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Ukraine and Russia have both reported cyberattacks targeting applications used to send emergency alerts to the public. Meanwhile, Zelenskyy said Ukraine will stop refinery strikes if the US sends Patriot missiles.
Bhutan is building a 'mindfulness' city to drive economic growth and persuade more young people to stay.
US President Donald Trump praised Michigan Democrat Haley Stevens for endorsing Republican Mike Rogers.
Russia and Ukraine accused each other of hacking their emergency alert applications as a local ceasefire in the war's eastern Kherson region expired on Sunday. The cyberattacks came as both sides warned of renewed fighting and Kyiv signalled it could halt strikes on Russian oil refineries in exchange for US Patriot missiles.
Hours later Russian authorities said its app was also hacked, with fake warnings sent inside the country.
German police said they received phone calls with reports about sharp objects concealed in Halloween candy.
The exchange froze transactions in the wake of the incident, which impacted $6.3bn worth of digital assets.
President again took aim at progressive Senate candidate and lauded Haley Stevens for endorsing Mike RogersDonald Trump railed against Democratic US senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed at a campaign event in Iowa Sunday, repeatedly referring to the Michigan progressive as a “jihadist”.Trump’s comments aimed to influence a neck-and-neck race that will play an outsized role in determining which party cont
The train disaster, one of Europe’s deadliest rail incidents this century, killed 69 people, including 54 SpaniardsFour US citizens and one each from Canada, Japan, Argentina, Mexico, Tunisia and the Czech Republic were among the 69 killed in last week’s high-speed train collision in Spain, authorities said.Wednesday’s disaster – one of Europe’s deadliest rail accidents this century – has seen vic
The train disaster, one of Europe’s deadliest rail incidents this century, killed 69 people, including 54 SpaniardsFour US citizens and one each from Canada, Japan, Argentina, Mexico, Tunisia and the Czech Republic were among the 69 killed in last week’s high-speed train collision in Spain, authorities said.Wednesday’s disaster – one of Europe’s deadliest rail accidents this century – has seen vic
The app for a short time showed some areas subject to false nuclear and chemical alerts; temporary local ceasefire expires in southern Kherson. What we know on day 1,713Ukraine’s air force said it suspected the country’s aid raid alert app – which is used across the country to warn people of the threat of airstrikes – had been hacked. On Sunday the app for a short time showed Kyiv and other a
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis tells reporters there appeared to be no casualties on the ground.
Election body says deadlocked result won't be undermined even if foreign interference claims are found to be true.
Polls have been predicting a Democratic surge, but last-minute deciders and sampling issues mean there's no guarantee.
There were hundreds of arrests as protesters took to the streets in cities across France for the third weekend in a row.
Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan had greeted fans from a bulletproof enclosure outside his residence in Mumbai.
Endorsement was met with backlash from the party, condemning Stevens for her ‘betrayal’Congresswoman Haley Stevens, who lost the Michigan Democratic Senate primary to Abdul El-Sayed, endorsed his Republican rival, Mike Rogers, in an extraordinary rebuke of her party’s nominee on the eve of the midterm elections.Her endorsement came in a video posted to X after she attended an event with Rogers at
US president warns Iran to make a deal, as IRGC says two tankers have hit mines and caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz.
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A private jet travelling from Austin, Texas, to the Bahamas crashed in Greenacres, near West Palm Beach, Florida.
Historic turnover in this election will allow dozens of states to vote on significant changes in leadership.
The mission, known as MINURSO, has been in place in the disputed region since a ceasefire in 1991.
‘My political career may die,’ senator says after Michelle Landry announced she will not recontest her Queensland seat of CapricorniaGet our daily political email, free app or daily news podcastThe Nationals leader, Matt Canavan, will run for a lower house Queensland seat at the next federal election but will avoid having to face off against a key One Nation figure.Canavan confirmed his bid follow
Bowen Wan was on anti-seizure medication, and chatbot provided her with a tapering schedule to reduce dosageA woman’s death from an epileptic seizure after she received dangerous advice from a chatbot has prompted her parents to sue OpenAI earlier this week.The legal action is the latest lawsuit that in which plaintiffs allege that a bot provided counsel to a user that ultimately led to their deat
Senator Chris Murphy, a fierce Trump critic who is not up for re-election in the midterms, is 'alert' after a stroke.
