The UN secretary general, António Guterres, has said the war in Sudan is spiralling out of control as he called for a halt to the fighting and an end to the violence. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which are reportedly backed by the United Arab Emirates, seized El Fasher in Darfur last week after a
Read more: UN chief: Sudan war spiralling out of controlMore than 36,000 people have fled Sudan’s Kordofan region since Saturday amid a surge in fighting, the UN’s migration agency has said, after the capture last week of the city of El Fasher in neighbouring Darfur by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) after more than a year under siege. The st
Read more: Over 36,000 Flee Kordofan After El Fasher Falls to RSFThe Trump administration has revoked the visa for Wole Soyinka, the acclaimed Nigerian Nobel prize-winning writer who has been critical of Trump since his first presidency, Soyinka revealed on Tuesday. “I want to assure the consulate … that I’m very content with the revocation of my visa,” Soyinka,
Read more: Wole Soyinka Says US Visa RevokedSummary of the day so far The death toll from Hurricane Melissa has continued to rise as the storm left a trail of destruction across the Caribbean. If you’re just joining us now, here are some of the key moments of the day so far: Dozens of people have died in Haiti after Melissa’s rains
Read more: Hurricane Melissa: Death Toll Rises as Caribbean DevastatedHurricane Melissa has torn through the Caribbean, slamming into Cuba while leaving parts of neighbouring Jamaica broken and reeling from ferocious winds and extreme rainfall. The effects of the colossal hurricane were felt across the region, even in countries that were not directly in its path. In n
Read more: Hurricane Melissa batters Cuba after devastating JamaicaGood morning. Hurricane Melissa, the strongest storm to hit Jamaica since records began in 1851, made landfall at about midday local time on Tuesday. With winds reaching 185mph and torrential rains, it knocked out power lines, cut off the internet, and demolished buildings; the death toll and extent
Read more: Jamaica reels after ‘catastrophic’ Category 5 hurricaneSummary of the talks In case you’re just joining us, here’s a rundown on what happened at the high-stakes talks between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in South Korea. Trump said afterwards that Washington’s dispute with Beijing over the supply of rare earths has been settled, China would resume buying
Read more: Trump says rare-earths dispute resolved after meeting with XiDonald Trump has instructed the Pentagon to immediately start matching other nuclear powers in their testing of nuclear weapons, specifically citing Russia and China. In a post to Truth Social, Trump said “because of other countries’ testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start
Read more: Trump Orders Pentagon to Match Russia and China TestsAfter waiting a long time to meet Donald Trump, Anthony Albanese has now done so twice in 10 days, as his US counterpart talks up cooperation on rare earths and other issues. Albanese followed last week’s trip to Washington by sitting next to the US president on Wednesday evening at the Asia-Pacific
Read more: Trump praises meeting with Albanese at Apec dinnerIn chaotic Senate scenes, Labor has set a 125-year record by keeping question time running for more than three hours, after the government lost control of the chamber and threatened to strip Coalition members from parliamentary committees in a fight over transparency. Senator David Pocock led a push
Read more: Senate question time turns marathon over transparency clashMorning opening: Goedemorgen Jakub Krupa The vote count is almost done in the Dutch parliamentary election, with the far-right PVV party of anti-immigration firebrand Geert Wilders narrowly ahead of the centrist D66 with 99.6% votes counted. People count votes at the NDSM Warehouse the day after the
Read more: Dutch vote count: PVV and D66 neck-and-neckRichard Branson’s train company is a step closer to challenging Eurostar’s monopoly on transporting passengers across the Channel after the UK rail regulator approved Virgin Trains’ application to use a key depot in east London. The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) approved Virgin’s application to use
Read more: Virgin Trains cleared to use Temple Mills, to challenge Eurostar
