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Indian capital imposes emergency measures including closing schools and offices and barring heavy vehiclesPollution levels in India’s capital, Delhi, have soared to their highest levels this year, forcing schools and offices to close and cloaking the city in thick brown smog.In some parts of the city, a live air quality ranking by IQAir put pollution levels at more than 30 times the maximum level...

Images released by MSF doctors highlight impact of conflict in the country, with medical supplies and aid unable to reach people due to fightingA series of X-rays showing a piece of shrapnel buried deep inside a 20-month-old girl’s head and a bullet embedded in an 18-month-old boy’s chest are among images released by medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) revealing the impact of the...

Exclusive: Group of more than 90 including writers Tim Winton and Charlotte Wood have paid for every federal senator and MP to receive curated packageFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSome of Australia’s most prominent authors are among a group of more than 90 writers and literary supporters who have paid for...

After 20 people including 15 first responders killed in Douris, rescuers ask why state service was targetedAll the corpses had been recovered but still the rescuers sifted through the rubble. A paramedic carried a sack with him, filled with the charred remains of his colleagues. Every few feet he stopped and knelt down, assessing. In the twisted mess left behind by the Israeli airstrike,...

Rights group says Abdallah Said’s case is a troubling first for the country amid president’s increasing crackdownTunisian anti-terrorist investigators are handling the case of a leading advocate for migrants who has been taken into custody, in what the head of a rights group said was a troubling first for the country.Abdallah Said, a Tunisian of Chadian origin, was questioned along with the secretary general...

Chidimma Adetshina crowned Miss Universe Africa and Oceania after she was stripped of South African identity documentsBeauty queen Chidimma Adetshina’s second place in this year’s Miss Universe competition was not only an occasion for Nigerians to rejoice at their highest ever placing in the global pageant, but an opportunity to celebrate a victory over their continental rivals South Africa.Adetshina came first runner-up to Denmark’s...

Interim leader Muhammad Yunus confirms plans to put former PM on trial accused of crimes against humanityBangladesh will seek the extradition of the former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to face trial on charges including crimes against humanity, the country’s interim leader, Muhammad Yunus, has said in a speech.Hasina, whose autocratic regime governed Bangladesh for 15 years, was toppled in a student-led revolution in August....

Starmer in Rio de Janeiro for G20 summit and is set to become first UK PM to meet Chinese president in six yearsGood morning. Keir Starmer is in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil for the G20 summit, where later today he will become the first UK prime minister in six years to meet the Chinese president, Xi Jinping. As Jessica Elgot reports, Starmer says...

Joint committee supports giving users the power to alter, reset or turn off algorithms but hedges on key question of age barGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA parliamentary committee examining the impact of social media on Australian society has recommended users be given the power to alter, reset or turn off algorithms, as well as be provided with greater...

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsBegbies Traynor also reveals that their employment costs are expected to rise by £1.25m due to the increase in employers’ national insurance contributions.The company is “reviewing options to mitigate the impact where possible”.“Additional headwinds for UK business from increased employment costs and the prospect of higher for longer interest rates are likely to extend the period...

Education secretary urges ministers to keep discussion on policy behind the scenes after Wes Streeting voices oppositionWhat have Labour cabinet ministers said about assisted dying?UK politics live – latest updatesBridget Phillipson, the education secretary, has said she is likely to vote against the bill to legalise assisted dying, as she urged ministerial colleagues to keep their discussions about the policy behind the scenes.Under a...

Price cap for Great Britain forecast to rise to £1,736 a year for average dual-fuel bill, according to Cornwall InsightsBusiness live – latest updatesBritons have been warned to expect a “disappointing” rise in energy bills in January, adding pressure to household finances, despite earlier hopes that prices may ease early next year.The price cap for Great Britain is forecast to rise to £1,736 a...

Powerful storm systems bring heavy rainfall, widespread flooding and landslides to Central America and AsiaTropical Storm Sara has caused significant disruption across Central America in recent days after forming in the Caribbean Sea on Thursday afternoon. It is the 18th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season and the third this month. The large number of tropical storm and hurricane formations this season can...

Items up for auction from Eric Morecambe’s family home show Ernie Wise had doubts about pair’s futureThey became arguably the greatest comedy duo Britain has ever produced but if Eric Morecambe had listened to a young and despondent Ernie Wise they would have split up before ever getting properly started.A poignant 1950 letter from Wise to Morecambe is part of a remarkable treasure trove...

This blog is now closedAlan Jones charged with 24 indecent assault and sexual touching offences against eight victimsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThree million Australians are at risk of homelessness, a 63% increase since 2016, a new report from Homelessness NSW and Impact Economics has revealed.By looking at household data including income, support and rental stress, the report found...

City of Port Adelaide Enfield’s mayor says she hadn’t received correspondence about storage or disposal before or after bill passed federal parliamentFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPlans to dispose of low-level nuclear waste from Aukus submarines at an Adelaide naval facility have been unanimously opposed by the local council for the...

Sen Const Kristian White says situation with 95-year-old carrying knife ‘was not going to be resolved without the use of force’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA police officer who fatally tasered a 95-year-old woman in a nursing home said he tried to give her “every opportunity to drop the knife” she...

Analysts say market is still relatively busy despite decline of 1.4%, which is unusually high for this time of yearThe average asking price for a UK home has dropped by more than £5,000 this month as the autumn budget caused housing market jitters before the usual Christmas slowdown.Average asking prices from new sellers fell by £5,366, or 1.4%, in November to £366,592, compared with...

Senator rips up paper copy of motion against her and says she was ‘denied my right’ to be present during vote Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLidia Thorpe has ripped up a paper copy of the Senate motion censuring her protest against King Charles, promising “I’ll do it again” and saying...

Indian PM’s trip expected to focus on trade and investment as oil-rich Caribbean country’s economic boom continuesIndia’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, will make a “historic” state visit to the oil-rich Caribbean nation of Guyana this week when the two countries are expected to sign energy and defence agreements.Modi’s visit to the country, from Tuesday to Thursday, will be the first from an Indian prime...

Practice banned in both countries but widespread among those displaced by Sudan’s civil war, say aid workersWomen’s rights campaigners have spoken of their concern over the spread of female genital mutilation among Sudanese refugees in camps across the border in Chad.Both countries have outlawed the practice but it continues in secret. The UN children’s agency, Unicef, says that about 87% of Sudanese women aged...

Education minister Jason Clare says ‘never in my life’ did he expect to see opposition and Greens take same stand on immigrationFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Albanese government has been left red-faced after the Coalition made a last-minute backflip over plans to cap international student numbers from next year.The education...

Carr has claimed Google, Facebook, Apple and Microsoft ‘censor’ Americans and criticized NBC for letting Harris appear on Saturday Night Live President-elect Donald Trump will tap Brendan Carr, a critic of the Biden administration’s telecom policies and big tech, as chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), he has said in a statement.Carr, 45, is the top Republican on the FCC, the independent agency...

St Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theatre says dancer was taking painkillers for an injury and fell from fifth floorThe acclaimed Russian ballet dancer Vladimir Shklyarov has died aged 39.Shklyarov died after falling from the fifth floor of a building on Saturday, a spokesperson for the Mariinsky Theatre told the news outlet Fontanka at the weekend. Continue reading...