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Nº 55 Friday, 04 September 2026

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Hopes of finding Nepal floods survivors fade as death toll passes 1,100

Some 4,000 people are missing a week after a glacier collapse in the Himalayas unleashed flash floods

Charlie Kirk murder suspect Tyler Robinson pleads not guilty as judge sends case to trial

Suspect to be tried for aggravated murder, felony charge that carries death penalty sentence in Utah

US-Iran war flares again as sides exchange air strikes

Iran retaliates against US ‌sites in Jordan, Bahrain and Iraq after US says it targeted Revolutionary Guard fa…

Iceland says no to EU membership talks

The Nordic country is a very special case. It would be foolish to draw hasty conclusions from this referendum …

Netanyahu has new protector inside European Union

Israeli government has waged an intense campaign to dissuade governments from backing EU action over Gaza

North Carolina governor seeks to strengthen Irish links amid US political uncertainty

Josh Stein is confident Democrats will regain a US Senate seat in midterm elections

La bonhomie is back: Macron arrives in Britain bearing gifts

Return of Bayeux Tapestry offers a symbolic backdrop to the warmest UK-French relations in years

‘Grossly offensive to victims’: Flags erected in memory of Billy Wright in Co Tyrone town

The former LVF leader, believed to have been involved in a number of murders, was killed in 1997

Iran vows US will ‘regret its new attacks’ after people killed at wedding

At least two were killed and dozens wounded at a ceremony in the city of Bandar Kuhestak

Burnham sets out his stall as Starmer leaves a parting headache

Labour’s new leader gives his first speech in parliament as prime minister, promising to end Margaret Thatcher…

Escalating Russian attacks intended to ‘scare’ Europe, says EU foreign affairs chief

Kaja Kallas underlined importance of resolve amid Moscow’s hybrid campaign to chip away at support for Ukraine

France bans phones in schools amid warnings of ‘intellectual crisis’

Rise of short videos has reduced people’s ability to read texts or watch long films, says French president

Germany says Russia was behind last month’s attempted drone attack at Leipzig airport

A drone carrying an explosive device was discovered last month, close to Ukrainian cargo planes

Ferry that capsized off Cyprus, killing at least eight, had been subject of long legal row

Specialised Turkish navy vessel has joined rescue operation with 20 people still missing

Mass burials in Nepal as death toll from flash floods exceeds 1,000

As dozens of bodies were buried in trenches in Kathmandu, Nepal’s disaster agency said that 1,003 deaths had b…

Iran’s president says Iran would return to ceasefire agreement if US does

Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran would ‘immediately reciprocate’ if the US returned to its commitments in the memor…

Israeli strikes kill five in Gaza as military says it arrests Hamas militant

​Heavy air strikes launched after raid was uncovered

Keir Starmer to step down as MP to focus on overseas affairs

The former prime minister told his local newspaper it was the ‘right time’ to leave the House of Commons.

Russian drone and missile attack kills at least 12 in Kyiv region

Zelenskiy says Russia is taking advantage of a shortage of US-made Patriot interceptors

Keir Starmer to stand down as MP

Greens will target former prime minister’s seat in central London byelection

Lindsay Clancy trial: Jury to resume deliberations for fourth day

Massachusetts mother charged with murder for strangling her three children before attempting to take her own l…

‘I didn’t tell nobody’: How Duane Keith Davis’s words helped convict him of Tupac’s murder

Prosecution case relied heavily on Davis’s own accounts of the shooting, including his 2019 memoir

Rescuers comb through mud as Nepal-China floods leave more than 1,000 dead

The scale of last week’s disaster was hampering rescue efforts in both regions.

Russian barrage of drones and missiles on Ukraine’s capital kills at least 11

The strikes marked the sixth consecutive day of Russian attacks on Kyiv.

What to know about evidence that led to conviction in Tupac Shakur’s killing

Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis spent years talking about the 1996 shooting with many people.

Death toll from floods in Nepal and China passes 1,000

Rescuers dig through the ruins of hydropower projects in the Himalayas to save close to 300 ‌trapped workers

Death toll from catastrophic flooding in Nepal and China passes 1,000

At least 11, 814 people have been rescued so far, according to Nepalese authorities.

Jury convicts former gang leader of murdering rap star Tupac Shakur

Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis found guilty in Las Vegas of a single count of murder with a deadly weapon in 1996

US supreme court allows Donald Trump to carry on building $400m White House ballroom

Project is at the centre of the president’s ambition to remake the US capital in his image

Italy’s Giorgia Meloni faces a challenge from the right

Macho ex-general calls for a ‘Mediterranean patriarchy’

Ireland should not greet Donald Trump’s theatre of the absurd with deference

Nothing to admire in US president’s bullying and provocation

No more summer sunshine for Burnham as the real work begins

Life as UK prime minister will come at him fast, beginning on Tuesday as recess ends

Jury convicts a man of murder for the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur

The trial revisited the night nearly 30 years ago when Shakur was shot while on his way to perform at a club i…

US supreme court allows Trump’s White House ballroom construction to continue

The Trump administration asked justices to intervene after federal courts found the build must halt because it…

Jury begins deliberations in trial of Duane Davis charged in Tupac Shakur murder

A panel of 16 jurors heard 24 witnesses prosecutors called and three witnesses defence called over nine days.

UAE intercepts Iranian drone over territorial waters

The attack comes after the US and Iran exchanged fire over the weekend for the first time in a month.

Daring jet fly-past over Springboks stadium sparks heated debate

Two planes flew above heads of 56,000 rugby fans before South Africa vs New Zealand match

Low flyby by jets over packed South African stadium sparks safety debate

The flyby happened on Saturday before a rugby game between South Africa and New Zealand in Cape Town.

Cypriot ferry disaster survivors reveal panic aboard sinking ship

Eight people have died and 18 others are still missing.

Modi urges end to Ukraine war in talks with Putin

Indian prime minister and Russian president meet on the sidelines of summit in Kyrgyzstan