Myanmar diplomat breaks down as he urges world to 'end our suffering'
Kyaw Moe Tun - Myanmar's representative to the UN - makes an emotional appeal after saying the international community had failed the country's people.
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British politicians among international delegates barred from entering West Bank
Group was on visit to meet Palestinian children, farmers and civil leaders facing escalating violence from Israeli forces An international delegation including British politicians has been barred from entering the West Bank on a trip to meet Palestinian children, farmers and society leaders facing escalating violence from Israeli forces during olive harvest season. The delegation of 23 people, including four elected representatives, was drawn from countries including France, Spain, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Greece, Holland, Ireland and the US.
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Goldsmiths fine art students call for compensation over record tutor strikeWith industrial action over job cuts heading into its 21st week, students at famed London college are unhappy Students arriving at Goldsmiths, University of London this autumn found a campus embroiled in a bitter industrial dispute that has upended timetables and disrupted courses. “I was really excited to start my studies at Goldsmiths,” one international student told the Guardian at a gathering of unhappy students on Friday.
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Russia to host first Olympic federation world event since Ukraine invasionThe International Weightlifting Federation becomes the first Olympic federation to choose Russia to host a world championships since its invasion of Ukraine.
Soldiers guard center of Milan as thousands of protesters march in cities across Europe
While protests in France have claimed most international attention, large demonstrations also rocked many European cities Saturday from Milan to Rome to Madrid, Lisbon and Tirana.
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Oil price rises above $117 a barrel amid fears US will renew strikes on IranBrent crude increase follows Tehran threatening retaliatory attacks on Gulf refineries and datacentres Oil has hit its highest level in more than six months as fears of fresh escalation in the Middle East conflict grip the energy markets. Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil, rose by about 3.
Article tone: Hopeful
Youth mobility scheme may be delayed to ensure success of UK-EU summitVisa quotas, university fees and NHS surcharges remain sticking points ahead of post-Brexit negotiations next month A deadline for a youth mobility scheme between the EU and the UK could be deferred by six months in a bid to ensure Andy Burnham has a successful “reset” summit on 20 November, diplomats have said. EU ambassadors in Brussels on Wednesday heard that the UK was still insisting on international tuition fees, quotas and an NHS surcharge for EU students.
Australia offers astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg for space mission to International Space Station
Australian of the Year would become the first astronaut in space to qualify under the Australian flag if she embarks on the 2028 mission Get our...
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Getting Ziggy with it: David Bowie’s alter egos inspire dance show that will transform his songsSubject to Change: A Dance for David Bowie will explore how the musician ‘practised a form of artistic reincarnation’, says choreographer Marcos Morau ‘Let’s dance,” sang David Bowie in 1983, commanding: “Put on your red shoes and dance the blues. ” That call is to be answered – with footwear TBC – by an international dance production featuring new choral arrangements of songs from throughout his career.
Article tone: Alarming
Israeli settlers attack European diplomatic cars in West Bank beat French mayorArticle tone: Tense
Thursday briefing: Thanks to an erratic Trump, peace in Ukraine is still far awayIn today’s newsletter: As Russia resists a ceasefire and Trump’s shifting priorities unsettle allies, an end to the conflict isn’t getting any closer Good morning. In his usual asinine unconventional approach to international relations, Donald Trump announced on Sunday (via Truth Social, how else) an “ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine”, apparently without checking with either side.
Article tone: Hopeful
Israel blocks construction of key Gaza base created by Trump peace boardExclusive: Israel has not permitted US-led project to house 150 international troops to move forward Israel is refusing to allow a key military...
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UK’s ‘incoherent’ approach to China plagued by lack of expertise, report saysInternational alliance of China-sceptic legislators warns of risks inherent in misjudging bilateral relationship The UK’s approach to China is...
Graduate student accused of poisoning colleague and trying to flee to China arrested at LAX
Microbiologist Aili Wang, 32, poisoned tea of colleague in Wyoming who had pending patents, prosecutors allege A Wyoming microbiology graduate student from China has been arrested on accusations she poisoned the tea of a colleague who had pending patents and with whom she did not get along, then tried to flee the country after police questioned her. Aili Wang, 32, was arrested 6 October at Los Angeles international airport, where prosecutors allege she sought to return to China.
IMF raises UK growth forecast as economist says Healey should ‘stay the course’
Fund upgrades UK’s GDP growth forecast for 2026 to 1. 3%, but says it is likely to edge down next year IMF warns global economy ‘could soon test the limits of resilience’ John Healey should “stay the course” and continue repairing the UK’s public finances, the International Monetary Fund’s top economist has said, after the fund lifted its growth forecast for Britain.
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Saudi Arabia further suspends flights after latest deadly Houthi attack on airportEnergy minister says ‘fear has no place in the Saudi lexicon’ as paramilitary group again breaches stretched defences Why are the Houthis attacking Saudi airports and how are the missiles getting through. Saudi Arabia has been forced to suspend all flights to and from its main international airport in Riyadh until next Saturday after a further round of Houthi missile attacks caused more damage and left one person dead.
