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Africa

  • Pro-government counter-protesters run down the street with bats in their hands in downtown Nairobi, Kenya 17 June, 2025

    Fears of unrest as Kenyans mark first anniversary of storming of parliament

    Rights activists plan to march countrywide in honour of those killed during anti-government protests
  • A soldier stands next to a large gun holding a flag

    WHO says attack on Sudanese hospital killed more than 40 civilians

  • King Bebe Okpabi, ruler of Ogale in Nigeria, holds up a bottle of polluted water during a protest ahead of an Ogale and Bille communities vs Shell trial outside the high court in London

    Nigerian communities to take Shell to high court over oil pollution

  • Shoppers at a market in Lusaka, Zambia.

    Ordinary Zambians lose out twice: to global looting and local corruption

  • Yvonne Ford, who died from rabies after contact with a stray dog while on holiday in Morocco.

    Woman dies of rabies in Yorkshire after contact with dog in Morocco

Americas

  • silhouette of two people standing with guns

    Man wrongfully deported to El Salvador must be returned to US, court rules

    White House must return Jordin Melgar-Salmeron, who was deported less than 30 minutes after his removal was barred
  • a woman and two men clasp hands and smile

    Canada and EU sign defence pact amid strained US relations and global instability

  • A protester wears a "free Emerson" shirt during a protest by supporters of Honduran teenager Emerson Colindres, who was detained by federal immigration agents, outside the Butler county jail, in Hamilton, Ohio, US, on 8 June 2025.

    ‘Handcuffed like we’re criminals’: Ohio teen soccer star recounts deportation

  • Poet Esther Phillips Esther Phillips, Poet Laureate of Barbados

    Barbados poet laureate on mission to share stories of enslavement

  • Footage of a hot air balloon on fire in the sky

    Brazil hot-air balloon crash kills at least eight people amid ‘desperate’ scenes

Asia Pacific

  • Nicholas Tarasenko trains at Minato stable in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture.

    Teenager from Hull becomes second Briton ever to join a professional sumo stable

    Sumo wrestler Nicholas Tarasenko, 15, gets rare chance to break into professional ranks after winning amateur tournaments and learning Japanese
  • Front view of a pretty ugly silver car

    Chinese carmaker Chery Auto ‘actively considering’ building UK factory

  • The national flags of the US, Australia and UK are seen in front of a Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered submarine at HMAS Stirling, Western Australia in March 2023.

    Aukus vital to ‘deter Chinese aggression’, say US lawmakers, as Trump urged to recommit to submarine deal

  • Students sitting on chairs in an assembly

    Hong Kong teachers allegedly told to avoid US Independence Day events

  • Thai PM Paetongtarn apologizes over leaked call with Hun Sen on border dispute<br>epa12184935 Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra (C) performs a traditional Thai greeting in a public apology during a press conference at Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, 19 June 2025.during a press conference at Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, 19 June 2025. Paetongtarn issued a public apology following the leak of a phone call with former Cambodian premier Hun Sen regarding the countries' border dispute. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT

    Thai PM apologises over leaked call with Hun Sen as crisis threatens to topple government

Australia

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    Australia news live: ABC boss says broadcaster’s social media guidelines being replaced after Lattouf ruling

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  • Court sketch of Erin Patterson

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    Australia mushroom trial live: judge’s charge to Erin Patterson jury continues on day 37

  • Close up of woman holding basket in supermarket

    Latest Choice survey reveals Australia’s grocery price divide at major supermarkets

  • Peter Falconio and girlfriend Joanne Lees in their campervan

    Australian police offer $500,000 reward in bid to find murdered British backpacker Peter Falconio’s remains

  • Antoinette Lattouf speaks to the media outside the federal court in Sydney

    Federal court rules ABC unlawfully terminated Antoinette Lattouf after ‘orchestrated campaign by pro-Israel lobbyists’

Europe

  • Keir Starmer and Volodymyr Zelenskyy with Interflex troops at 10 Downing Street

    Starmer to give missiles to Ukraine paid for with £70m interest on Russian assets

    The 350 air defence missiles mark the first time the UK has used Russia-linked funds to buy weapons for Kyiv
  • Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez

    Jeff Bezos alters Venice wedding plans after threat of inflatable crocodiles

  • Mark Rutte at the Nato summit.

