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  • A paved road in the foreground, with barren hills, utility poles, scattered buildings, and stacked wood visible beyond

    Bandits in north-west Nigeria abduct villagers they invited to discuss peace talks

    Thirty-nine people taken near Magamin Diddi village in Maradun municipality, north-west Zamfara state, police say
  • A person waves a large South African flag while walking in a street protest with a crowd behind them

    ‘Extreme fear’ among immigrants as backlash sweeps South Africa

  • A doctor at an ebola treatment centre removes his personal protection equipment

    Ebola spread in central Africa could match 2014 record outbreak, US health officials say

  • Four African women by a billboard advertising the 4th African inter-parliamentary conference on family values and sovereignty

    ‘Family values’ African charter condemned by rights groups as regressive and dangerous

  • Airport crew in hi-vis jackets push supplies in cardboard boxes up a conveyor belt loading the hull of a plane

    Experts criticise plan for American-only Ebola quarantine centre in Kenya

  • White military pickup truck with Guardia Nacional on the side and person with firearm standing in the back

    The criminal cartels cashing in on the World Cup – podcast

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  • a man in a baseball uniform stands with his hands on his hips

    Two US pilots killed after plane bound to pick up former MLB star crashes

  • Roberto Sánchez wearing his trademark sombrero on the campaign trail

    Peru’s discontented voters face straight left-right choice in election runoff

  • people hold a banner that reads 'Unifor a union for everyone'

    ‘Historic’: Canadian warehouse workers sign first-ever union deal with Walmart

  • A row of green trees line a Rio de Janeiro waterfront park, with Sugar Loaf mountain and airplane visible

    Aviation industry looks skywards as leaders fly in for Rio summit

  • Police gather in front of a collapsed Jollibee fast food restaurant

    Powerful earthquake in southern Philippines leaves at least 37 dead

    People told not to enter damaged buildings for fear of aftershocks from magnitude-7.8 quake
  • Xi Jinping and wife Peng Liyuan walk the red carpet with Kim Jong-un and wife Ri Sol-ju past a North Korean honour guard

    Xi Jinping arrives in Pyongyang on trip to revitalise China-North Korea ties

  • A person in a red and yellow sari sits under an umbrella selling leafy greens at a street market

    Weather tracker: Monsoon season brings vital rainfall to parts of Asia

  • A black bear in Iwate prefecture, northern Japan

    Japanese city shuts down nearly 100 schools after unprecedented bear sighting

  • Dr David Wilson wearing a navy blazer and blue shirt

    Author of Home Office report on China reveals attempts to compromise him

  • NSW Premier Chris Minns

    NSW Labor officials investigated over allegedly disguising donations to Minns – as it happened

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  • Ernest Wong, pictured in 2019 arriving at the NSW Icac.

    NSW prosecutors launch proceedings against Labor officials accused of disguising donations to Chris Minns

  • a pair of blue Levi's jeans featuring a red tab on the pocket

    Levi’s sues Australian clothing brand Globe over ‘blatant copying’ of tabs on pockets

  • Former prime minister Tony Abbott (left) poses for a photo with Federal Opposition Leader Angus Taylor

    Tony Abbott backs One Nation preference deal and says Liberals can’t just be a ‘little less woke than Labor’

  • Jacinta Allan

    Jacinta Allan says Pauline Hanson ‘chooses to barrack for bullies’ over ‘ditch the witch’ billboard

  • A worker in silhouette stands before intense flames and molten metal in an industrial steel facility

    EU quota system ‘could kill Ukrainian steel industry’, boss says

    Protectionist measures will deal blow to country’s budget as it defends itself against Russia, says Metinvest chief
  • Volodymyr Zelenskyy

    ‘They are isolated … they are alone’: Zelenskyy on Russia, Putin’s lies – and fighting back

  • Volodymyr Zelenskyy sits in a chair as he is interviewed; he wears black and looks sombre. He appears to be in a living room or lounge with a table behind him and a vase of flowers.

    ‘We want to see him in Ukraine’: Zelenskyy hopes to invite King Charles on state visit

  • Patrick Bruel

    French star Patrick Bruel held by police investigating new sexual assault allegations

  • Male and female hands each holding brightly coloured ice-cream in a cup

    ‘Wasn’t even good’: US tourist says she was charged €44 for two ice creams in Rome

  • Dr Hussam Abu Safiya

    Israel puts Palestinian doctor in solitary confinement after 17 months held without charge

    Dr Hussam Abu Safiya now in cell barely big enough to sit in, says son, after UN experts demanded his release in March
  • People stand next to part of a missile protruding from the ground, following strikes from Iran, in the central West Bank, 8 June, 2026.

    Lebanon’s president refuses to meet Netanyahu until war ends – as it happened

  • A man poses for a photo next to a fallen rocket half-buried in the ground on the outskirts of Jericho

    Israel and Iran step back from renewed conflict after Trump calls for halt

  • Composite image of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US president Donald Trump

    Complex relationship between Trump and Netanyahu continues to undermine Middle East ceasefire

  • A man walks past pro-Hezbollah and anti-US posters in Beirut

    Iran war: who is fighting and why?

  • A hand holds up a cockroach mask in front of a large crowd

    ‘What if all cockroaches came together?’ The youth movement threatening to shake up India’s politics

    Cockroach Janta party began as online joke but is growing into one of the most unexpected challenges to country’s rightwing government
  • Several people around stretcher next to yellow helicopter

    Missing Sherpa guide found alive on Everest after funeral rites had begun

  • men walk on a stadium field

    Cricket Canada suspended over allegations of gang-linked corruption

  • A view of eastern Kabul.

    Eighteen people killed in Afghanistan truck crash, including 10 children

  • A social media complaint about problems in India’s final school year exams has spiralled into a national controversy.

    Exam fail: Indian students complain en masse about marking errors in key final exams

  • Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch delivers a speech in Westminster, London.

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    Badenoch claims police who arrested Henry Nowak influenced by guidance saying ‘hate crimes should be treated as priority’ – UK politics live

    Conservative leader also says public service workers do not need equality law to get them to treat people fairly
  • GSK offices in London

    GSK makes biggest ever acquisition with $10.6bn for US cancer drug firm

  • Police at the scene of the stabbing in north Belfast on Tuesday morning

    Man seriously injured in Belfast stabbing Starmer describes as ‘sickening’

  • AI deepfake video of Nigel Farage confronting Andrew Bailey in the Question Time studio

    Bank of England warns of AI scams as deepfakes of Farage-Bailey fight spread

  • Nigel Farage

    Unions rebuff Farage and say Reform ‘cosplaying’ as workers’ champions

  • Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman.

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    Nithya Raman ‘incredibly honoured’ to advance to LA mayor runoff after seeing off Republican - US politics live

    Left-wing candidate vows ‘fight for a healthier, safer and more joyful Los Angeles’ after edging out Spencer Pratt
  • Volodymyr Zelenskyy, wearing a suit, sitting in a chair in a room in London.

    First Thing: Zelenskyy says he told Trump that Putin was ‘playing games’ with Washington

  • a woman smiles

    Jeffrey Epstein assistant Lesley Groff set to testify before House panel

  • A large Fifa World Cup 2026 sign stands in a modern stadium concourse with palm trees and indoor landscaping

    US stadium and hotel workers threaten strikes ‘to make things fair’ during World Cup

  • People view a burgundy electric vehicle on a red carpet beneath a large promotional poster

    BYD and Alibaba among big names aiding China’s military, Pentagon says

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