Blaze was world’s deadliest residential fire since 1980, but some survivors and bereaved families say justice has yet to be served
Hong Kong’s leader has apologised for government shortcomings that contributed to a fire that killed 168 people in the city last year, a rare sign of public contrition that nevertheless failed to impress some victims’ families.
The chief executive, John Lee, and seven other officials bowed in apology at the release of a report that pointed to “decades of failure” by government bodies.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/29/hong-kong-john-lee-apologises-wang-fuk-court-fire-killed-168-people", "image": "", "published": "Thu, 29 Oct 2026 18:14:21 GMT" } }, { "id": "3f232874b3a113eff86ee2efe83e604a0e7cc1f2", "source_id": "guardian_world", "source": "The Guardian — World", "category": "world", "engine": "rss", "title": "Cuts like a knife: Canadian rocker Bryan Adams trolls Trump with new song", "summary": "Musician wrote a ‘love letter’ to Canada with a new album – and some pointed commentary about the US presidentLake Ontario, the vast body of water that straddles the US-Canada border, has gone by many names over the centuries: Lac Saint-Louis, Lacus Ontarius, Skaniadorio, Cataraqui Lake. But one thing it will never be called, says the Canadian rock star Bryan Adams, is Lake America.In his new song Lake Ontario, Adams takes aim at the US president, Donald Trump, accusing him of “breaking the peace” between the people who live on the lake’s shores.The ‘lake of shining waters’ is what the Iroquois called herIt’s a First Nations name – not an executive order.But things weren’t going his way in IranSo like a baby tossing the toys from the pramYou can push us to the brinkBut where the open road divides Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/29/bryan-adams-donald-trump-song", "image": "", "published": "2026-10-29T17:49:47+00:00", "score": 92.43, "color": "#4be3ff", "raw": { "title": "Cuts like a knife: Canadian rocker Bryan Adams trolls Trump with new song", "summary": "Musician wrote a ‘love letter’ to Canada with a new album – and some pointed commentary about the US president
Lake Ontario, the vast body of water that straddles the US-Canada border, has gone by many names over the centuries: Lac Saint-Louis, Lacus Ontarius, Skaniadorio, Cataraqui Lake. But one thing it will never be called, says the Canadian rock star Bryan Adams, is Lake America.
In his new song Lake Ontario, Adams takes aim at the US president, Donald Trump, accusing him of “breaking the peace” between the people who live on the lake’s shores.
The ‘lake of shining waters’ is what the Iroquois called her
It’s a First Nations name – not an executive order.
But things weren’t going his way in Iran
So like a baby tossing the toys from the pram
You can push us to the brink
But where the open road divides
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/29/bryan-adams-donald-trump-song", "image": "", "published": "Thu, 29 Oct 2026 17:49:47 GMT" } }, { "id": "ea74706903982abbd8a420e9f6f8f50b310c1a26", "source_id": "guardian_world", "source": "The Guardian — World", "category": "world", "engine": "rss", "title": "Brazil’s victory for the planet and democracy: seven lessons from Lula’s win", "summary": "The trouncing of the far right provides a playbook for social and environmental movements in other countries facing elections, including the US, Spain and FranceThank you, Brazil, for demonstrating how the far right can be trounced while protection for the Amazon is strengthened. In a world where nature and democracy appeared to be bleeding out in tandem, voters and forest defenders in this global south powerhouse have shown it is possible to staunch the flow. This should provide much needed inspiration and, more practically, a playbook for social and environmental movements in other countries facing elections, including the US, Spain and France.The astonishing comeback victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Sunday’s presidential runoff against his extreme right challenger Flavío Bolsonaro has brought oceans of rapturous supporters on to the streets, while also thrilling conservationis…", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/29/brazil-victory-planet-democracy-lessons-lula-win", "image": "", "published": "2026-10-29T17:46:38+00:00", "score": 92.4, "color": "#4be3ff", "raw": { "title": "Brazil’s victory for the planet and democracy: seven lessons from Lula’s win", "summary": "The trouncing of the far right provides a playbook for social and environmental movements in other countries facing elections, including the US, Spain and France
Thank you, Brazil, for demonstrating how the far right can be trounced while protection for the Amazon is strengthened. In a world where nature and democracy appeared to be bleeding out in tandem, voters and forest defenders in this global south powerhouse have shown it is possible to staunch the flow. This should provide much needed inspiration and, more practically, a playbook for social and environmental movements in other countries facing elections, including the US, Spain and France.
