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Former NBA star’s diagnosis was revealed two years agoCenter was known for charity work in US and AfricaBasketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo, whose towering presence dominated basketball on and off the court, has died from brain cancer at the age of 58.“Dikembe Mutombo was simply larger than life,” NBA commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement on Monday. “On the court, he was...

River erosion has pushed the mountain upwards and added an extra 15 to 50 metres over the past 89,000 yearsClimbing Mount Everest has always been a feat, but it seems the task might be getting harder: researchers say Everest is having something of a growth spurt.The Himalayas formed about 50m years ago, when the Indian subcontinent smashed into the Eurasian tectonic plate – although...

French far-right leader and 24 others from National Rally party allegedly embezzled European parliament fundsThe French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has gone on trial on charges of embezzling money from the European parliament, in a high-profile case that could endanger her presidential ambitions.“We have not broken any rules,” the three-time presidential candidate of the far-right National Rally (RN) said before the start of...

At least 30 stranded or missing and hundreds injured after heaviest monsoon rains in two decadesMore than 200 people were killed in Nepal over the weekend in what experts described as some of the worst flash flooding to have hit the capital, Kathmandu, and the surrounding valleys.Swathes of Kathmandu were left underwater after the heaviest monsoon rains in two decades fell on Friday and...

Dutch and Hungarian politicians among those hailing result for pro-Kremlin, anti-Islam FPÖKarl Nehammer, Austria’s chancellor, called the result, which will send shock waves through Europe, “bitter” while his defence minister, Klaudia Tanner, admitted the debacle for the governing parties was a “wake-up call”.Because it failed to win an absolute majority, the far-right Freedom party (FPÖ) will need a partner to govern. Continue reading...

Exit polls show Freedom party’s election gains came thanks to strong support among younger votersEurope live – latest updatesAustria’s main parties are preparing to begin tense wrangling to form a government amid warnings about the country’s democracy after the far right’s watershed victory in a general election in which angry voters punished centrist incumbents over migration and inflation.On Sunday, the anti-Islam, Kremlin-friendly Freedom party...

Stephen James Hubbard, 72, is first US citizen to be tried as a mercenary in Russia during the war with UkraineRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesA US citizen has pleaded guilty in a Moscow court to charges of fighting for Ukraine, marking the first known instance of an American being tried as a mercenary in Russia.Russian state media reported that Stephen James Hubbard, 72,...

Phillips, who the court of final appeal said was stepping down for ‘personal reasons’, is fifth foreign judge to leave city’s judiciary this yearThe British judge Nicholas Phillips has stepped down from Hong Kong’s top appeals court, the fifth overseas judge to leave the city’s judiciary this year.Phillips, 86, is leaving Hong Kong’s court of final appeal (CFA) after 22 years for “personal reasons”...

The 67-year-old will seek an early public mandate after seeing off a rightwing challenge to become the leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic partyJapan’s incoming prime minister Shigeru Ishiba is poised to call a snap election for the end of the month, according to media reports, days after he promised to lift his party’s dwindling fortunes and “put a smile” back on the faces...

More than 6,000 people perform Māori dance at Eden Park rugby stadium in Auckland, to break France’s recordNew Zealand has reclaimed the world record for the largest mass haka after more than 6,000 people performed the Māori dance, dethroning France.The record was broken in deafening fashion at Eden Park rugby stadium in Auckland, where thousands of men, women and children combined on the pitch...

Philippe Boxho’s macabre true stories are approaching 1m copies sold and shedding light on a ‘misunderstood’ jobA girl on a farm is devoured by pigs. A walker’s throat is slit by the broken-off blade of a lawn mower after it hits a stone. A woman fires 13 bullets into the body of her seemingly sleeping father but is cleared of murder because he had...

Tory leadership contender accused of targetting Muslims but says: ‘I’m very careful when I speak. I’ve met many Muslim people who love Israel’Q: Do you agree with Kemi Badenoch that some cultures are less valid than others?Jenrick says culture matters. But he says he disagres with Badenoch on immigration numbers. He says he thinks you have to have a cap on numbers. And he...

Claim comes day after leader Hassan Nasrallah was confirmed killed; more than one million people displaced by Israeli strikes, Lebanese minister saysWe have a little more information on Nabil Kaouk, the high-ranking Hezbollah official the Israeli military said was killed in an airstrike yesterday (see earlier post at 09.41).Kaouk was a veteran member of Hezbollah going back to the 1980s and had previously served...

Local Jewish and Palestinian groups are preparing to mark one year since the October 7 attacksGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAs Palestinian and Jewish groups prepare to mark the first anniversary of the events that triggered the current Israel-Gaza conflict, the Australian government has again condemned the escalating cycle of violence in the Middle East, reiterating demands for a...

As store confirms non-disclosure agreements will be waived, investigation continues into full extent of the late owner’s abuseLawyers acting for women attacked by Mohamed Al Fayed say Harrods must reveal how many people were silenced by non-disclosure agreements after its new owners pledged not to enforce any signed during his ownership.Fayed covered up his sexual abuse by intimidating victims into signing NDAs in exchange...

More than 30 businesses have written to the environment secretary calling for mandatory reporting of wasted foodFood companies should have to report how much they throw away as a first step towards reducing the vast amounts of edible food squandered in the UK, a group of prominent businesses have said.About a third of the food produced globally every year is binned, much of it...

Two weather warnings for wind and rain, with river levels already high and ground saturated in some placesEngland and Wales are braced for heavy rain and strong winds just days after homes and businesses were flooded.Two fresh weather warnings come into force on Sunday for wind and rain which will hit areas already saturated by downpours earlier in the week. Continue reading...

But the national carrier says contingencies are in place to prevent traveller chaos in capital cities on Monday morningFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMore than 1,000 Qantas engineers across Australia will walk off the job in industrial action they claim could kick the week off with peak-hour travel chaos, but the...

A surge in claims for pension credit will make thousands more people eligible for the payments and other benefitsRachel Reeves has been warned that her cut to pensioner winter fuel payments risks saving hundreds of millions less than anticipated, in a new blow to her attempts to close the hole in Britain’s finances.The chancellor and her Treasury team are already re-examining parts of a...

Prime minister hopes to use talks with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen this week to prepare for a reset in the springKeir Starmer will use a meeting with the European Commission president this week to pave the way for a springtime overhaul of Britain’s Brexit deal, amid warnings that closer ties will be essential in his government’s desperate search for growth.The prime...

Thanks to the city’s famously rainy climate, trees suffering in the south can be moved, says the Royal Horticultural SocietyThe climate is changing British gardens everywhere. Well, almost everywhere. The Royal Horticultural Society has modelled how global heating will affect its property until 2075 and discovered that summers will be hotter and drier in all its gardens – except in Manchester.Greater Manchester’s renown as...

The state’s shadow treasurer, David Janetzki, says general practitioners would be exempt from payroll tax with David Crisafulli as premierFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQueensland’s opposition claims visits to the doctor would be cheaper under an LNP government, but Labor said they haven’t explained how they will pay to make GPs...

Bridget McKenzie tells Insiders she is working on the opposition’s transport policy ahead of the next federal election – including EV plansFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLiberal senator Bridget McKenzie has again left the door open for a Coalition government to level a road user charge against owners of electric vehicles,...

It follows a weekend of wild weather in NSW, where SES responded to 270 calls including two adults and a baby stranded in flood waters near Tweed HeadsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA cold front moving across southeast Australia is promising to bring more frosty temperatures through next week after parts...