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EU tightens visa restrictions on Russians over the Ukraine war and acts of sabotage
The European Union is making it harder for Russian citizens to enter Europe’s ID-check free travel area
China’s latest aircraft carrier enters service to extend reach into high seas
Experts say hi-tech Fujian will help expand country’s military influence and reach farther beyond its own watersChina’s newest and most advanced aircraft carrier officially entered service this week, signalling a new era in Chinese military expansion after a ceremony overseen by the country’s leader, Xi Jinping, state media has confirmed.The Fujian is China’s first domestically designed and built aircraft carrier, and the third for China’s rapidly expanding navy, which is already the world’s biggest by ship count. Continue reading...
Over 100 US leaders to attend Cop30 climate summit as Trump stays away
Dozens of US state and local leaders will be at talks in Brazil with president’s team expected to send no representativesThe Trump administration appears to be sitting out this month’s United Nations climate talks known as Cop30, telling the Guardian it will not deploy any high-level representatives to the negotiations.But dozens of US subnational leaders attend to promote their climate efforts. Continue reading...
What to know about pirates off the Somali coast who have hijacked a tanker
Pirates off the coasts of Somalia have hijacked a commercial vessel for the first time in 18 months, raising fears of a resurgence of armed attacks along the coasts of Somalia
Iranian capital faces water rationing and evacuations if it doesn't rain soon, president warns
Iran’s capital is facing an unprecedented water and energy crisis as reservoirs supplying the city plunge to historic lows, threatening supplies of drinking water and electricity generation
James Bond fantasist jailed for 7 years in UK for trying to spy for Russia
A British man who had aspirations of being James Bond has been jailed for seven years for trying to spy for what he believed to be Russian intelligence service agents
6 migrants die in crash after police try to stop a van in Bulgaria
A vehicle crash near the Black Sea city of Burgas has resulted in the deaths of six migrants
Multiple explosions shake a mosque in an Indonesian high school and injure 55
Multiple explosions have shaken a mosque at a high school in Indonesia’s capital, injuring at least 55 people, mostly students
Spanish police arrest 13 people suspected of belonging to Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang
Spanish police have arrested 13 people suspected of belonging to the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang
UK rejected atrocity prevention plans for Sudan despite warning of possible genocide
Exclusive: British government adopted ‘least ambitious’ option months before RSF’s massacres in El FasherBritain rejected atrocity prevention plans for Sudan despite intelligence warnings that the city of El Fasher would fall amid a wave of ethnic cleansing and possible genocide, according to a report seen by the Guardian.Government officials turned down the plans six months into the 18-month siege of El Fasher in favour of the “least ambitious” option of four presented. Continue reading...
Two hospital deaths raise the toll from a retirement home fire in Bosnia to 13 dead
The death toll from a fire this week at a retirement facility in Bosnia has reached 13
US strikes another alleged drug boat bringing death toll from campaign in Latin America to 70
US strikes have destroyed at least 18 vessels, but Washington has yet to make public any concrete evidence that its targets posed a threat to AmericaUS forces struck another alleged drug trafficking boat in the Caribbean, killing three people, defense secretary Pete Hegseth has said, bringing the death toll from the Trump administration’s controversial campaign to at least 70.The US began carrying out such strikes – which some experts say amount to extrajudicial killings even if they target known traffickers – in early September, taking aim at vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific. Continue reading...
