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Nov 22, 2025 - World

Washington state resident’s backyard flock of domestic poultry had been exposed to wild birds, health officials saidA person in the US is believed to be the first human to die from a rare strain of bird flu, but state health officials said on Friday the risk to the public is low.The person in Washington state, an older adult with underlying health conditions, was being treated for a bird flu strain called H5N5 after becoming seemingly the first known human infected by the strain, according to a statement from the Washington State Department of Health.This article was amended on 22 November 2025 after the AP corrected its copy to remove a reference to the person’s gender, which has not been released by health officials Continue reading...

Nov 22, 2025 - World

President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday pushed back against a US plan to end the war in Ukraine, while Russian leader Vladimir Putin welcomed the proposal that includes many of his hardline demands.

Nov 22, 2025 - World

From the outside, the run-up to Rachel Reeves’s announcement has looked chaotic, and many see the future of the chancellor and PM in the balanceEvery budget could be described, to a greater or lesser extent, as a high-stakes moment. Things can easily go badly wrong, as Gordon Brown discovered when he abolished the 10p tax rate in 2007, or George Osborne when his 2012 ‘omnishambles’ budget fell apart over pasties, and especially Kwasi Kwarteng, whose disastrous mini-budget of 2022 sent the Conservatives spiralling towards electoral defeat.Rachel Reeves appears to have come perilously close to the turmoil of previous budgets, and that’s before she has even delivered it. Continue reading...

Nov 22, 2025 - World

US President Donald Trump said Friday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will "have to like" a US plan to end the war with Russia that calls for Kyiv to cede territory.

Nov 22, 2025 - World

During a meeting with New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, President Trump struck a surprising tone, saying he would be "okay" if Mamdani continued to call him a "fascist", a label Mamdani had used previously during campaign rallies, CNN reported.