The astonishing comeback victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Sunday’s presidential runoff against his extreme right challenger Flavío Bolsonaro has brought oceans of rapturous supporters on to the streets, while also thrilling conservationists, climate activists and social justice campaigners across the world.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/29/brazil-victory-planet-democracy-lessons-lula-win", "image": "", "published": "Thu, 29 Oct 2026 17:46:38 GMT" } }, { "id": "dbf6c572aa5ba27282fa08bb588040fbb34127b4", "source_id": "guardian_world", "source": "The Guardian — World", "category": "world", "engine": "rss", "title": "Nvidia CEO reportedly targeted by Chinese spy", "summary": "Jensen Huang reported to have had close relationship with tech company executive suspected of passing intel to ChinaUS intelligence agencies believe the Nvidia chief executive, Jensen Huang, has been targeted by a Chinese spy who had done business with him, according to a new report by the New York Times.Alice Huang or Huang Le, of no relation to the Nvidia CEO, is an executive at a Singapore-based datacenter company called Megaspeed. She had previously been suspected of smuggling Nvidia chips to China, prompting American officials to surveil and monitor her. Those officials have determined that she was acting as a Chinese intelligence asset, passing commercial information to Beijing, the New York Times reported, citing unnamed sources. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/29/nvidia-ceo-targeted-chinese-spy", "image": "", "published": "2026-10-29T15:23:48+00:00", "score": 91.25, "color": "#4be3ff", "raw": { "title": "Nvidia CEO reportedly targeted by Chinese spy", "summary": "Jensen Huang reported to have had close relationship with tech company executive suspected of passing intel to China
US intelligence agencies believe the Nvidia chief executive, Jensen Huang, has been targeted by a Chinese spy who had done business with him, according to a new report by the New York Times.
Alice Huang or Huang Le, of no relation to the Nvidia CEO, is an executive at a Singapore-based datacenter company called Megaspeed. She had previously been suspected of smuggling Nvidia chips to China, prompting American officials to surveil and monitor her. Those officials have determined that she was acting as a Chinese intelligence asset, passing commercial information to Beijing, the New York Times reported, citing unnamed sources.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/29/nvidia-ceo-targeted-chinese-spy", "image": "", "published": "Thu, 29 Oct 2026 15:23:48 GMT" } }, { "id": "847ad6bfc89bc4e89d1d397c9133857cc98c1d89", "source_id": "guardian_world", "source": "The Guardian — World", "category": "world", "engine": "rss", "title": "Study of 100,000 Australians seeks causes of mental health disorders and early onset cancer", "summary": "Sax Institute is recruiting for 18 and Up, an intergenerational study of wellbeing and ageing that follows its landmark 45 and Up studyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastResearchers hope to better understand the drivers of major health challenges facing younger people, such as mental illness and rising cancer rates, through the recruitment of 100,000 people for Australia’s largest intergenerational study of wellbeing and ageing.The independent and not-for-profit research institute the Sax Institute on Thursday launched the 18 and Up study, which will follow the health of those aged 18 to 45 throughout their lives. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/30/study-of-100000-australians-seeks-causes-of-mental-health-disorders-and-early-onset-cancer", "image": "", "published": "2026-10-29T14:00:48+00:00", "score": 90.58, "color": "#4be3ff", "raw": { "title": "Study of 100,000 Australians seeks causes of mental health disorders and early onset cancer", "summary": "Sax Institute is recruiting for 18 and Up, an intergenerational study of wellbeing and ageing that follows its landmark 45 and Up study
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Researchers hope to better understand the drivers of major health challenges facing younger people, such as mental illness and rising cancer rates, through the recruitment of 100,000 people for Australia’s largest intergenerational study of wellbeing and ageing.
