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Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister has said he hopes a ceasefire deal between Hezbollah and Israel will be announced “in the coming hours or days”. Najib Mikati made the comments after speaking to American envoy Amos Hochstein. Israeli broadcaster Kan said the draft deal was written by the US and dated 26 October, and would see

More than 40,000 stolen coins based on the hit children’s TV show Bluey have been recovered by police in Australia. New South Wales Police said officers searched a self-storage facility in Wentworthville and found a haul of Royal Australian Mint bags containing the cartoon currency. Earlier this year, the mint produced coins featuring characters from

Portuguese football club Sporting have said they have received an approach from Manchester United for their manager, Ruben Amorim. Sporting also said the Old Trafford club have “expressed interest” in paying the €10m (£8.3m) release clause in their boss’s contract. United sacked their previous coach, Dutchman Erik ten Hag, on Monday. Amorim led Sporting to

An election ‘too close to call’ is a cliché as old as democracy. But this year’s US election really is. Despite the Democrats’ remarkable turnaround in the polls after Kamala Harris replaced Joe Biden as nominee in August, the US Electoral College system – and Donald Trump’s loyal fanbase – has by no means guaranteed

Israel has banned the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA from operating in the country – a move which could hamper its work in Gaza. UNRWA’s chief Philippe Lazzarini has warned the ban “will only deepen the suffering of Palestinians, especially in Gaza”. Juliette Touma, UNRWA communications director, said it is “the largest humanitarian organisation in

Global climate action plans are “falling miles short” of what is needed to stop climate change from “crippling” economies, the United Nations has warned. Current national climate plans submitted to the UN should be enough to cut global greenhouse gas emissions by 2.6% from 2019 to 2030, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Bolivian ex-president Evo Morales says his car was shot at amid rising political tensions in the South American country. The politician posted a Facebook video appearing to show him sitting in the passenger seat with at least two bullet holes in the windscreen. In the video, which has not yet been independently verified, the driver

Georgia’s ruling party has won the country’s general election, beating its pro-EU and pro-Western opposition. The Central Election Commission (CEC) said the ruling Georgian Dream party, which has been in power for 12 years, had won 54% of the vote with more than 99% of precincts counted. Both Georgian Dream and the opposition blocs trying

Bodies wrapped in blankets are laid out in a front yard. Some on beds, others on the hard ground. “These are the martyrs of Al Sireiha – more than 100,” the man recording the video says, as mourners pray and walk around the corpses in the poorly lit evening darkness. Civilians were massacred in the

Ask people to predict the result in this weekend’s parliamentary election in Georgia, and you will get an “absolutely no idea” or a “totally up in the air” coming straight back at you. Which is strange when you consider the fact that the matter before the voters in this small but strategically vital nation goes

While North Korea has been supplying weapons to Russia for some time, the arrival of troops is a major escalation in its involvement in the war of Ukraine. The first official evidence of large numbers of North Korean troops entering Russia was provided by the South Korean government, who last week published a press release

A Walmart employee who “burned to death” in a Canadian store’s walk-in oven is said to have been discovered by her mother. Gursimran Kaur, 19, was found dead at a branch in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 19 October. A GoFundMe appeal to support her family said Ms Kaur’s mother, who also worked at the store,

Israel will be sending a delegation to Doha to discuss a ceasefire deal for Gaza, as the US secretary of state was greeted by Qatar’s Emir today. Israel’s delegation will be arriving in Doha on Sunday, a spokesperson for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said. It will join Qatari officials – who have been key

“Oink oink?” “Yes, of course.” Communication with pigs may soon be possible as scientists say they have developed an AI tool that can interpret what the animals are saying. While it’s not quite Doctor Doolittle, the algorithm is capable of decoding pig sounds and could potentially alert farmers to negative emotions, researchers say. It’s hoped

Below us, the sea glistens. The sun is out and we have a perfect view of the coast. It could be a lovely spot but instead, within moments, we’re about to dive for cover. Welcome to the border between Israel and Lebanon. We have come here accompanied by the Israeli army, keen to show the

Two people have died after a migrant boat sank in the Channel, French maritime authorities said. The incident happened this morning off the coast of Sangatte, close to Calais. Around 50 migrants are understood to have fallen into the water shortly after 8am around 2km from the shoreline near Calais. Image: The incident happened around