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Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) – World ·
GeopoliticsUK: Keir Starmer tells Cabinet he will continue in place, as four junior ministers quit
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has met with his Cabinet amid continued pressure after election losses. A set piece speech yesterday failed to calm the waters, and four junior…
Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) – World ·
GeopoliticsGermany news: Merz booed as he advocates economic reform
Chancellor Friedrich Merz says Germany must buckle down to ensure economic renewal, amid geopolitical turmoil. Meanwhile, inflation is up again with energy prices a key driver pus…
Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) – World ·
Geopolitics'Work not over,' says WHO after hantavirus evacuation
Extensive testing, contact tracing, and quarantine procedures are still needed to contain the outbreak, WHO says. However, it has stressed that the current outbreak is vastly diff…
Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) – World ·
GeopoliticsSport helping displaced Lebanese living in stadium to cope
More than a million people have been forced to flee their homes in southern Lebanon due to fighting between Israeli forces and Hezbollah. As many shelter in Beirut stadiums, sport…
Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) – World ·
GeopoliticsThailand scraps Cambodia naval pact amid sinking ties
Bangkok's decision to end MoU 44, a long-stalled maritime agreement with Cambodia, is a win for Thai nationalists. This comes as Cambodia struggles to garner international support…
Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) – World ·
GeopoliticsTrump-Xi summit: High stakes for the US, China and the world
US President Donald Trump is hoping for a foreign policy win at the upcoming summit with China's Xi Jinping. The Iran war, trade deals and Taiwan are expected to be high on the ag…
Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) – World ·
GeopoliticsBundesliga: Kathleen Krüger appointed Hamburg's head of sport
Hamburg have appointed Kathleen Krüger as the club's new board member responsible for sport. She becomes the first woman to fill such a role at a Bundesliga club on a permanent ba…
Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) – World ·
Geopolitics2026 Rainbow Map delivers mixed picture on LGBTQ+ rights
ILGA Europe has released its annual ranking of LGBTQ+ rights across Europe and Central Asia, with Spain taking the top spot for the first time. But behind the numbers, activists w…
Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) – World ·
GeopoliticsNigeria airstrike kills 100 at market, Amnesty says
Amnesty International is calling for an investigation, saying the strike was the latest deadly attack to kill civilians. The military denies that civilians were harmed.
Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) – World ·
GeopoliticsAs super 'El Nino' looms, wildfires are set to heat up
More than 150 million hectares — over twice the size of Texas — burned globally in the first months of 2026. With a high chance of a supercharged El Nino, the second half of the y…
Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) – World ·
GeopoliticsWar in Iran: Despite Iranian attacks, Doha steps up mediation efforts
Qatar is intensifying regional mediation efforts despite the Iran war bringing airstrikes and cutting off Doha's access to global oil markets. But can Qatar leverage its ties to t…
Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) – World ·
GeopoliticsEU invites Taliban members to discuss Afghan migrant returns
The European Commission has invited officials from Afghanitan's Taliban to discuss the returns of certain migrants. It's controversial on humanitarian grounds, and because Brussel…
Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) – World ·
GeopoliticsIran: Surge of political prisoners amid US-Israel war
Amid the US-Israel war with Iran, as the world breathlessly watches the Strait of Hormuz, Tehran is quietly increasing pressure on political prisoners. Advocates are sounding the …
Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) – World ·
GeopoliticsCanvas owner secures student data in deal with hacking group
The ShinyHunters hacking group stole student data from the popular education platform Canvas last week. Parent company Instructure apologized for the hack and said Canvas "remains…
Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) – World ·
GeopoliticsOpenAI boss Sam Altman says Musk wanted control of company
Sam Altman testified in trial that could determine the future of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT.
Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) – World ·
GeopoliticsArgentina sees vast protests against Milei's university cuts
Hundreds of thousands of people have protested aginst President Javier Milei's funding cuts for public universities.
