Ethiopia confirms outbreak of deadly Marburg virus

Ethiopia has confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in the south of the country, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has said. The Marburg virus is one of the deadliest known pathogens. Like Ebola, it causes severe bleeding, fever, vomiting and diarrhoea and has a 21-day incubation period. Also

Refugees to face 20-year wait to settle permanently under asylum reforms

People granted asylum in the UK will have to wait 20 years before they can apply to settle permanently, under plans due to be announced by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood on Monday. The major shake-up to asylum policy comes as the government seeks to reduce small boat crossings and asylum claims. Under the plans, people

South Africa to investigate ‘mysterious’ arrival of 153 Palestinians on plane

South Africa will investigate the “mysterious” arrival of scores of Palestinians who were kept on a charter plane at Johannesburg for 12 hours by border police because they did not have travel papers, the president has said. A group of 153 Palestinians arrived at OR Tambo international iarport in Johannesburg on a chartered Global Airways

Trump to sue BBC for at least $1bn over edit

US President Donald Trump has said he will take legal action against the BBC over how his speech was edited by Panorama, after the corporation apologised but refused to compensate him. Speaking to reporters on board Air Force One on Friday evening, Trump said: "We'll sue them for anywhere between $1bn and $5bn probably sometime

State-sanctioned fuel smuggling cost Libya $20bn over three years – report

A surge in state-sanctioned fuel smuggling between 2022 and 2024 cost the Libyan people about $20bn (£15bn) in lost revenue – an alarming sum that demands decisive international sanctions against those responsible, according to the most comprehensive report published on how Libya’s primary revenue source has been systematically pillaged. The report by the investigative and

BBC apologises to Trump over Panorama edit but refuses to pay compensation

Noor Nanji Culture reporter Reuters / AFP via Getty Images The BBC has apologised to US President Donald Trump for a Panorama episode that spliced parts of his 6 January 2021 speech together, but rejected his demands for compensation. The corporation said the edit had given "the mistaken impression that President Trump had made a

Tobacco firm lobbied against African rules UK already enforces

British American Tobacco has been accused of “utter hypocrisy” for lobbying against tobacco control measures in Africa that are already in place in the UK. A letter seen by the Guardian, sent from the company’s subsidiary in Zambia to the country’s government ministers, asks for plans to ban tobacco advertising and sponsorship to be abandoned

What we know about new Epstein emails that mention Trump

What we know about new Epstein emails that mention Trump Getty Images Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump (pictured here in 1997) were friends for years, though the US president says he had a falling out with him in the early 2000s US lawmakers have released more than 20,000 pages of documents from the estate of

Google Maps hides Western Sahara border for Morocco users

The dotted lines illustrating the border between Western Sahara and Morocco, indicating the former’s disputed territory status, have never been visible to people using Google Maps in the latter. After media reports last week highlighted the discrepancy, tying it to the UN security council endorsing the Moroccan autonomy plan for Western Sahara, the tech company

Prime Minister will fight any attempt to replace him, friends say

Chris Mason, Political editor and Henry Zeffman, Chief political correspondent Allies of the prime minister are making it clear he would fight any challenge to his leadership from Labour MPs. There are fears from those loyal to Sir Keir Starmer that his job might be under immediate threat, perhaps as soon as shortly after the
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