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Three people were killed when an apartment block was brought down
Russian strikes hit Kyiv apartment block
KYIV — Eight people have been killed and more than 130 others were wounded in a barrage of Russian drones and missiles that struck several districts of Kyiv and brought down an apartment block overnight, Ukrainian officials have said. A six-year-old boy and his mother were among the dead, as more than two dozen locations across the capital were hit. Mayor Vitali Klitschko said 12 children were among the wounded - the biggest number of children wounded in Kyiv in one night since the full-scale war began. Russian attacks have continued despite US President Donald Trump's threat to impose tougher sanctions on Moscow if Vladimir Putin does not agree to a ceasefire by 8 August. The high-pitched hum of Russian drones could be heard for hours over the city, interrupted by the...
July 31, 2025

Russian strikes hit Kyiv apartment block

Passengers wait in line at Heathrow Airport, after radar failure led to the suspension of outbound flights across the UK
Passengers urged to check UK flights after disruption
LONDON — Passengers have been urged to check flight information with their airlines after an air traffic control issue caused disruption to all UK airports on Wednesday.Some passengers have reported delays, and one travel expert told the BBC the disruption could last for days.Airlines are demanding answers after more than 150 flights were cancelled on Wednesday and thousands more were grounded.The air traffic control provider NATS, which has apologised, said it had taken 20 minutes to resolve the issue by switching to a back-up system, and systems were fully operational within an hour.Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander met NATS chief executive Martin Rolfe on Thursday morning to get further detail on what had happened.Following the meeting she acknowledged that disruptions were...
July 31, 2025

Passengers urged to check UK flights after disruption

A man salvages items as floods hit an area in Miyun district, northern Beijing on July 29, 2025
More than 30 killed in nursing home hit by Beijing floods
BEIJING — Flooding killed 31 residents at a care home for elderly people on the outskirts of Beijing this week, local officials have said.Footage showed emergency teams wading through chest-high water trying to rescue those trapped in the home in the Miyun District. Many of those who died were reportedly immobile.Local officials have admitted there were "loopholes in emergency planning" and said the incident was a painful lesson that served as "a wake-up call".A total of 44 people have died in the Beijing floods, which have come during a summer of extreme weather across China. Record heatwaves hit the eastern regions earlier this month while separate floods swept the country's south-west.About 77 elderly residents were inside the home when the floods hit, trapping...
July 31, 2025

More than 30 killed in nursing home hit by Beijing floods

Former BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur is among the seven people acquitted
India court acquits seven accused in 2008 Malegaon blast case
DELHI — A court in India has acquitted all seven accused in a deadly bombing that struck a Muslim-majority town in Maharashtra state nearly 17 years ago.At least six people were killed and nearly a hundred injured in the blasts that hit Malegaon in September 2008.Among the seven acquitted are Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, a former MP of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and a serviceman, Lt Col Shrikant Prasad Purohit.According to legal portal Live Law, the judge noted that the prosecution failed to prove the motorbike that allegedly triggered the blasts belonged to Thakur.The court also observed that while the prosecution had proven a bomb blast did occur, it failed to establish that the explosive was planted on the motorbike.Regarding Purohit - who was accused of raising...
July 31, 2025

India court acquits seven accused in 2008 Malegaon blast case

Judge Alexandre de Moraes has been leading an investigation into former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro
Trump hits Brazil with 50% tariffs and sanctions judge in Bolsonaro case
SAO PAULO — US officials said on Wednesday that they will sanction Brazilian Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes, accusing him of authorising "arbitrary pre-trial detentions" and suppressing "freedom of expression".Judge Moraes has been leading the investigation into allegations that Brazil's former right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro and his allies plotted a coup after he lost the 2022 election.Bolsonaro has denied those allegations and has called Judge Moraes a "dictator".Shortly after the sanctions were announced, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order that raised tariffs on Brazil to 50%.Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Brazil was willing to negotiate with the US on trade, but called sanctions targeting de Moraes an...
July 31, 2025