The independent and not-for-profit research institute the Sax Institute on Thursday launched the 18 and Up study, which will follow the health of those aged 18 to 45 throughout their lives.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/30/study-of-100000-australians-seeks-causes-of-mental-health-disorders-and-early-onset-cancer", "image": "", "published": "Thu, 29 Oct 2026 14:00:48 GMT" } }, { "id": "c460b72ae1b351421c225f3b50e1a5e11196adba", "source_id": "guardian_world", "source": "The Guardian — World", "category": "world", "engine": "rss", "title": "Erin Patterson prepares for mushroom murders appeal ruling to learn if she could face retrial or longer jail term", "summary": "Victorian court to hand down decision on Friday on two appeals regarding Patterson’s triple murder caseGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastErin Patterson is set to find out if she could face a longer prison sentence or a new trial, as Victoria’s highest court hands down its decision on two appeals regarding her triple murder case.The court of appeal is set to rule on the two appeals from 10am on Friday, after justices Lesley Taylor, Stephen McLeish and Peter Kidd heard arguments from her legal team and prosecutors in August. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/29/erin-patterson-mushroom-murders-appeal-ruling-ntwnfb", "image": "", "published": "2026-10-29T14:00:47+00:00", "score": 90.58, "color": "#4be3ff", "raw": { "title": "Erin Patterson prepares for mushroom murders appeal ruling to learn if she could face retrial or longer jail term", "summary": "Victorian court to hand down decision on Friday on two appeals regarding Patterson’s triple murder case
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Erin Patterson is set to find out if she could face a longer prison sentence or a new trial, as Victoria’s highest court hands down its decision on two appeals regarding her triple murder case.
The court of appeal is set to rule on the two appeals from 10am on Friday, after justices Lesley Taylor, Stephen McLeish and Peter Kidd heard arguments from her legal team and prosecutors in August.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/29/erin-patterson-mushroom-murders-appeal-ruling-ntwnfb", "image": "", "published": "Thu, 29 Oct 2026 14:00:47 GMT" } }, { "id": "cf9efbbfbd013c9ca7031af4639400be56bd141d", "source_id": "guardian_world", "source": "The Guardian — World", "category": "world", "engine": "rss", "title": "Lawyers for Marist Brothers face questions over advice to keep serial offender out of ‘legal arena’", "summary": "A once-confidential letter says child sexual abuser might implicate senior church officials if allowed near ‘the legal arena’ upon his release from jailGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLawyers from a leading law firm for the Marist Brothers have been subpoenaed to explain a once-confidential document showing they advised the Catholic order to keep a serial offender out of “the legal arena”, suggesting he was too honest and might implicate senior church officials.The offender was “regrettably up front” about his interactions with senior leadership, and could not be trusted to heed “suggestions” about “not dumping on others excessively”, the document says. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/oct/30/marist-brothers-law-firm-carroll-and-odea-abuse-case-act-ntwnfb", "image": "", "published": "2026-10-29T14:00:47+00:00", "score": 90.58, "color": "#4be3ff", "raw": { "title": "Lawyers for Marist Brothers face questions over advice to keep serial offender out of ‘legal arena’", "summary": "A once-confidential letter says child sexual abuser might implicate senior church officials if allowed near ‘the legal arena’ upon his release from jail
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Lawyers from a leading law firm for the Marist Brothers have been subpoenaed to explain a once-confidential document showing they advised the Catholic order to keep a serial offender out of “the legal arena”, suggesting he was too honest and might implicate senior church officials.
