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Joanna Boydell steps down after widespread criticism over company’s handling of guest safety issuesThe boss of Travelodge has resigned after widespread criticism of her handling of security failings at the hotel chain, including a shocking case where a domestic abuser was given a key to a woman’s room before assaulting her.In a brief company statement on Thursday, Travelodge said Joanna Boydell ha...
Russian ballistic missiles killed 12 people and injured more than 30 in Kyiv early on Thursday, authorities said, damaging buildings and severing power supply to some parts of the Ukrainian capital. FRANCE 24’s Camille Corcoran brings us more with this report.
World No 1 Aryna Sabalenka stunned by Sara Bejlek, while French Open champion Alexander Zverev exits after fourth round.
The organisers of the Edmonton Marathon admit the course for the 2026 edition was measured more than half a kilometre too long.
Basel has spent decades making the Rhine safe for swimmers, while German cities are imposing bans. Could a growing European push to reclaim urban waterways change that?
In Basel, swimmers can drift home along the river in the evening. In many German rivers, however, swimming is banned. The Rhine flows here too, so why do the two countries treat it so differently?
Protection Island in Washington was once planned as a holiday community with 800 homes. Marty Bluewater bought a piece of the island in the 1970s, but conservationists later fought to protect its important wildlife habitat. In 1982, the entire 400-acre island became a National Wildlife Refuge. Bluewater was allowed to stay and eventually became its only human resident.
UN warns of surging displacement in Kordofan as power and water infrastructure come under attack in El Obeid.
Prosecutors say Erin Patterson's sentence was "manifestly inadequate" as it allows for the possibility of parole.
Messi's 26th-minute goal in the MLS fixture comes just 11 days after the passing of his father Jorge on August 8.
A deadly school attack in the southern Philippines is drawing scrutiny as part of an apparent regional pattern of youth violence that echoes the staging, symbolism and online spectacle of mass shootings overseas. Authorities are investigating whether the incident in Zamboanga, in which a student reportedly broadcast parts of the attack online, was influenced by exposure to digital media, while ana...
The deportation of Iranians to a country whose government has a pattern of violent persecution against women, religious minorities and political dissidents has drawn significant criticism from human rights activists.
A US Air Force major, Jason Watson, finds himself detained once more for voicing his criticism of President Trump and advocating for his impeachment. Currently in pretrial confinement, Watson's refusal to wear his military uniform led to this latest arrest. This incident follows his earlier detention on the Capitol steps for expressing political opinions, showcasing his awareness of the repercussi...
Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast‘Outrageous’: Greens leader says sending Israeli ambassador home should be on the tableGreens leader Larissa Waters says strong words are not enough, and the government should sanction the state of Israel after its defence force decided not to pursue a criminal investigation into the killing of World Central Kitchen...
A massive surge in tobacco industry lobbying is undercutting the European Union’s public health agenda, derailing legislative proposals, and triggering a political battles over new nicotine products.
Mainland Chinese tourist arrivals in Japan fell for an eighth consecutive month in July, as group tours slumped and visa costs rose amid deteriorating ties between Beijing and Tokyo. Mainland China has traditionally been a major source of visitors for Japan, but tourist arrivals plunged 56.1 per cent year on year in July, extending a downward trend that began in December 2025, according to data re...
Chinese carmakers’ reinforced push to produce more smart vehicles could sustain growth for hi-tech component suppliers, even as the broader automotive market remains lacklustre, according to Hesai Group chief financial officer Andrew Fan. “Orders for our lidar sensors [this year] were higher than in the same period last year,” Fan told the South China Morning Post on Wednesday. “An increasing perc...
At the World Robot Conference in Beijing on 19 August, more than 300 companies displayed humanoid, industrial and service robots, highlighting the sector’s push into factories and commercial settings.
For property giant Evergrande, the face of China's real estate woes, an excruciating saga that has dragged on for years culminated on Thursday with court rulings ordering fines and jail terms.
Students across England, Wales and Northern Ireland are starting to open the envelopes containing their GCSECompulsory GCSE resits in England harm teenagers’ mental wellbeing, study findsEducation secretary Lucy Powell is on the media round this morning as students prepare to pick up their GCSE results, including her own daughter.She said it was a “big day” that marks “a really important moment in...
This blog is now closedCase against Erin Patterson is ‘overwhelming’ and mushroom killer’s appeal should be dismissed, prosecutors sayGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastProsecution turns to argument Patterson wasn’t severely ill after beef wellingtonMcWilliams is touching on the prosecution’s argument in its closing address that Patterson was not severely ill after the pois...
Children’s hospital and residential areas hit in latest bombardment of capital and surrounding regionA heavy Russian bombardment has killed at least 13 people in Ukraine’s capital and its surrounding region overnight, authorities have said.A missile attack on Kyiv struck residential areas and warehouses, said the mayor, Vitali Klitschko. The attack damaged residential buildings, a medical facility...
Apartment blocks and warehouses were targeted in the "massive attack" on Thursday, officials say.
Crown prosecutor tells Victorian court that all seven of Patterson’s grounds for appeal should fail while arguing for tougher sentenceGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTriple murderer Erin Patterson should have been given no possibility of ever being released from prison, or a non-parole period so lengthy that she was likely to die behind bars, Victoria’s highest court has...
The transatlantic relationship has changed profoundly since Donald Trump's return to the White House, and the concept of NATO 3.0 epitomises the transformation. But what does it actually mean?
BNP's Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is pitted against ex-army officer Oli Ahmed, nominee of Jamaat-led 11-party alliance.
The United States plans to send a military hospital ship to Peru’s Pacific coast next year to help with the effects of El Nino
Two activists who organized Hong Kong's annual Tiananmen Square vigil are likely to hear a verdict in their case brought under a China-imposed national security law
