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Africa

  • Detail from the Nile mosaic of Palestrina

    Ancient Egyptian pleasure boat found by archaeologists off Alexandria coast

    First-century luxury vessel matches description by the Greek historian Strabo, who visited city around 29-25BC
  • Sign for St Mary’s private Catholic school in Niger state

    Nigerian state secures release of 100 out of 265 kidnapped schoolchildren

  • Soldiers patrol the streets of Benin.

    Troops and warplanes deployed in Benin after ‘failed coup attempt’

  • Sun rises over Saulsville township shacks

    Gunmen kill at least 12 people including three-year-old in hostel in South Africa

  • A line of families along a road holding their possessions in bags and on their backs.

    People flee DR Congo fighting one day after peace deal signed in Washington

Americas

  • Former Honduran president Hernandez releases video after Trump pardoned him from 45-year U.S. sentenceFormer Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez delivers a speech in an unknown location after U.S. President Donald Trump pardoned him from a 45-year U.S. sentence on drug trafficking and weapons charges, in this screengrab from video released on December 5, 2025. JUAN ORLANDO HERNANDEZ/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

    Ex-Honduran president thanks God – and Trump – for drug-trafficking pardon

    Juan Orlando Hernández thanked the Lord for being ‘a free man’ and then Trump for ‘changing my life’
  • Protesters gather in Manhattan on Saturday for a No War in Venezuela rally.

    US attack on Venezuela risks ‘Vietnam-style’ regional conflict, warns Lula adviser

  • Ice and icy water

    Magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes remote area near Alaska-Canada border

  • an oil pumpjack with a gas-flaring chimney in the background

    Maduro says the real reason for Trump’s Venezuela fixation is oil – is he right?

  • A boat seen from the air

    US airstrike survivors clung to boat wreckage for an hour before second deadly attack, video shows

Asia Pacific

  • A tsunami warning is issued as live footage of a boat leaving a coast port is shown on a television in Sapporo, in Japan's northern Hokkaido prefecture.

    Japan issues tsunami warning after magnitude 7.6 earthquake

    Tsunami as high as 3 metres could hit after powerful tremor 50 miles off country’s north-east coast
  • People flee on motorbikes and other vehicles near the Cambodian border

    Thailand launches airstrikes along disputed border with Cambodia as tensions flare

  • Son Heung-min

    Woman handed four-year sentence for blackmailing footballer Son Heung-min

  • Election officials start to count the ballots on Monday after polls closed in the Legislative Council elections in Hong Kong

    Near-record low election turnout in Hong Kong amid discontent over apartment fire

  • File shot of a J-15 fighter jet landing on an aircraft carrier

    Japan PM vows ‘resolute’ response after Chinese aircraft accused of locking radar on to Japanese fighter jets

Australia

  • Garry Morgan with one of his dogs at his home which was saved from a recent bushfire by the NSW RFS, south of Bulahdelah, NSW, Australia

    ‘It came from everywhere’: NSW town counts the cost after bushfire hits

    As Bulahdelah mourns dead firefighter, residents recall lucky escapes and fire chief warns the danger is ‘not contained’
  • An aerial helicopter dropping water on a fire

    Australia’s bushfires were held at bay by five wet years — but experts warn the country is ‘ready to burn’

  • Barnaby Joyce underneath exit sign

    Liberals must not become ‘One Nation lite’, NSW senator says, as Joyce defection tightens upper house race

  • Illustration of green fields and open space on site of Wentworth Park in Sydney, Australia

    Sydney’s home of greyhound racing to become shared green space as Minns unveils Wentworth Park plan

  • Anika Wells

    Anika Wells’ expenses are within the rules but many politicians know these perks should be wound back

Europe

  • German chancellor Friedrich Merz, British prime minister Keir Starmer, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and French president Emmanuel Macron meet at 10 Downing Street.

    Live
    Ukraine war live: Zelenskyy in Downing Street for peace plan talks as Merz says Germany ‘sceptical’ about some US proposals

    Ukrainian leader meets Starmer, Macron and Merz in UK after US-Ukraine talks in Florida failed to achieve a breakthrough

  • Starmer meets Zelenskyy: is a new peace plan possible? – podcast

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  • Two people and a dog out on a beach despite strong winds

    Storm Bram to bring strong winds and heavy rain to UK

  • Friedrich Merz, Emmanuel Macron, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Keir Starmer in Kyiv

    Zelenskyy to meet European leaders in London for talks on ending Ukraine war

  • Illustration of two soldiers, barbed wire and colours of the Polish flag

    ‘I’d defend our nation’: Poles prepare for growing threat of war

Middle East

  • Ahmed al-Sharaa speaks inside a mosque

    Can Syria’s president turn wave of global goodwill into tangible results at home?

    Sanctions, instability and external meddling are still problems for Ahmed al-Sharaa, one year after Assad’s fall
  • A toppled statue of Hafez al-Assad

    A year after fall of Assad, a divided Syria struggles to escape cycle of violence

  • US army personnel, IDF personnel and other international officials conferring in front of whiteboards inside the Civil-Military Coordination Center

    Israeli surveillance targets US and allies at joint base planning Gaza aid and security, say sources

  • Yemeni armed forces crammed into the back of a vehicle making victory signs

    Seizure of South Yemen by UAE-backed forces could lead to independence claim

  • Palestinians walk past destroyed buildings

    Disarming Hamas should not be first task of Gaza stabilisation force, Turkey says

South and Central Asia

  • Police officials investigate the burned-out interior at the site of the Goa nightclub fire

    Four members of same family killed in Goa nightclub fire that left 25 dead

    Officials say the venue had contravened multiple safety regulations and that the basement had no fire safety exit
  • Screengrab of Goa nightclub fire

    Tourists among at least 25 killed in Goa nightclub fire

  • Emmanuel Macron and Volodymyr Zelensky.

    Macron denies warning Ukraine about potential US betrayal – as it happened

  • Vladimir Putin and Narendra Modi

    Putin vows oil shipments to India will be ‘uninterrupted’ in defiance of US

  • Vladimir Putin rides in a car with Narendra Modi after arriving in New Delhi.

    Putin and Modi to meet amid politically treacherous times for Russia and India

UK

  • The Bank of England in Threadneedle Street

    Bank of England cutting jobs as part of overhaul after critical Bernanke review

    Bank under budget pressure as it responds to former Fed chair’s report into slow response to surging inflation
  • Keir Starmer speaking during a visit to McLaren Automotive in Surrey on Monday

    Live
    No 10 declines to comment on White House claim that Europe facing ‘civilisational erasure’ – UK politics live

  • The Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage, eats a 99 Flake ice-cream while walking in Clacton-on-Sea in July

    Police assess claims Reform UK breached electoral law during Farage campaign

  • white storks on a nest on top of a tree

    White storks to make historic return to London in 2026

  • a new build development made up of social units for rent

    People on lowest incomes being denied access to social housing, research finds

US

  • a woman in police uniform

    Washington DC police chief resigns after less than two years

    Pamela Smith, first Black woman to lead the department, quits amid battle with Trump over control of police
  • Winter Weather WashingtonA worker shovels snow and ice in front of the Supreme Court building during the first snowfall of the winter season on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

    Live
    US supreme court hears arguments in case that tests Trump’s ability to fire officials – live

  • a gate next to palm trees

    Paramount launches $108.4bn hostile bid for Warner Bros Discovery

  • Golden Globes composite: film stills from One Battle After Another, Marty Supreme, Hamnet, Sinners

    Golden Globe nominations: One Battle After Another leads the charge

  • people holding signs protest in the street

    Authorities monitor online criticism of New Orleans immigration crackdown

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