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  • Heightened Ebola screening and restrictions rolled out at Nigerian airportsTravellers stand next to a banner displayed by a health screening station at Murtala Muhammed International Airport following reports of an Ebola case in Nigeria, in Lagos, Nigeria, October 22, 2026. REUTERS/Sodiq Adelakun

    Mystery over source of Ebola infection in Nigeria fuels concern about spread of virus

    Switzerland says patient is wife of Swiss diplomat and believed to have contracted virus while travelling in Uganda
  • Lewis Hamilton smiles during a press conference.

    Lewis Hamilton aims to extend career till early 2030s so he can race in African Grand Prix

  • a pregnant woman stands in a room

    Controversial US-backed vaccine trial in African newborns halted

  • an aerial view of a detention center

    Severely ill ICE detainees face imminent deportation to unknown African states, advocates say

  • Two boys run with a tyre past the gated entrance of a health centre

    Nigeria confirms Ebola case as outbreak spreads into western Africa

  • Man in blue suit jacket and red tie.

    Rubio tells Cubans ‘now is the time’ to act to see political change

    US secretary of state makes comments after Trump tells US rally warships could intervene on return from Iran

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  • people hold signs and wave flags

    Alberta welcomed migrant workers. Now, it wants to restrict their rights

  • Two women with Canadian flags clapping in a crowd

    Alberta voters overwhelmingly reject plan to leave Canada in referendum

  • A shirtless man carries a flamingo in a hallway

    ‘Bad decisions’: Man convicted for taking Peachy the flamingo from Las Vegas hotel

  • A silhouetted figure passes a TV screen showing Kim Jong Un speaking, below a Samsung sign

    Kim Jong-un crosses over newly opened bridge into China

    Visit by train over New Yalu River bridge marks North Korean leader’s first known trip abroad in more than a year
  • A structure built for a traditional Taoist religious ceremony lies collapsed after being battered by winds

    Typhoon Champi kills one and injures more than 500 in Taiwan as it heads to China

  • Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, in a striped shirt, looks ahead with a concerned expression

    Duchess of Sussex ‘deeply distressed’ over child sexual abuse image claims against father

  • Rescuers use a torch while searching through building ruins in Nagqu city after the 7.0-magnitude quake in the northern Tibet region of China on Thursday night

    Magnitude-7 earthquake hits Tibet, killing at least 16 and destroying hundreds of homes

  • Kim Yo-jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, visits frontline areas on Wednesday, as she warns that Pyongyang could restart propaganda loudspeakers on the border.

    North Korea prepares to restart propaganda loudspeakers as ties sour with South

  • Greens senator Jordon Steele-John

    Embattled Greens senator Jordon Steele-John confirms leave from parliament after allegations against him made public

    WA politician says he considered attending Senate estimates virtually but was told it would be ‘unacceptable’
  • Flowers and messages of support left outside Dr Helen Haines MP Member for Indi’s office on Wednesday 21 October in the days after she was attacked. Photographer: Mridula Amin for The Guardian

    Helen Haines’s condition improves days after losing both legs from alleged attack

  • Purple umbrella in rain

    Thunderstorms, heavy rain and flash flooding predicted for much of Australia

  • Australian Greens Leader David Shoebridge (left) and WA senator Jordon Steele-John

    Jordon Steele-John’s position remains in limbo as Greens prepare for moment in spotlight

  • Australian treasurer Jim Chalmers

    Jim Chalmers faces a world of hard choices where the solution to one problem makes the other worse

  • Workers board up a shop near the Place de la Bastille, Paris.

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    Hundreds of protests expected across France, with shops, businesses and tourist sites closed – Europe live

    France will deploy 70,000 police officers around the country. Protests are also expected in Italy, Spain, Austria, Portugal, Albania and Ireland
  • Donal Lunny, in a checked shirt, tilts his head while performing on stage with a guitar

    Dónal Lunny, ‘colossus of Irish music’, dies aged 79

  • Pedro Sánchez and his wife applauding the crowd at a campaign rally.

