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The far-right Freedom Party has won the general election in Austria. Led by Herbert Kickl, a former interior minister who was dismissed over the country’s Ibiza scandal, the party finished first ahead of the ruling conservatives, with the centre-left Social Democrats in third place. However, despite this, the party’s chances of actually governing remain unclear.

The far-right Freedom Party finished first in the Austrian general election, early projections show. Led by Herbert Kickl, a former interior minister who was dismissed over the country’s Ibiza scandal, the party is projected to finish first on 29.1% of the vote, according to election researchers Arge Wahlen for PULS 24 TV. They are projected

Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant has held talks over the possibility of expanding Israel’s military offensive – as tanks were pictured on the country’s border with Lebanon. In a statement on Saturday, Mr Gallant’s office said he was conducting “an operational situation assessment” regarding what it called “the expansion of IDF (Israel Defence Forces) activities

The pictures from Beirut are unnerving to stay the least, the predictions for the immediate future even more so. With the dust still settling from this game-changing assassination of Hassan Nasrallah, there are pressing questions crying out for answers. Most of all, is the Middle East about to erupt into a regional conflict that threatens

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has been killed after airstrikes in Beirut, the Israeli army has said. Recent weeks have seen Israel unleash a barrage of strikes against Lebanon after it turned its attention to the conflict at its northern border. On Saturday, Israel targeted the capital Beirut with a series of attacks claiming to have

At least 33 people have been killed across four states after Hurricane Helene barrelled its way across southeastern US. Emergency crews are racing to rescue people trapped in flooded homes after Helene struck the coast of Florida as a highly destructive Category 4 storm. It generated a massive storm surge, wreaking a trail of destruction

A murderer took around eight minutes to die as he was controversially executed using nitrogen gas. Alan Miller was seen shaking and trembling before gasping for air as he died at a US prison in the state of Alabama. The 59-year-old, who was strapped down on a stretcher, was also seen pulling at his restraints

The world’s oldest piece of cheese has been discovered – found laid across a mummy’s neck. A 3,600-year-old coffin was opened in the Xiaohe Cemetery in Xinjiang, China, during an excavation in 2003, where a substance was draped across the neck of a mummified young woman. Despite seeming like a piece of jewellery at the

Elon Musk has denied being romantically involved with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni after a picture of them looking fondly into each other’s eyes went viral. The billionaire entrepreneur and Italy’s first female prime minister were pictured looking cosy at a black-tie event this week, during which Musk presented Ms Meloni with the Global Citizen

Remarks by the IDF’s chief of staff to Israeli forces on the northern border have given the impression a ground invasion of Lebanon could be close. “Your military boots will enter enemy territory, enter villages that Hezbollah has prepared as large military outposts,” Lt General Herzi Halevi told troops. “Your entry into those areas with

A major search is under way for a grandmother and five-month-old baby swept away as they tried to escape floodwater in Italy. The child’s mum and dad and his grandfather were rescued from the roof of their holiday home in Pisa province, the fire service said. More than 100 people – as well as divers,

Amid increased fear of a widening of the Middle East conflict, Israel says it will be “left with no choice” but to act if Hezbollah does not withdraw its forces north of the Litani River in southern Lebanon. Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon have killed 564 people, including 50 children and 94 women since Monday, according

A woman arrested at one of South Africa’s busiest airports has been accused of being a “drug mule” after X-rays revealed dozens of pellets of what police believe is cocaine in her stomach. The unnamed 30-year-old Namibian woman was stopped and arrested at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport after police received a tipoff she was

Prince Harry has called on governments around the world to more actively involve young people in decision-making, as part of an event marking Princess Diana’s legacy. The Duke of Sussex made the remark during a panel discussion organised by The Diana Award in New York to talk about the mental health crisis facing young people.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has kicked off an important trip to the US this week with a visit to an ammunition factory in Pennsylvania. The site produces critically needed munitions for his country’s fight against Russia. Democratic representative Matt Cartwright, who was among those meeting Mr Zelenskyy at the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant, said that the Ukrainian

Left-leaning leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won the presidential election in Sri Lanka. The election, held on Saturday, was the first since mass protests in 2022 saw Sri Lanka’s then leader Gotabaya Rajapaksa unseated as the country faced its worst economic crisis. Mr Dissanayake secured 42% of the votes counted, followed by opposition leader Sajith