The offender was “regrettably up front” about his interactions with senior leadership, and could not be trusted to heed “suggestions” about “not dumping on others excessively”, the document says.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/oct/30/marist-brothers-law-firm-carroll-and-odea-abuse-case-act-ntwnfb", "image": "", "published": "Thu, 29 Oct 2026 14:00:47 GMT" } }, { "id": "f31219cb427b74200c642dc0813bd31f760f777e", "source_id": "guardian_world", "source": "The Guardian — World", "category": "world", "engine": "rss", "title": "Police investigate gang links as woman, 19, dies after drive-by shooting at Logan pub south of Brisbane", "summary": "Vana-Reese Schuster-Togiatau was injured during the shooting outside Fitzy’s Loganholme pub on SaturdayGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPotential gang involvement in the fatal drive-by shooting of a 19-year-old woman is being investigated by Queensland police.Vana-Reese Schuster-Togiatau, from Jimboomba, was hit in the head and neck when masked gunmen opened fire into a crowd outside Fitzy’s Loganholme, a pub in Logan, south of Brisbane, on Saturday night. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/29/woman-19-dies-after-masked-gunmen-opened-fire-outside-brisbane-pub-ntwnfb", "image": "", "published": "2026-10-29T13:04:17+00:00", "score": 90.12, "color": "#4be3ff", "raw": { "title": "Police investigate gang links as woman, 19, dies after drive-by shooting at Logan pub south of Brisbane", "summary": "Vana-Reese Schuster-Togiatau was injured during the shooting outside Fitzy’s Loganholme pub on Saturday
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Potential gang involvement in the fatal drive-by shooting of a 19-year-old woman is being investigated by Queensland police.
Vana-Reese Schuster-Togiatau, from Jimboomba, was hit in the head and neck when masked gunmen opened fire into a crowd outside Fitzy’s Loganholme, a pub in Logan, south of Brisbane, on Saturday night.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/29/woman-19-dies-after-masked-gunmen-opened-fire-outside-brisbane-pub-ntwnfb", "image": "", "published": "Thu, 29 Oct 2026 13:04:17 GMT" } }, { "id": "c4ac0c8c9b64cdbc1ee699440b745d95a4359164", "source_id": "guardian_world", "source": "The Guardian — World", "category": "world", "engine": "rss", "title": "Rare love letters to French aristocrat shed light on Louis XVI maritime mystery", "summary": "‘Miracle’ cache of letters written by French scientist who died in ill-fated La Pérouse mission give personal account of 1785 voyageAs he prepared to climb the scaffolding to be publicly executed by guillotine on 21 January 1793, Louis XVI is reported to have asked: “Is there news of Monsieur de la Pérouse?”He was referring to Jean-François de Galaup, the count of Pérouse, a naval officer and navigator whom the French king had dispatched in 1785 on a round-the-world scientific mission to rival discoveries made by the English explorer Captain James Cook. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/29/rare-love-letters-french-aristocrat-la-perouse-maritime-mystery", "image": "", "published": "2026-10-29T11:00:30+00:00", "score": 89.11, "color": "#4be3ff", "raw": { "title": "Rare love letters to French aristocrat shed light on Louis XVI maritime mystery", "summary": "‘Miracle’ cache of letters written by French scientist who died in ill-fated La Pérouse mission give personal account of 1785 voyage
As he prepared to climb the scaffolding to be publicly executed by guillotine on 21 January 1793, Louis XVI is reported to have asked: “Is there news of Monsieur de la Pérouse?”
He was referring to Jean-François de Galaup, the count of Pérouse, a naval officer and navigator whom the French king had dispatched in 1785 on a round-the-world scientific mission to rival discoveries made by the English explorer Captain James Cook.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/29/rare-love-letters-french-aristocrat-la-perouse-maritime-mystery", "image": "", "published": "Thu, 29 Oct 2026 11:00:30 GMT" } }, { "id": "6a076e123a0d585c02466cc85f4242b7a4e5620f", "source_id": "guardian_world", "source": "The Guardian — World", "category": "world", "engine": "rss", "title": "Hello Kitty company cuts ties with Japanese spy show after China outcry", "summary": "Sanrio ends association with TV drama Vivant after China says portrayal of ruthless Chinese agents is ‘deliberate smear’The company behind the successful Hello Kitty franchise has apologised and ended its commercial tie-up with a Japanese TV drama after Chinese state media and netizens condemned the show’s “deliberate smears” against China.Sanrio, a Japanese firm whose characters are popular around the world, said in a post on the Chinese social media site Weibo that it had decided to end its association with the TV drama Vivant after concluding that it “contained elements inconsistent with Sanrio’s core values”. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/29/hello-kitty-japanese-spy-show-vivant-china-outcry", "image": "", "published": "2026-10-29T08:03:00+00:00", "score": 87.68, "color": "#4be3ff", "raw": { "title": "Hello Kitty company cuts ties with Japanese spy show after China outcry", "summary": "Sanrio ends association with TV drama Vivant after China says portrayal of ruthless Chinese agents is ‘deliberate smear’
The company behind the successful Hello Kitty franchise has apologised and ended its commercial tie-up with a Japanese TV drama after Chinese state media and netizens condemned the show’s “deliberate smears” against China.
