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Student anti-Israel protests continue to sweep the US, with almost 550 arrests

Student protests against Israel's war in Gaza continue to spread across the US, following last week's arrest of more than 100 demonstrators at Columbia…

There's a new trade war brewing - over global dominance in the electric car market

There's a trade war brewing between China and the West, at stake is who will dominate the global market for electric vehicles.

Russia sanctions-busting? Big questions remain over UK car exports

The extraordinary, unprecedented and largely unexplained flows of millions of pounds of British luxury cars into states neighbouring Russia continued…

Frank Tyson: Video shows moments before black man dies in police custody

An investigation has been launched after a black man died in police custody in the US.

Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction overturned by New York appeals court

Harvey Weinstein's 2020 conviction for rape has been overturned, with a New York court ordering a new trial in the landmark "MeToo" case.

Anger as overcrowded Venice begins charging visitors to enter city from today

Visitors to Venice are being charged to enter the Italian city from today, under a controversial scheme.

'They're terrified of the possible results': US considers cutting funds to notorious Israeli army unit

The drive into the village of Jiljiliya is not what you expect on the West Bank. Imposing mansions line the route, with grand gates and lavish decorations.

Dozens of whales die after 160 stranded in Western Australia

Dozens of whales have died after several pods washed up on the shore of a beach on the Western Australian coast.

Dozens arrested in US as student protests over Gaza spread across country

Chaos engulfed campuses across the United States as pro-Palestinian student protests spread to universities across the length and breadth of this country. 

Burkina Faso's military forces accused of 'massacring 223 civilians - including 56 children'

Military forces in Burkina Faso have been accused of massacring 223 civilians - including babies - in attacks on two villages.

Civil war victims treated every day as Myanmar chaos spills over Thailand border

Mae Tao clinic in Mae Sot, a frontier town along the border with Myanmar, is a harrowing window into a civil war that has suddenly escalated.

Over half of world's population could be at risk of mosquito-borne diseases, experts warn

More than half of the world's population could be at risk of catching diseases transmitted by mosquitoes such as malaria and dengue by the end of the…

Israel underground bunker hospital preparing for worst-case scenarios

Deep below Jerusalem, Israeli doctors are preparing for the worst.

Israel-Hamas war: Hostage's parents tell him 'stay strong' after video shows him alive but missing part…

The parents of an Israeli hostage have told him "we love you, stay strong, survive" after he appeared with part of his arm missing in a video released…

Devastating flooding in east Africa claims dozens of lives and displaces thousands

Devastating flooding has struck east Africa, with extreme rainfall wreaking havoc across several countries.