British prime minister has now agreed to structured dialogue on reparatory justice but issue remains off formal Chogm agenda British officials reportedly insisted that discussions of reparations for slavery should not be on the agenda of the Commonwealth leaders’ summit in Antigua and Barbuda – and even warned that Andy Burnham would not attend the meeting if the subject was formally included, acc
The BBC's Clive Myrie travelled to North Caroline where voters voiced their frustrations ahead of midterm elections.
Moscow and Kyiv continue strikes elsewhere, but no reported violations in Kherson region during the six-day ceasefire.
A rare humanitarian ceasefire allowed civilians to evacuate the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky.
US Democrat Haley Stevens from Michigan was heckled as a ‘traitor’, after endorsing Republican Mike Rogers.
Almost 5,000 people have been displaced as a result of Israel’s military siege on the city of Hebron in the West Bank.
Aircraft had departed Austin-Bergstrom international airport and was headed to the Bahamas when it crashed All nine people have died who were aboard a business jet that crashed in a Florida neighborhood on Sunday, Sean Duffy, the US transportation secretary, said. The aircraft erupted in a massive fireball that appeared to just miss homes before crashing near a busy roadway.Duffy posted on X on Su
Canadian PM Mark Carney announces progress in Canada-US trade deal talks ahead of Tuesday's US midterm elections.
Stevens’s endorsement of Mike Rogers comes after a bitter dispute with Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed.
Judges hail Sofia Demetriades’s performance of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto as full of insights, poetry and maturityA teenage violinist has won the BBC Young Musician competition 2026, in the first all-female final in the competition’s 48-year history.The judges, Joanna MacGregor, Ben Gernon and Errollyn Wallen, hailed Sofia Demetriades’s performance of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto as full of in
Al Jazeera has marked 30 years since its first broadcast in 1996, with a ceremony in Doha attended by Qatar’s Emir.
Acting President Iotova would become nation’s first elected female head of state if official results confirm her win.
Russia is nearing completion of what experts think is a giant radar complex in Kaliningrad, capable of monitoring much of Europe. Experts warn the project could intensify the military standoff between Moscow and NATO.
Russia is nearing completion of what experts think is a giant radar complex in Kaliningrad, capable of monitoring much of Europe. Experts warn the project could intensify the military standoff between Moscow and NATO.
Police clash with housing crisis protesters in Portugal
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Incumbent Dan Sullivan says he will accept election results after ‘unprecedented intervention’ by Trump’s DoJA judge has dismissed the Donald Trump-backed lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska’s US Senate race if Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan loses.Trump said on 23 October that he had ordered the justice department to file the lawsuit in a move that voting rights experts called an “
Exclusive: Move to scrap legal requirement to set aside water for environment is ‘extreme even for the NT CLP government’, green group saysGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Northern Territory government has been accused of making a “blatant and shameless” attack on nature by planning to delete a legal requirement that water must be allocated to the environment.In what
Residents filmed as a house collapsed into a swollen river in Ecuador, where torrential rains and floods linked to El N
MPs say Shabana Mahmood’s new rules risk staff shortages in health and social care and second Windrush scandalShabana Mahmood will announce sweeping new rules on Monday on how long legal migrants must wait for settlement in the UK, with most likely to wait a decade and some up to 15 years.Ministers – including the housing secretary, Angela Rayner – had raised concerns about the effect the rules wo
Dr Marta Shahbazi was travelling to a conference to receive award for scientific excellence in developmental biologyAn “inspiring” University of Cambridge scientist died in the Spanish train collision on Wednesday that killed at least 69 people.Dr Marta Shahbazi, 41, an affiliate associate professor at the Cambridge Stem Cell Institute and a group leader at the city’s Medical Research Council Labo
Democratic senator was at his son’s hockey game when he felt a numbness in his arm and was in Johns Hopkins Democratic US Senator Chris Murphy has been hospitalized after suffering a stroke.Murphy, 53, started feeling numbness in his arm while attending a his son’s hockey game on Saturday, according to the Connecticut senator’s chief of staff, Allison Herwitt. A hospital visit confirmed that Murph
Arsenal pick up their first win at Anfield since 2012 to go three points clear of Man City
The conflict has become a central issue ahead of Tuesday's polls.
No arrests made after several security officers were reportedly injured during incidents at Saturday's protests.
Thousands joined largely orderly demonstrations earlier in the day, before violence erupted in Frankfurt, Berlin, Cologne and Hamburg.
