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Deadly floods hit Iraq as thunderstorms sweep across region
Violent storms lash northern Iraq and parts of Iran, while Portugal faces strong winds and Japan braces for further snowfall Deadly flash floods hit northern Iraq on Saturday as severe thunderstorms swept across the region, including in neighbouring Iran. The city of Erbil, in Iraq, was…
🔴 Judo star Teddy Riner announces bid for French presidency
Saudi Arabia intercepts Houthi missiles as Riyadh's Aramco building damaged
Saudi Arabia intercepted incoming missiles from Yemen's Houthi rebels targeting the kingdom's capital and other regions on Sunday, November 8, with falling debris damaging a building belonging to the state-owned oil giant Aramco in Riyadh’s financial district.
‘I didn’t dance until I was 45’: how Jorge Drexler went from repressed doctor to rump-shaking Oscar-winner
How did a Uruguayan medic who grew up under an anti-music dictatorship win a best song Academy award? As he looks set to scoop up more prizes at the Latin Grammys, we meet the extraordinary Jorge Drexler It makes sense that a Uruguayan doctor turned singer would write a song that begins: “Long live…
‘I didn’t dance until I was 45’: how Jorge Drexler went from repressed doctor to rump-shaking Oscar-winner
How did a Uruguayan medic who grew up under an anti-music dictatorship win a best song Academy award? As he looks set to scoop up more prizes at the Latin Grammys, we meet the extraordinary Jorge Drexler It makes sense that a Uruguayan doctor turned singer would write a song that begins: “Long live…
100 Sunset review – elliptical, elusive drama dreamlike through Toronto’s tight-knit Tibetan community
Kunsang Kyirong’s debut feature fades like a vapour trail in a mood of disorientation and dislocation Not much happens and very little is explained in this elliptical, elusive drama by Canadian-Tibetan film-maker Kunsang Kyirong. Her film, her feature directing debut, takes us inside the tight-knit…
100 Sunset review – elliptical, elusive drama dreamlike through Toronto’s tight-knit Tibetan community
Kunsang Kyirong’s debut feature fades like a vapour trail in a mood of disorientation and dislocation Not much happens and very little is explained in this elliptical, elusive drama by Canadian-Tibetan film-maker Kunsang Kyirong. Her film, her feature directing debut, takes us inside the tight-knit…
Pope Leo delivers stinging rebuke of Milei’s austerity measures during Argentina visit
Pontiff tells Argentina’s president the economy must benefit all on second stop of 12-day Latin America tour Pope Leo XIV has delivered a stinging critique of Argentine president Javier Milei’s harsh austerity measures, insisting growth must benefit all in a speech met with rapturous applause in…
Norris wins wet Sao Paulo GP as Mercedes take constructors' title
Lando Norris won the Sao Paulo Grand Prix from pole position in wet conditions at Interlagos. Max Verstappen finished second after starting 21st on the grid, with Red Bull team-mate Isack Hadjar third. George Russell was fourth and Kimi Antonelli fifth for Mercedes, a result that sealed the 2026…
Pope Leo XIV ends Uruguay visit and heads to Argentina
Pope Leo XIV is wrapping up his visit to Uruguay on Sunday by marking the feast of the Virgin of the Thirty-three, a Catholic feast day tied to the country's independence. He was traveling to the city of Florida, north of Montevideo, before heading to Argentina for the second leg of his…
Sebastián Lelio was a fascinating film-maker of great passion and poetry
Chilean director of films including Gloria and A Fantastic Woman could expertly capture both the personal and political Sebastián Lelio, director of A Fantastic Woman and Gloria, dies aged 52 The last 20 years have seen an amazing flowering of creativity from Chilean film-makers. The standard…
Brazil publishes first global ‘roadmap’ for phasing out fossil fuels
Cop30 host sets out steps to break link with coal, oil and gas as it aims to move focus from negotiating to implementing All countries can start to break their dependence on fossil fuels now without needing to wait for new technologies or economic changes, Brazil’s government has said ahead of a…
‘Plantation tourism’: court victory signals hope in Jamaica’s fight to keep beaches public
A temporary injunction in the coastline battle for beaches to be publicly accessible, not sealed off for private developments, is just a step in fighting what islanders call a tourism model that disadvantages Jamaicans When the Australian human rights lawyer Eva Buzo emerged from the sea on to the…
‘Taylor Swift tells us to take the lead!’ Could highly organised pop fans clinch victory for Brazil’s Lula?
Brazil’s famously outspoken fandoms have near-unanimously rallied behind the leftwing presidential candidate. On the streets of São Paulo, they explain their mission Earlier this month, Brazil’s president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva led a rally in São Paulo, as he aims to be re-elected to a fourth…
