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China’s defence minister, who has been missing from public life for nearly two months, has been removed from his post, according to state media. General Li Shangfu was appointed to the role during a cabinet reshuffle in March but he has not been seen publicly since giving a speech on 29 August. Gen Li, 65,

A British cargo ship has reportedly sunk off the coast of Germany following a collision, and several people are missing. Two vessels crashed into each other in the North Sea, according to German authorities. The ships, Polesie and Verity, collided in the early morning about 14 miles southwest of the island of Helgoland, Germany’s Central

Two young boys dressed in just their underpants can be seen scrambling in panic inside the family home as a Hamas terrorist attack struck. Their father ushers his sons towards an exit, scooping up one of them after he stumbles. Caught on security cameras, the boys sprint out of the house, across a yard and

Iceland’s prime minister is expected to join tens of thousands of women in a strike for equal pay on Tuesday, labour unions in the country have said. Katrín Jakobsdóttir told Icelandic media that she plans to take part in the industrial action, organised under the slogan ‘Do you call this equality?’, and not come to

Israel has evidence of Iranian “involvement” in the Hamas terror attack that left more than 1,400 people dead and over 200 kidnapped, a senior Israeli military officer has said. Major General Michael Edelstein, a veteran commander who is working with the Israel Defence Forces’ (IDF) Southern Command, said the attackers, were “well trained, well equipped”.

The world’s oldest dog has died at the age of 31. Born on 11 May 1992, Bobi was recognised by Guinness World Records as the oldest dog ever in February. The purebred Rafeiro do Alentejo broke a record held by Australian cattle-dog Bluey, who died at 29 years and five months in 1939. Image: Pic:

A second aid convoy has entered Gaza as the US said Israel’s leader had now agreed to a “continued flow” of supplies into the territory – where the health ministry says more than 4,600. It comes as an Israeli soldier was killed by an anti-tank missile on Sunday during a raid into the Hamas-controlled Gaza

Five people have been killed in the West Bank as Israel carried out a strike on a mosque it says was used to organise attacks – as more than 50 Palestinians are reported to have died in strikes on Gaza overnight. Israel also struck two airports in Syria as fears grow the two-week old war

Israel will increase its strikes on Gaza, its military has warned, as airstrikes rained down on south Gaza, an area Israel had said would be safer. Israel’s military spokesman, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, said the country planned to step up its air strikes starting on Saturday in preparation for the next stage of the war.

Donald Trump could face jail after violating his gag order with an “untrue and disparaging post”. Judge Arthur Engoron, presiding over Trump’s $250m (£206m) New York civil fraud case, said the former president could be sent to prison for failing to comply with the partial suppression order. At the start of October, Judge Engoron ordered

Donald Trump has been fined $5,000 (£4,100) for failing to delete an “untrue and disparaging” claim online about a court clerk in his New York civil fraud case. The former US president had earlier been threatened with jail over the post. Judge Arthur Engoron issued the penalty after previously warning Trump he could be imprisoned

An explosion at the al Ahli hospital in Gaza on Tuesday killed many – officials linked to Hamas said up to 471 were killed. This latest round of fighting has inflamed anger and violence well beyond the confines of the Israel/Hamas conflict. The Israelis insist they have evidence which suggests that the damage was not

Canada has withdrawn dozens of its diplomats from India after the Indian government said it would revoke their diplomatic immunity, amid an ongoing dispute over the murder of a Sikh separatist leader. The move follows Canada’s claims that India may have been involved in the June killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in the Canadian province

Joe Biden said Hamas and Vladimir Putin both want to “annihilate” neighbouring democracies during a rare speech from the Oval Office. The president addressed the nation after his whirlwind trip to the Middle East. “If international aggression is allowed to continue, conflict and chaos could spread in other parts of the world,” he said. “Hamas

I spent the afternoon in the West Bank with a father grieving the loss of his 17-year-old son who was shot by Israeli security forces on 8 October. Thaer Ali Kusbah cried and shook as he showed me the film of his son Yaser being shot in the back as he was running away after

A Russian-American journalist has been detained in Russia and charged with failing to register as a foreign agent. Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, had her passports confiscated when she was stopped at Kazan airport in June. She was fined for failing to register her US passport and was unable to leave

Elon Musk’s X has started testing a potential sign-up fee for new users. The company formerly known as Twitter has introduced the $1 (82p) charge in New Zealand and the Philippines, placing most key features behind a paywall. New accounts that don’t pay will not be able to post anything or directly interact with others.

Israel’s military has said it will release evidence – including drone footage and an intercepted conversation – that it claims will prove an Islamist militant group was responsible for a deadly blast at a hospital in Gaza and not an Israeli airstrike. “We are running on it because someone is doing a fake on us,

Britney Spears says she had an abortion while dating Justin Timberlake more than 20 years ago. The revelation came from an excerpt of the US pop star’s upcoming memoir – a selection of extracts which were published on Tuesday by People magazine. In the excerpt, Spears described the pregnancy as a “surprise”, but wrote: “For

Joe Biden flies to the Middle East with his policy for the region in tatters.  It was not meant to be like this. Until a couple of weeks ago his administration was preparing for an outbreak of peace. A historic deal between sworn enemies was in the offing or so it seemed. Follow live: Hundreds