South Africa has closed one of its busiest border crossings with Mozambique following violent post-electoral protests in the neighbouring country. The protests have led to deadly clashes in several cities following last month’s disputed presidential election, won by Mozambique’s ruling Frelimo party. Authorities say there are reports of vehicles being torched on the Mozambican side…
North Korean soldiers have clashed with Ukrainian troops for the first time, Ukraine’s top officials have revealed. In an interview with South Korean broadcaster KBS, Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov said a “small group” of North Korean soldiers were attacked. Ukraine leader Volodymyr Zelensky, who had earlier condemned the West’s lack of response to the…
Reuters Protests have erupted in Israel after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired the country’s Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. Netanyahu said a “crisis of trust” between the two leaders led to his decision, adding that his trust in Gallant had “eroded” in recent months and Foreign Minister Israel Katz would step in to replace him. Gallant…
Outside a polling station on election day in the US swing state of Wisconsin a grandmother is reluctant to tell the Express who she plans to vote for. Looking around she drops her voice to a whisper. Leaning her head a little closer she stated: “I’m voting for Donald Trump.” “I have a son with…
Around 200 people have attended a protest in Sandy Row in Belfast at the decision to dismantle a bridge in the area. Work to remove the Boyne Bridge began last month as part of Translink’s redevelopment of the area around the new Grand Central Station. This evening’s rally is part of a campaign to highlight…
PA Media Lewes changes from a small market town as people parade through the streets with blazing torches Crowds of people are lining the streets of Lewes as the town’s bonfire societies march with burning torches for Guy Fawkes Night. Tens of thousands of people were expected to turn out for the annual celebrations, a…
The woman who was seen holding a sobbing Queen Letizia as the Spanish royal family paid a visit to the flood-ravaged Valencian town of Paiporta has revealed exactly what she said to the monarch to make her break down. The flood victim, who gave her name as Alicia, appeared to offer the emotional queen a…
Four teens were wounded, two of them seriously, by an axe wielded during a fight on Monday on a suburban train outside Paris, police sources said, with the main suspect later arrested. One of the victims – all aged 16 or 17 – had a hand cut off and another had their skull split open….
BBC There is a significant police presence in the Niddrie area Police will use stop and search powers in certain areas of Edinburgh in a bid to intercept planned disorder on Bonfire Night. The force warned those suspected of planning firework-related anti-social behaviour in the Gracemount, Moredun and Niddrie areas would be searched after receiving…
Eighteen members of a people-smuggling gang accused of arranging thousands of small boat English Channel crossings have been jailed in France. The group – which prosecutors described as “merchants of death” – comprised mostly of Iraqi Kurds and were prosecuted after a Europe-wide operation in 2022 which led to arrests in Britain, France, Germany and…