Trump hits Brazil with 50% tariffs and sanctions judge in Bolsonaro case

The jewels comprise nearly 1,800 pearls, rubies, sapphires, and patterned gold sheets
Sotheby's returns Buddha jewels to India after uproar
LONDON — Auction house Sotheby's has returned a set of sacred jewels believed to be linked to the Buddha's remains to India, after facing mounting pressure from the Indian government and global Buddhist leaders.The Piprahwa Gems - described by archaeologists as one of the most astonishing finds of the modern era - were due to be auctioned in Hong Kong in May. But the sale was called off following diplomatic intervention and threats of legal action from Delhi.The Mumbai-based conglomerate Godrej Industries Group has acquired the jewels, Sotheby's said.Sotheby's said it was "delighted" to facilitate the return, following two months of negotiations involving the owner, the new buyer and the Indian government. The relics will now go on permanent public display in...
July 31, 2025

Sotheby's returns Buddha jewels to India after uproar

The aircraft involved in the incident was an Airbus A330-900, pictured here in 2024
Delta flight makes emergency landing after turbulence injures 25 people
MINNEAPOLIS — A Delta Airlines flight made an emergency landing at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Wednesday after dozens of people were injured during "significant" turbulence.Flight 56 bound for Amsterdam took off from Salt Lake City airport at 16:30 local time (23:30 BST), before being diverted to Minneapolis. It landed just over two hours into its nine-hour flight time, at around 19:45 local time (01:45 BST)Medical personnel met the Airbus A330-900 to "evaluate customers and crew" after it arrived in Minneapolis, with 25 passengers then transported to local hospitals for care.In a statement, Delta said that it is "working with customers to support their immediate needs".There were 275 passengers and 13 crew members on board.In the US, there...
July 31, 2025

Delta flight makes emergency landing after turbulence injures 25 people

Smoke rises from Gaza as the sun sets, as seen from the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border, July 30
US allies break with Trump to force diplomatic shift on Gaza
NEW YORK — As Canada joins France and the UK in announcing plans to recognize a Palestinian state, the US is standing firmly with Israel — but does Trump have a long-term plan for Gaza's future?Of all history's declarations about the Middle East, one that may be less prominent in the global collective memory was in Tokyo in November 2023.Then-US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken laid out a series of principles for the "day after" the war in Gaza at a meeting of the G7, a group of the world's most powerful countries.He travelled there from Tel Aviv, after meeting Israel's leadership a month after the Hamas attacks on October 7, during the ensuing Israeli offensive on Gaza.Blinken listed what amounted to US conditions for Israel's military objectives and...
July 31, 2025

US allies break with Trump to force diplomatic shift on Gaza

Canada Foreign Minister Anita Anand addresses the United Nations General Assembly, Monday, July 28, 2025
Canada and Malta say they will recognize Palestine, joining France and UK
NEW YORK — Canada and Malta both announced on Wednesday that they plan to formally recognize the state of Palestine at the United Nations General Assembly in September, joining France and the United Kingdom, who announced earlier they would do so.The move to recognize Palestine as a state comes amid a renewed push in Europe to put pressure on Israel to stop its devastating war in Gaza, which has led to widespread starvation in the strip, as well as to halt the expansion of settlements in the West Bank."The level of human suffering in Gaza is intolerable," Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney speaking after a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, emphasising the need for international cooperation to ensure lasting peace and stability in the region."Canada has long been committed...
July 31, 2025

Canada and Malta say they will recognize Palestine, joining France and UK

A boy cries after his father was killed near an aid site in Gaza
Belgium refers complaints against Israeli soldiers over Gaza war crimes to the ICC
BRUSSELS — A legal complaint against two Israeli soldiers, who were accused by an NGO of violating international humanitarian law in Gaza after being identified at a music festival in Belgium, has been sent by Belgian prosecutors to the International Criminal Court (ICC).The Belgian Federal Public Prosecutor's Office said it received two complaints earlier this month from the Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF), a Belgium-based pro-Palestinian group, against two Israeli soldiers who were in the country to attend the annual Tomorrowland festival.Police last week questioned the pair over allegations of "serious violations of international humanitarian law in Gaza", according to the prosecutors.On Wednesday, the prosecutor's office said it had decided to refer the complaints...
July 31, 2025

Belgium refers complaints against Israeli soldiers over Gaza war crimes to the ICC

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