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In the town of Algemesi, they say the floods hit without warning. Water barrels down the street, bringing with it thick, stinking mud that coats every surface in sight. As we slosh through the slippery mud-slick, we meet Bernardo who is trying to sweep it out of his home. Image: Bernardo who was trying to clean

Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister has said he hopes a ceasefire deal between Hezbollah and Israel will be announced “within hours”. Najib Mikati made the comments after speaking to US envoy Amos Hochstein. According to Israeli broadcaster Kan, which published details of Lebanon’s proposed draft, it would see Israeli forces pull out within seven days of

Israel’s decision to ban the main aid agency providing most of the humanitarian relief in Gaza is “extremely worrying”, says the United Nations’ peacekeeping chief. Jean-Pierre Lacroix told Sky News’ The World With Yalda Hakim that UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency) is “absolutely essential” to the delivery of such assistance to Palestinians in

At least 13 people have been killed in Spain after flash floods struck parts of the country. Torrential rains flooded roads and towns on Tuesday, resulting in cars being swept through streets, a train being derailed and damaged houses and buildings. Authorities in the worst-hit areas had advised people to stay at home and avoid

Multiple people are believed to be trapped after a 10-storey hotel building collapsed in Argentina. Rescue teams are currently working to remove debris after part of the Dubrovnik hotel in the coastal city of Villa Gesell, in Buenos Aires province, collapsed at around 1am local time, the local council said. Between seven and nine people,

Hospitals in northern Gaza are struggling to function as Israeli military operations continue and aid agencies warn of a catastrophe unfolding. One of the hospitals, Kamal Adwan, was raided by IDF (Israel Defence Forces) forces last week. Around 100 people were arrested, many of them medical staff. Middle East latest: Israel hit Iranian former nuclear

The dusty corridors, broken windows, and locked doors of the apartment block in central Beirut are testament to Lebanon’s ongoing economic disaster. But this relic of one crisis has been repurposed for the latest. Hundreds of people fleeing Israeli bombing in the south of the country have come here – and taken over the building.

At least one person has been killed and dozens have been injured after a truck rammed into a bus stop near Tel Aviv, emergency services have said. The incident, which left more than 30 people injured, came as Iran‘s leaders gave their condolences to the families of four people killed by Israeli strikes on military

Iran’s president has warned against further attacks on his country after Israel targeted military sites in pre-dawn airstrikes on Saturday. In a statement on X, Masoud Pezeshkian gave his condolences to the families of the four people killed in the attacks and said Iran would continue to defend itself. “Enemies of Iran should know these

Georgia’s ruling party is leading the crucial election race that could decide the country’s role in Europe. The Central Election Commission said the ruling Georgian Dream party had won 52.99% of the vote after 97% of the electronic vote was counted. Not all paper ballots and votes cast by Georgians abroad have been counted. Both

Publicly and privately, the United States has been pressuring Israel to formulate its retaliatory attack against Iran very carefully. The 1 October Iranian ballistic missile attack on Israel (itself a retaliation in a series of escalatory actions by both sides) warranted a significant Israeli response – of that Joe Biden’s administration was in no doubt.

Several loud explosions have been heard in Iran’s capital Tehran and Israel has confirmed it has launched strikes on military targets. The Israeli military said it is conducting “precise strikes” on military targets in Iran in response to what it called “the continuous attacks from the regime in Iran against Israel”. An Israeli Defence Forces (IDF)

The chance of limiting global warming to 1.5C is “virtually zero” on current trends, according to the UN’s environment body. This year’s Emissions Gap Report finds that emissions of greenhouse gasses in 2023 were the highest on record. More concerning, the rate of growth since 2022 was nearly twice as fast as in the decade

Calls for the UK to pay slavery reparations have grown louder in recent years. Soon after the Second World War, former British colonies across Asia, Africa and the Caribbean started gaining their independence. This independence movement led to some countries demanding financial compensation for all they had suffered under British rule. More recently, social media,

Multiple people have been killed in a terror attack in Turkey at the headquarters of a defence and aerospace company, the country’s interior minister has said. Local media reported a loud explosion and showed footage of an exchange of gunfire at the site in the Turkish capital Ankara. “A terrorist attack was carried out against

Turkey has launched a second day of successive strikes in Iraq and Syria after five people were killed, and 22 injured, in an apparent terror attack in Ankara. Interior minister Ali Yerlikaya said the two attackers – a man and a woman – were killed after the alleged terror incident at a defence and aerospace