Groups of young men are coercing and exploiting vulnerable girls “for fun”, Australian police say.
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Elderly woman left behind by cruise ship on Great Barrier Reef island found dead
The ship’s crew realised the 80-year-old was missing several hours after they had left the island
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Plane with 12 on board crashes near Kenya’s coast
Local media are showing images of the plane in flames on the ground with debris scattered at the crash site.
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Hurricane Melissa: Jamaica braces for world’s strongest storm of 2025
Three reported dead in Jamaica as meteorologists warn of “life-threatening winds, flooding and storm surge”.
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Watch: Storm chasers fly inside the eye of Hurricane Melissa
Footage taken by a US Air Force Reserve crew known as the “Hurricane Hunters” shows the category five storm intensifying…
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Dutch volleyball player and convicted child rapist denied visa to compete in Australia
Steven van de Velde was convicted in 2016 of raping a 12-year-old British girl
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Israel receives body Hamas says belongs to Gaza hostage
If confirmed by forensic testing, Hamas will have returned 16 of the 28 hostages it was holding before the start…
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International troops won’t want to enforce Gaza peace, says King of Jordan
King Abdullah tells the BBC there would need to be peace in Gaza before any international forces were deployed.
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In Russia’s ‘blitz’ of Ukraine, the question of appeasement is back
A large gulf remains between the US and European view of how to end the Ukraine war.
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Argentina’s Milei wins big in midterms with ‘chainsaw’ austerity
Milei’s radical spending cuts have won favour with Donald Trump, but also attracted widespread criticism.
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