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Strikes have continued in Gaza despite a renewed diplomatic push to seal a ceasefire deal

Under US time pressure

Hamas and Israel open talks in Egypt under Trump's Gaza peace plan

After months of diplomatic animosity, Lula and Trump spoke for 30 minutes in a 'friendly tone' in their first official meeting, the Brazilian presidency said

First official talks

Brazil's Lula asks Trump to remove tariffs in 'friendly' phone call

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen faced a grilling before twin no-confidence votes in the European Parliament

Warns of adversaries

Facing confidence vote, EU chief calls for unity

Gaza aid flotilla

Israel deports 171 activists, including Luxembourg's Fellens Huberty

Calls for president to resign

Hundreds stage fresh anti-government protests in Madagascar

A truck loaded with debris leaves the site of the collapsed school on October 6

Half a dozen unaccounted for

Death toll from Indonesia school collapse rises to 63

Political deadlock

Macron under pressure as French PM resigns after less than month

Erin Patterson, 51, was handed life in prison with parole last month

Australia prosecutors appeal 'inadequate' sentence for mushroom murderer: media

Donald Trump with UFC CEO Dana White at an event in Newark, New Jersey in June 2025. The US President said the White House will host an event on his birthday next year

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Trump says White House to host UFC fight on his 80th birthday

A crosswalk signal flashes, backdropped by the US Capitol, on the first day of a government shutdown that analysts warn could last for weeks

Bitter tribalism

US government shutdown may last weeks, analysts warn

Morning Roundup

Grand Duke Guillaume gets to work, Gaza peace plan meetings today, and Nobel prize season kicks off

Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman says he is the victim of mistaken identity

Facing 31 counts

ICC to give war crimes verdict on Sudan militia chief

The Gaza Strip has been left devastated by nearly two years of war between Israel and Hamas

On the eve of grim anniversary

Negotiators due in Egypt for Gaza talks as Trump urges quick action

A UK minister says pro-Palestinian protests have caused 'considerable fear' for the Jewish community

'Considerable fear' for the Jewish community

UK police to get greater powers to restrict demos

Saturday saw protesters burn barricades and clash with police during an opposition rally on the day of local elections

Opposition arrests imminent

Georgia PM vows sweeping crackdown after 'foiled coup'

President Volodymyr Zelensky said the overnight attack saw over 50 missiles and about 500 attack drones fired at his country

Poland scrambles airforce

Russian strikes kill five in Ukraine, cause power outages

Busworld Europe trade show

From classic coaches to electric buses

French politics has been in turmoil since President Emmanuel Macron gambled on snap elections last summer in the hopes of bolstering his authority

Struggling to gather support

French PM under pressure to put together cabinet

Demonstrators in Jerusalem call for an end to war in Gaza and the return of the hostages as Israel, Hamas and the US prepare for talks in Cairo

Amid Trump ultimatum

Hamas calls for swift prisoner release as talks set to begin

Andrej Babis, leader of the ANO movement, takes media questions at the ANO headquarter on October 4, 2025 in Prague after the parliamentary elections

Populist candidate seeks coalition

Babis to meet Czech president after party tops parliamentary vote

Participants in the Pride march decried a ban on the demonstration by the ultraconservative government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban

Following Budapest defiance

Thousands attend banned Pride march in Hungarian city Pecs

A tourist visits the tomb of Pharaoh Amenhotep III in the Valley of the Kings after the site was opened to the public

Egypt opens one of Valley of the Kings' largest tombs to public

Police officials transfer the remains of a student, killed in the collapse at a boarding school on Indonesia's Java island

Death toll from Indonesia school collapse rises to 45

Hundreds of thousands of people turned out in Rome, according to organisers

Calling for end of conflict and activists release

Hundreds of thousands turn out at pro-Palestinian marches in Europe

US special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff (R) and Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of President Donald Trump, were due in Egypt for discussions on the release of hostages and the peace plan under consideration by Israel and Hamas

Hostage releases

US envoys head to Mideast as Trump warns Hamas against peace deal delay

Israel pressed on with its campaign in Gaza, even with a peace deal appearing close

Ceasefire proposal

Netanyahu hopes to bring Gaza hostages home within days as negotiators head to Cairo

The ruling Georgian Dream party is facing its first electoral test since a disputed parliamentary poll last year

Local elections

Georgian police fire tear gas as protesters try to enter presidential palace

A flag-waving crowd gathered at Istanbul airport to welcome back the Gaza flotilla activists after they were deported from Israel

Turkey denounces 'act of terrorism'

'We were treated like animals', deported Gaza flotilla activists say

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