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsKash Patel denies excessive drinking allegations as ‘total farce’ in Senate hearing
FBI director also dismisses allegations of unexplained absences as Democrats challenge him over Atlantic reportUS politics live – latest updatesEmbattled FBI director Kash Patel h…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsLouisiana police to pay $4.85m to daughter of Black motorist who died at officers’ hands in 2019
Police and sheriff’s office agree to settlement after Ronald Greene was fatally shocked and punched during 2019 arrestLouisiana’s state police and a local sheriff’s office have ag…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
Geopolitics‘I’m afraid if she gets out’: US author’s sons say they want mother to stay in jail
Kouri Richins, 35, faces up to life in prison for killing her husband, and her three sons say they are ‘afraid’ of herThe young sons of Kouri Richins, a Utah author, said ahead of…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsKash Patel lobs false claims about top Democrat as they spar over allegations of FBI chief’s excessive drinking on the job – as it happened
This live blog is now closed.Kash Patel denies excessive drinking allegations as ‘total farce’ in Senate hearingSign up for the Breaking News US emailThe Pentagon revealed on 29 A…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsTrump’s rollback of toxic gas rules limits EPA’s authority to protect public health, analysis says
Ethylene oxide (EtO) is about 60 times more carcinogenic than believed in 2006, research findsA new Trump administration plan to rescind 2024 regulations for toxic ethylene oxide …
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsCapacity of lifts not kept up with UK obesity levels, study shows
Research on weight limits of elevators made in UK and Europe 1972-2004 raises concerns over safety and equityLifts are no longer big enough to fit the UK’s larger citizens, accord…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsThree-quarters of UK millionaires would be happy to pay more tax, research finds
Despite concerns super-rich are leaving due to tax burdens, 88% of those surveyed were proud to live in UK and would pay more to fund public servicesNine in 10 UK millionaires are…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsOlder people risk mental decline if they do long hours of caring, UK study shows
Researchers find 50+ hours a week can be detrimental to health but lighter responsibilities have positive effectThe stresses and strains of caring for someone for 50 hours or more…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsLabour must fulfil promise to introduce clean air act, charities urge
Party held out prospect of act while in opposition but plan did not make it into election manifestoMinisters should bring forward a new clean air act that would ban wood burning, …
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsIs Big Brother watching you shop? – podcast
From supermarkets to corner shops, live facial recognition could be coming to retailers near you. Jessica Murray on the AI systems increasingly used by the police and storesLive f…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsMore than 110 Nobel laureates call on Iran to release gravely ill activist Narges Mohammadi
As human rights advocate is treated in Tehran hospital after transfer from Zanjan prison, prize winners demand her freedomMore than 110 Nobel laureates have called for the immedia…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsIsraeli MPs back special tribunal with death penalty powers for alleged 7 October attackers
Knesset approves plan for livestreamed trials in military court, drawing comparisons to 1962 Adolf Eichmann trialIsraeli lawmakers have approved setting up a livestreamed special …
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsHead of Microsoft’s Israel branch to step down after inquiry into dealings with Israeli military
The inquiry came after the Guardian revealed Israel used company technology to support mass surveillance of Palestinian phone callsThe head of Microsoft’s Israeli subsidiary will …
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsUAE’s secret attack on Iran risks drawing Gulf states into the war
If current precarious ceasefire between US and Iran ends, Emirates are more likely to be targeted by TehranThe risk of some Gulf states becoming embroiled in a direct war with Ira…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsFrench film industry at risk from the far right, say actors and directors
Juliette Binoche joins 600 leading figures to warn against a ‘fascist takeover of the collective imagination’More than 600 cinema figures have said the growing influence of the fa…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsThree-day ceasefire ends with fresh wave of Russian attacks on Ukraine – as it happened
At least one person killed as Moscow launches drone strikes on energy facilities and apartments European culture editorIt was meant to be the crowning moment of a seemingly never-…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsBosnia and Herzegovina left vulnerable by policy clash with US, representative says
Christian Schmidt, who is resigning post, says multi-ethnic nation may fall apart amid pressure from US and RussiaThe UN high representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina has warned …
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsAuschwitz survivor who returned to live in Germany dies aged 101
Albrecht Weinberg spent years teaching students about Nazi atrocities after being imprisoned at Auschwitz and BelsenThree Auschwitz survivors tell their storiesAlbrecht Weinberg, …
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsWHO head tells countries to prepare for more hantavirus cases
Health officials in Paris say French woman who contracted disease on MV Hondius is on ventilator in intensive careThe head of the World Health Organization has told countries to p…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsDon’t reach for the bug spray: scientists find insects may feel pain after crickets nurse sore antenna
The behavioural cue of ‘flexible self-protection’ is a way to establish whether an animal feels pain, scientists saySign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free C…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsCapital gains tax and negative gearing benefit the 1% and this chart shows it
More than half of the benefit of the CGT concession went to the top 1% of income earners, the most recent data showsWant to get more charts in your inbox every fortnight? Sign up …
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsCoalition vows to repeal Labor’s ‘toxic’ negative gearing and capital gains tax budget changes
Opposition leader Angus Taylor and shadow treasurer Tim Wilson say future Coalition government would reinstate generous rules for property investorsFollow our Australia news live …
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsCrisis of First Nations children in care will worsen under NT child protection reforms, advocates warn
Legal and child advocates have criticised the changes, which include eroding the Aboriginal child placement principle, as ‘dangerous, ignorant and wrong’Follow our Australia news …
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsBudget 2026 live updates: advocates call on crossbench to block NDIS cuts; funding pulled for Invictus
Anthony Albanese defends changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax, which Bill Shorten says will give young people a ‘fighting chance’. Follow today’s news liveSee all our…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsChaos in Philippines as Duterte ally wanted by ICC takes refuge in senate to avoid arrest
Former police chief Ronald dela Rosa spends night at senate office after another Duterte ally offers protective custodyThe unusual pursuit was captured on CCTV cameras inside the …
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsThe Bahamas goes to polls in three-way battle with immigration a key issue
Rising cost of living such as high gas prices also a concern in election that will have record number of votersVoters in the Bahamas head to the polls on Tuesday in a hotly contes…
Source: The Guardian – World ·
GeopoliticsInternal displacements caused by violence or conflict at record high in 2025
The 32.3m surpasses those caused by disasters for the first time, as 82.2m people displaced in total around worldThe number of internal displacements triggered by conflict or viol…
Source: BBC News – World ·
GeopoliticsThe Kabul rehab centre hit by deadly Pakistani strike
Pakistan says it hit 'military and terrorist infrastructure' - but the UN and victims' families reject this claim.
Source: BBC News – World ·
GeopoliticsTexas accuses Netflix of spying on users, including children
The lawsuit comes amid increased scrutiny over platform features like auto-play that deliver endless content to users.
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