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Ukraine's president says his country has halted strikes on Russian oil refineries for two days after Trump's energy ceasefire announcementOn frozen Russian assets, Poland's Sikorski says the use of frozen Russian assets is a complicated issue," but takes a very clear stance in response to any suggestion of releasing them back to Russia.We are working on it, but there is also some rumours that some people are expecting these assets to be released back to Russia.I don't think I'm speaking just for myself in saying: over our dead bodies."Russia right now is not ready for ceasefire, but still, this only can encourage us to stay with Ukraine and to, strengthen, the pressure on Russia and always be ready for conversations, but and also especially for, for ceasefire negotiations.But, until this doesn't happen, we are with Ukraine. We are with the president the German government is is backing the Ukrainian government and the president, completely. He is the person to lead Ukraine, and we are with him." Continue reading...

Rescuers respond to surge in callouts for the vulnerable bat species, which usually feeds on blossoms and tree nectar

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He argued there was no evidence to suggest the result of the Brexit vote had been swayed as a result of the effort

Ukrainian president's comments on particularly vile' strikes come after US threatened to halt intelligence sharing

Conference to explore legacy of Naseem Khan's seminal 1976 report about exclusion of minority ethnic artistsIt is 50 years since cultural historian Naseem Khan's challenge to the British arts establishment was first published, and the question of who and what counts as British continues to be contested.The Arts Britain Ignores - Khan's groundbreaking 1976 report, commissioned by organisations including the then Arts Council of Great Britain, presented a vision of a pluralistic national culture, in which the creativity of Britons of diverse ethnic backgrounds - from bhangra music, to black painters and Ukrainian dance - should be recognised, supported and respected. Continue reading...

Spain remains most popular destination as Britons book later in hope of better deals, Abta report finds

Cyber-attack on TFG London comes less than a week after online fashion seller Asos was hit by hackers

Move from anti-immigration or anti-Muslim views to violence is most marked trend' in spy agency's caseload over last yearExtremists holding anti-immigration opinions are becoming increasingly likely to consider carrying out terrorist attacks against immigration centres and asylum hotels in the UK, the head of MI5 has warned.Ken McCallum said a shift from radicalised rightwing sentiment to violence was the most marked trend" in the spy agency's caseload over the past year, contributing to a rise in the overall UK terror threat level.Russia remains aggressor number one" as the Kremlin continues to lash out against the west with assassination plots, explosive threats and cyber-attacks that at times stop not much short" of conventional warfare.Moscow tried to interfere in the 2016 Brexit referendum with anti-EU coverage on RT and Sputnik media, and via troll social media accounts, but there was a big difference between what may have been attempted and what actually resulted".He was particularly focused" on the risk of hostile states or terrorists using AI to generate new, deadly bioweapons, and announced the creation of a new AI threat assessment centre to distinguish fact from fiction.There was a concerning trend of violence targeted at political figures, religious or community groups", as demonstrated by the killing of the former minister and Reform UK spokesperson Anne Widdecombe.Threats from other states had quadrupled in the last decade and were running on par with MI5's counter-terrorism mission. We have again entered a new era of national security," he said. Continue reading...

Help-to-buy initiative for England could slow market while first-time buyers wait for launch, builder admits

Prosecution expected to open its case on Wednesday after eight men and four women selected as jurorsRussell Brand has attended court for the second day of his rape and sexual assault trial and a jury has been selected in the case.The 51-year-old comedian faces three charges of rape, three of sexual assault and one of indecent assault against six women, in allegations spanning 10 years from 1999 to 2009. Brand denies all the charges. Continue reading...

Price of chocolates falls in run-up to Halloween, while supermarkets use special offers to draw in sales

Swedish activist stands alongside French teenagers calling for investment to fix teacher shortages and crumbling schoolsThe Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has joined demonstrating high school students in France as the country braced for another day of nationwide protests over chronic teacher shortages, overcrowded classes and crumbling buildings.Young people are not being included in the conversation," Thunberg, 23, who became famous as a teenager through school strikes demanding action on the climate crisis, told reporters outside the Lycee Paul Eluard in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis. Continue reading...

