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Accident occurred as news crews in Los Angeles were covering a bus crash that had killed at least two people hours earlierA news helicopter crash in a Los Angeles neighborhood has killed at least three people, after it came to the ground and burst into flames near the site of a bus crash that occurred hours earlier.The helicopter crashed near a one-storey commercial building in the neighborhood of Chatsworth in the San Fernando Valley, as news crews were covering the bus crash that left at least two people dead and six others injured, according the Los Angeles Fire Department. Continue reading...

• A mass shooting occurred in the Philippines hours before a historic vote, leaving at least three people dead and multiple others injured. • The attack took place as the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) prepares to establish its first elected parliament. • This violence threatens the stability of a lengthy peace process in a region where party leaders recently defined a peaceful election as a primary measure of success.

Exclusive: Analysis shows cost of chicken fillets, potatoes and donuts rose during supermarket giant’s three-month promotionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWoolworths raised prices for popular items – including a 33% mark up on chicken fillets – within days of promising to freeze prices on 300 “family staples” for three months to help customers with the cost of living.Pricing data, compiled by comparison website CW Scanner and provided to Guardian Australia, shows the supermarket chain increasing the prices of at least four key products after starting the three-month “Price Freeze” promotion on 1 May. Continue reading...

The strikes come after it was revealed that Ukraine’s president Volodomyr Zelenskyy’s plane was almost hit by a drone when leaving Moldova this weekMeanwhile, Reuters reported that Nato allies interrupted a Russian plot training to unleash a secret weapon designed to disable critical undersea cables without leaving any fingerprints.Two 1,400 km subsea fiber-optic cables linking Svalbard to mainland Norway lie as deep as 2,700 metres below the sea’s surface. They carry ⁠vast amounts of satellite data downloaded at the SvalSat satellite ground station, the world’s largest and part of NASA’s Near Space Network. Continue reading...

Officials accuse National Liberation Army of launching strike followed by clash inside military compoundAn attack involving explosives dropped from drones followed by a clash inside a military compound in north-eastern Colombia has killed at least three soldiers and wounded four, Colombia’s army said Saturday.Local authorities blamed the attack late Friday on the rebel National Liberation Army (ELN). It targeted a military unit in the municipality of Ocaña, in the Norte de Santander department, which borders Venezuela. Two soldiers died at the site and a third after receiving medical attention, Colombia’s military said on X. Continue reading...

Houthi rebel offensive against government forces on west coast leads to some of deadliest clashes in yearsClashes between Yemen’s Saudi-backed government forces and the Iran-aligned Houthi rebel movement killed more than 60 people, including civilians, as the Houthis pushed forward with a military offensive on Yemen’s western coast.Twenty-six government troops and 31 Houthi fighters were killed during several hours of fighting in the country’s south-west on Saturday, medical and military sources told Agence France-Presse (AFP). A missile strike also killed six civilians and injured seven others travelling by bus in the city of Taiz. Continue reading...

Student protesters among those hacked, Share Foundation says, but government denies spyingAt least 14 people from across Serbian civil society were targeted with advanced spyware earlier this year, the digital rights group Share Foundation has said.The wave of spyware infections was discovered in August after Apple notified people in 110 ⁠countries that they had probably been victims ⁠of mercenary spyware. Share said on Wednesday it marked the largest documented ​wave of such infection in Serbia to date. Continue reading...

• An explosion involving an unknown object occurred at the Augsburg train station in Germany, resulting in at least two people sustaining minor injuries. • The blast was powerful enough to blow out windows in the immediate vicinity of the detonation site. • Local police and emergency services responded to the scene to secure the area and treat the injured.

Human health, water supplies, nature, cities, infrastructure and economies could all be severely damaged by temperature risesGlobal heating will reach at least 1.8C under even the most optimistic future, well beyond the Paris agreement goal of 1.5C, according to a UN report that warns every fraction of temperature rise intensifies destructive extreme weather, glacier melt, ecosystem loss, and island and coastal city submersion.The report by the Nairobi-based UN Environment Programme confirmed overshooting the 1.5C goal inscribed in the landmark Paris agreement of 2015 was now “unavoidable” and, despite some progress in addressing the human-caused climate crisis driven by burning fossil fuels, likely in the next few years. Continue reading...

