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The UK has agreed to hand the archipelago over to Mauritius after decades of diplomatic disputeThe UK has agreed to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a historic deal. Here we detail the history of the archipelago. Continue reading...

Electoral success of parties in Germany and Austria backing mass deportation linked to the term’s growing use by mainstream politicians, say expertsThey poured on to streets across Germany in the tens of thousands, wielding placards that read “Nazis out” and “Never again is now”.Appalled by revelations that some among the far-right Alternative für Deutschland had attended a meeting in Potsdam at which “remigration” had...

Man in Rotterdam faces €100 penalty after law introduced across Netherlands to tackle harassment in public spacesA court in the Netherlands has fined a man for harassing and intimidating a woman on a street in Rotterdam, in the first conviction under a new law tackling sexual harassment in public spaces.The 33-year-old man was fined €100 (£84) by a court in Rotterdam on Wednesday, months...

Yves-François Blanchet says Liberals must pass legislation or lose support of party propping up governmentThe leader of the Quebec independence party propping up the government of Justin Trudeau has insisted that the political lifeline depends on the quick passage of two pieces of legislation, and warned Canada’s embattled prime minister that he remains “very vulnerable”.The Bloc Québécois leader, Yves-François Blanchet, told the Guardian the...

Accusations that another Kremlin critic ordered attack on Leonid Volkov throws scattered opposition into further disarrayWhen Leonid Volkov, a longtime associate of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, was brutally attacked with a hammer outside his home in Lithuania in March, it initially seemed yet another case of the Kremlin hunting down its enemies abroad.The assailant smashed open Volkov’s car window and struck...

Several missing and more than 120 injured after storm makes landfall in Kaohsiung, with authorities pleading for people to stay insideTyphoon Krathon has made landfall in Taiwan, bringing destructive wind and rain to the island’s second biggest city.The storm has killed at least two people, with several more reported missing and more than 120 injured. Continue reading...

Venezuela’s president attempts to move on from bitterly disputed election result by declaring Christmas in October’Twas 85 nights before Christmas when the decorations went up – at least in Venezuela, where President Nicolás Maduro has decided festivities should start early in an apparent attempt to lift spirits and distract minds after the recent election scandal.A month after Maduro announced that Christmas 2024 would begin...

Study uncovers vivid and poignant accounts of reefs as high as houses off countries including UK, France and IrelandOnly a handful of natural oyster reefs measuring at most a few square metres cling on precariously along European coasts after being wiped out by overfishing, dredging and pollution.A study led by British scientists has discovered how extensive they once were, with reefs as high as...

Credibility ‘damaged’ by proposed 12-month delay, which followed lobbying from governments and firms around the worldA former top environment official has said the EU’s credibility on its climate commitments has been damaged by plans for a one-year delay to a law to combat deforestation that followed intense lobbying from companies and governments around the world.Virginijus Sinkevičius, a Lithuanian MEP who was the environment commissioner...

The H5N1 virus killed 47 tigers, three lions and a panther at the My Quynh safari park and the Vuon Xoai zoo, according to state mediaForty-seven tigers, three lions and a panther have died in zoos in south Vietnam due to the H5N1 bird flu virus, state media reported.The deaths occurred in August and September at the private My Quynh safari park in Long...

Defectors seeking to cross back into North Korea from the South are rare, though many struggle to adapt to life in their democratic, capitalist neighbourA North Korean defector living in South Korea has been detained after ramming a stolen bus into a barricade on a bridge near the heavily militarised border, in a failed attempt to return to his isolated homeland.The man – who...

Half the country’s population now struggling to find food as lawlessness and inflation cause ‘full-blown crisis’, say aid agenciesHalf of all Haitians are struggling every day to find food as rampant gang violence and lawlessness are causing “the worst hunger emergency in the western hemisphere”, a report has found.The UN World Food Programme (WFP) and its partner organisations estimate that 5.4 million Haitians are...

