• Emma Bonino, radical Italian politician who stood up to Vatican, dies aged 78

    Militant feminist led campaigns to legalise abortion and divorce and went on to become foreign minister Emma Bonino, the radical Italian politician who led campaigns to legalise abortion and divorce against the objections of the Vatican, has died aged 78. “Today we lose not only our leader but also one of the most clear-sighted, courageous…

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  • Céline Dion sparks mass karaoke and power-ballad fever with return to stage in Paris

    Fans from around the world gather for star’s long-awaited performances after break because of neurological condition More than 30,000 Céline Dion fans have gathered in Paris for the Canadian singer’s long-awaited return to performing on Saturday night, four years after she revealed her diagnosis of stiff person syndrome, a rare neurological condition. Thousands more people…

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  • Hundreds of asylum seekers removed from UK to France have disappeared, say NGOs

    Rights groups say those missing after being deported under one in, one out deal include dozens of age-disputed children UK politics live – latest updates Hundreds of asylum seekers including at least 41 age-disputed children who were removed to France under the “one in, one out” deal have disappeared, human rights organisations have said. The…

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  • Tens of millions of people fail to get humanitarian aid as global system crumbles

    Funding cuts in 2025 left women, children, older and displaced people hard hit, with 64m fewer people receiving aid The humanitarian aid system is crumbling as funding shrinks, pressures increase and governments not only fail to protect civilians but are increasingly responsible for endangering them, a new report warned on Thursday as figures revealed 64…

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  • Senior UK rabbis come out in support of sanctions on Israeli settlements

    Spiritual leaders stress diversity of views within Jewish community and warn against inaction on settler violence ‘It’s a good start’: prominent Israelis welcome UK sanctions Prominent British rabbis have backed Ed Miliband’s sanctions on Israeli settlements, warning that the time for inaction on settler violence must come to an end. The intervention comes after the…

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  • Rescuers in Nepal find two more people alive after flash flood disaster

    Chinese man at Trishuli hydropower project and Nepali woman in Nuwakot found 10 days into rescue operation Emergency responders have rescued a Chinese man and a Nepali woman in two separate operations as authorities continued to search for thousands of people missing 10 days after massive floods hit Nepal. The Nepali military said on Saturday…

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  • Nepal says big polluters must ‘wake up’ as it calls for climate compensation over flood disaster

    Foreign minister Shisir Khanal tells the Guardian the world’s biggest economies need to help Nepal, which contributes less than 0.1% of global greenhouse gas emissions Nepal is demanding $20m in climate compensation for the recent devastating floods, as a senior minister called on the world’s most polluting countries to “wake up” and accept shared responsibility…

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