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Feb 26, 2026 - World

Shafiqur Rahman, leader of Bangladesh's radical Jamaat-e-Islami party, has launched a scathing attack on the country's President, days after Mohammed Shahabuddin talked about the mistreatment he received under the previous regime.

Feb 26, 2026 - World

English Garden, painted in 1965, is on display before it goes under the hammer with estimate of £2.5m-£3.5mDavid Hockney’s first English landscape, depicting a perfectly manicured Oxfordshire garden, is on show for the first time in three decades before being auctioned.Sotheby’s said the 1965 painting, English Garden, which was completed in Boulder, Colorado, was pivotal for Hockney as well as holding an important place in wider art history. Continue reading...

Feb 26, 2026 - World

The number of births in Japan fell for the 10th straight year in 2025, official data showed on Thursday, highlighting the challenges for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.

Feb 26, 2026 - World

Councillors vote to allow couple to stay on plot of land, overruling objections of Wuthering Heights actorEarlier this month, Martin Clunes was appearing on a red carpet in London alongside his fellow stars Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi for the UK premiere of Wuthering Heights.On Thursday, the actor was to be found in the rather less glamorous surroundings of a county hall in the English West Country to hear councillors rule against him in a long-running dispute with a family of new travellers. Continue reading...

Feb 26, 2026 - World

Exclusive: Tasmanian Lee Hanson employed as senior adviser to Sean Bell in role worth as much as $180,000Australian Politics podcast: One Nation woos progressive votersGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne Nation has employed Pauline Hanson’s Tasmanian-based daughter as a senior adviser to a New South Wales senator, in a taxpayer-funded role worth as much as $180,000 a year.Guardian Australia can reveal that Lee Hanson, who lives just outside Hobart, was appointed as the senior adviser to Senator Sean Bell in October last year. Continue reading...