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EPA/ShutterstockBenjamin Netanyahu is facing an uphill contest in a general election scheduled for OctoberIsrael’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may have categorically rejected the new Board of Peace roadmap to disarm Hamas in Gaza, but that is unlikely to be the final word.The White House has not officially commented. However, it is reportedly “not bothered” by Netanyahu’s statement and views it as campaign rhetoric in the run-up to a heated general election.”We understand Bibi’s political needs” the Israeli journalist, Barak Ravid, quotes a senior US official as saying – using a nickname to refer to the Israeli leader. “We have no…
Getty ImagesA refining and petrochemical plant in Nizhnekamsk (stock photo)At least 13 people have been killed in a Ukrainian drone strike on the Russian republic of Tatarstan, local officials have said. They confirmed one child was among those killed, with 75 more people injured as drones hit Nizhnekamsk, more than 1,100 kilometres (680m) from the Ukrainian border. Ukraine’s Armed Forces said the city’s Tanevo oil refinery had been hit.It is one of the deadliest single attacks on Russia since the start of Moscow’s full-scale war in Ukraine in 2022. Kyiv has recently stepped up its long-range strikes on facilities it…
PA MediaNigel Farage said a “lit incendiary device” was pushed through his letterbox in April 2025Nigel Farage said an incident at his London home last year was “directly linked” to the murder of Ann Widdecombe, after counter-terror police reopened an inquiry into it last week.It relates to what Farage described as a “lit incendiary device” being pushed through his letterbox in April 2025, the BBC understands.Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP) London has also referred itself to the police watchdog over how the initial investigation was handled.At a Monday press conference, the Reform UK leader said: “I understand this is a completely…
Twitter/@ABDELAESPRIELLAHernando Forero Mosquera, aka “El ruso”, is accused of leading a dissident rebel factionA man suspected of leading a dissident faction of a left-wing rebel group has been killed in a military operation in central Colombia, officials say. The operation forms part of a crackdown on illegal armed groups ordered by Colombia’s new president, Abelardo de la Espriella, who was sworn in on Friday. He said the killing by the security forces of Hernando Forero Mosquera and five other alleged members of armed groups on the weekend sent “a clear and powerful message to all bandits that there is nowhere…
Getty ImagesThe world’s oceans hit their hottest ever recorded temperatures for July, partly fuelled by developing El Niño conditions in the Pacific, according to the EU’s climate monitoring service.The average sea surface temperature (SST) outside the world’s polar regions – between 60 degrees north and 60 degrees south – was 20.96C last month, beating the previous high of 20.89C, set in 2023.Last month was the joint second-warmest July globally on record, with temperatures 1.47C above the estimated pre-industrial average, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service.Meanwhile, Western Europe experienced its hottest ever June and July, with prolonged hot and dry…
ReutersFormer lawmaker Chalong Riewrang smokes at a police station where he held a press conferenceA former Thai MP allegedly shot dead a local official in the southern province of Nonthaburi, then dialled into a YouTube livestream to inform the host – a political pundit – of what he had done.Former Nonthaburi MP Chalong Reawraeng told the shocked host, Anchalee Paireerak, that he had shot Thongchai Yenprasert, a former police official, outside Thongchai’s office.Thongchai, who was hit in the neck, died in hospital. His driver was shot in the arm and hand.Chalong was arrested but then allowed to hold a press…
Infantino broke trust ‘through deception’, confederation presidents sayFifa has been accused of breaking trust “through deception” in an open letter issued by Uefa, Concacaf and the Asian Football Confederation.51 mins agoFootball
Supplied by Sonja LeverkusWhen a wildfire broke out near his First Nation community in northern Ontario, Hubert Wigwas decided to stay put.He put sprinklers on his roof to extinguish falling embers. He checked on elders in his community who also stayed behind, and he fuelled up four boats down on the lake in case they needed a quick escape.”This is everything I’ve built in my 58 years,” Wigwas, a councillor from Gull Bay First Nation, told the BBC. “I’m just not going to run away and let it burn.”Canada has seen some of its worst fire seasons in recent years,…
ABC NewsForensic testing revealed that what police initially thought was a woman’s body was actually a lifelike dollAustralian police called in to investigate a body found in a suitcase have concluded that the “victim” was in fact a lifelike doll. The suitcase was discovered by two men on the side of a road near the small village of Oallen, about 230km (143 miles) south-west of Sydney.On Monday, police announced a murder investigation, sparking intense interest in the case but backtracked hours later, saying forensic testing had proved the contents were not human.The contents in the suitcase were “mistaken for a…
LIVESecond shooting in Thailand as former MP opens fire in government buildingThe shooter, a former House of Representatives member, confessed to the attack during a YouTube livestream.