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Residents told to shut doors after 40 monkeys flee US research site

Forty monkeys escaped from a research facility in South Carolina on Wednesday, with local officials warning people to stay away.

'It can lead to chaos' How disinformation has hampered flood rescue work in Spain

Home to more than 120 shops, a cinema and 34 restaurants, the Bonaire shopping centre has long been known as one of the largest in the Valencia region. After flood waters coursed through the municipality of Aldaia last week, it began making headlines for another reason: disinformation over the fate of its vast underground car park.

Scholz faces calls for urgent vote after government crisis in Germany

Germany's centre-right opposition leader called for an immediate vote of confidence to be held in parliament to head off months of political paralysis after Olaf Scholz's ruling coalition collapsed.

Take-up of paternity leave in Finland surges after rules change

The amount of paternity leave taken in Finland has nearly doubled in length after a 2022 change in the country's parental leave system, the social benefits agency has said.

Israel IDF distances itself from general's 'no return for evacuees'

The Israeli army has distanced itself from comments made by a brigadier general that ground forces are getting closer to \"the complete evacuation\" of the northern Gaza Strip and its residents will not be allowed to return home.

We have already achieved all we need to in Gaza - Gallant

Israel's ousted defence minister, Yoav Gallant, has reportedly said the army had achieved all its objectives in Gaza and that Benjamin Netanyahu had rejected a hostages-for-peace deal against the advice of his own security establishment.

Australia to ban social media for children under 16, PM pledges

The Australian government pledged to legislate an age limit of 16 years for social media access yesterday, with penalties for online platforms that do not comply.

Russia attacks civilians in Ukraine hours after Trump's election win

Russia carried out a massive drone attack on Kyiv and killed four people in a strike on a hospital in Zaporizhzhia, hours after Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election on Wednesday.

Boom in use of private jet 'taxis' by rich triggers calls for CO2 crackdown

Private jet use has soared in recent years, with resulting climate-heating emissions rising by 50%, according to the most comprehensive global analysis to date.

Number of young problem gamblers doubles in a year

The proportion of young people in Great Britain with a gambling problem has more than doubled, according to \"astonishing\" official data that prompted calls for urgent government intervention.

Father of Sara Sharif tells court 'evil' wife tied her up

The father of Sara Sharif has told a court he caught his \"evil\" wife red-handed after she tied his daughter's hands behind her back with tape just weeks before Sara was killed.

Moderate exercise may limit 'baby blues' for new mothers

Doing more than an hour of moderate intensity exercise a week may reduce the severity of \"baby blues\" and almost halve the risk of new mothers developing major clinical depression, the largest analysis of evidence suggests.

Glasgow celebrates 20 years of A Play, a Pie and a Pint

\"I couldn't imagine it not being here,\" says Diane Carroll, who has helmed the ticket desk for A Play, a Pie and a Pint at the Oran Mor in Glasgow since it opened its doors in 2004.

CPS considers sexual abuse claims against DJ Westwood

Prosecutors are considering bringing charges against the former Radio 1 hip-hop DJ Tim Westwood, after detectives investigating allegations of non-recent sexual abuse submitted a file of evidence to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).

Cost of 'bat shed' near HS2 line is £100m, chair says

The cost of a \"bat shed\" to protect a species along the new HS2 high-speed line has risen to more than £100m, HS2 Ltd's chair has revealed.

Welby apology as report says C of E covered up 'brutal' abuse of boys

The Church of England covered up the actions of its most serious and brutal serial abuser, who subjected victims to traumatic physical, sexual, psychological and spiritual attacks, an independent review has concluded.

Former police officer tells inquiry of 'terrifying' effects of novichok

A former police officer who was poisoned in the Salisbury novichok attack has described the \"nightmarish hallucinations\" he faced shortly after coming into contact with the nerve agent, including a \"tsunami of pure heat and fire\" near his eyes.

MP suspended by Labour faces assault charge

Mike Amesbury, the MP suspended by Labour pending an investigation, has been charged with assault after an incident following a night out.

Rayner hints at banning tenants from buying new council homes

Ministers may stop new council homes in England from being sold under the right to buy scheme, Angela Rayner has indicated.

New evidence debunks old myths about Pompeii casts

It is a tragic moment, frozen in time: a family of four shelters beneath a staircase as ash and pumice rains down on Pompeii.

Quality Street fans left purple with despair over new size 'format'

First they ditched the plastic wrappers, then they introduced paper tubs. But for many, Nestle changing the shape and size of some of the nation's favourite Quality Street chocolates was a step too far.

Populist right in Britain aims to build momentum after US election result

Nigel Farage will today address his party's first big rally since Donald Trump's election win as Britain's emboldened populist right seek to drive momentum and build on links with the US president-elect.

Labour Trump able to ignore old criticisms, says minister

Donald Trump is \"capable of looking past\" things people have said about him over the years, claims one of Keir Starmer's closest allies.

Diplomatic relations UK ambassador to be asked to stay in role for transition

The British ambassador to Washington, Dame Karen Pierce, will be asked to stay in post as Donald Trump takes power, before a complex shuffle of UK security and diplomatic jobs in the new year.

Europe Leaders survey altered geopolitical reality - and Orbán celebrates with vodka

European leaders called for stronger action to defend the continent and support Ukraine in a show of unity yesterday after Donald Trump won re-election for a second term that is likely to prove a major challenge for the bloc.

Diplomats braced for unpredictable impact of Trump foreign policy

The US foreign policy establishment is set for one of the biggest shake-ups in years as Donald Trump has vowed to both revamp US policy abroad and root out the so-called \"deep state\" by firing thousands of government workers - including those among the ranks of America's diplomatic corps.

Tech elite: Billionaires of Silicon Valley enjoy a Victory for libertarians

While Elon Musk spent election night alongside Donald Trump, celebrating their decisive victory at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, Silicon Valley figures who were invested - quite literally - in the outcome of Tuesday night's election shared in the Tesla chief executive's joy.

West Bank Things can't get worse, Palestinians say, but they fear being wrong

The waiters at Ramallah's cafes and the tenders of its falafel stands all had more or less the same question for outsiders: is Donald Trump's win good or bad? The Palestinians in the biggest city on the West Bank seem to have already come to a provisional consensus: that the US election result has no real impact here because things could not possibly be worse.

'What will I do?' Fear of deportation grips undocumented immigrants

Fear is rippling through undocumented communities across the US as Donald Trump prepares to enter the White House, promising record deportations after an election campaign filled with hate speech against migrants and a first term marked by anti-immigration crackdowns.

Mandate from God' Trump's Victory fuels the ascendant Christian far right

At a Republican watch party early on Tuesday evening in the Milwaukee suburbs, Dimitra Anderson, a 64-year-old belly-dancer, clutched her boa constrictor—a pet that travels with her everywhere—and issued a confident proclamation: \"I'm ecstatic because I believe he's going to win in a tidal wave.\"