El Niño ‘supersized’ as countries race to prepare for extreme weather, UN warns
«We are already seeing disruption and devastation from droughts and floods and we expect these impacts to increase as El Niño intensifies,» said Prof Celeste Saulo, secretary general of the WMO. This is all happening on top of long-term human-caused…
Has Iran modified its rocket systems to fire mines into the Strait of Hormuz?
The motive behind the US strikes on Sunday, which hit Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz, appears to have been the prevention of a new threat to shipping in the vital waterway. Officially, the US military decided to resume…
NBA: Los Angeles clippers fined $30m over Kawhi Leonard scandal
The LA Clippers have been fined $30m (£22.2m) by the National Basketball Association (NBA) for violating salary rules in order to funnel millions of dollars to star player Kawhi Leonard. The fine – the largest in the league’s history –…
Premier League sets new transfer market record with more than €4 billion spent
That’s almost as much as the 18 Ligue 1 clubs combined (€605 million). Lionel Messi will get his tribute after announcing his retirement from the Argentina national team. In Germany, Bayern Munich comfortably secured their place in the round of 32 of the…
Channel smuggling gangs resort to ‘mega-dinghies’ as crackdown limits small boat supply
What they leave behind in Gravelines is a scene of dejection and exhaustion. A limp toddler is carried past me towards a police officer, who revives him with a light shake. This all unfolds next to four or so men casting their fishing rods into the…
Venice Film Festival opens with George Clooney, Murdoch film and geopolitics
George Clooney may be at the Venice Film Festival to receive a lifetime achievement award, but he didn’t dwell just on memories and nostalgia on Wednesday. Before the award ceremony, which he attended with wife Amal Clooney, the 65-year-old actor and…
USS Abraham Lincoln: US sailors arrive in Thailand’s Pattaya after record 250 days at sea
US Naval Attache Kristopher Robinson rebuffed questions from the BBC about activities that soldiers were banned from doing. Instead, he said the US troops would «conduct themselves in accordance with US law, US naval regulations, and the laws of…
Mideast live: Kuwait army says intercepting missile, drone attack from Iran
Home Middle East Live Issued on: 03/09/2026 – 05:08Modified: 03/09/2026 – 05:10 Video footage released by Iran’s Sepah News on July 14, 2026 allegedly showing a drone being launched towards US targets in Bahrain and Kuwait. © AFP via…
Rosenberg: Putin’s veiled threat to UK part of Russia’s campaign against West
Russian President Vladimir Putin responded with one short sentence when asked at a press conference whether Moscow might strike military facilities in the UK in response to British arms supplies to Ukraine. «That’s a secret. A military secret.»…
Iran, US trade threats as Tehran blames Washington for wedding strike
Iran and the United States traded threats on Wednesday after some of the heaviest military exchanges in weeks, including a strike on a wedding party that Tehran blamed on Washington and branded a «war crime.» President Donald Trump said US forces staged…