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Israel claims it has killed a Palestinian involved in the 7 October attack by Hamas.The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said in a statement on Saturday that it had carried out a strike in Gaza on a "vehicle with a terrorist that took part in the murderous 7 October massacre". The IDF said it was investigating claims that the person worked for the international humanitarian organisation, the World Central Kitchen (WCK)."The […]

Mother and daughter, their car loaded with luggage, are driving together back to their house in this bombed-out suburb of Beirut. I ask them how it feels coming home."Nothing feels like home," Samara Diab, the daughter, says. Dahieh, in the south of Beirut, is Hezbollah territory and much of it has been levelled. Its leader Hassan Nasrallah was assassinated by an airstrike two months ago.But the children here shout his […]

Violence has broken out again in Georgia's capital after protesters took to the streets near parliament over the suspension of EU membership talks.Police used water cannon and pepper spray as thousands gathered in Tbilisi to demand the government change its stance. Some protesters hurled fireworks at police and pushed a burning industrial bin towards officers.There were also protests on Thursday after Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze announced accession talks were being […]

Syrian rebels have breached Aleppo for the first time since the country's government recaptured the city in 2016, according to war monitors and fighters.Insurgents led by the Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham have been advancing towards Aleppo - seizing towns and villages along the way - since launching a shock offensive on Wednesday. "Relentless attacks" over the past three days in north-western Syria have killed 27 civilians, including eight […]

As the world-famous Notre-Dame cathedral burned in a devastating 2019 fire, Parisians watched on in tears.Now, after more than five years of frenetic reconstruction work, the world has been given a first glimpse inside the revived 12th-century landmark. Today, President Emmanuel Macron is visiting the site to see the restored interiors for himself before the Gothic cathedral reopens for its first worship next month.The televised visit is set to usher […]

The election in Ireland offers a great opportunity for observers of elections, parties and public opinion.Members of the Irish Dail are selected using the Single Transferable Vote (STV). Invented in the mid-19th century it requires voters to make an ordered choice across candidates, marking 1 against the most preferred, 2 against the next, and so on.It is a voting system that actively avoids wasting votes and in the process offers […]

At least 15 people have died and more than 100 are missing after landslides buried homes in several villages in eastern Uganda.Some 15 people have been rescued and taken to hospital, police said. At least 40 households were completely buried, the Uganda Red Cross Society said. It added that 13 bodies had been recovered.Police said 113 people were missing. Image: Pic: Reuters The missing are from eight villages, according to […]

A doctor in Germany is suspected of killing eight patients and in some cases trying to cover up his alleged crimes by setting their homes on fire.The doctor, aged 40, and who in line with Germany's privacy laws hasn't been named, was arrested in August on suspicion of killing four elderly patients in June and July, and then attempting to set fires at their apartments. The doctor, who was part […]

Israel's military has said it has fired on "suspects" in southern Lebanon who were allegedly violating its ceasefire with Hezbollah.Israeli tank fire hit six areas within two kilometres of a strip of land demarcating the border between Lebanon and Israel, according to state media and Lebanese security sources. It comes after Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah started a 60-day pause in their deadly conflict on Wednesday morning.The Israel […]