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Girl, 11, is sole survivor of migrant boat sinking that left dozens dead

An 11-year-old girl has been rescued off the Italian island of Lampedusa after spending days alone at sea.

Whale's record 8,000-mile journey no fluke, say researchers

A humpback whale has travelled more than 8,000 miles from South America to east Africa, the longest distance recorded for an individual whale.

Māori tribes ask king to intervene in New Zealand treaty row

Representatives of more than 80 Māori tribes have issued a rare plea to King Charles requesting his intervention in New Zealand politics, amid growing tension over the government's policies for Māori and a souring of the relationship between Indigenous people and authorities.

Claims Hamas present in Gaza's hospitals 'grossly exaggerated' says top ICC lawyer

Claims about the presence of Hamas fighters in hospitals in Gaza under siege by Israel's military have been \"grossly exaggerated\", a top prosecutor at the international criminal court (ICC) has said.

Study shows 96% of children in Gaza feel their death is close

A study of children in Gaza has found that 96% of them feel that their death is imminent and almost half want to die as a result of trauma from the war.

Call for two-year jail term over Amsterdam football violence

Prosecutors have called for a man suspected of punching and kicking Israeli football fans in Amsterdam during a night of violence to serve two years in jail.

South Korean police raid President Yoon's office amid crisis over martial law decree

South Korea's Yonhap news agency said the search yesterday was part of an attempt to establish whether Yoon's actions, supported by other senior figures in his administration, amounted to insurrection – a crime that does not carry presidential immunity and can carry the death penalty.

'Someone has to stay' The power plant workers keeping Ukraine's lights on

In the cavernous turbine hall of a coal-fired thermal power plant, deputy chief engineer Oleksandr runs through the extensive damage, pointing out various consequences of numerous Russian strikes over the past two years.

'We are being dismissed' Living with the painful experience of 'medical misogyny'

Women and girls in the UK with gynaecological conditions such as endometriosis and adenomyosis have spent years in pain owing to \"medical misogyny\", according to a parliamentary report.

UK teenager jailed in Dubai over relationship with 17-year-old girl

An 18-year-old man from London has been sentenced to one year in a Dubai jail for having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl, a campaign group has said.

Film review The amazing life and career of the dapper 007

That lovable British star Roger Moore, who ascended to movie Valhalla with seven James Bond films between 1973 and 1985, gets the indulgent treatment he deserves in this documentary celebration, featuring interviews with Christopher Walken, Pierce Brosnan, 007 superfan David Walliams, the franchise producers Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, his children, and of course Joan Collins, who is almost Moore's female equivalent in arch self-deprecating wit.

'I needed the money': Carrey on Sonic sequel

Jim Carrey says he came out of retirement for Sonic the Hedgehog 3 because he needed the money.

Train crew shortages risk disrupting travel plans of Christmas rail passengers

Passengers visiting family and friends over Christmas could have their journeys disrupted by train crew shortages, especially on lines hit by engineering works, the rail minister warned yesterday.

Mystery of how crocs get scales on head solved

It sounds like a conundrum that Rudyard Kipling would have explored in his Just So Stories, but researchers say they have the answer to how crocodiles get the scales on their heads.

Developers 'not fulfilling biodiversity pledges on new estates'

Nearly half of the nature-friendly enhancements promised by developers building homes have failed to materialise, according to a study of almost 6,000 new houses.

Most leave voters now back free movement in pursuit of EU-UK reset

A majority of Britons who voted to leave the EU would now accept a return to free movement in exchange for access to the single market, according to a cross-Europe study that also found a reciprocal desire in member states for closer UK links.

Pianist passes grade 8 seven decades after his last exam

By the age of 88, most of us imagine our exam days are long over. But for Ray Eveleigh, the challenge of taking grade 8 piano was too much to forgo, and he passed with a distinction 67 years after he took grade 7.

Legalisation of cannabis wrong, says Elton John

Sir Elton John has criticised the legalisation of cannabis in parts of North America, saying it was \"one of the greatest mistakes of all time\".

Ofgem orders firms to offer zero-standing charge tariffs

Energy suppliers will have to offer customers a \"zero\" standing charge tariff by next winter to address criticism of the daily fees described as a \"poll tax\" on gas and electricity bills.

Payouts of up to £70,000 for Veterans who were dismissed for being gay

Thousands of UK military personnel dismissed because of their homosexuality will from today be able to apply for payments of up to £70,000 to recognise the distress caused by a ban that ran from 1967 to 2000.

Police investigation into Post Office is of 'unprecedented' size

The police criminal inquiry into the Post Office has identified dozens of persons of interest so far, as a team bolstered to 100 officers investigates the actions of executives, legal teams and civil servants connected to the Horizon IT scandal.

Tories are in an echo chamber chamber with their leader set to self-destruct, luckily for Labour

It could have been Farage or Anderson asking the questions. Badenoch was hellbent on annexing the Reform agenda

Assad's downfall planned by US and Israel, claims Iran's supreme leader

Iran's supreme leader has claimed the US and Israel acted as the command centre that engineered the downfall of Syria's former president, Bashar al-Assad, and the ousting of Iran from the country.

Islamic State Begum and 65 other Britons in prisons face uncertainty amid offensive

Shamima Begum and 65 other Islamic State-linked Britons detained in prisons and camps in north-east Syria face an uncertain future as Turkish-backed rebel groups continue an offensive against the Kurdish groups who guard them.

Golan Heights Druze population on Syrian border fear territorial battles

On the outskirts of the Druze village of Majdal Shams, high in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, a gate in the fence leads to the supposedly demilitarised buffer zone on the Syrian side.

What will US do now? The risks raised by a hands-off approach

For a Biden administration in its final days, managing the downfall of Bashar al-Assad was not on the cards.

'Finally we can breathe' Country gets back to work after president is ousted

When Hayyan Maqsoud, the director of Syria's postal service, returned to work, the first thing he did was remove the portraits of the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, and his father, Hafez, from the walls of his Damascus office.

Bowel cancer cases in under-50s on the increase across the world

The number of under-50s being diagnosed with bowel cancer is increasing worldwide, according to landmark research that also reveals rates are rising faster in England than in almost any other country.

Gregg Wallace 'harassed young journalist with creepy texts'

Gregg Wallace is accused of sending inappropriate texts to a young female reporter asking her for \"a snog\" and leaving \"creepy\" voicemails after taking her number under the pretext of work.

Brief respite over after years of Tory jibes

Many civil servants breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the back of the Conservatives in July - a hoped-for end to long-running pay disputes, the looming axe of job cuts and a sense of chaos.