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• King Felipe VI described the migration crisis in Ceuta as unacceptable two months after the events occurred. • The situation was contained without escalating into an open diplomatic confrontation between Spain and Morocco.

• Jewish settlers are seizing and destroying Palestinian property in an escalating campaign of violence across the West Bank. • The Israeli authorities are actively supporting these efforts to dispossess Palestinians of their land.

• UN teams are working to protect families in Gaza from the upcoming rainy season as of Wednesday. • UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric reported that restricted land access and shortages of critical supplies are hindering these protection efforts.

Satellite imagery shows further destruction of homes, businesses and places of worship since fragile ceasefire An update to Google Maps has revealed the extent of devastation during the three-year Gaza war and the severity of the continuing humanitarian crisis faced by the territory’s 2.3 million inhabitants.The images were taken in June this year and show further destruction of homes, businesses, places of worship and infrastructure since a fragile ceasefire came into effect almost 12 months ago. Continue reading...

Alpine regions in Europe experiencing extreme glacier collapse due to heat-trapping effects of fossil fuel pollutionSwitzerland has lost almost one-fifth of its ice in just five years, research has found, in a dramatic reshaping of the Alpine country whose big white glaciers have been reduced to moonlike rock deserts, scientists say.Swiss glaciers shrank by 5.5% in the first eight months of 2026, according to an annual monitoring report, after a summer of scorching heatwaves that followed a winter with little snow. The reduction in ice volume falls just shy of the record set in 2022 and brings the total loss of glacier ice since 2021 to 19.4%. Continue reading...

Some on streets of Jerusalem pledge their support to prime minister while others hope for changeOn the streets of Jerusalem, crowded with secular and ultra-Orthodox Jews, religious nationalists, settlers, Palestinians, and soldiers returning from deployments, uncertainty hangs over an election less than a month away that could mark a turning point for a country profoundly changed after the Hamas attacks of 7 October 2023 and nearly three years of war in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran.The political battle remains on a knife-edge. Continue reading...

Olga Rudenko says news site has duty to report on Russian military gains and Ukrainian corruption even if subjects are not so well readReaders of Ukraine’s leading English news site “really want Russia to suffer” but that should not lead the title to downplay the military and political problems facing Kyiv, its editor has said.Speaking to the Guardian before an event to London, Olga Rudenko said many of the Kyiv Independent’s most-read stories described Ukrainian deep strike attacks into Russia, potentially distorting its coverage. Continue reading...

Warning comes as central bank estimates fewer than one in 100 borrowers owe more on their home than its worthThe Reserve Bank says households are well placed to weather the twin storm of rising interest rates and plunging property prices, but warned that Australia would not be immune from sudden collapse of the global AI investment boom.The central bank’s latest financial stability review – a biannual assessment of the financial system – said the “threats to global financial stability continue to mount”. Continue reading...

BoM expects 30 to 50mm of rain to fall in Melbourne over coming days, with showers and storms also likely for Canberra and Sydney on SaturdayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWidespread rain and thunderstorms are forecast to drench south-eastern Australia from Thursday, with the heaviest falls expected across Victoria.A trough moving east across South Australia was expected to combine with a low pressure system moving through the Great Australian Bight on Thursday, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. Continue reading...

ATO database names big companies – including Microsoft subsidiary and Netflix – that pay little corporate tax but notes there could be legitimate reasonsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMicrosoft’s datacentre business and the Optus parent Singtel are among a string of major corporations generating billions of dollars in revenue in Australia while paying zero income tax.Well-known multinationals including Netflix also only pay tax on a small fraction of their turnover, according to the Australian Taxation Office. Continue reading...

Tapes made in the 90s, including candid conversations between Noel and Liam Gallagher, which were expected to sell for up to £1.6mA collection of unheard Oasis recordings, including 63 live shows, hours of rehearsals and candid conversations between Noel and Liam Gallagher, has been pulled from auction after legal action taken by the band.In September Littleton Auctions in Worcestershire, England, listed the collection made by the band’s former sound engineer, Huw Richards, with a guide price of between £1.2m and £1.6m. Continue reading...