30 m. ago Gaza ceasefire live: Israel identifies dead hostages and says troops have fired at suspects as key truce issues remain

Defence minister says delay in returning more bodies would be a violation of ceasefire as forces open fire on people approaching troops in northern GazaIsraelis and Palestinians celebrate as truce brings hope of ‘era of peace’Despite the ceasefire agreement, a medical source told Palestinian news agency Wafa today that four people were killed when Israeli drones fired at residents inspecting their homes in Gaza’s eastern Shejaiya neighbourhood. We have not yet been able to independently verify this information.Israel’s military said it opened fire on Tuesday to remove a threat posed by several suspects who approached Israeli forces operating in the northern Gaza Strip. Continue reading...

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35 m. ago How flattering Trump over Gaza could be Zelensky’s next secret weapon in the war with Russia

Trump didn’t bring peace to Gaza; he brought an Israeli “victory” and Zelensky is heading to DC hoping to get the same level of military aid, explains world affairs editor Sam Kiley from Kyiv

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46 m. ago US treasury secretary accuses Beijing of trying to damage global economy; silver hits record high – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsWhy has US-China trade war restarted and how have markets reacted?A flurry of takeover talk speculation has pushed up shares in budget airline EasyJet this morning.EasyJet’s shares are up over 7%, leading the risers on the FTSE 100 share index.“[The group] does not believe the redress methodology proposed by the FCA appropriately reflects actual customer loss or achieves a proportionate outcome.“...the FCA’s proposed approach to assessing unfairness does not align with the legal clarity provided by the supreme court judgement in respect of the “Johnson” case, which confirmed that the test for unfairness is highly fact specific and must take into account a broad range of factors. The group will continue to engage with the FCA in respect of these points.“Many motor finance lenders did not comply with the law or the rules. It’s time their customers get fair compensation. Recent court judgments show that liabilities exist no matt...

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54 m. ago Candid New York: George Bradford Brainerd’s pioneering early work – in pictures

In the 1870s, a civil engineer devised early handheld cameras able to capture scenes with more detail than ever. He used the technology to document people on New York streets, from musicians to beggars to paperboys. The work of the innovator, often referred to as the ‘father of instantaneous photography’, has been compiled into a book by Erik Hesselberg called Candid New York: The Pioneering Photography of George Bradford Brainerd, out on 21 October Continue reading...

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56 m. ago Houseplant clinic: my ‘cactus’ is getting too tall for my room

It’s actually a euphorbia, and some careful pruning will solve your problem – and result in a more attractive plantWhat’s the problem? I’ve had this cactus for many years, but it keeps getting taller and soon it will hit the ceiling. How can I stop the plant growing without doing it harm?Diagnosis The plant in question isn’t a true cactus at all, but a succulent called Euphorbia trigona, also known as the African milk tree. Like many columnar euphorbias, it can shoot up rapidly indoors if it’s happy, often outgrowing its space. Luckily, the plant responds well to pruning if done carefully. Continue reading...

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56 m. ago ‘Saying yes puts you in their debt’: narco gangs profit from Argentinian austerity

Drug traffickers gaining influence by stepping in and offering donations after Milei’s sweeping social cutsIn a small colourful room tucked away in the south of Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires, four women are making bread and pizza bases, the bright spring sun shining strong outside the windows, which are covered in black metal mesh.Inside, the radio blast upbeat tunes, but the mood is grim: the neighbourhood has been shaken by the livestreamed torture and murder of two young women and a girl allegedly at the hands of a drug trafficker who lived just a few blocks away. Continue reading...

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56 m. ago Space Harrier at 40: how Sega’s surreal classic brought total immersion to arcades in the 80s

As they flew above Yu Suzuki’s innovative, psychedelic 3D landscapes combating space dragons and alien rock monsters, the moving arcade cabinet would fling players around and physically involve them in the actionDuring our family’s holidays in the 1980s, most of which were spent at classic English seaside resorts, I spent all my time and pocket money trawling the arcades. From Shanklin to Blackpool, I played them all, attracted by those vast bulb-lit frontages, the enticing names (Fantasy Land! Treasure Island!), and of course by the bleeping, flashing video machines within. And while I spent many hours on the staple classics – Pac-Man, Galaxian, Kung Fu Master – there was one particular game I always looked out for. A weird, thrilling design classic. A total experience, operating somewhere between a traditional arcade game, a flight sim and a rollercoaster. At the time, it seemed impossibly futuristic. Now, it is 40 years old.Released by Sega in 1985, Space Harrier is a 3D space sh...

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67 m. ago Israel tells Hamas to return the remaining 24 dead hostages today 'and believes the terror group is deliberately holding on to some of them'

Four bodies were returned to Israel on Monday, and another 24 are supposed to be turned over as part of the first phase of the peace deal.

