- December 8, 2024
BBC in Umayyad Square amid deafening gunfire
Rebel fighters and members of the public have gathered in the Syrian capital Damascus to celebrate the end of President
New York Starbucks image may hold key to finding Brian Thompson’s killer
Getty Images Police in New York are using facial recognition technology and a discarded mobile phone to track down the
Guinea football crush kills dozens in Nzérékoré
Fans climb over walls in panic after football match At least 56 people have been killed in a crush at
Macron praises ‘impossible’ restoration efforts
Notre-Dame: First look inside refurbished cathedral France’s Emmanuel Macron has praised workers for achieving the “impossible” task of restoring Paris’s
Russia expels British diplomat over espionage claims, reports say
Russia has expelled a British diplomat after accusing him of espionage, according to reports. The TASS news agency cited Russian
Putin says Russia will use new Oreshnik missile again in ‘combat conditions’
Russia has a stock of powerful new missiles “ready to be used”, President Vladimir Putin has said, a day after
Uganda opposition figure Kizza Besigye kidnapped
The wife of Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye says he has been kidnapped in neighbouring Kenya and sent back home
Sixth typhoon in a month makes landfall in Philippines
Weather worsens in Philippines as Super Typhoon Man-yi gets closer A super typhoon has made second landfall on the Philippines’
Sri Lankan leader seeks big majority in snap election
Reuters Polling followed a largely peaceful and low-key campaign Votes are being counted in Sri Lanka after snap parliamentary elections,
Macron and Starmer commit to Ukraine for ‘as long as necessary’
France and the UK will support Ukraine for as long as necessary “to thwart Russia’s war of aggression”, French President