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Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the evacuation of Rafah, the southern Gaza city on the border with Egypt where an estimated 1.4 million people have been driven by Israel’s military offensive. The order from the Israeli prime minister comes ahead of an expected ground offensive in the area, where Palestinian refugees, unable to leave the territory,

Mutant wolves roaming the deserted streets of Chernobyl appear to have developed resistance to cancer – raising hopes the findings can help scientists fight the disease in humans. A nuclear reactor exploded at the Chernobyl power plant in Ukraine in 1986 – with more than 100,000 people evacuated from the city as the blast released

The Supreme Court has expressed scepticism of Colorado’s decision to disqualify Donald Trump from running for presidency.  A landmark case that could decide whether the former president can run in November’s election heard arguments from both sides of the case as Trump appeals the decision. The Supreme Court has a 6-3 conservative majority, after Mr

Joe Biden has mixed up a living politician with a dead one for the second time this week. The US president referred to the late German chancellor Helmut Kohl instead of former chancellor Angela Merkel while detailing a 2021 conversation at campaign events on Wednesday. During the fundraisers in New York, the 81-year-old described conversations

A US drone strike in Baghdad has killed three members of the powerful Kataib Hezbollah militia, including a high-ranking commander, according to US officials. Read original article here.

Killer whales shown packed together and gasping for air in a tiny ice hole off Japan have been able to escape, according to officials. About a dozen orcas were spotted bobbing up and down about half a mile from Rausu in the northeastern coast of Hokkaido. Officials said a rescue would be difficult as the

Employees accused of taking part in the Hamas-led 7 October attack on Israel “betrayed” the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees, the group’s Gaza chief has told Sky News. The UK and US are among 16 countries that have suspended funding to the UN’s relief agency in Gaza (UNRWA) following Israeli accusations that 12 employees were

Hurricanes becoming significantly more intense due to climate change requires a new category six classification, a new study has warned. Currently, the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale measures a hurricane’s maximum sustained wind speed. Introduced in the 1970s by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in the US, it ranges from one to five, the lowest number

An American porn star has sparked anger after visiting Iran – despite the risks of being detained and sentenced to the death penalty. Whitney Wright, 32, filmed herself in Tehran and visited the abandoned US embassy which has been turned into an anti-American museum. In remarks made on social media, Wright, whose real name is

China has handed an Australian writer a suspended death sentence – five years after he was arrested on suspicion of spying. Pro-democracy academic Dr Yang Hengjun was detained at Guangzhou Airport in 2019 accused of espionage for a country China has not publicly identified. Dr Yang’s sentence, which comes three years after a closed-door trial,

Parking charges for some SUV cars in Paris are set to triple, after a landmark vote passed on Sunday evening. Some 54.5% of Parisians voted to increase the price of parking passes for cars weighing more than 1.6 tonnes from outside the city. Just 5.7% of voters turned out in the referendum, which asked if

Namibia’s President Hage Geingob has died aged 82. Vice-President Nangolo Mbumba announced Mr Geingob’s death in the early hours of Sunday morning. “At his side was his dear wife Madame Monica Geingos and his children,” Mr Mbumba said in a statement. He had been diagnosed with cancer and publicly revealed his diagnosis last month. His

At least 19 people have been killed by forest fires in central Chile that have destroyed about 1,100 homes.  The death toll could rise as rescue teams reach the most heavily affected areas in the Valparaiso region, officials said on Saturday. Chile’s interior minister Carolina Toha said there were 92 forest fires burning in the centre

The US is trying to hit Iranian targets in the Middle East hard enough to stop attacks against American forces but not so hard that it triggers wider escalation or even direct war with Iran. Experts in recent days have dubbed the strategy the “Goldilocks” approach because it needs to be just right. Joe Biden