Sanrio, a Japanese firm whose characters are popular around the world, said in a post on the Chinese social media site Weibo that it had decided to end its association with the TV drama Vivant after concluding that it “contained elements inconsistent with Sanrio’s core values”.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/29/hello-kitty-japanese-spy-show-vivant-china-outcry", "image": "", "published": "Thu, 29 Oct 2026 08:03:00 GMT" } }, { "id": "30743b32b511fc40657ef84363b02c0564fca4d2", "source_id": "guardian_world", "source": "The Guardian — World", "category": "world", "engine": "rss", "title": "Cambodian police and soldiers helped guard abusive scam compounds, Amnesty alleges", "summary": "Survivors tell rights group that serving officers who worked as guards administered electric shocks and beatingsCambodian police and military officers worked as private security guards in scam compounds where thousands were forced to work in the online fraud industry, according to a report by Amnesty International.The global rights group alleged they worked for security companies as part of a system that enabled slavery and rape in the compounds, with some guards using electric batons to keep people trapped. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/29/cambodian-police-scam-compounds-amnesty-international", "image": "", "published": "2026-10-29T06:00:26+00:00", "score": 86.68, "color": "#4be3ff", "raw": { "title": "Cambodian police and soldiers helped guard abusive scam compounds, Amnesty alleges", "summary": "Survivors tell rights group that serving officers who worked as guards administered electric shocks and beatings
Cambodian police and military officers worked as private security guards in scam compounds where thousands were forced to work in the online fraud industry, according to a report by Amnesty International.
The global rights group alleged they worked for security companies as part of a system that enabled slavery and rape in the compounds, with some guards using electric batons to keep people trapped.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/29/cambodian-police-scam-compounds-amnesty-international", "image": "", "published": "Thu, 29 Oct 2026 06:00:26 GMT" } }, { "id": "4ab64da254e17558779c80b9332ff5945f432194", "source_id": "guardian_world", "source": "The Guardian — World", "category": "world", "engine": "rss", "title": "Outcry after Call of Duty maker uses real footage of deadly Seoul crowd crush in new video game", "summary": "Bereaved families have urged the publisher of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 to remove a clip from the game that shows a figure performing CPR and bodies lying in the streetBereaved families in South Korea have demanded that the makers of Call of Duty remove harrowing footage of the deadly 2022 Seoul crowd crush from the latest instalment of the video game.The clips, which are seconds-long, appear in the opening moments of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, and are used to represent a scenario of civilian casualties during a fictional North Korean invasion. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/29/call-of-duty-seoul-crowd-crush-video-footage", "image": "", "published": "2026-10-29T04:41:41+00:00", "score": 86.05, "color": "#4be3ff", "raw": { "title": "Outcry after Call of Duty maker uses real footage of deadly Seoul crowd crush in new video game", "summary": "Bereaved families have urged the publisher of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 to remove a clip from the game that shows a figure performing CPR and bodies lying in the street
Bereaved families in South Korea have demanded that the makers of Call of Duty remove harrowing footage of the deadly 2022 Seoul crowd crush from the latest instalment of the video game.