Zelenskyy says Moscow is capitalising on shortage of US-made Patriot interceptors to lower morale in capitalEurope live – latest updatesAt least 12 people have been killed in and around Kyiv overnight as Ukraine’s capital endured a sixth consecutive night of Russian drone and missile attacks aimed at shattering infrastructure and lowering the morale of the city.Eight of the dead were reported killed in Kyiv, including seven at a railway depot on the city’s left bank, and four more in the surrounding region, after hours of air alerts culminating in a wave of strikes at about 2.30am. Continue reading...

Zelenskyy says dozens more injured as strikes leave thousands without electricity in Odesa regionOn behalf of the Irish presidency in the EU Council, Ireland’s defence minister Helen McEntee said the talks in Wicklow come “at a moment of profound challenge for all of us in terms of defence and security,” with closer cooperation needed “more than ever.”Ukraine, maritime security, and resilience against hybrid and cyber threats will be top of the agenda today, she says. Continue reading...

Dozens evacuated after flash-flood event near Bright Angel Canyon and Phantom Ranch, officials sayAt least 15 people may be missing or unaccounted for after a major flash flood swept through the Grand Canyon national park in Arizona on Saturday afternoon, according to the National Park Service.The flash-flood event occurred in the area of Bright Angel Canyon and the Phantom Ranch, where park staff and the Arizona department of public safety have evacuated more than 60 people as of Sunday morning. Continue reading...

An estimated 237 people have been rescued after accident off the coast of northern CyprusFatalities after ferry carrying nearly 270 capsizes off northern CyprusIn a post to Facebook, the mayor of the coastal town of Kyrenia, Murat Senkul, described the situation as “very serious” and confirmed that 270 passengers and crew were aboard when the ship sank off the coast of Diana beach. He said the ferry belonged to the Filo Denizcilik company.“The Coast Guard, the *Akgünler Express* vessel, and numerous small boats are participating in rescue operations,” he wrote in the social media post. Continue reading...

Attack on business apparently storing ‘explosive objects’ sparks huge fire, damaging residential buildingsAt least 37 people have been killed after a Russian drone struck a warehouse near Kyiv’s western suburbs which appears to have been storing “explosive objects”.The attack damaged at least 50 residential buildings, including a care home for elderly and disabled people, and sparked a huge fire and explosions in the Bucha district of the Ukrainian capital. The regional governor, Tymur Tkachenko, said a further 42 people, including four children, had been injured after the Russian drone strike. Continue reading...

Official death toll approaches 600, with many of the missing Americans having been on a pilgrimage to a sacred siteAt least 90 Americans were still missing on Friday among almost 2,000 people unaccounted for following the catastrophic flash flood along the Nepal-Tibet border on Wednesday.With the official death toll creeping towards 600 on Friday and expected to continue rising, there were survivors, victims and missing people from many nationalities. Continue reading...

Federation says it fears death toll of more than 540 will continue to rise as rescuers reach cut-off areasNepal-Tibet flash flood – latest updatesVisual guide: how the deadly flooding unfoldedTell us: have you been affected by the flash floods?The Red Cross has said at least 93,000 people may have been affected by Wednesday’s flash floods on the Nepal-Tibet border, which have killed more than 540 people, left another 1,500 missing, and triggered a huge rescue operation that is being hampered by fears of new flooding.The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the world’s largest humanitarian network, said it feared the death toll would continue to rise as some of the hardest-hit areas remained inaccessible after roads and bridges were destroyed by the torrents. Continue reading...

• A catastrophic glacial collapse triggered massive flash floods in the Nepal-Tibet mountainous region, killing at least 356 people and sweeping away entire villages. • Nearly 1,400 individuals remain missing, the majority of whom are tourists, trekkers, and pilgrims visiting the popular high-altitude area. • The disaster has caused severe infrastructure failure, leaving the region without electricity after critical hydroelectric facilities were destroyed.

• Massive flash floods in central Nepal have resulted in numerous deaths and left over 750 people missing, including 133 Indian nationals. • Indian authorities report that at least 290 Indian citizens currently remain "uncontactable" following the deluge. • Both Nepal and China have issued warnings regarding fresh flood risks, indicating that the region remains under significant threat.