Stevens, who lost the primary to Abdul El-Sayed, shifts support to Republican Mike Rogers days before midterm election.
New electricity generating capacity would enable north-east to attract investment for large-scale AI infrastructureNational Grid has taken a step towards building Britain’s biggest electricity substation on Teesside, which could supply power to a vast neighbouring datacentre as the UK races to expand its AI infrastructure.Last week, the company agreed to purchase 29.5 hectares (73 acres) of land a
Senator Sullivan's pledge contrasts with the Trump administration's effort to challenge Alaska's election certification.
US artist known as Model 500 and as one half of the duo Cybotron had huge influence on dance music worldwideJuan Atkins, one of the pioneers of Detroit techno and a huge influence on dance music more widely, has died aged 64.His agency, Greensmith Artists, confirmed the news to the dance music website Resident Advisor, saying Atkins had been found unresponsive in a hotel room in Mexico City prior
Israel expands ties with the breakaway territory as Somalia challenges its motives and war intensifies in Yemen.
Voting is particularly high in states with tight Senate races that could determine which party controls the chamberUS citizens are casting ballots in record numbers ahead of the midterm elections on Tuesday, another potential indication, analysts say, of voter dissatisfaction with Republicans and Donald Trump.Voting was particularly high in states that feature tight Senate races that could determi
The new police unit is a security measure in response to last year's deadly shooting attack at a Hanukkah festival.
Third day of indirect talks as Qatar tries to negotiate release of $6bn in Iranian assets that could lead to waterway’s reopeningOfficials from the Gulf states are “braced for the worst” as they wait for Washington’s response to an Iranian proposal that could reopen the strait of Hormuz before the US midterm elections on Tuesday.Indirect talks in Doha ran into a third day on Sunday with Qatar tryi
On Brexit, devolution and investment, the former chancellor is eerily in tune with the man who sacked herReeves says UK’s future is in the EUWhich senior politician has argued that “Brexit did deep damage” and that the government seeks “not to turn back the clock but to look toward a new and stable, future relationship?”It was not Andy Burnham, who has been the torchbearer for thinking the unthink
Residents of Menomonie mounted a successful protest against a huge campus in the city as national resistance to the AI boom growsIn the spring of 2025, Sydney Brennan was riding high. The 22-year-old was finishing college and was a newly elected councilwoman in Menomonie, a city of about 17,000 in the lush plains of north-western Wisconsin.Weeks into the new job, she was invited to a meeting with
Hebron's economic losses surpass $3.8m as Israeli forces demolish West Bank homes and close hundreds of businesses.
Arrests come ahead of Wednesday’s supreme court challenge to the ban on the direct action groupPolice have said they arrested 325 people on Saturday at a demonstration outside the US embassy in London against the proscription of Palestine Action.In updated arrest figures released on Sunday, the Metropolitan police said 320 people were detained outside the building in Battersea, south London, for a
The Massachusetts mother, accused of murdering her three children, is expected back in court as she awaits a decision on whether her case will be retried.
Kremlin says Kyiv is ‘simply ignoring’ US wishes days before midterm elections after reported strikes on two oil sitesUkraine has resumed its attacks on Russian oil refineries in defiance of pressure from Donald Trump ahead of the US midterm elections, as a ceasefire in the occupied town of Oleshky ended on Sunday night.Russian state media said on Sunday Ukrainian long-range drones had set fire to
Marko Kricak, an Aleksandar Vucic loyalist, is accused of suppressing and manipulating an investigation into a gangland murder. Prosecutors say the arrest is not linked to Vucic's recent election defeat.
Five officers from the Hamas-run police have been killed in Khan Younis and three people, including a child, killed in Gaza City, officials say.
Marta Shahbazi was an "inspiring, talented and passionate scientist", says the laboratory where she worked.
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Exclusive: Plan to allow students from bloc pay same fees as Britons contingent on entry to industrial programme, officials sayMinisters are prepared to spend as much as £450m a year to give students from the EU discounted university fees, the Guardian has learned, but only if Brussels allows the UK access to its Made in Europe industrial programme.The UK government has drawn up plans to allow stu
The U.S. president could move thousands more troops out of Europe or cut NATO funding as he seeks to cement his legacy, diplomats say.
The anniversary coincides with a significant restructuring of Al Jazeera Media Network’s Arabic-language news services.