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Houthi attack on Riyadh airport forces swift rethink of Trump’s new strategyUS president’s plan to park the wars in Iran and Yemen, while blaming Ukraine for diesel prices, looks unsustainable The reckless missile attack on King Khalid international airport in Riyadh on Saturday did not just export the death and misery inside Yemen to Saudi Arabia, it also left Donald Trump forced to reconsider his diplomatic and political strategy designed to take him into the midterm elections next month. The US president’s plan had only been unveiled on Friday.
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Riyadh airport hit again after deadly Houthi missile attack, Saudi authorities sayUnidentified projectile strikes King Khalid airport, killing one and injuring 11, as escalating attacks threaten to draw more countries into Yemen conflict Analysis: attack will force rethink of Trump strategy A projectile hit a passenger terminal at the airport in Riyadh on Sunday, the day after a deadly missile attack on the facility carried out by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebel group killed 13 people. An unidentified projectile hit terminal 4 at King Khalid international airport, starting a fire, killing one person and injuring 11, according to Saudi civil aviation authorities.
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Twelve killed and hundreds injured in Houthi attack at Riyadh airportDonald Trump evaluating whether US should join Saudi strikes against the Iran-backed Yemeni rebels The latest attack on the international airport in Saudi Arabia’s capital of Riyadh killed 12 people and injured more than 300 others, civil aviation authorities said early on Sunday, with some in a critical condition. A Saudi-led coalition blamed Iran-backed Houthi rebels in neighbouring Yemen.
Regional universities struggle to enrol international students amid visa refusals and heated political rhetoric
Expert says declining numbers are causing ‘massive problems’ as international students are ‘basically the only profitable aspect of university...
Article tone: Hopeful
South African human rights lawyer Navi Pillay wins Nobel Peace PrizeSouth African human rights lawyer Navi Pillay wins the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her lifelong defense of human rights and international law.
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Egypt court fines journalist Lina Attalah and orders news site's closure
Amnesty International said the verdict against Attalah and independent outlet Mada Masr represented "a crushing blow to press freedom".
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‘You need persistence’: the Norfolk couple who took on environmental regulators three times – and wonTim and Geli Harris have spent more than a decade fighting to protect Catfield Fen, a rare wetland in the Norfolk Broads Polluters and regulators who fail to stop pollution must quake in their boots when they receive a letter from the lawyers for Tim and Geli Harris. The couple, who farm 460 acres in the Norfolk Broads, have now scored a hat-trick of landmark legal victories to save an internationally important wetland after they won again in the high court this month.
Allegations against Thomas Markle Sr challenge media’s Meghan narrative
Duchess of Sussex’s decision to cut ties with elderly father cast in new light as he faces sexual abuse image claims Meghan ‘deeply distressed’ by allegations against father The depiction of the Duchess of Sussex by certain sections of the media has often been one of a fame-hungry daughter casting off an elderly father in his declining years and keeping him from his grandchildren as she embraces the international celebrity stage. Their estrangement has been the subject of countless headlines since her marriage to Prince Harry.
Stratford International on track to get cross-Channel trains in budget boost
Sadiq Khan says upgrade would unlock station’s true potential and allow it to live up to its name Business live – latest updates Stratford...
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The uncertain future of Canada's 30 rescued belugasAn international rescue operation for the last 30 captive whales in Canada made headlines. Then five of them died.
Argentina targets UK in legal claim over Falklands oil exploration
The action filed with an international maritime tribunal is the latest development in an escalating row over the Falkland Islands.
Article tone: Tragic
Saudi airport passenger terminal is struck again, a day after 12 were killedA projectile struck a passenger terminal at the international airport in Riyadh on Sunday, a day after a missile hit the same terminal and killed 12 people, officials said.
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UK poised to miss reduced aid spending target of 0.3% of national income
Calculations from the Center for Global Development say spending next year is likely to be £410m less than anticipated The UK is on course to miss its target of spending 0. 3% of national income on international aid by an estimated £400m by the end of next year.
Article tone: Curious
Brazil keeps left: what Lula’s victory means for his country and beyondIn today’s newsletter: As Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva secured victory in the presidential race, we look the implications for democracy, the environment and international relations Good morning. Chances are you woke this morning to news of two momentous election results.
BBC's Orla Guerin travels with Yemen's southern national security forces through desert battlefield
Orla Guerin travelled through Yemen, with forces loyal to its internationally recognised government, to a remote desert battlefield where Houthi rebels were dislodged just days ago.
Article tone: Alarming
Saudi minister vows 'serious response' to Houthi attacks on airportsIt comes after the armed group hit Riyadh's international airport and another facility, killing 13 people, in a significant escalation.
Article tone: Hopeful
Nobel peace laureate says US sanctions on ICC 'unacceptable'Navi Pillay says the Trump administrations' sweeping penalties on the international tribunal were "unheard of".
Article tone: Hopeful
'Stain on the country': Trump criticises Norway over Nobel Peace PrizeThe US president told a rally he had "never heard of" the winner, former International Criminal Court judge Navi Pillay.
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