The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, will discuss the Gaza ceasefire with Israel’s prime minister in Jerusalem, launching a Middle East tour a day after the latest hostage-prisoner exchange. On his first visit to the region as Washington’s top diplomat, Rubio is expected to push the US president Donald Trump’s widely condemned proposal to…
What can we expect from the European crisis summit on Trump’s Ukraine plan next week? Just as a reminder, European leaders, including British prime minister Keir Starmer, are set to gather next week in Paris for an emergency summit on the war in Ukraine. Here is some of what we can expect from the meeting…
A Brisbane council has issued compliance notices threatening fines of more than $8,000 while implementing its second homeless clearance in a day. On Friday, four of the approximately eight homeless residents at Suttons Beach park in Redcliffe were given just two days to vacate the area. City of Moreton Bay officers issued the compliance notices…
A contraception debate is gripping one of Argentina’s most notable luxury neighbourhoods – not for its wealthy residents, but for its original occupants, the capybaras. In recent years, the lovable rodents have been accused of overrunning the Nordelta, a meticulously landscaped and manicured suburb north of Buenos Aires. Now, in a bid to quell reproduction…
A fall in international students applying for visas risks prolonging the existential threat facing some of England’s universities, sources in higher education say, amid warnings that an increase in tuition fees has already been “wiped out” by the government’s tax rises. Despite the decision by ministers to increase fees for UK students this year to…
After three years of Russia’s attempt to occupy and annex Ukraine, the country continues to put up a fierce resistance. Russia is suffering more than 1,500 casualties a day and only slowly taking ground. But the Ukrainian army is also being put under immense pressure. As the opening moves are made towards a negotiated solution,…