More than 100 injured as schools, offices and financial markets shut for a second dayTwo people have been killed, two are missing and more than 100 injured in bad weather from a typhoon approaching Taiwan, which grounded flights and closed all schools, offices and financial markets for Wednesday and Thursday.Typhoon Krathon reached super typhoon status in recent days but movement stalled overnight and its...

Unexpected blast at Miyazaki airport makes crater in taxiway and leads to grounding of 80 flights but no injuriesA US bomb from the second world war that had been buried at a Japanese airport has exploded, causing a large crater in a taxiway and the cancellation of more than 80 flights but no injuries, Japanese officials said.Land and transport ministry officials said there were...

Museum features consoles from 1983’s Famicom to 2017’s Switch, as well as honouring Nintendo’s pre-video-game eraTraditionally, visitors to Kyoto in October come for momijigari, the turning of the autumn leaves in the city’s picturesque parks. This autumn, however, there is a new draw: a Nintendo museum.The new attraction, which opens on Wednesday, is best described as a chapel of video game nostalgia. Upstairs, Nintendo’s...

The death of a young chartered accountant has highlighted a work culture of overworked employees and bullying bossesFor the average Indian, the working week is now longer than ever – totalling almost 47 hours.According to recent labour data, India now has one of the most overworked labour forces in the world, enduring longer hours than in China, Singapore and even Japan, a country renowned...

House of Commons defeats oppositional Conservative party’s bid to topple Canadian prime minister’s reignJustin Trudeau, Canada’s prime minister, has survived a second parliamentary confidence motion in less than a week after opposition parties vowed to keep his minority Liberal government alive for now.Legislators in the House of Commons voted 207-121 to defeat a bid by the official opposition Conservative party to topple Trudeau, who...

After tickets quickly sold out, some began to reappear on unauthorised third-party websites for more than £750Indian police have opened an investigation after touts bought up tickets for Coldplay’s upcoming Mumbai shows and put them back on sale for more than £750 each.India is often missed off global tours by popular western artists and news that Coldplay would be coming to India for the...

Substance, believed to be acidic, was thrown at pupils and staff at a west London school, say policeA teenage girl has been left with potentially life-changing injuries after a substance, believed to be acidic, was thrown at pupils and staff at a west London school, according to police.Officers on patrol were flagged down at 4.42pm on Monday by staff at the school in Alfred...

Tugendhat and Cleverly echo criticisms from Labour and the military as the Tory conference gears up for another dayEarlier I suggested that, even though Robert Jenrick is more hardline on the ECHR, Kemi Badenoch is the most rightwing candidate in the contest. There is some evidence to support this in a 36-page pamphlet her team released last night, called Conservatism in Crisis. Described as...

Vice-presidential candidates will go head to head in New York City in a crucial contest weeks before the US general electionMy colleague Rachel Leingang took a look at what we know so far about Vance and Walz’s debate style. She writes:Walz, the Democratic governor of Minnesota, and Vance, a Republican senator from Ohio, have been honing their public speaking skills – and their pointed...

David Jones navigated ‘tangled mess’ of flooding and debris in trek to Tennessee after hurricane ravaged south-eastA US man has made his case for all pending father of the year contests after reportedly walking 30 miles (48km) through flooding and debris inflicted by Hurricane Helene to walk his daughter down the aisle at her wedding in Tennessee.David Jones’s determined trek took him through some...

Driver is not thought to have serious injuries after vehicle fell from Thelwall viaduct between junctions 20 and 21A lorry has fallen 18 metres (60ft) from a bridge on the M6 in Cheshire, and police have advised motorists to avoid the area.The vehicle plummeted from the Thelwall viaduct between junctions 20 and 21, landing on the embankment below, Cheshire constabulary said. The driver of...

Premier issues show cause notice to Troy Thompson as investigation into the Townsville mayor’s military service record continuesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Queensland premier, Steven Miles, has launched an 11th hour bid to stand down controversial north Queensland mayor Troy Thompson as the Labor state government enters caretaker mode and...