Sudan’s brutal civil war appears to be approaching a decisive phase as the country’s military reported sweeping gains in the symbolic battle for the capital. As a ruinous conflict, often characterised by bloody stalemate, nears its two-year anniversary, the Sudanese armed forces (SAF) declared a string of rapid advances across the country against the paramilitary…
Donald Trump halted a key part of his tariff attack on China on Friday, as he threatened to impose new US duties on goods from many more countries next week. Plans to ensure shipments from China to the US worth less than $800 still face tariffs – removing the longstanding duty-free status of low-cast packages…
Gavin Newsom, the California governor, signed laws on Friday setting aside $50m to help the state protect its policies from challenges by the Trump administration and defend immigrants amid the president’s mass-deportation plans. One of the laws allocates $25m for the state’s department of justice to fight legal battles against the federal government, and another…
The families of five Thai farm workers held hostage in Gaza for over a year wept with joy and hugged their loved ones as they arrived in Bangkok on Sunday. The group smiled as they walked into the arrivals hall at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport after being freed on 30 January as part of a ceasefire…
Sam Nujoma, the fiery freedom fighter who led Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990 and served as its first president for 15 years, has died aged 95. Nujoma’s death was announced Sunday by current Namibian president Nangolo Mbumba. Mbumba said Nujoma died on Saturday night after being hospitalised in the capital, Windhoek….
As the latest Desert Island Discs castaway this Sunday morning the actor Stephen Mangan is happy to confess that his first big theatrical role was as Beauty in an infant production of Beauty and the Beast. The star of the popular television drama The Split also freely admits that he saw his childhood stint as…
Oasis fans have said their “dreams have been crushed” after Ticketmaster cancelled their tickets to the band’s reunion tour, accusing them of being bots. Several people have received an email from the company that said bots were identified making their purchase for Oasis Live ’25 tickets, and urged them to fill out a form to…
A woman has died after being hit by debris from a tree which exploded when struck by lightning in a town south-west of Sydney. A second woman in her 40s was taken to hospital in a serious condition after the strike during a storm on Saturday afternoon. Paramedics and a medical team rushed to the…
Narco-musical Emilia Pérez has won best European film at Spain’s equivalent of the Oscars amid the fallout from its star’s past racist and Islamophobic social media posts. Karla Sofía Gascón – the star of the film and the first transgender woman to be nominated for a best actress Oscar – did not attend the ceremony…
The government is planning to digitalise data shared during property sales to tackle delays in transactions and speed up the homebuying process. Labour has announced a 12-week project to decide on the “design and implementation of agreed rules on data” so that it can easily be shared between conveyancers, lenders and other parties involved in…