The clips, which are seconds-long, appear in the opening moments of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, and are used to represent a scenario of civilian casualties during a fictional North Korean invasion.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/29/call-of-duty-seoul-crowd-crush-video-footage", "image": "", "published": "Thu, 29 Oct 2026 04:41:41 GMT" } }, { "id": "c51e686894e03d8bce6e0ff9e38a4c877e3c3592", "source_id": "guardian_world", "source": "The Guardian — World", "category": "world", "engine": "rss", "title": "Flávio Bolsonaro calls himself the ‘leader of Brazil’ after fleeing to Miami", "summary": "Far-right senator and family land in US after crossing from Brazil into Argentina and then flying via EcuadorFlávio Bolsonaro declared himself the “true president” of Brazil after losing last Sunday’s presidential election and fleeing to the United States.After landing on a private jet with his family in Miami, Florida, on Wednesday morning, the far-right senator published the claim in a letter – even though his own party has recognised the legitimate victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, as have all of Brazil’s institutions, and international observers who monitored and endorsed the vote. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/28/flavio-bolsonaro-miami-us-fleeing-brazilian-election-defeat", "image": "", "published": "2026-10-28T22:06:46+00:00", "score": 82.85, "color": "#4be3ff", "raw": { "title": "Flávio Bolsonaro calls himself the ‘leader of Brazil’ after fleeing to Miami", "summary": "Far-right senator and family land in US after crossing from Brazil into Argentina and then flying via Ecuador
Flávio Bolsonaro declared himself the “true president” of Brazil after losing last Sunday’s presidential election and fleeing to the United States.
After landing on a private jet with his family in Miami, Florida, on Wednesday morning, the far-right senator published the claim in a letter – even though his own party has recognised the legitimate victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, as have all of Brazil’s institutions, and international observers who monitored and endorsed the vote.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/28/flavio-bolsonaro-miami-us-fleeing-brazilian-election-defeat", "image": "", "published": "Wed, 28 Oct 2026 22:06:46 GMT" } }, { "id": "0f96ae0725a90d655cedbd599df1b0b1941f810d", "source_id": "guardian_world", "source": "The Guardian — World", "category": "world", "engine": "rss", "title": "EU backs away from offer to Canada to start ‘associate member’ talks", "summary": "Watered-down version of statement to be issued at end of Montreal summit instead offers ‘ever closer association’The EU has backed away from its offer to Canada to start talks on becoming an “associate member” after disagreements between member states just as an EU-Canada summit was set to begin in Montreal.A draft of a joint statement to be issued after the end of the summit, which runs Thursday and Friday, showed a watered-down version offering “an ever closer association of Canada to the EU, short of full membership itself”. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/28/european-union-canada", "image": "", "published": "2026-10-28T21:27:33+00:00", "score": 82.53, "color": "#4be3ff", "raw": { "title": "EU backs away from offer to Canada to start ‘associate member’ talks", "summary": "Watered-down version of statement to be issued at end of Montreal summit instead offers ‘ever closer association’
The EU has backed away from its offer to Canada to start talks on becoming an “associate member” after disagreements between member states just as an EU-Canada summit was set to begin in Montreal.
A draft of a joint statement to be issued after the end of the summit, which runs Thursday and Friday, showed a watered-down version offering “an ever closer association of Canada to the EU, short of full membership itself”.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/28/european-union-canada", "image": "", "published": "Wed, 28 Oct 2026 21:27:33 GMT" } }, { "id": "081811498e201e7720edfce43eb15ca9599b6d6a", "source_id": "guardian_world", "source": "The Guardian — World", "category": "world", "engine": "rss", "title": "US ambassador suggests Trump could blame Canada if midterms don’t go his way", "summary": "Pete Hoekstra, controversial US ambassador to Canada, has also accused Canadian officials of interfering in US electionsThe US ambassador has suggested Canada could be blamed if Republicans perform poorly in next week’s midterm elections, the latest intervention from a controversial figure who has been accused of inflaming a bitter dispute that has angered and baffled residents of both countries.On Wednesday, CTV news reported that Pete Hoekstra told business leaders at a closed door meeting that if a number of swing races – including Maine and Michigan – go to the Democrats, it could make things harder for Canada because Donald Trump might try to blame the loss on it. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/28/canada-ambassador-republicans-midterms", "image": "", "published": "2026-10-28T20:15:07+00:00", "score": 81.94, "color": "#4be3ff", "raw": { "title": "US ambassador suggests Trump could blame Canada if midterms don’t go his way", "summary": "Pete Hoekstra, controversial US ambassador to Canada, has also accused Canadian officials of interfering in US elections
The US ambassador has suggested Canada could be blamed if Republicans perform poorly in next week’s midterm elections, the latest intervention from a controversial figure who has been accused of inflaming a bitter dispute that has angered and baffled residents of both countries.