The judge who helped convict Jair Bolsonaro is caught up in a crisis that could benefit his son and damage Lula

Queensland coronial inquest into death of eight-year-old girl continues after 14 members of religious sect were convicted of her manslaughter

Fund upgrades UK's GDP growth forecast for 2026 to 1.3%, but says it is likely to edge down next year

About 2,000 criminals are being freed this month to ease overcrowding, while probation union moves towards strikeThe second wave of early prison releases has begun, with hundreds of offenders walking out across England and Wales under the government's controversial plan to ease overcrowding.About 2,000 criminals, including domestic abusers and violent offenders, are being freed this month, with another 3,000 to follow in stages over the next year. The total was reduced from 6,000 after an intervention by Andy Burnham. Continue reading...

The spectre of a leadership alternative is hardly helpful for Angus Taylor. But would Frydenberg do a better job?

South Australia police say infant was aged between six and seven months old and had been deceased for a period of time'

Cocaine seizures in Europe are up more than fivefold in 10 years as a host of cartels take root. A four-month Guardian investigation reveals the true scale of a continent-wide shiftA four-month investigation by the Guardian has revealed that the surge in cocaine trafficking to Europe is directly linked to the expanding presence of Latin American criminal networks in Europe, where they have forged close ties with local mafia organisations.The investigation, utilising databases, police and intelligence agencies, along with interviews with judges, prosecutors and experts from eight countries, shows that cartels and factions from Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, Venezuela, Mexico and the US are active in at least 12 European countries. Between 2014 and 2024, there was a 471% rise in the quantity of cocaine seized and more local laboratories processing cocaine derivatives were dismantled. Continue reading...

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Marches in Delhi against changes to voting registration led to dragnets, internet blackouts - and questions about India's electoral independence. Plus, the cinematographer capturing the beauty of the mundaneMonths of simmering public anger have given rise to a season of discontent in India. In its latest iteration, the demand is for the removal of chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the scrapping of a controversial electoral rolls revision that has struck 130 million people off the register. Protests have erupted every day over the past week, prompting a violent crackdown on dissenters in the capital.Over the weekend, Delhi was effectively under lockdown, transformed into a militarised landscape of barricades, road closures and paramilitary forces marching through the streets. Ahead of a protest led by the Cockroach Janta party on Saturday, authorities deployed a massive dragnet: 245 trains to Delhi were cancelled, 45 metro stations were shut, liquor shops were closed, internet services were cut off in the heart of the city and activists were put under house arrest. Continue reading...

Round-up' pricing in items such as coffee suggests increases are exceeding the typical 1.5% surcharge fee

Security forces use helicopters to rescue dozens of people as the two storms damage infrastructure and cause flash floodingAt least five people have died after Hurricane Simon and Tropical Storm Rachel pummelled Mexico's Pacific coast, causing flooding that downed trees and electricity poles, blocked roads and inundated homes.Simon claimed the life of a 71-year-old man who died when a wall collapsed in Chilpancingo in the southern state of Guerrero, governor Evelyn Salgado said at a press conference. Continue reading...

Aircraft taken out of operation after flight from Perth after the discovery of parasitic insects on boardQantas has been forced to ground a plane in Rome after bedbugs were discovered on the aircraft on its way from Perth.The parasitic insects were found in the front of the economy section of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner as it made its way from Perth to Rome for the QF5 flight on 9 October, a source with knowledge of the incident confirmed on Tuesday. Continue reading...

ZyMix platform has contract with Tencent, which US alleges has links to People's Liberation ArmyA new messaging and payment super app" marketed at British students uses servers owned by a Chinese company that has been put on a US military blacklist for its alleged affiliation to the People's Liberation Army.ZyMix, which is being pushed on university campuses as the UK's first super app designed for gen Z", combining chat, payments and community features, has a contract with a German-based subsidiary of Tencent Holdings, a Chinese conglomerate in Shenzhen. Continue reading...

