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  • A woman injects a small child who is being held by another woman

    Children make up half of mpox cases in Guinea-Bissau as epidemic spreads

    West African country reports 46 suspected cases in outbreak declared in July, amid fears virus may be spreading undetected
  • Residents and rescuers search for bodies using an excavator in the dump site in Conakry

    Landslide at waste mound in Guinea capital kills 30, government says

  • a plane at an airport

    US deports 20 people to Liberia, the first of 1,200 migrants under Trump deal

  • Screenshot of verified video the shows the goldmine collapse in the Central African Republic with more than 100 reported dead.

    More than 100 dead after goldmine collapses in Central African Republic

  • A Kenya Red Cross responder crouches amid smoke and debris near a helicopter crash site

    Five Americans among seven killed in safari helicopter crash in Kenya

  • Composite of Donald Trump and Mark Carney

    ‘No more!!!’: Trump lashes out after US-Canada talks devolve into trade war

    PM Mark Carney says ‘we got attacked’ as tariffs come into force on items from hockey sticks to tongue depressors
  • Donald Trump and Mark Carney in a composite photograph

    The lesson from Canada’s collapsed trade talks with the US: negotiation may be futile

  • Composite of Trump and Carney, both appearing to speak intensely

    Canada vows ‘dollar for dollar’ response as US puts 50% tariffs on some goods

  • JD Vance smiling as he walks indoors

    JD Vance reportedly mocks Carney for trying to ‘out-tough’ Trump on trade

  • Man poses in LA Lakers jersey

    Strangers in their own land: Mexicans deported from Trump’s America find refuge in ‘Little LA’

  • Clothes from fast-fashion brand Shein hang at their office in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

    Fast-fashion giant Shein sets cut-price $27bn valuation for Hong Kong IPO

    China-based retailer swung to $99m loss in first quarter and faces scrutiny over its environmental footprint
  • The hands of two teenagers holding mobile phones

    New Zealand to consider banning children under 16 from social media

  • Mount Fuji

    Man leaves young son on Mount Fuji before ascending Japan’s highest peak

  • Pro-democracy HK Alliance announces vote to disband organisationHONG KONG, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 05: Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China vice-chairwoman Chow Hang-tung speaks during a press conference on September 5, 2021 in Hong Kong, China. The alliance behind Hong Kong's annual 04 June Tiananmen Square vigil announced that it will not comply with a national security police request to give over details of its membership and funding sources. (Photo by Anthony Kwan/Getty Images)

    Tiananmen Square vigil organisers in Hong Kong found guilty of ‘inciting subversion’

  • A white car sits submerged in floodwater inside a sunken underpass in Japan

    Weather tracker: Extreme rain deluges Japan and South Korea

  • Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young

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    Hanson-Young says men should ‘call out’ boys’ club culture – as it happened

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  • A bright orange CFMEU flag flies near the Mater Hospital Springfield construction site

    Two men charged and drugs, guns and cars linked to CFMEU seized as police investigate alleged corruption

  • Charles Perrottet leaves Icac in Sydney.

    Dominic Perrottet’s brother allegedly shared ‘dirt’ including secret phone recording of minister, Icac hears

  • A vaccination team member holds a little penguin, illuminated by red light at night

    How do you vaccinate 1,000 tiny penguins against bird flu in the wild? It’s ‘really tricky’ but there is a way

  • Alan Jones arriving at Sydney’s Downing Centre courts on Monday. A witness at a restaurant luncheon said guests joked the young staffer and shock jock looked ‘like a great couple’.

    Guests joked Alan Jones and alleged victim looked ‘like a great couple’ at luncheon, court hears

  • Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, greets Britain's prime minister Andy Burnham.

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    Burnham compares Ukraine’s war against Russia to Britain’s fight against Nazi Germany as he begins visit – Europe live

    UK PM in Kyiv with plans to share blueprints for long-range missiles, as Kremlin warns move would ‘add fuel to fire’ in British-Russian relations
  • UK Border sign at the arrivals passport control and visa area of London Heathrow airport

    Woman stranded in Spain after UK’s eVisa system mistakes her for twin sister

  • A Seville balcony with potted flowers has air conditioning units mounted on the wall beside it

    Air conditioning push favoured over emissions cuts in six European nations, survey finds

  • Berlin’s Volksbühne theatre said it had extended the invitation in the hope of dismantling some of the barriers that kept Black children away from the pool.

