6 h. ago Afghanistan earthquake kills more than 800 and injures another 2,500 as rescuers search rubble for survivors

Officials warn death toll could rise as rescue efforts hampered by landslides

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15 h. ago Indonesia president scraps controversial MPs’ perks after protest death toll rises to six

Student groups call off protests for Monday as security measures tightened across capital

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17 h. ago Indonesia protests: President scraps lawmakers’ perks as authorities tighten security

Student groups call off protests for Monday as security measures tightened across capital

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23 h. ago Indonesia protests: president scraps lawmakers’ perks in bid to calm tensions

Six people have now died in nationwide protests, forcing Prabowo Subianto to remove perks include a housing allowance worth 10 times the minimum wageIndonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto has pledged to revoke lawmakers’ perks and privileges, including a controversial $3,000 housing allowance, in a bid to ease public fury after nationwide protests in which six people have died.Flanked by leaders of eight Indonesian political parties, Prabowo told a televised news conference in the capital, Jakarta, that they had agreed to cut the housing allowance and suspend overseas trips for members of parliament. It was a rare concession in response to mounting public anger. Continue reading...

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31 h. ago The Guardian view on the killing of Gaza’s journalists: Israel wants to stop the world from seeing what it’s doing | Editorial

This is the most lethal war for the media in recent times. A generation of journalists is being wiped outDay by day, the death toll rises, the war crimes mount, and the outrage grows. Last Wednesday, the pope demanded that Israel stop its “collective punishment” of Gaza’s population. A day later, António Guterres, the United Nations secretary general, warned that “the levels of death and destruction are without parallel in recent times”. More than 500 UN staff have pressed the human rights chief, Volker Türk, to call it genocide. Half of registered voters in the US have already concluded that that is what Israel is doing in Gaza.The agony is deepening. On Friday, the Israeli military declared famine-hit Gaza City to be a combat zone, intensifying its assault and ending “tactical pauses” that allowed limited – if utterly inadequate – food delivery. Many inhabitants are physically incapable of fleeing again, and fear that they would be no s...

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3 d. ago Death toll from Legionnaires' disease outbreak in New York City rises to 7 and infections hit 114

New York City health officials have discovered a seventh death linked to a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Central Harlem, where more than 100 people have been diagnosed with the ailment

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3 d. ago Free bus travel update for over 60s in England amid new call for expansion

A huge campaign has been taking place pushing for free travel to be given to over 60s in England and MPS have called for young adults to get the perk too

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4 d. ago In Prabowo’s Indonesia, the military is quietly creeping back into civilian life

The retired general who is now president has established 100 new army battalions and plans more – and critics say the move has echoes of the country’s authoritarian past“A big nation like us,” Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto told the rank and file before him, “needs a strong military. No nation can be independent without having a strong military.”In a speech before inaugurating military troops in West Java this month, Prabowo – the former special forces commandant – proclaimed that Indonesia must strengthen its defences to protect the nation’s sovereignty and resources. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Death toll from Legionnaires' disease outbreak in New York City rises to 6 and infections hit 111

New York City officials have discovered a sixth death linked to a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Central Harlem, where more than 100 people have been diagnosed with the ailment

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1 week ago Death toll rises to 358 after flash floods engulf homes in northwest Pakistan: ‘It came without warning’

More cloudbursts are expected to intensify problems for people already rendered homeless

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2 w. ago Death toll after monsoon floods in Pakistan rises to more than 320

Most of the dead were reported in the mountainous province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with more rain forecastThe death toll from heavy monsoon rains that have triggered flash floods across northern Pakistan has risen to at least 321 people in the past 48 hours, the country’s disaster authority said on Saturday.The majority of the deaths, 307, were recorded in the mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, according to the National Disaster Management Authority. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Hundreds hit with food poisoning in Indonesia after eating free meals from president’s flagship program

Since its launch in January, Prabowo Subianto’s signature policy has been marred by mass food poisoning cases affecting over 1,000 peopleMore than 360 people fell ill in the Indonesian town of Sragen in Central Java after consuming school lunches, according to officials, in the largest food poisoning case to hit president Prabowo Subianto’s flagship free meals programme to date.Since its launch in January, the free school meals programme has been marred by mass food poisoning cases across the archipelago, affecting over 1,000 people. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Gaza's sickening starvation death toll rises as Israel attacks intensify

Israel intensifies attacks on Gaza's northern communities as the death toll from shootings and missiles is added to by the deaths of more people through starvation, including children

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3 w. ago Rachel Reeves opens door to gambling tax hike after Gordon Brown poverty demand

Ex-PM Gordon Brown says a hike in tax on the 'massively undertaxed profit' of the gambling industry could raise enough cash to scrap the controversial two-child benefit limit

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3 w. ago Today's rugby news as overlooked duo want Wales recalls and controversial law scrapped

These are the rugby stories making headlines on Wednesday, August 6.

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3 w. ago MPs call on Government to recognise live comedy as distinct art form

The Culture Media and Sport (CMS) Committee claims the live comedy industry faces funding restrictions.

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