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Oct 23, 2025 - World

Hundreds of thousands of Hungarians have filled the streets of Budapest in competing demonstrations

Oct 23, 2025 - World

Plan to connect nuclear plant to Russian grid was foiled and it has now been reconnected to Ukrainian power​An attempt by Russia to connect the occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to ​the Russian grid in time for Vladimir Putin’s birthday earlier this month was foiled by Ukrainian forces operating behind enemy lines.The six-reactor plant was instead reconnected by Russian engineers to external electrical power from Ukraine​ on Thursday morning, ending a month-long emergency ​during which the site had to rely on diesel generators to power cooling systems. Continue reading...

Oct 23, 2025 - World

Footage showing two men appears to have been filmed from nearby window in museumThe slow-motion getaway of two thieves from the Louvre clutching €88m (£76m) of France’s crown jewels was captured on video, it has emerged – the latest dramatic twist to the country’s most spectacular heist in decades.The 36-second clip, which Le Parisien newspaper said it had verified, shows two men dressed in black, one wearing a yellow hi-vis vest and the other a motorcycle helmet, slowly descending on a furniture lift from the museum’s Apollo gallery. Continue reading...

Oct 23, 2025 - World

Highly unusual court application alleges more than 10 individuals breached foreign enlistment lawsA human rights group has launched an attempt to mount a private prosecution alleging British citizens unlawfully went to fight for Israel.An application to a magistrates court for a summons against a named individual was lodged on Monday. Continue reading...

Oct 23, 2025 - World

Plea comes after Pete Hegseth announced two new strikes that left at least five people deadColombia has condemned US airstrikes on vessels allegedly involved in drug-smuggling off the coast of South America, urging Washington to immediately halt further attacks in the Pacific and Caribbean.The plea came after Pete Hegseth, the US secretary of defense, announced two new strikes on Wednesday, which were the first to hit the Pacific and left at least five people dead. According to US figures, at least nine attacks have now been carried out since early September, killing 37 people. A broad range of experts have said the campaign is illegal. Continue reading...