This blog has now closed. You can read our full report on the latest developments here Al Jazeera is carrying a quote from Unicef’s global spokesperson, James Elder, who had this to say about conditions inside al-Nassar hospital in Khan Younis: Everywhere you turn to, there are children with third-degree […]
Machine learning used to analyse compounds in a bottle of wine and trace them back to estate Fraudsters who pass off ropey plonk as a high-end tipple may soon have artificial intelligence on their case; scientists have trained an algorithm to trace wines to their origins based on routine chemical […]
Competition among sellers will increase as mortgage rates settle at ‘elevated’ level, website predicts Average house prices in the UK will fall by 1% next year as competition increases among sellers, Britain’s biggest property website has forecast. Sellers were likely to have to price more competitively to secure a buyer […]
As pressure grows on Israel to avoid civilian deaths, IDF believes killing leaders will collapse organisation Israel-Hamas war – live updates The Israeli military’s coming push into southern Gaza is driven by the belief that intelligence gleaned from hundreds of militants captured during the fighting in the north will allow […]
UK prime minister attacked for inconsistency after allowing more gas and oil exploration in the North Sea Rishi Sunak has been accused of hypocrisy on the international stage after pushing for a phase-out of fossil fuels at the UN Cop28 climate summit in Dubai – weeks after backing more oil […]
Human rights groups record alarming rise in number of prisoners put to death by Tehran regime since 7 October The Iranian regime has executed more than 127 people, including women and children, since the Hamas attacks of 7 October, according to human rights groups. According to data collected by Iran […]
Police arrest 26-year-old man, who was on French intelligence watchlist, after passersby attacked near Eiffel Tower One person was killed and two others injured after a man attacked tourists in central Paris near the Eiffel Tower, the French interior minister said on Saturday. Police quickly arrested the 26-year-old man, a […]
Police say the explosion at Mindanao State University gymnasium in Marawi could be revenge by pro-Islamic State militants Three people were killed and nine wounded when an explosion ripped through a university gymnasium during Catholic mass in the southern Philippines. The authorities are investigating the blast at Mindanao State University […]
PM attracts cross-party criticism with claim that ‘climate politics is at breaking point’ during combative summit visit Rishi Sunak has been accused of “shrinking and retreating” from global leadership as he used the Cop28 summit to claim that “climate politics is at breaking point” because of the costs of net […]
Israel orders Palestinians to evacuate southern city of Khan Younis, where it says Hamas leadership is based Israel-Hamas war – live updates Israel has signalled that it is preparing to launch a ground assault in southern Gaza in a significant escalation of the war, as it attacked the Strip on […]