Over 10m people have tuned in for episodes of new season of BBC hit as mass TV audiences become increasingly rareFor the celebrities chosen as traitors in the BBC's juggernaut reality show, the task is simple - kill off fellow contestants without getting caught.Yet with the new series of Celebrity Traitors once again attracting huge audiences, its UK producers are delighting in one of the show's more wholesome qualities - its popularity is staving off the death of television's ability to unite the nation. Continue reading...

Cambridge University study suggests stark gender divide in misdiagnosis, with women also waiting longer for treatmentWomen with autoimmune conditions are up to 74% more likely than men to be told their symptoms are psychological or psychosomatic, and face much longer waits for a diagnosis and treatment, a study suggests.Hundreds of millions of people - about one in 10 globally - are affected by autoimmune conditions, which can cause a range of health issues including fatigue, muscle pain and rashes. Continue reading...

Actor, who allegedly punched one Delta attendant, bit another and tried to open plane door, was charged for two separate assaults after the plane landedThe actor Selma Blair was arrested on Sunday at John F Kennedy airport in New York after she allegedly attacked two flight attendants on a Delta Air Lines flight, and separately charged with two counts of assault for allegedly kicking a police officer and a nurse after landing.Blair's arrest happened at about 11pm, after Port Authority of New York and New Jersey officials said they responded to a call about a physically abusive passenger aboard Delta Air Lines flight 938 which was parked at the gate" at JFK after arriving from Los Angeles. Continue reading...

National park officials took the precautionary measure to limit tourist access after heavy rain caused the Iguazu River to flow at six times the normal rateHeavy rainfall fuelled by a supersized El Nino weather pattern briefly forced Argentinian authorities to close tourist access to the famed Iguazu Falls, amid fears that rapidly rising water levels would cause the river to burst its banks.National park officials took the precautionary measure on Monday when the Iguazu River's flow exceeded 12,000 cubic metres per second - more than six times its average rate. Continue reading...

Media adviser who married federal One Nation MP in 2023 confirms she has started working part-time for the party's state executive

Defence also cross-examines witness over postmortem examinations of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies

IMF's World Economic Outlook shows how a worsening Middle East crisis could affect global growth and inflation

Police treating death as homicide. Whear was last seen in mid-February buying orange juice and putting $50 credit on her phone in Murwillumbah

Surge in EHCP applications poses risk to public finances and may lead to deteriorating levels of supportCouncils are warning of potentially catastrophic" debts, which are forecast to reach a record 10bn over the next 18 months, as a result of rapid growth in demand for special educational needs and disability (Send) support in English schools.Although the government recently cleared more than 5bn in historic council Send debts, a surge in requests has led to authorities predicting they will have re-accrued that debt figure by April, and doubled it by 2028. Continue reading...

Inmate advocacy group attacks watchdog's gutless retreat' on Wacol youth remand centre

Leftist former leader accused of involvement in shooting of three Europeans in Santa Cruz and torture of two othersBolivia's attorney general has announced an investigation into leftist former president Evo Morales, alleging his involvement in the murder and torture of European citizens in 2009.Seventeen years ago, police raided a hotel in the city of Santa Cruz, shooting dead Eduardo Rozsa Flores, a Bolivian-Croatian, Michael Dwyer, an Irishman, and Arpad Magyarosi, a Hungarian-Romanian. Continue reading...

A history of tech giant legal challenges and US political criticism shows there's no easy solution for the eSafety commissioner

Mitte, who played Walter White Jr on acclaimed show, had cerebral palsy and advocated for disability representationThe Breaking Bad actor RJ Mitte died on Monday aged 34, his representatives confirmed.Mitte died in Brownsville, Texas. No cause of death was given. Continue reading...

