By Jemma Crew Mexico is cutting ties with Ecuador after police stormed the Mexican embassy in Quito to arrest former Ecuadorian Vice-President Jorge Glas. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said they had “forcibly entered” the embassy in a “flagrant violation of international law”. Glas took refuge in the embassy last December after Ecuador issued […]
By Vicky Wong & Noor Nanji Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher have announced they are getting divorced after two decades together. In a social media post announcing the split, the actors said they jointly filed to end their marriage last year. The pair, who have three children, met in 2001 and got engaged in […]
By Ido Vock At least six people have been killed in a Russian drone attack on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, local officials say. Mayor Ihor Terekhov said Iranian-made Shahed drones had hit several buildings, including apartment blocks, early on Saturday. Attacks on Kharkiv, the closest big city to the Russian border, have been intensifying […]
By Leonardo Rocha & Ido Vock A former general accused of ordering the murder of more than 1,200 indigenous Ixil Maya people during Guatemala’s civil war has gone on trial. Benedicto Lucas Garcia, 91, has been indicted for genocide, crimes against humanity – including widespread rape – and forced disappearances. Survivors from one village say […]
By Bernd Debusmann Jr US Army Colonel Estee Pinchasin looks out at the thousands of tonnes of twisted, broken steel and concrete jutting out from the dark waters of Maryland’s Patapsco river, and delivers her assessment: an “unforgiving mangled mess”. “That’s the best way to describe this,” the fatigue-clad veteran says from the deck of […]
By Merlyn Thomas & Jake Horton It has been nearly six months since Hamas fighters broke through from Gaza into Israel on 7 October, killing about 1,200 people and taking hundreds hostage. In response, Israel vowed to “crush and destroy Hamas” so that it no longer posed any threat, and to bring all the hostages […]
By Bernd Debusmann Jr US President Joe Biden vowed to “move heaven and earth” to help Baltimore recover from a deadly bridge collapse that blocked the city’s port. He added the government will “help you rebuild and maintain all the business and commerce that’s here now”. Along with killing six workers, the collapse trapped a […]
By Guy Delauney All day, and into the evening, people have been laying flowers in tribute to Danka Ilic in the main square of Bor, a copper-mining town in the east of Serbia. Cuddly toys and balloons are next to the hand-written messages that people have placed in remembrance of the two-year-old girl. Votive candles […]
By Kayla Epstein & Graeme Baker New York and cities on the US East Coast are assessing the impact of a rare earthquake that swayed landmarks and cracked roads. The magnitude-4.8 quake struck at 10:23 local time (15:23 GMT) near Lebanon, New Jersey, and could be felt from Pennsylvania to Connecticut. Residents spoke of being […]
Earlier, an emergency was declared across the entire Orenburg region after levels in the Ural River rose dangerously because of melting ice. Officials say 10,000 residents may be in the flooding zone and up to 4,000 houses could be inundated. Local emergency services said they were working to stem the flooding in Orsk, about 1,800km […]