Rescue teams are searching for nearly 1,500 missing people, mostly tourists, after floods kill at least 165Nepal-Tibet flash flood – latest updatesRescue teams in Nepal are searching for at least 33 British nationals who are among those missing after flash floods ravaged its border with Tibet, killing at least 165 people.Nearly 1,500 people are missing, the majority of them tourists, authorities have said, after a glacier collapse triggered devastating floods in Nepal and Tibet, roaring down valleys and razing entire villages. Continue reading...

• A federal judge has permitted Donald Trump to proceed with his proposed plan regarding mail-in ballots following a Supreme Court ruling on Monday. • The decision allows the current trajectory of the plan to continue, though it does not provide a permanent legal shield. • This development is significant as it impacts the administration of mail-in voting, though a specific Postal Service regulation implementing the proposal remains vulnerable to legal challenges.

Authorities at biggest state hospital in Islamabad say 15 babies were in the ward when fire broke outAt least 14 newborn babies have died in a fire that broke out in the maternity ward at one of Pakistan’s most prominent state hospitals.The blaze began in the early hours of Wednesday and engulfed the ward at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, the biggest state hospital in Islamabad. Continue reading...

Gang leader threatens to kill hostages after attack in Kenscoff in which homes were also set alight‘A massacre’: Haiti gangs carrying out mass killingsAt least 47 people were killed and more than 50 others kidnapped when armed men attacked a once peaceful community near Haiti’s capital at the weekend, the UN has said.A gang leader has threatened to kill the hostages if authorities kill any gang members as they try to secure the community of Kenscoff, nestled in the hills above Port-au-Prince. Continue reading...

True figure likely to be much higher as it only covers about half of continent and does not include August totalsAt least 35,000 more people died during Europe’s four record-breaking, back-to-back heatwaves this summer than would normally be expected, according to incomplete figures from barely half the continent.Excess mortality in three of the EU’s larger countries – Germany, France and Spain – alone has already exceeded 25,000, according to the provisional national figures, and experts say the toll will rise significantly once August totals are consolidated. Continue reading...

Fast-moving, ‘human-caused’ fire in Reno leaves thousands of homes and businesses without power, officials sayTens of thousands of people in Nevada were urged to evacuate as a fast-moving, wind-driven wildfire bore down on the city of Reno.The Hawk fire began on Saturday to the north-west of the city, and quickly grew, showing “extreme fire behavior”. Continue reading...

• India has replaced Indonesia as the least-preferred stock market in Asia among global fund managers, according to a recent Bank of America survey. • The decline in investor sentiment is driven by concerns over high stock-market valuations, slowing economic growth, and a perceived lack of exposure to artificial intelligence. • This shift matters as it indicates growing caution among foreign investors regarding the pace of India's structural reforms and overall equity attractiveness.

• India has replaced Indonesia as the least-preferred stock market in Asia, reflecting growing caution among fund managers toward the country's equities. • A survey conducted between August 7 and 13 of 98 fund managers overseeing $272 billion in assets found India's stocks to be among the region's worst performers this year. • In contrast, sentiment toward Indonesia improved, with net underweight positions dropping from 32% in July to 27%, while Japan and Taiwan remain the most preferred markets.

• India has become the least-favoured market in the Asia-Pacific region among fund managers, ranking below China, Indonesia, and the Philippines. • The lack of an AI-driven investment play and weak growth projections are cited as the primary reasons for the current wariness. • In contrast, Taiwan and Japan are the top preferences with net overweight positions of 55% and 50%, followed by South Korea at 23%.

Death reported after residential areas and warehouses hit in heavy bombardment in capital and surrounding regionA heavy Russian bombardment killed at least six people and wounded dozens in Ukraine’s capital and its surrounding region overnight, authorities said on Thursday.A missile attack on Kyiv struck residential areas and warehouses, said the Kyiv mayor, Vitali Klitschko. The attack damaged residential buildings, a medical facility and an educational institution and left five people dead and 23 wounded, city military authorities said. Continue reading...