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Satellite images show that smog in Pakistan can be seen from space, as the country battles record levels of air pollution. Images from NASA Worldview show the east of the country cloaked in a toxic haze, with smog also reaching into India’s northern regions and New Dehli. Lahore, the capital of Pakistan’s Punjab region and

Ireland’s prime minister has branded remarks made by Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary about teachers “crass and ill-informed”. Taoiseach Simon Harris also said Mr O’Leary would not have any further involvement in his party’s campaign. The CEO of Irish budget airline Ryanair said during a Fine Gael event over the weekend he would not hire teachers

A clampdown has been enforced to curb a social media trend in China – where thousands of students rent bikes late at night to buy soup dumplings. Police in Henan province closed bike lanes connecting Zhengzhou and Kaifeng in a bid to reduce the number of students making the 37-mile journey. Pictures showed that the

One person has been killed and 16 others were injured in a shooting at a US university. Homecoming week at Tuskegee University, in Alabama, was marred early on Sunday by the attack on campus. An 18-year-old man died in the assault. He was not a university student, but some of the injured were. Of the

At least 10 people have been killed after gunmen attacked a bar in central Mexico, local officials say. Four people armed with “long weapons” arrived at Los Cantaritos bar in the city of Queretaro on Saturday night before opening fire on those inside, Juan Luis Ferrusca, the head of the local public security department, said

Thousands of people have marched in Valencia and demanded the resignation of the region’s president over the response to devastating flooding that left more than 220 dead. Protesters filled the centre of the eastern Spanish city and chanted “killers!” as they called for Carlos Mazon to go. Some dumped muddy boots outside a regional government

At least 24 people have been killed and more than 50 injured in a bomb blast at a train station in Pakistan. The bomb exploded in the southwestern city of Quetta when nearly 100 passengers were waiting for a train to travel to Rawalpindi. The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), a separatist group, have claimed responsibility

Nearly 70% of deaths in the Gaza war, which have been verified by the United Nations, were women and children, its Human Rights Office has said. The UN has analysed killings in the first 11 months of the Israel-Hamas conflict in the Palestinian territory and managed to verify 8,119 victims, including 2,036 women and 3,588

Dozens of arrests have been made after antisemitic rioters “actively sought out Israeli supporters to attack” following a football match in Amsterdam, Dutch authorities have said. Officers have arrested 62 people in the Netherlands’ capital after disorder surrounding a football match between Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv. Five people have been taken to hospital following

Three people have been charged in connection with the death of One Direction star Liam Payne in Argentina, the public prosecutor’s office in the country has said. The 31-year-old pop star died after he fell from a third-floor balcony at the Casa Sur Hotel in Buenos Aires on 16 October. The prosecutor ordered the arrest

A “dangerously fast” wildfire in California fuelled by strong winds has spread, destroying dozens of homes and forcing thousands of people to flee – as forecasters warned of the potential for “extreme and life-threatening” blazes. The fire in Ventura County grew from less than half of a square mile to 16 square miles in just

A “dangerously fast” wildfire in California fuelled by strong winds has spread, destroying dozens of homes and forcing thousands of people to flee – as forecasters warned of the potential for “extreme and life-threatening” blazes. The fire in Ventura County grew from less than half of a square mile to 16 square miles in just

Ireland’s prime minister has announced the planned date for a general election to be held this month. Taoiseach Simon Harris said he hopes the election will take place on 29 November, formally kicking off a truncated campaign which will last mere weeks. Mr Harris, 38, was appointed Irish prime minister – the youngest in the

Sir Keir Starmer has joined world leaders in congratulating Donald Trump after he declared victory in the US presidential election. The UK prime minister said he looked forward to working with Mr Trump in the years ahead and said the relationship between the UK and US will “continue to prosper”. “As the closest of allies,

The contest to be president of the US takes place across 50 states (and the District of Columbia) but it is generally won or lost in a handful of key battlegrounds. The road to the White House this year runs through seven states: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. With so much