On Wednesday, CTV news reported that Pete Hoekstra told business leaders at a closed door meeting that if a number of swing races – including Maine and Michigan – go to the Democrats, it could make things harder for Canada because Donald Trump might try to blame the loss on it.
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Lina Attalah, a prominent Egyptian journalist and the editor-in-chief of the news outlet Mada Masr, has been released from detention by Egypt’s authorities and had her website ordered to be shut down by a court amid an intensifying crackdown on independent media in the country.
Attalah was taken briefly into custody after a Cairo court convicted her of managing an unlicensed website, prompting fresh international concerns over press freedom in Egypt.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/28/egypt-lina-attalah-mada-masr-press-freedom-clampdown", "image": "", "published": "Wed, 28 Oct 2026 14:16:24 GMT" } }, { "id": "236c992e42e300bb2e87a46d6e63f701c8d2c3ce", "source_id": "guardian_world", "source": "The Guardian — World", "category": "world", "engine": "rss", "title": "Africa’s ‘unprecedented’ Ebola outbreak could reach UK, says top health official", "summary": "Jean Kaseya, of the Africa CDC, warns of the illness spreading like Covid unless more funding is secured to increase preparedness and possible treatmentThe “unprecedented” spread of the Ebola outbreak means it could reach the UK and other countries, according to one of Africa’s top health officials.As the current outbreak reached 10,000 cases, with almost 5,000 deaths, Dr Jean Kaseya, director general of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), compared the outbreak to the Covid pandemic, which first took hold in China before spreading to countries across the world, claiming millions of lives, and ravaging health systems and economies. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/oct/28/africa-ebola-outbreak-could-reach-uk-says-top-health-official", "image": "", "published": "2026-10-28T09:37:49+00:00", "score": 76.78, "color": "#4be3ff", "raw": { "title": "Africa’s ‘unprecedented’ Ebola outbreak could reach UK, says top health official", "summary": "Jean Kaseya, of the Africa CDC, warns of the illness spreading like Covid unless more funding is secured to increase preparedness and possible treatment
The “unprecedented” spread of the Ebola outbreak means it could reach the UK and other countries, according to one of Africa’s top health officials.
As the current outbreak reached 10,000 cases, with almost 5,000 deaths, Dr Jean Kaseya, director general of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), compared the outbreak to the Covid pandemic, which first took hold in China before spreading to countries across the world, claiming millions of lives, and ravaging health systems and economies.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/oct/28/africa-ebola-outbreak-could-reach-uk-says-top-health-official", "image": "", "published": "Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:37:49 GMT" } }, { "id": "32fea930cb6c64c91a4f7c85dde23829cc0ef0d3", "source_id": "guardian_world", "source": "The Guardian — World", "category": "world", "engine": "rss", "title": "UK sanctions Sudanese military leaders implicated in El Fasher ‘campaign of rape’", "summary": "Commanders suspected of sexual violence during the largest and fastest slaughter of civilians in more than 30 years have been subjected to travel ban and asset freezeSenior Sudanese commanders implicated in a “campaign of rape” have been targeted by the UK on the first anniversary of a mass atrocity that saw tens of thousands of civilians killed over several days.A year after the fall of El Fasher, the British government said it had sanctioned military leaders from both sides in the country’s ongoing conflict whom it suspected of sexual violence during the siege of the city. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/oct/26/uk-sanctions-sudanese-military-leaders-implicated-in-el-fasher-campaign-of", "image": "", "published": "2026-10-26T15:07:23+00:00", "score": 63.75, "color": "#4be3ff", "raw": { "title": "UK sanctions Sudanese military leaders implicated in El Fasher ‘campaign of rape’", "summary": "Commanders suspected of sexual violence during the largest and fastest slaughter of civilians in more than 30 years have been subjected to travel ban and asset freeze
Senior Sudanese commanders implicated in a “campaign of rape” have been targeted by the UK on the first anniversary of a mass atrocity that saw tens of thousands of civilians killed over several days.