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81 m. ago Young people are biggest victims of UK’s fragile jobs market

Firms too scared to take a chance on youngsters when taxes and minimum wages are higher, expert saysUK labour market shows signs of stabilising after job lossesBusiness live – latest updatesSo much about the UK jobs market is influenced by Rachel Reeves. Without overdoing the blame, say many experts, the chancellor’s tough budget last year and the likelihood of a repeat next month hangs over employers and how they recruit and pay staff.The latest official figures show a rising number of young people out of work in the three months to August. More broadly, unemployment rose to a four-year high and the number of vacancies fell. And then there was the stubborn increase in the public sector wage bill, which outpaced the much more modest increase in private sector wages. Continue reading...

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86 m. ago Keanu Reeves says Diane Keaton was ‘a generous artist and very special person’

Reeves paid tribute to Keaton, his co-star in the 2003 romcom Something’s Gotta GiveDiane Keaton obituaryPeter Bradshaw on Diane KeatonThe actor Keanu Reeves has paid tribute to Diane Keaton following her death in California on Saturday aged 79.Speaking on the red carpet at a screening in New York of his latest film, Good Fortune, Reeves told E! News: “She was very nice to me. [A] generous, generous artist and a very special, unique person.” Continue reading...

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87 m. ago Voices: Sorry, Donald Trump, but that’s not what I call a peace deal

No other world leader could have brought about this sequence of events to end the war in Gaza – but what happens when but the US president’s boastful speeches stop, asks former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert

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89 m. ago YouTubers Dan and Phil reveal they’ve been a secret couple for 16 years

Couple chose against revealing relationship as they preferred being known as a comedy duo rather than boyfriends

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93 m. ago Larry Lamb talks reuniting with ex Lady Colin Campbell after she detailed 'rampant' affair

EXCLUSIVE: I'm A Celeb legend Larry Lamb has toyed with the idea of going back into the ITV jungle but bumping into more than just critters as he could one day be lined up with his famous ex

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96 m. ago Horrors endured by Israel's last 20 hostages: Chained, tortured, and starved. As they are finally released from Gaza, captives reveal how Hamas made them suffer

The last 20 living hostages held by Hamas have revealed, for the first time, how the terror group made them suffer for the last two years. 

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1 hour ago Strictly Come Dancing's Anton Du Beke devastation over wife's 'cruel' diagnosis

Strictly Come Dancing judge Anton Du Beke has opened up about his wife Hannah Summers' battle with endometriosis and the couple's IVF journey to parenthood

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1 hour ago Finding My Way by Malala Yousafzai review – growing up in public

Clambering up bell towers, dancing the night away and falling in love – how ‘saint’ Malala forged a new identityLying in her Birmingham hospital bed in the weeks after she’d been shot in the head by a Taliban assassin, 15-year-old Malala Yousafzai used to imagine the conversation she would have with Taliban leadership. “If they would just sit down with me I could reason with them and convince them to end their reign of misogyny and violence,” she writes in her new memoir.Malala kept a notebook by her bed, filled with rhetorical strategies and talking points – the names of journalists who might be able to broker a meeting with the Taliban, the Qur’an verses she could cite to show that girls do have a right to education in Islam, the things she could say to establish her own credentials as a God-fearing Muslim. Of course, that conversation never happened. Much later, after the fall of Afghanistan in 2021, it made her wince to recall her naive be...

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1 hour ago ‘This generation is defiant’: Gen Z protests set to resume in Morocco despite deaths and arrests

Activists call for fresh demonstrations this weekend with three people killed and more than 500 reportedly arrested since unrest started in late SeptemberAyoub Oubalat shares a picture of what he says is his younger brother covered with a white blanket. The man’s eyes are closed and his left eye is bruised blue. At the crown of his head a hole is visible within his dark curly hair, the entry point where the bullet pierced, now shaved and stitched with blue and black thread.A recently graduated film-maker, Abdessamade, 24, and two others were allegedly killed on 1 October when security forces opened fire on protesters in the town of Lqliâa, near the Atlantic coastal town of Agadir. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Eurovision postpones vote on Israel’s participation in 2026 citing ‘recent developments in Middle East’

The European Broadcasting Union says decision on Israel’s participation will now be made in December

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2 h. ago BBC Breakfast guest breaks down in tears as host announces devastating news

An interview with a couple who lost their daughter and two granddaughters in the attacks on Israel proved to be highly emotional during Tuesday's BBC Breakfast

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2 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing's Anton Du Beke's wife's 'cruel' diagnosis and his heartbreak

Strictly Come Dancing judge Anton Du Beke has been married to his wife Hannah Summers since 2017 and the couple share twins George and Henrietta, who were born via IVF

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