The broadband provider has not finalised the number of roles to be axed but it will likely be a sizeable chunk of its workforce, the BBC understands.
Dozens of garment workers in Bangladesh clashed with police in the capital Dhaka.
Protesters in New Delhi carried a one-kilometre banner bearing the names of people removed from India’s voter rolls.
Mann taken to hospital with superficial injury after weapon accidentally discharged while holsteredHollywood director Michael Mann has been taken to the hospital following an apparently accidental shooting at a Los Angeles gun range, according to the Associated Press.Mann, 83, reportedly shot himself in the leg while at the The Range LA. The news was first reported on celebrity website TMZ. He sus
Youth-led protests end with street violence in cities across France, Germany, Switzerland, Portugal and Albania French officials have opened an investigation into the attempted murder of a police officer and Germany’s interior minister has called for harsh penalties after peaceful and mainly youth-led protests across Europe ended in violence.In Portugal, police – some with dogs – cleared protest c
Police say three separate shootings occurred in Deep Ellum neighborhood and are trying to determine if they’re relatedPolice in Dallas say four people are dead and 15 are injured following separate shootings in a Dallas neighborhood. It was among several violent incidents nationwide on Halloween weekend.The police chief, Daniel Comeaux, said police are still trying to determine if the shootings in
Russian authorities say a US tip-off helped them identify teenager suspected of planning attack at a Moscow park.
US President Trump returns to the campaign trail after taking a break at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida on Saturday.
AJB's return is a 'reaffirmation' of the network’s mission to go where the story matters, says its digital director.
Police searching for ‘unknown group’ that gained entry to property in Chandler’s Ford on Saturday night Five teenage boys were stabbed at a Halloween party, after an “unknown group” gained entry to the event on a residential road, police have been told.The boys, all aged 16 and 17, were found injured after police were called to a report five teenagers had been stabbed at a property in Chandler’s F
Led by Congress party, India’s opposition alliance channels anger over removal of 130 million names from voter rollThousands of opposition supporters have gathered in Delhi as protests against the Narendra Modi government continue to gather momentum.Led by the Congress party, India’s opposition alliance has brought together supporters from across the country, amid growing anger over a large-scale
The Montreal summit launched work on a deeper partnership. Now 27 EU governments and Ottawa have to agree what that will mean.
Alina Habba Mildon signed lucrative contract while working at the Justice Department, before Trump pardoned the banker.
Prime minister says shake-up is vital to restore tribunal crippled by years of political disputesPoland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, has vowed to see through a contested overhaul of the country’s constitutional court, declaring that “in certain matters, there can be no compromise”.In a prime-time television address on Saturday night, Tusk was defiant, despite overnight protests that saw riot pol
Ahead of a meeting with Commonwealth leaders, Andy Burnham wrote that Britain needed to ‘acknowledge its complicated history’At the end of his interview with Kuennsberg, Healey was also asked to comment on a potential apology for Britain’s near-250 years of perpetrating the slave trade and why the government should or shouldn’t pay reparations to enslaved people and their countries.Sitting in the
Dramatic helicopter rescue saves climbers stranded on Italian cliff
Israel’s siege on Hebron is on its 10th day and its attacks on Gaza continue.
Belgrade's chief prosecutor says arrest of Marko Kricak 'has no link' to elections that saw Aleksandar Vucic step down.
The UK PM's statement comes as Commonwealth nations meet in Antigua and Barbuda.
Paris prosecutors have opened an attempted murder investigation after a Molotov attack on police. France reported 779 arrests during nationwide protests and Halloween night, fewer than on previous weekends.
The Ukrainian president's remarks came as Moscow reported "significant damage" to an industrial facility in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod region.
Protesters march in New Delhi demanding the election chief quit over voter roll changes seen as favouring Modi’s party.
Adrian Ramsay says some new members would be ‘more at home’ in Your Party or Socialist Workers partyAdrian Ramsay, the former co-leader of the Green party, has said the party must fix its internal democracy to avoid a takeover by the hard left, saying that some new members “might be more at home” in Your Party or the Socialist Workers party.Ramsay, who has been critical of the handling of the row
Protesters have again taken to the streets across Europe to defend democracy and denounce economic hardship. A wave of protest has spread through the continent in the past month, starting in Spain, with housing protests, and in France, where a student movement drew half a million people to the streetsFrom teargas in Paris to gen Z in Germany: protests across Europe – in pictures Continue reading..