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Ukrainian diver with alleged links to Nord Stream attack detained in Poland
The diver, identified as Volodymyr Z, held for 2022 explosions that largely severed Russian gas supplies to Europe.
Key takeaways from US President Trump’s ‘Gaza peace plan’
US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu say they agree on a new Gaza peace deal.
Afghanistan imposes internet blackout: What has the effect been so far?
Telecommunications down after Taliban authorities cut fibre-optic connections in several provinces to prevent ‘vice’.
Gen Z protests across Morocco over World Cup spending and reforms
Hundreds of young Moroccans staged rare anti-government protests across major cities, demanding state money to be spent
Turkiye to join Gaza mediation talks in Doha, Qatar’s Foreign Ministry says
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has hailed Trump for his efforts to broker ceasefire and 'halting the bloodshed'.
Qatar ‘optimistic’ about Trump’s Gaza peace plan
Qatar says that it is ‘truly optimistic’ about US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan.
UK polls suggest Starmer is deeply unpopular. Can he survive another year?
Having led Labour to victory last year, the premier is struggling to build trust with his voters.
Saudi fund, Kushner’s firm to buy games maker Electronic Arts in $55bn deal
Battlefield and Madden NFL developer agrees to sell itself in a deal that would be largest leveraged buyout in history.
Tribesmen in India’s northeast protest mega-dam plan to counter China
Tribes in Arunachal Pradesh state fear displacement as the dam is planned as a response to China's upstream project.
War in Sudan: Humanitarian, fighting, control developments, September 2025
Updates from September 2025 on the civil war in Sudan between the SAF and the RSF, now well into its third year.