The UK's finance minister will unveil his spring budget on Wednesday, which many hope will ease the serious cost of living crisis that has thrown many families into financial turmoil despite being fully employed. 

Westminster

UK to 'avoid recession,' Government says

The Pentagon says a US warship has destroyed a Houthi drone heading in its direction in the southern Red Sea. Earlier, the UK Maritime Agency reported that ships were targeted in the Red Sea's Bab al-Mandab Strait and off the coast of Hodeidah. 

Israel-Gaza War

U.S warship comes under attack in Red Sea

Israel says it's committed to the release of Israeli captives held by Hamas, despite the end of a truce that saw dozens released. It comes as U.S officials pressure Israeli forces to protect civilian lives during its offensive.

Jerusalem

Released Israeli hostages call for captives to be freed

Four people have been killed in an explosion at a Catholic Mass in the southern Philippines on Sunday morning. The incident occurred at the gymnasium of Mindanao State University in Marawi, the country's largest Muslim city.

Marawi City

Fatal blast at Catholic Mass in the Philippines

A German citizen died and two other people were injured after a man attacked tourists in central Paris near the Eiffel Tower. A short time Police arrested a 26-year-old man who was previously jailed over terror offences.

Paris

Tourist killed in suspected terror attack near Eiffel Tower

Rallies have been taking place in Tel Aviv in an effort to ramp up pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to bring more captives home. It comes as Israel withdrew its Mossad negotiators from Doha, citing an “impasse”.

Tel Aviv-Yafo

Mass rallies as Israel withdraws from hostage negotiations

Israel expanded its attacks after the ceasefire expired on Friday morning. Health officials say more than 100 Palestinians were killed in an air raid on Jabalia refugee camp in the north, while an apartment block was destroyed in the south.

Sderot

Israel resumes airstrikes on Gaza, dozens killed

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said too many innocent Palestinians had been killed in Gaza as Israeli warplanes and artillery bombarded the enclave on Saturday following the collapse of a truce with Hamas militants.

U.S calls for restraint as hostilities in Gaza resume

More than 20 nations including the United States called for a tripling of nuclear energy to drive down emissions on Saturday as world leaders assembled for the third day of the UN climate talks in Dubai.

Dubai

Climate Crisis

COP28: Calls to triple global nuclear energy output

Palestinian health officials say nearly 180 Palestinians have been killed in renewed Israeli bombardments of Gaza following the expiration of the truce with Hamas.

Israel, Hamas resume fighting as truce ends

Around 200 far-right demonstrators have gathered in Paris to protest the death of a French teenager who died after being stabbed. They claim it is a symbol of France’s increasingly insecure society amid immigration, although no official motive has been given by Police.

Far-right protesters gather in Paris after French teenager’s death

A record-breaking drought has sapped the Amazon River and four of its biggest tributaries to their lowest levels in at least half a century, as scientists anticipate the next year could bring an even more intense drought.

State of Amazonas

Warnings record drought could empty the Amazon River

George Santos has been expelled from the United States House of Representatives after a series of criminal charges and ethics investigations. He is only the sixth person ever to be ousted from the chamber.

Washington

George Santos expelled from U.S Congress

Retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, died on Friday at the age of 93, the court said. O'Connor's centrist views and shrewd negotiating skills allowed her to steer the nation’s law for much of her quarter-century tenure.

Arizona

Sandra Day O'Connor, first woman on U.S. Supreme Court, dies

More than 130 countries agreed to prioritize food and agriculture in their climate plans at COP28 in Dubai Friday. Food systems are estimated to be responsible for roughly a third of human-made greenhouse gases. They are also increasingly threatened by global warming and biodiversity loss.

COP28: Food, agriculture included in climate agenda

A Russian court extended the detention of Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva on Friday as she awaits trial for failing to register as a "foreign agent." The court in the city of Kazan prolonged her detention until Feb. 5. No date has been set for the trial.

Kazan

Russian court extends pre-trial detention of U.S. journalist

Israel's warplanes have pounded Gaza after talks to extend a week-old truce with Hamas broke down, sending wounded and dead Palestinians into Gaza's overwhelmed hospitals. 

Resumed war sends wave of wounded into Gaza hospitals

Minutes after the truce between Israel and Hamas expired, Israel announced it has restarted combat operations against Hamas, with renewed airstrikes in Gaza. In southern Israel, rocket sirens sounded.

Israel and Hamas truce expires, fighting resumes

Rich countries at COP28 are pledging a small fraction of what's estimated to be needed to pay for climate change loss and damage, but observers are calling it a start.

Rich countries pledge $450M for climate 'loss and damage' at COP28

OpenAI's ChatGPT became the fastest-growing software application in the world within six months of its debut. One year on, it has sparked the launch of rival chatbots, raised questions about the role of generative AI in society and disrupted several industries.

San Francisco

Rise of AI

Viral AI chatbot ChatGPT turns one

The U.N. climate summit clinched an early victory Thursday, with delegates adopting a new fund to help poor nations cope with costly climate disasters. COP28 president Sultan al-Jaber said the decision sent a "positive signal of momentum to the world and to our work here in Dubai."

COP28 kicks off with climate disaster fund victory

An Indian national has been charged with plotting to assassinate a Sikh separatist leader in New York, the U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday, alleging an Indian government official was also involved in the planning.

New York

Indian man charged in plot to kill Sikh separatist in U.S

Russia's Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that LGBT activists should be designated as "extremists," in a move that representatives of gay and transgender people fear will lead to arrests and prosecutions. The move is part of a pattern of increasingly restrictive measures in Russia on expressions of sexual orientation and gender identity.

Moscow

Top Russian court bans LGBT movement as 'extremist'

Two Palestinian attackers opened fire at a bus stop during the morning rush hour at the entrance to Jerusalem, killing at least three people and wounding eight others, Israeli police said. The shooters came from East Jerusalem and were stopped by off-duty soldiers and another civilian who was nearby, police said.

Palestinians open fire at Jerusalem bus stop, three killed

With all the political focus on captive exchanges and truce extensions, the military side of the war has slipped from centre-stage. But Israel is planning for the fighting to resume. As is Hamas. 

Netanyahu says Israel army preparing for fighting to resume

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak escalated his war of words with the leader of Greece, accusing Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of trying to "grandstand" over the Parthenon Marbles. Mitsotakis said the dispute had helped draw international attention to Greece's longstanding claim to the artefacts. 

London

Parthenon row derails talks between UK and Greece

Israel and Hamas struck a last-minute agreement to extend their six-day ceasefire by one more day to allow negotiators to keep working on deals to swap hostages held in Gaza for Palestinian prisoners.


Israel-Hamas truce extended for one more day

Finland is closing its land border with Russia after seeing an unusually large number of migrants arrive there in November. Finland’s foreign minister calls it 'hybrid warfare,' accusing Russia of retaliating Finland's joining of NATO by using migrants to cause internal divisions in the country.

Helsinki

Finland closes land border with Russia

The federal government has rejected criticism it's acting too slowly on new laws that would put some recently released detainees back behind bars. It's scrambling to get legislation through parliament before the summer break.