Watch: Scaffolding ripped from Hong Kong building as Typhoon Noul makes landfall
Police said they received numerous calls after multi-storey scaffolding along Cheung Sha Wan Road collapsed in powerful winds on Saturday. No injuries have been reported. Typhoon Noul made landfall in southern China on Sunday morning, lashing the region…
Germany: Berlin Pride attack believed to be an act of Islamic extremist terror
German investigators on Sunday searched for a man who allegedly drove a van into a crowd near Berlin’s Pride festival, killing one person and injuring many others, before allegedly stabbing additional people with a machete in what authorities…
Netanyahu accuses NYC’s Mamdani of ‘fomenting hate’ after arrest threat
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he planned to attend the UN General Assembly in New York City this autumn, despite the city’s mayor, Zohran Mamdani, making threats to arrest him. Mamdani walked back that threat last week,…
Back from Gironde: France 24’s Luke Shrago gives firsthand account of fires
As wildfires continue to ravage southwest France, forcing around 250,000 people from their homes in one of the country’s biggest peacetime evacuations, France 24’s Luke Shrago has witnessed the crisis unfold firsthand. He joined us to share…
Andy Burnham pledges continued support for Ukraine ahead of Zelensky visit
Andy Burnham has pledged to continue the UK’s «unwavering» support for Ukraine ahead of a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday. Zelensky will become the prime minister’s first international visitor since he took office a week…
From stage 6 onwards, Pogacar ‘never let go’ during Tour de France
Tadej Pogacar won a record-equaling fifth Tour de France title on Sunday.…
Jaismine Lamboria: The Indian Army’s first woman boxer is now chasing Commonwealth gold
Born in the northern state of Haryana, she grew up in Bhiwani, a city synonymous with Indian boxing and widely nicknamed the country’s ‘Mini Cuba’. Her great-grandfather Hawa Singh was one of Indian boxing’s early giants. A…
Bordeaux under threat as France and Spain battle ‘unprecedented’ wildfires
Wildfires advanced towards the outskirts of the historic French city of Bordeaux, at the heart of the country’s winelands, on Sunday as France and Spain battled blazes that have already forced the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people.…
French firefighters work tirelessly to stop blaze from spreading
Plumes of smoke rose above a vast sea of pine trees outside Bordeaux as firefighters in gleaming helmets rushed to douse emerging flames before they could spread. «It’s intense, titanic,» said Florian Lointier of the Paris Fire Brigade, an army…
Berlin Pride attack suspect shot and killed during police operation
Speaking to reporters on Sunday, German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said evidence pointed to it being an «Islamist terror attack». «We are dealing with a suspected perpetrator, who had previously drawn attention to himself through a high volume…