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Watch: What’s behind Trump’s energy ceasefire claim?The US president made the announcement in a social media post, which was an apparent surprise to Ukraine and Russia is yet to comment.1 hr agoWorld
ReutersAndy Burnham has said Russia did interfere with the Brexit referendum and warned that similar activities were taking place in France and Germany. The prime minister told The Rest is Politics podcast that upon arriving in No 10, he had asked about possible Russian interference in the 2016 vote, adding: “I’ve had the clear answer that, yes, there was.””I think we’ve been too much on the back foot on that actually and we haven’t informed people sufficiently about the extent to which people are seeking to disrupt the political process from overseas,” he added.Burnham did not provide further details about…
Getty ImagesDonald Tusk thanked the police for “swift and decisive action”Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said a man accused of plotting an assassination attack against him and his defence minister has been detained.The interior ministry earlier reported that police had received credible information about possible attacks against Tusk and Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz.Polish security services convened a special meeting on Sunday after receiving information about the planned attacks, with a spokesman saying officials were treating the threat as “deadly serious”.Tusk thanked the police for “swift and decisive action” in arresting the suspect.”In this case we are talking about a strong likelihood that…
Man City cruise to statement win over 10-man LiverpoolManchester City beat Liverpool in their first game since being found guilty of breaching the Premier League’s financial rules.
Watch: The scene at Riyadh international airport after strikeAn international airport in the Saudi capital Riyadh has been hit by a second strike in as many days, officials have said.A Saudi military spokesman said a projectile had hit King Khalid International Airport on Sunday, causing a fire in one of its passenger halls. Saudi Arabia’s civil aviation authority said there had been injuries.It comes a day after a strike on the same airport killed 13 people and injured 308 others, following similar strikes earlier this week.The Houthis in Yemen said they were behind the attacks and warned airlines and passengers…
ReutersYandex’s data centres have been targeted three times this week – like this one in Sasovo on ThursdayYandex has been forced to pause its operations at a data centre near Moscow after the facility was damaged in a Ukrainian drone strike – the third attack on the Russian tech giant’s sites this week.The company – dubbed “Russia’s Google” – said no one was injured at the centre in Vladimir, east of the capital, but some of its services were unavailable to users.Earlier this week, Yandex said it was struggling to maintain its services after two of its five data centres…
LIVERiyadh airport hit by second strike in two days, Saudi-led coalition says At least 12 people were killed and more than 300 injured in an attack on King Khalid International Airport on Saturday.
Pope Leo announces he will undergo surgery for early-stage lung nodulePope Leo XIV has announced he will be operated on “in the coming days” after a nodule was found on his lung during a medical check-up.”The doctors found an early, well-localised nodule on my lung,” he told the public during his weekly Sunday prayers in St Peter’s Square in Rome.The 71-year-old said his medical team “believe it would be right to intervene” and he had agreed to the operation, while reassuring pilgrims that the mass was “well-contained” and caught “at an early stage”.The pontiff’s admission that he would need surgery…
AFP via Getty ImagesThe IOM says people taking this route has increased by 18%, with boats – like the above pictured from April 2026 – getting into troubleAt least 109 migrants including 15 children have died and dozens more are still missing after a boat sank off the coast of Djibouti, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has said. The boat was travelling from Djibouti to Yemen with 350 people on board, when it capsized near the port town of Obock on Thursday night. Around 80 people were rescued, the IOM said.IOM’s Djibouti mission chief Alexandre Coissac called the tragedy…
Ella FordAn eyewitness took this photograph of the tiger minutes before the incidentFiona CallowandJulia Bryson,Yorkshire Yorkshire Wildlife Park remains closed after a man climbed into a tiger enclosure and was fatally attacked by the animal. Emergency services were called to the park near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, at about 13:30 BST on Saturday after reports of a man climbing down into the enclosure from a walkway. An eyewitness described seeing the man wearing headphones and “pacing around” near the enclosure before he went in and was attacked. Police said the man sadly died at the scene. The spokesperson says many people…