    Trump ‘flying into big success’ at Nato summit, claims Rutte who praises his ‘decisive action’ in Iran – as it happened

  • Keir Starmer climbing stairs alongside a trio of soldiers in camo

    Britain must prepare for possibility of attack on UK soil, government warns

  • Dominique de Villepin with a glass of water

    Ex-French PM Dominique de Villepin launches party with view to 2027 presidential run

Middle East

  • Protesters carry Iranian national flags and posters while chanting anti-US and Israel slogans in Tehran, Iran

    Live
    Israel-Iran live news: Trump insists nuclear sites ‘destroyed’ after intelligence suggests program could restart in months

    Report says program likely set back only a few months; Iran and Israel both say they will honour truce if other side does after US president expresses frustration at violations
  • People assess damage to buildings following Israeli airstrikes on 13 June in Tehran, Iran.

    Israel agrees to deepen ‘close’ security cooperation with US – as it happened

  • London, UK. 14th Jan, 2024. Stand with Israel Rally Trafalgar Square, marking 100 days since the attacks of October 7th. To demand the immediate release of the more than 130 hostages still held in captivity in Gaza. Organised by many groups including the Board of Deputies of British Jews. The campaign us the hashtag #BringThemHome. Credit: Guy Bell/Alamy Live News<br>2WC71AM London, UK. 14th Jan, 2024. Stand with Israel Rally Trafalgar Square, marking 100 days since the attacks of October 7th. To demand the immediate release of the more than 130 hostages still held in captivity in Gaza. Organised by many groups including the Board of Deputies of British Jews. The campaign us the hashtag #BringThemHome. Credit: Guy Bell/Alamy Live News

    Five members of biggest British Jewish body suspended over Israel criticisms

  • Donald Trump speaks to reporters

    Fragile Israel-Iran truce appears to hold after Trump’s fury at initial violations

  • People fold tents at an underground shelter they stayed in during the war with Iran after the ceasefire was announced in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

    ‘Of course it was worth it’: Israelis celebrate ceasefire with Iran

South and Central Asia

  • a man in a suit raises a fist

    Pakistan to nominate Donald Trump for Nobel peace prize

    Islamabad says US president helped resolve India conflict but critic says ‘Israel’s sugar daddy in Gaza’ not candidate for any prize
  • A girl between two posters bearing the images of Field Marshal Asim Munir

    Thawing of relations between Pakistan and US raises eyebrows in India

  • A woman wearing a sari sitting on the ground

    India illegally deporting Muslim citizens at gunpoint to Bangladesh, say rights groups

  • Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, with bandages on his face, carries the back of a coffin on his shoulder, surrounded by mourners

    Air India survivor carries brother’s coffin amid questions over plane’s emergency systems

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UK

  • A postal worker delivers mail at a Post Office branch in central London, 2024.

    Government did not want to ‘harass’ Post Office victims by chasing up claims

    At least £600,000 relating to Horizon IT scandal remains unclaimed, with officials reluctant to recontact victims
  • Liam Booth-Smith and Rishi Sunak

    Tory peer Liam Booth-Smith takes job at AI firm he encountered at No 10

  • People walking past a polling station sign

    Class no longer main dividing line in UK politics, survey shows

  • A nurse places her hand on an elderly woman’s shoulder

    Nearly 100,000 adults in England denied state-funded social care due to cuts

  • a butterfly on a foxglove

    Rare heath fritillary butterflies surge in number on Exmoor after sunny spring

US

  • Zohran Mamdani speaks after declaring victory in race to become the Democratic candidate for New York City mayor

    Zohran Mamdani declares historic victory in New York City mayoral primary after Cuomo concedes

    ‘Tonight is his night,’ says ex-governor as progressive state representative tells supporters ‘we made history’
  • person wearing suit and shorts crosses arms while posing for photo

    Doge employee ‘Big Balls’ has resigned, says White House official

  • Car and electric vehicle chargers

    Judge blocks Trump from withholding EV charger funds awarded to 14 states

  • blue and silver sign with CDC logo

    CDC vaccine report cites study that does not exist, says scientist listed as author

  • Gloomy sky over two-lane road under sign that says Florida State Prison in Starke

    Man convicted in 1994 rape and murder of Michelle McGrath put to death in Florida

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