58. He was part of the Springbok team that famously won the 1995 Rugby World Cup after the end of apartheid in 1994. Strydom gained 21 Springbok caps in his career between 1993 and 1997. Former teammate and […]
More than 200 defendants in one of Italy’s biggest mafia trials for generations have been sentenced to a total of more than 2,200 years in jail. The three-year trial saw individuals allegedly linked to the ‘Ndrangheta sentenced for crimes ranging from extortion to drug trafficking. Those sentenced included a former Italian senator, though the verdicts […]
Japan has condemned the hijacking of a Japanese-operated, British-owned cargo ship in the Red Sea by Iran-backed Houthi rebels. The Yemeni militia claimed the vessel was Israeli, and a spokesman said the seizure was only the beginning of a “battle at sea”. Israel said the ship was not Israeli and a Japanese government spokesperson said […]
Sam Altman is joining Microsoft, the tech-giant has announced, ending speculation he might return to OpenAI just 48 hours after his chaotic ousting. Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that Altman would be joining Microsoft to lead “a new advanced AI research team”. Meanwhile, ex-Twitch CEO Emmett Shear will become OpenAI’s […]
The chief executive of Australian telecom giant Optus has resigned after a nationwide outage this month. Kelly Bayer Rosmarin has been under pressure to quit after overseeing a tumultuous three years for the firm. Along with the network failure which left almost half of Australia disconnected, she was at the helm during a major data […]
Far-right libertarian outsider Javier Milei has won Argentina’s presidential run-off poll, according to provisional results. Milei’s rival, economy minister Sergio Massa, called him to concede. Former US President Donald Trump congratulated Milei on his victory, saying he would “Make Argentina Great Again!”. The election comes at a difficult time for Argentina with rising ...
The ex-boss of leading artificial intelligence firm OpenAI has posted a photo of himself at its HQ, following reports he is set to return after being sacked on Friday. Writing on X, formerly Twitter, Sam Altman is pictured holding a guest ID pass and comments: “First and last time i ever wear one of these”. […]
Former US First Lady Rosalynn Carter, the wife of ex-President Jimmy Carter, has died at the age of 96. The Carter Center confirmed in a statement that she died peacefully with her family by her side. On Friday, it was reported that she had entered a hospice care home in the state of Georgia, and […]
At least 80,000 households across Kenya have been affected by heavy rainfall, flooding and landslides over the last week, the deputy president has said. The emergency services are using helicopters to deliver aid and rescue marooned families, Rigathi Gachagua’s statement says. On Saturday, Kenya Railways said flooding and landslides along the train track between the […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has described al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City as a “death zone”. A joint UN team led by the WHO assessed the hospital for one hour following its occupation by the Israeli military and as some patients and those seeking shelter there began to evacuate it. The team said they saw […]
Finland has closed four of its border crossings with Russia to try to halt a surge in asylum seekers it says was instigated by Moscow. Helsinki accused its neighbour of channelling migrants to the crossings in retaliation for it joining Nato. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Finland was making a “big mistake” and destroying bilateral […]
An armed suspect opened fire in the lobby of a psychiatric hospital in New Hampshire, killing one person, before an officer returned fire, killing the attacker, police say. Officials said the suspect was “immediately engaged and shot” dead by an officer assigned to the hospital. The officer was not hurt. Police have not identified the […]
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A Boeing 747 cargo jet has been forced to turn around, after a horse escaped from its stall and caused chaos as the plane cruised at 30,000ft (9,144m). The plane was headed to Belgium from New York but did a U-turn roughly 90 minutes after its departure when the animal got loose. Air traffic control […]
Their smiling faces look down from the sides of skyscrapers, walls between Tel Aviv’s restaurants and bars and a giant video screen at a shopping mall entrance. More than 240 hostages were snatched at gunpoint on 7 October from their homes or workplaces next to the Gaza Strip, from military bases and a big outdoor […]
Red alerts have been issued for almost 3,000 towns and cities across Brazil, which have been experiencing an unprecedented heatwave. Records have been broken in areas including the city Rio de Janeiro – where temperatures felt as high as 52.5C. More than a hundred million people have been affected by the heat, which is expected […]
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The US Supreme Court on Monday released its first ever set of ethics rules governing its nine justices. The nine-page “code of conduct” comes as the most powerful legal body in America is under increasing scrutiny following recent news reports of gifts and holiday arrangements lavished on several of its jurists. While federal judges on […]
Indian rescue workers have made contact with about 40 workers trapped in a tunnel collapse in Uttarakhand state and confirmed that all of them are safe, officials have said. “All the 40 workers trapped inside the tunnel are safe,” Karamveer Singh Bhandari, a senior commander in the National Disaster Response Force, said in a statement […]
Five American service members have died in a helicopter crash in the eastern Mediterranean, the US military says. It says the aircraft suffered a mishap while refuelling as part of a routine training exercise. The military statement did not specify where the aircraft was flying from or where the crash happened. The US has increased […]
Millions of Indians are celebrating Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, which is one of the most important festivals in the country. People pray, enjoy festive meals and light fireworks; sweets are distributed among neighbours and friends and a feeling of joy permeates the air. However, the celebrations also spark concerns about air pollution, including […]
Pope Francis has fired the Texan bishop Joseph Strickland, a fierce critic who has questioned the Pope’s leadership of the Catholic church. The Vatican said the bishop would be “relieved” of his duties as a result of investigations at his Diocese of Tyler. Bishop Strickland is a leading voice in a branch of US Catholicism […]
Lionel Messi has “no doubt” Inter Miami will secure more silverware after he extended his record for Ballon d’Or wins. The 36-year-old Argentina forward was named the world’s best player for an eighth time last month, after helping his country win the 2022 World Cup. He left Paris St-Germain to join Miami in July and the MLS club won […]
Israel must stop killing babies and women in Gaza, French President Emmanuel Macron has told the BBC.