    Scrapping of Berlin swimming day for Black children becomes latest in long list of race-linked pool rows

  • Andy Burnham and Volodymyr Zelensky, both dressed all in black, talk face to face on a quay of the naval harbour in Portsmouth

    Burnham to visit Ukraine with promise of boost for Kyiv’s long-range missiles

  • Richard Horne, NCSC CEO, speaks with a headset microphone against a purple backdrop

    Iran-linked hackers blamed for cyber-attack that shut down UK power plant

    Incident marks apparent escalation by Tehran in its in retaliation against UK over allowing US to use British bases
  • A man stands as he reads a newspaper next to a kiosk on a street in Tehran

    Iran’s foreign minister calls threat of new US economic sanctions ‘desperate’

  • In Gaza's al-Mughraqa area, people walk and ride past rubble-lined streets and destroyed buildings

    Burnham to face pressure at Labour conference to recognise Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide

  • A person rides on the rear of an ambulance in Gaza

    Former British and French diplomats urge action over Israel’s ‘erasure’ of Palestine

  • Site of a strike on WCK vehicle in central Gaza StripA Palestinian man rides a bicycle past a damaged vehicle where employees from the World Central Kitchen (WCK), including foreigners, were killed in an Israeli airstrike, according to the NGO as the Israeli military said it was conducting a thorough review at the highest levels to understand the circumstances of this "tragic" incident, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza, Strip April 2, 2024. REUTERS/Ahmed Zakot TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

    ‘Shameful’: UK, Australia and Canada criticise Israel over Gaza aid convoy killings decision

  • Police officers on guard on Thursday at a barricaded road near the Shifa international hospital

    Jailed ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan allowed brief hospital visit after uproar over health

    Supreme court ordered transfer of ex-leader whose health is reportedly deteriorating, but he was returned to prison several hours later
  • Photo of man being referred to as Hamid with face blurred, wearing army uniform

    Taliban threaten former Afghan police worker after MoD leak reveals identity

  • Taliban security personnel with rifles stand guard as a burqa-clad woman walks past

    Concerns grow over increased global ties with Taliban in Afghanistan

  • Kyaw Zwar Minn standing on the driveway of a house behind an iron gate

    Ex-Myanmar ambassador to UK on trial for trespassing in diplomatic residence

  • Female amur tiger Umit jumps out of a pickup truck while being released into the wild

    The return of the caspian tiger: how a species feared extinct has come back to Kazakhstan

  • A police cordon at the scene of a fatal crash involving a police car and a Volkswagen Passat on the A66 in South Bank, near Middlesbrough on Saturday.

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    Minister tells social media firms to take down dangerous driving content in wake of fatal A66 crash in Middlesbrough – UK politics live

    Defence minister says police ‘need time’ but ‘in the meantime’ the government has told platforms to take down content glorifying dangerous driving
  • A student celebrating his graduation from The London School of Economics (LSE) walks through the university campus

    UK graduate job vacancies plunge to lowest in a decade

  • Black and white night film screengrab of a beaver in a channel of water and another on the bank.

    Wild beaver kits born in Norfolk for first time in more than 500 years

  • Photo of a box of Foundayo on a table

    New daily diabetes pill that helps with weight loss launches in UK pharmacies

  • Cristian Jensen, wearing glasses and a grey beard, leans against a tree trunk outdoors

    ‘An amazing relief’: implant offers hope for those with refractory angina

  • Federal agents stand guard outside Delaney Hall

    Alarm over $20m plan to supply ICE officers with electric-shock gloves

    Civil liberties groups decry plan to use gloves linked to death of Kentucky man allegedly shocked 27 times in county jail
  • A middle-aged man gestures as he speaks.

    The treasury bond mess: is this the demise of the US as a safe haven?

  • side by side photos of two men, one speaking into a microphone and another smiling outside

    Ex-mayor Dan Sullivan supports incumbent Dan Sullivan’s Senate bid against third Dan Sullivan

  • Luis Manuel Aviles gives a thumbs up beside his stepson Joshua in Navy uniform outdoors

    Father of USS Lincoln sailor taken into ICE detention while son deployed in Middle East

  • Donald Trump speaks with Kevin Warsh at the latter's swearing-in ceremony

    New Fed chair faces critical test at Jackson Hole as inflation fears mount

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