A year after the fall of El Fasher, the British government said it had sanctioned military leaders from both sides in the country’s ongoing conflict whom it suspected of sexual violence during the siege of the city.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/oct/26/uk-sanctions-sudanese-military-leaders-implicated-in-el-fasher-campaign-of", "image": "", "published": "Mon, 26 Oct 2026 15:07:23 GMT" } }, { "id": "b4cf6ca15474a7c9da7b42014819b14320cf0a1b", "source_id": "guardian_world", "source": "The Guardian — World", "category": "world", "engine": "rss", "title": "US forces accused of ‘weaponising’ Somalia’s floods by trapping women and children in the path of El Niño", "summary": "Exclusive: Coordinated airstrikes on territory held by al-Shabaab are driving the civilian population to find refuge alongside a river where rising water levels are a threat to safety. Is it a deliberate military strategy?The water was rising rapidly. It had already reached Cayni Ali’s waist. Her home, five metres from the flooded River Juba in southern Somalia, never stood a chance. There was nowhere to go. Ali’s city of Jilib was under attack. Repeated airstrikes, said the mother of six, were pinning its population beside the rising river.“The drones come all the time,” said the 27-year-old. “We hear them constantly. They kill animals, civilians. The town is big but destruction is everywhere.” Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/oct/26/us-forces-accused-of-weaponising-somalia-flood-el-nino", "image": "", "published": "2026-10-26T11:00:40+00:00", "score": 63.75, "color": "#4be3ff", "raw": { "title": "US forces accused of ‘weaponising’ Somalia’s floods by trapping women and children in the path of El Niño", "summary": "Exclusive: Coordinated airstrikes on territory held by al-Shabaab are driving the civilian population to find refuge alongside a river where rising water levels are a threat to safety. Is it a deliberate military strategy?
The water was rising rapidly. It had already reached Cayni Ali’s waist. Her home, five metres from the flooded River Juba in southern Somalia, never stood a chance. There was nowhere to go. Ali’s city of Jilib was under attack. Repeated airstrikes, said the mother of six, were pinning its population beside the rising river.
“The drones come all the time,” said the 27-year-old. “We hear them constantly. They kill animals, civilians. The town is big but destruction is everywhere.”
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/oct/26/us-forces-accused-of-weaponising-somalia-flood-el-nino", "image": "", "published": "Mon, 26 Oct 2026 11:00:40 GMT" } }, { "id": "9bc8b0694c5152db95e977d94dbc6fc43ab748af", "source_id": "guardian_world", "source": "The Guardian — World", "category": "world", "engine": "rss", "title": "Sudan paramilitary drone strikes cause mass power cuts in eastern states", "summary": "Rapid Support Forces strike five power stations in three states controlled by Sudanese armySudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have launched a coordinated drone attack against five power stations, causing mass power outages across the country’s east, a government official said.The drones hit two power stations each in the states of Al-Jazira and Gedaref and one in White Nile state, “resulting in power outages across large parts of these three states”, the official said on condition of anonymity. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/26/sudan-paramilitary-drone-strikes-rapid-support-forces-power-cuts-eastern-states", "image": "", "published": "2026-10-26T09:59:27+00:00", "score": 63.75, "color": "#4be3ff", "raw": { "title": "Sudan paramilitary drone strikes cause mass power cuts in eastern states", "summary": "Rapid Support Forces strike five power stations in three states controlled by Sudanese army
Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have launched a coordinated drone attack against five power stations, causing mass power outages across the country’s east, a government official said.
The drones hit two power stations each in the states of Al-Jazira and Gedaref and one in White Nile state, “resulting in power outages across large parts of these three states”, the official said on condition of anonymity.
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