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‘Willing to take direct action’ against Huthis
British Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said yesterday that Britain is "willing to take direct action" against Iran-backed Huthi rebels in Yemen who have repeatedly attacked vessels in the Red Sea.
London's warning comes amid…
South Korean opposition leader stabbed in neck
South Korean opposition party leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck on Tuesday while talking to reporters in the port city of Busan.
Lee was walking in a crowd of journalists after visiting the site of a new airport when a man…
New Year’s Eve celebrations around the world as 2024 begins – as it happened
That is it from me, Martin Belam. We will be closing this live blog shortly. Thank you for joining me to see in the new year, and again I wish you all the very best for a happy and more peaceful 2024.
Details of the…
London marks 100 years of Big Ben ‘bongs’
London's Big Ben yesterday marked the 100th anniversary of its "bongs" to ring in the New Year being broadcast live across the world. Ever since New Year's Eve 1923 when BBC engineer A G Dryland clambered onto a roof opposite the British…
Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II announces surprise abdication
Denmark's popular Queen Margrethe II, Europe's longest-serving monarch, said Sunday that she would abdicate on January 14 and pass the baton to her son Crown Prince Frederik.
Margrethe, 83, has reigned for 52 years and has been…
Get ready – general election talk will dominate 2024
In the blizzard of guesswork about politics in the coming year, there's a fact as solid as a lump of coal at the bottom of your Christmas stocking.
The election campaign has to begin in 2024, and it looks likely it will end,…
Netanyahu says Israel must control Gaza’s border with Egypt
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to retake control of the Gaza Strip's border with Egypt, expanding Israel's mission to neutralise Hamas in a conflict it says it expects to last for months.
"The war is at its height,"…
Pak Polls 2024: Imran Khan’s nomination rejected
Pakistan's election body has rejected former Prime Minister Imran Khan's nomination to contest the 2024 national elections in two constituencies, officials and his party's media team said yesterday Khan has been disqualified from contesting…
Liz Truss gives peerages to Brexit architect and Tory donor
Ousted prime minister Liz Truss has been allowed to confer a host of honours and three new peerages – including for one of the architects of Brexit, for a Tory donor and for her former deputy chief of staff.
Truss was granted a…
35 killed as Israeli strikes hit Gaza refugee camps
At least 35 people were killed in Nuseirat and Maghazi refugee camps following Israeli bombings in central Gaza yesterday, as the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said an aid convoy came under fire by the Israeli military in the…