    Opposition deepfake video of Spanish PM’s wife sparks outrage before election

  • GA still from a video of the fire sweeping through mountain guesthouse Kehlsteinhaus, formerly Adolf Hitler's Eagle’s Nest retreat

    Blaze engulfs Hitler’s ‘Eagle’s Nest’ mountain retreat in Bavaria

  • A pedestrian walks past chalkboard menus advertising set meals and tapas in Madrid

    ‘It’s part of our history’: can the menú del día survive Spain’s changing eating habits?

  • Netanyahu speaks into microphones at a podium, surrounded by collaged images of conflict and protest

    As a divided Israel prepares to go to the polls, can Netanyahu pull off his greatest political trick yet?

    The prime minister has defined and dominated his country’s politics for three decades and is putting his rivals on the defensive before Tuesday’s general election
  • A police officer stands guard outside the church where a shooting attack occurred during a funeral in Karak, Jordan, 23 Oct., 2026.

    Seven killed and 40 injured after gunmen open fire at church funeral in Jordan

  • A group of Israeli soldiers walking along a street.

    Israel launches collective punishment campaign in Hebron after two soldiers killed

  • A tanker sits in the harbour at Fujairah with a mooring rope in the foreground

    Oil price rises above $117 a barrel amid fears US will renew strikes on Iran

  • Nigel Farage and Sasan Ghandehari stand smiling together in an office setting

    Revealed: billionaire Reform donor was in business with foundation linked to Iranian regime

  • Pill blister packs sit on a wooden table beside banknotes and credit cards

    India slashes cost of cancer drugs after court rules mark-ups are ‘extortion’

    Case filed in 2022 by patient unable to afford medicine leads to cap on drug prices for millions who face ruin if diagnosed
  • Aung San Suu Kyi sits at a table speaking on a corded telephone

    Aung San Suu Kyi’s son speaks to detained former Myanmar leader for first time in five years

  • Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka walk out from a police station

    Indian court orders release of two leaders of Cockroach movement

  • Mukesh Ambani appears on a large screen at the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit in 2024.

    Billionaire Mukesh Ambani launches India’s biggest-ever IPO

  • A masked protester raises a sign reading "Armed with a Mind" amid a crowd at Jantar Mantar

    She was harassed for crude remarks about Modi at a Cockroach protest. Now she can’t leave home

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  • Shelves stocked with canned goods, coconut milk, baked beans, and bottled water

    Tinned food, loo roll and power banks: the Brits following advice to stockpile

    Government campaign recommends three days’ worth of stores for emergencies, but some are ahead of the game
  • Diver films a turtle in the ocean on the outside of a large fish farming net

    Blue Planet III features cloudier footage to prove authenticity amid AI boom

  • Tim and Geli Harris smile while walking together through tall grasses at Catfield Fen

    ‘You need persistence’: the Norfolk couple who took on environmental regulators three times – and won

  • “Culture is stagnant, so politics is stuck” – playwright James Graham | Radical Thinking – podcast

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  • People gather outside TG Jones, formerly WH Smith, with a Post Office sign in Shrewsbury

    More than third of post offices in TG Jones stores to shut by early 2027

  • James Talarico speaks into a microphone

    Democrat James Talarico targets Elon Musk at rally: ‘Texas is not for sale’

    The Senate candidate denounced opponent Ken Paxton, calling out corruption allegations and support from Musk
  • Ohio gubernatorial Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy campaigns during his 2026 Ohio Republican Bus TourOhio gubernatorial Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy speaks to the media after a campaign stop during his 2026 Ohio Republican Bus Tour in Strongsville, Ohio, US, October 23, 2026. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

    Ramaswamy accuses Acton of ‘lying’ about attack ad, but court records contradict mother’s claim – as it happened

  • Election workers

    California officials ordered by DoJ to set aside ‘likely’ noncitizen ballots

  • Man at press conference

    Pentagon designates China-backed campus cultural centers a threat to US national security

  • Kaylub Giamanco, a bearded man in a cap and black hoodie, stands outdoors near foliage

    Father who killed Oregon school shooter speaks out for first time: ‘I have to go in’

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