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Hope returns to Dhaka but new leaders told to exile old politics

The relief was palpable in Dhaka. \"It feels good that finally we have educated people running our government,\" said Zahin Ferdous, a 19-year-old university student, referring to the new interim government led by the Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus.

Left out: An Israeli politician's fight for democracy

Former IDF officer Yair Golan is a hero for his bravery on 7 October. He now heads Israel's new progressive party, which wants a plan for the future

The horrific aftermath of a deadly school attack

Early last Saturday morning, Louay Nasser decided to perform the dawn prayer in the classroom he and his family are living in at Tabeen school in Gaza City, rather than go across the courtyard to the mosque. That decision may have saved his life.

Stray dogs and parasites threaten Darwin's paradise isles

At the dream destination for bucket listers and bird watchers, there are downsides to a dependency on tourism

Canal plus: New visitor controls get a mixed reception

On his first visit to Venice, Alejandro is unimpressed with the city's latest bid to control tourism by limiting group sizes and banning loudspeakers. The tour guide's group, just shy of the new maximum limit of 25, is trudging over a bridge towards St Mark's Square, seemingly more interested in taking selfies than the history lesson being delivered through their audio devices.

Harris and Walz 'bring the joy' - can the Democrat bounce last?

When Kamala Harris and the Minnesota governor, Tim Walz, stepped onstage together for the first time last Tuesday, Philadelphia's Liacouras Center glittered red, white and blue as Beyoncé's Freedom blared and the crowd pulsed.

Wish you weren't here!

Selfie-seekers, antisocial behaviour and pressure on local housing has caused a backlash against mass tourism in some European hotspots. Can the wants of visitors be balanced with the needs of residents?

The wait is over! West End stages Godot again

Samuel Beckett's opus is back, starring Ben Whishaw and Lucian Msamati. Will its tragicomedy match our cultural moment?

Rise up!

Gabriela Rodriguez was fired from her job as a cleaner for eating a tuna sandwich. Now she and others like her are fighting back

THE ART RESCUERS

When Russia invaded, a historian in Kyiv saw that Ukraine's art heritage was in danger. So he set out to save as much of it as he could

Can Harris burnish her presidential hopes in the rust belt?

Of all the lessons Kamala Harris's campaign will have learned from Hillary Clinton's botched run for president eight years ago, among the most important is that it's better to talk about jobs than guns in the three rust belt states that hold the key to the White House.

Divine spark The school reviving endangered sacred arts

The small city of Nasarpur, in the province of Sindh in Pakistan, has a centuries-old reputation for its ceramics.

Women defy Taliban's strict beauty laws at secret salons

It is 9am in a suburb of Kabul when two women in powderpink burqas ring the doorbell of a drab building.

Gangs dig Amazon's newest 'black gold'

Illegal miners take advantage as demand soars for cassiterite, the tin ore that is vital to the green transition

The monk and a Hippo cleaning up plastic pollution

Desperate to restore the Chao Praya River, an abbot at a Bangkok temple began recycling-now he has an ally

Why has PM Sheikh Hasina fled the country suddenly?

After 15 years in power, Bangladesh's prime minister has suddenly resigned and fled the country.

'Like Orwell and Kafka' New office homes in on Fidesz critics

As leaders across Europe fume over Viktor Orbán's unsanctioned foreign policy adventures, the far-right Hungarian leader has intensified his campaign against independent voices at home, increasing pressure on media outlets and civil society groups that do not toe the government line.

Decision to release FSB hitman 'not taken lightly'

The German government said it did not take the decision to release a jailed FSB hitman lightly, as it confirmed its involvement in a historic prisoner exchange between Russia and the west.

Free at last My friend Evan never lost hope

'We exchanged letters on a weekly basis for 16 months, and throughout his time in a Russian prison the journalist in him never faded'

What can stop the spread of Gaza's flames?

If Iran's newly elected president, Masoud Pezeshkian, was hoping for a honeymoon period after his inauguration late last month, he must be sadly disappointed.

Tragedy eclipsed How the disorder unfolded

Riots spread across numerous cities and towns in England, and in Belfast in Northern Ireland, after the murder of three young girls in Southport in northwest England last Monday.

The big story England riots Grief, hate and healing

The fatal stabbing of three young girls in a seaside town was followed by a wave of antiimmigrant riots, provoked in part by online misinformation. As Southport tried to mourn, how did events take such a turn- and what do they reveal about the nation's communities?

Crackdown on student protests sparks 'mass movement'

Hasan still has the metal pellets Bangladeshi police fired at him lodged deep in his bones. Fearful that he will join the growing ranks of those thrown behind bars for participating in protests that have swept Bangladesh in the past month, Hasan has been in hiding for a week and described his state as one of \"constant panic and trauma\".

On repeat - Election fraud fears as Maduro wins again

Nicolás Maduro has been declared the winner of Venezuela's presidential election by the governmentcontrolled electoral authority - a result that appeared to dash opposition hopes of ending his authoritarian, socialist rule. It was immediately challenged by rivals and several governments in the region and beyond.

Reeves acts to plug £22bn hole 'covered up' by Tories

Measures include winter fuel payments cut for wealthier pensioners and shelving cap onsocial care payments

Professor fired in abuse case as #MeToo earns rare win

Public allegations of sexual harassment are rare in China. Swift responses to punish the accused are rarer still.

Water wars: The admiral who wrecked his ship to thwart China

In 1999, a Philippine navy ship made one final, secret voyage, sailing from Manila Bay into the remote waters of the South China Sea. The BRP Sierra Madre then ran aground, and hasn't moved since.

The refugee beaten and conscripted into Putin's war machine

A year ago, the Somali journalist Ilyas Ahmad Elmi set out for Europe. He had been repeatedly threatened by jihadi extremists at home, and hoped to make it to Germany, where he planned to seek asylum and be with his eight-year-old son. \"I left because I wanted to see my son, who I've never met... and because I had received threats,\" said Elmi.

Slipped discs How I wish I had held on to all my CDs

Growing up in the 1990s, compact discs provided the soundtrack to my life. Then along came the digital age and I couldn't get rid of them fast enough

Never mind the ballots

Democracy comes under scrutiny in its birthplace, Athens, in a show that looks at despotism and resistance, from spies lurking in the Parthenon to pop art shootings