Plans for a new theatre for world's longest-running soap in Digbeth scrapped as part of cost-cutting measuresThe BBC is set to stop recording The Archers in Birmingham for the first time in the show's 75-year history, after scrapping plans for a radio drama theatre that was to be the new home of the world's longest-running soap opera.A pledge to move recordings to the so-called Tea Factory, the BBC's new Birmingham hub in Digbeth, has become the latest victim of the corporation's 500m cuts plan. Continue reading...

PM hails next month's reset' summit as first step to closer ties, but tensions over trade may prove problematicAndy Burnham has promised a serious dialogue" over the UK's future place in Europe, saying the existing relationship is not good enough" as he framed next month's Brussels summit as a possible first step to EU membership.The prime minister said Britain must take a clear-eyed rational look" at its long-term relationship with the bloc to boost economic growth and control immigration, which needed to go beyond Labour's existing red lines. Continue reading...

Home secretary also expands police support with immediate effect' for high-profile public figures not currently MPsSecurity arrangements for high-profile public figures including politicians and members of the royal family are to be urgently reviewed after the killing of Ann Widdecombe, the home secretary has said.Shabana Mahmood said former MPs, party leaders who are not MPs, peers, former members of devolved parliaments and party spokespeople will also be offered police support. Continue reading...

Luca Olmetto was trapped roughly 10 metres below ground in the Gorroppeddu cave in the Urzulei mountain rangeA 31-year-old man has been pulled alive from a cave on the Italian island of Sardinia after being trapped roughly 10 metres below ground for 26 hours following a rockslide.In a huge and complex operation, rescuers worked non-stop after Luca Olmetto became trapped in the Gorroppeddu cave in the rugged Urzulei mountain range in central-eastern Sardinia on Sunday afternoon. Continue reading...

The prime minister tells MPs the next summit with the EU will be held on 20 NovemberBurnham to urge MPs to embrace closer ties with EUZia Yusuf, Reform UK's home affairs spokesperson, is speaking now. He started his speech with an account of a 73-year-old woman dying in North Wales after having to wait 23 hours for an ambulance, and he sought to link this to immigration.He said:The Royal College of Emergency Medicine estimates that 15,000 people across Britain died last year due to excess wait times for emergency treatment. That's 300 people a week, 300 lives destroyed, 300 families devastated.And that number has increased tenfold over the last decade. This is a moral outrage, and it is a direct result of decisions made by Tory and Labour governments.I don't think that's because he wants to have a fight over the European Union. I think that's because he knows what we're talking about today impacts hard in what is known as the red wall. Continue reading...

Bosses of Citroen owner and French carmaker also urge UK government to consider limiting imports from ChinaStellantis and Renault have backed the UK car industry for inclusion in proposed rules to protect EU industry, but urged the British government to consider limiting imports of Chinese cars.Emanuele Cappellano, who leads Stellantis's European brands including Fiat, Citroen, Opel and Vauxhall, and Francois Provost, the chief executive of France's Renault, said the UK should effectively be counted as one of the EU's 27 member states for the purposes of the proposed Made in Europe" legislation. Continue reading...

UK to bring further sanctions against Tehran and IRGC after assessment Iran was likely to have coordinated incidentAndy Burnham said Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps were almost certainly" behind threats to RAF Fairford, the firmest attribution of responsibility made so far by the UK after an incident late last month.The prime minister told MPs the UK would bring further sanctions against Tehran and the IRGC in the aftermath of an ambiguous episode that, despite over a fortnight of police investigation, has yet to lead to anybody being charged. Continue reading...

Hundreds of Intermarche shops and Cooperative U outlets in France hit, with fears Dutch chains also affectedHackers have forced the temperature of many French supermarket fridges up to 50C overnight, in an unprecedented" cyber-attack affecting several hundred stores across the country, with fires and food losses reported.The Paris prosecutor's office said on Monday the large-scale attack was affecting connected refrigerators in several major food retailers across France". Reported damage included food losses and fires", it added. Continue reading...

Zelenskyy had proposed a 60-day total ceasefire to allow Ukraine to hold presidential elections