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Hamas and Israel ‘in final stages’ of agreement, with Gazans still reeling from fresh deadly airstrikesMiddle East crisis – live updatesHopes rose across Gaza on Tuesday that the war that has devastated the territory, killing more than 46,000 and displacing millions, was finally over.Amid widespread reports that Hamas and Israel were in the “final stages” of agreeing a ceasefire agreement, residents of the embattled...

RedNote, also known as Xiaohongshu, rockets to top of US app stores, along with ByteDance’s Lemon8New users have piled in to the Chinese social media app RedNote just days before a proposed US ban on the popular social media app TikTok, as the lesser-known company rushes to capitalize on the sudden influx while walking a delicate line of moderating English-language content.In a live chat...

Responses range from conciliation to retaliation, including cutting off electricity and halting the purchase of US liquorCanada’s provincial premiers are sharply divided on how to prepare for US trade tariffs, less than a week before Donald Trump takes office with a threat to dramatically reshape the relationship between the two countries.Canadian officials have sought to defuse the crisis with personal appeals to the president-elect,...

Tech company rejects as ‘pure fiction’ a report that a deal could take place if it fails to avoid an impending banChinese officials have reportedly held preliminary talks about a potential option to sell TikTok’s operations in the US to the billionaire Elon Musk, should the short-video app be unable to avoid an impending ban. Another option is that Musk acts as a broker...

Exclusive: ‘Grotesque’ footage shows previously undocumented incidents on day PM Sheikh Hasina fled countryBangladeshi police killed or injured at least 20 unarmed protesters in two previously undocumented incidents during the demonstrations that engulfed the country last year, according to newly examined video footage.The International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP), a rights group that documents alleged abuses, has analysed video footage of two incidents in...

Relatives watch and wait as talks to broker ceasefire between Israel and Hamas continue in QatarThe families of Israeli hostages held captive for 15 months in the Gaza Strip have voiced cautious optimism their loved ones may soon be free as talks to broker a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas continued in Qatar.“The reports suggesting a potential deal to secure the release of our...

Parliament unanimously agrees on three-month extension of security measures after gang warfare kills six last weekEscalating violence in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) has caused the country’s government to extend emergency security measures declared in December, after a week of bloody gang warfare that left at least six dead.Late on Monday evening, the T&T parliament unanimously agreed on a three-month extension of a state of...

François Bayrou said France must look global powers ‘face on’ in reference to Donald Trump’s return to officeThe French prime minister has said the country must stand firm in the face of figures such as Elon Musk, who represents a “new world disorder”.In his first policy speech to parliament on Tuesday, François Bayrou, a veteran centrist, said there was “a new world disorder, that...

Anne, 53, faces wave of online mockery for believing she was in relationship with actor and paying scammer €830kA French woman who believed she was in a long-term romantic relationship with Brad Pitt and was scammed into paying €830,000 (£700,000) to help him with medical treatment faced such a wave of online mockery that a TV programme about her has been withdrawn.The interior designer,...

UN agency says more than half of the displaced people are children, as gang attacks see upswing in Port-au-PrinceMore than 1 million people have been forced from their homes in Haiti amid a sharp upswing in gang attacks in the country’s embattled capital, Port-au-Prince, the UN has said.The UN’s migration agency, the IOM, said that never before had such a large number of Haitians...

American Zachary Greear, 34, receives suspended sentence after unruly behaviour on United Airlines planeA “nervous flyer” whose unruly behaviour caused his transatlantic flight to be diverted to Dublin has been given a two-month suspended sentence.Dublin district court heard that the 34-year-old American had mixed the tranquilliser Xanax with alcohol to combat his anxiety before becoming disruptive on the United Airlines flight on Monday. Continue...

Greenlandic minister says Denmark has failed to act over demands for action on minerals and alleged state abusesA Greenlandic government minister has said she views Donald Trump’s interest in the territory as positive, saying it has acted as a “wake-up call to Copenhagen” after years of failing to adequately respond to its demands for action on minerals and alleged abuses by the Danish state.Naaja...

Karlsruhe police say they have opened inquiry into ‘persons unknown on suspicion of incitement of racial hatred’German police have launched an investigation after the far-right Alternative für Deutschland party distributed flyers designed to resemble plane tickets for deportation that were addressed to “illegal immigrants” as part of an increasingly provocative campaign for next month’s general election.People from immigrant communities in the south-western city of...

Thirty-six bodies brought to surface amid claims 109 are dead and between 400 and 800 people still alive and trappedThirty-six bodies have been brought out of an illegal goldmine in South Africa and 82 people have been taken out alive since Monday, after police blocked supplies of food, water and medicine to the workers underground in October in an attempt to force them out.On...

MP accused of misusing her position to gain influence and illegally acquire land with her aunt Sheikh HasinaUK politics live – latest updatesAuthorities in Bangladesh have filed a criminal case against the UK Treasury minister Tulip Siddiq, accusing her of misusing her position as an MP to gain influence and illegally acquire land with her aunt the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina.Siddiq has faced...

Police relied on showing photo of Paulo Alberto da Silva Costa, wrongly jailed for years, to victims to identify him as an alleged perpetratorPaulo Alberto da Silva Costa was having a regular day at work as a doorman in Rio de Janeiro when he was arrested in 2020. It was only then that he learned he was a suspect in 62 crimes: almost all...

John McDonnell says more cuts would be ‘a disaster for the country’ and steer voters towards ReformGood morning. Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, is back from her trip to China and, according to Politico, she will make a statement in the Commons. This will allow her to address the criticism she has been facing about the rise in government borrowing costs, and what this means...

Tory leader says new inquiry should look at background of perpetrators as well as why some in authority did not actKemi Badenoch has said “peasants” from “sub-communities” from some countries are the ones in grooming and rape gangs, saying a national inquiry would seek to identify those in authority who did not act.“There are some places where, when people behave in that way, a...

Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip killed at least 18 people overnight as Israel and Hamas appeared to be coming closer to a ceasefire dealThe far-right Israeli national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has described the prospective of a ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas as “terrible”, and called on Israel’s finance minister Bezalel Smotrich to join him in opposing it.In a...

Stores beat online arm, in contrast to other listed fashion retailers, such as Marks & Spencer and NextBusiness live – latest updatesJD Sports has cut profit expectations for the second time in eight weeks, blaming heavy discounting across the fashion market.The retailer said it did not expect any growth in sales at established stores during the year and warned that annual profits would be...

Australian government holds ‘grave concerns’ for welfare of Oscar Jenkins, a 32-year-old teacher from MelbourneFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government is “making urgent inquiries” after reports of the death of an Australian citizen captured by Russian forces while fighting for Ukraine.Oscar Jenkins, a 32-year-old teacher from Melbourne, was serving...

Report by Jack Smith says evidence ‘was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction’ had Trump not won re-election in 2024US politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump would have been convicted of crimes over his failed attempt to cling to power in 2020 but for his victory in last year’s US presidential election, according to the special counsel who investigated him.Jack Smith’s report detailing...

Coffee chain reverses policy introduced in North America in 2018 that let anyone use its facilitiesBusiness live – latest updatesStarbucks has said that people using its coffee shops in North America need to buy something, u-turning on a policy which allowed anyone to use its toilets even if they had not made a purchase.The world’s biggest coffee chain this week published a new code...

Online retailer will also begin its first large-scale deliveries by train and trial heavy post-style cartsBusiness live – latest updatesAmazon is to deploy nearly 150 electric heavy goods vehicles as well as piling packages on to trains and post-style trolleys in an effort to reduce the carbon footprint of delivering goods in the UK.The tech company said it had bought more than 140 electric...