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'Longest Nightmare': Voices From Gaza As Hamas Agrees To Disarm
Hamas has agreed to a deal under which it will give up its weapons in exchange for a phased withdrawal of Israeli forces from the devastated Gaza Strip.
41 Dead, 60,000 Enter From Morocco: All About Crisis In Spain's Enclave Ceuta
Spain's interior ministry claimed that half of the migrants had already gone back to Morocco, sharing footage of people walking back through a fence door at the border.
"Agreed To Take Ties To New Heights": PM Modi Congratulates New UK PM
PM Modi and Andy Burnham discussed key aspects of the two-way ties during a phone conversation.
Malaysian Pilot High On Meth, Cocaine Lands With 70,000 Ecstasy Pills In Indonesia
Malaysian pilot arrested in Indonesia for smuggling 70,000 ecstasy pills and methamphetamine.
Opinion: Opinion | World's Biggest Military Now Has A Supply Problem. Inside US' Weapons Crisis
For the first time in decades, America is facing an existential question: not whether it can continue to fight multiple wars, but whether it has enough weapons left to do so.
Indian High Commissioner Dinesh Trivedi Meets US Envoy Sergio Gor In Dhaka
Dinesh Trivedi's appointment as Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh in June this year was welcomed by the top US diplomat and close aide of US President Donald Trump.
At least 57 people die as tens of thousands cross to Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco
Pedro Sánchez decries ‘violation of territorial integrity’ as other EU countries criticise Madrid over incidentEurope live – latest updatesAt least 57 people have died trying to reach the Spanish enclave of Ceuta after as many as 50,000 migrants entered the tiny territory from Morocco in what Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, called a “a violation of Spain’s territorial integrity”.The huge influx, which took place over the course of just 24 hours, overwhelmed the city of 85,000 people, triggered a political crisis for Madrid and led to a mixed reaction from other EU countries, including calls for Spain to be suspended from the Schengen free-movement zone. Continue reading...
Trump defends $1.8bn slush fund that is holding up Todd Blanche confirmation
President calls for former personal defense lawyer to be ‘immediately approved’ as attorney generalDonald Trump has defended controversial plans for a $1.8bn slush fund even as they threaten to derail the nomination of his former personal lawyer Todd Blanche for US attorney general.Blanche “should be immediately approved” by the US Senate, the president declared in a post on his Truth Social platform on Friday morning, defending the payout scheme proposed by his officials in the Department of Justice as it holds up Blanche’s confirmation. Continue reading...
Trump attacks Republican senator and defends $1.8bn slush fund amid Blanche nomination standoff – live
Trump says John Cornyn, who is questioning Todd Blanche’s attorney general nomination, didn’t have a problem with IRS slush fund until he didn’t endorse the senator in Texas primarySign up for the US Breaking News emailWhen asked by a reporter at Camp David about negotiations with Iran, Trump said the US would be “hitting them very hard”.“We just want to win,” he said. “We’re doing very well, trying to be nice, as nice as you can be in a situation like that, but, you know, they’re being decimated. They have no Navy. They have no air force, they have no anti-aircraft. They don’t have any capability. They have some, but very little.” Continue reading...
Mahershala Ali on Marvel’s cursed Blade reboot: ‘If they wanted to do it, we would’ve done it’
Two-time Oscar winner was to take on role of vampire-hunting antihero but said project is no longer happeningThe two-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali has confirmed that his Blade reboot is no longer going forward.The star of Moonlight and Green Book had been attached to play Marvel’s vampire-hunting antihero in 2019. The role had originally been played by Wesley Snipes in three films between 1998 and 2004. Continue reading...
Florida woman’s autopsy report reveals extent of alligator attack
Brittany Clark struggled for her life before dying from brutal injuries in rare attack, autopsy report confirmsA woman who was killed in a rare alligator attack while swimming with her boyfriend in Florida struggled for her life before dying from the brutal injuries inflicted on her by the animal, newly released autopsy results confirmed.The report containing the results of Brittany Clark’s autopsy, published on Thursday, also contained new details about the extent of the 28 June mauling that unfolded in Seminole county’s Little Big Econ state forest. Continue reading...
Chancellor confirms autumn budget will be delivered on 28 October – UK politics live
The chancellor says it will ‘give businesses and families some of the stability they need to plan for the future’The construction of a new Chinese “super-embassy” in London, which is set to be built near the Tower of London, can go ahead after a high court challenge against the decision to grant planning permission was dismissed, PA Media is reporting.The Royal Mint Court Residents’ Association (RMCRA) brought legal action against the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Continue reading...
