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Reuters Protesters had gathered from as early as 07:00 before being dispersed The Nigerian police have fired tear gas to disperse protesters who had gathered in the capital, Abuja, over the continued detention of separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu. The protesters, led by activist and publisher of the Sahara Reporters news site, Omoyele Sowore, want the…

The lamps were lit in the northern Indian temple town of Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, on Sunday ahead of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights. Source link

A manhunt is under way for a gang of thieves who carried out a broad daylight raid on Paris’s Louvre Museum, and stole jewels described as priceless. The gang appear to have used a mechanical ladder to reach a first-floor window, before breaking into display cases and escaping on motorbikes. The BBC’s Hugh Schofield is…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he would be ready to join Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin at a proposed summit in Hungary if he were invited. The US and Russian presidents announced on Thursday they planned to hold talks on the war in Ukraine in Budapest, possibly in the coming weeks. In comments released…

Ian Aikman and Rachel Hagan ‘An embarrassment’: BBC reports at the scene of Louvre robbery The Louvre Museum in Paris is still closed on Monday while police investigate a brazen heist which targeted France’s priceless crown jewels. Thieves wielding power tools broke into the world’s most visited museum in broad daylight, before escaping on scooters…

Reuters Security measures “failed” in preventing a major jewellery heist in the Louvre museum in Paris on Sunday, creating a very negative image of the country, the French justice minister has said. “People were able to park a furniture hoist in the middle of Paris, get people up it in several minutes to grab priceless…

A South Korean court has sentenced a teacher to life in prison for fatally stabbing an eight-year-old girl, in a case that shocked the nation. Myeong Jae-wan, 48, killed Kim Hae-neul, after luring her into a classroom in the central city of Daejeon in February. Prosecutors had sought the death penalty for Myeong, saying that…

Katie RazzallCulture and Media Editor Getty Images Molly Lee is talking to me about the tales her aunt Nelle, known to the world as Harper Lee, would weave for her when she was a little girl. “She was just a great storyteller,” says the 77-year-old from her home in Alabama. That’s an understatement if the…

Hapoel Tel Aviv criticised the derby cancellation, accusing Israeli police of “preparing for a war, not a sporting event”, including during discussions in the lead-up to the highly-anticipated match. “The shocking events outside the stadium and following the reckless and scandalous decision not to hold the match only demonstrate that the Israel Police has taken…

China’s economic growth slowed in the three months to the end of September as trade tensions with the US flared up. The world’s second-largest economy grew by 4.8% compared to the same period in 2024, its weakest pace in a year, official figures released on Monday show. The data comes after China imposed sweeping controls…