World

In Friday’s Federal Court judgement, the full court found that Grover had engaged in unlawful direct discrimination, saying she had treated Tickle “who is a transgender woman, less favourably than a person designated female at birth seeking access to the Giggle App”. BBC News

The Russkaya Obshina group stages raids to look for activities contravening “traditional Russian values”. BBC News

Africa’s top health agency says around 246 cases have been reported. BBC News

The US securities regulator had accused the Adanis of paying bribes and misleading investors, which they denied. BBC News

Five tourists, including a professor and her daughter, have died in a scuba diving accident in the Maldives. Italy’s foreign ministry said the group had been exploring underwater ⁠caves in the Vaavu Atoll at a depth ⁠of around 50 metres (165ft) on Thursday. It gave no further details about the …

A ‘most wanted’ British man who imported large amounts of cocaine into the UK has been arrested in Spain. Simon Dutton, 49, was wanted by Greater Manchester Police for cocaine importation, money laundering, false passport offences, and breaching a Serious Crime Prevention Order. He was arrested in La Nucia, near …

Warning of record global temperatures as chance of very strong El Niño grows BBC News

The nagatitan is the largest dinosaur found in South-East Asia and weighs as much as nine elephants. BBC News

While El Niño forms across the tropical Pacific, forecasters look at one region in particular called the Niño3.4, monitoring a three-monthly average of the sea surface temperature compared to the long-term average. A strong or ‘super El Nińo’ is when that goes above 1.5C. Forecasts from the European Centre for …

A vessel said to be a “floating armoury” in the Gulf of Oman has been seized by Iranian military personnel, according to reports. BBC News

Drones bound for Russia crashed down in Latvia last week, prompting a political fallout. BBC News

President Xi has been eager to portray himself as a stable global leader in contrast to a mercurial US president. Given the size of China’s economy, a number of world leaders, including those from US allies such as Canada, the UK and Germany, have turned up, eager to do a …

Protests have broken out in Havana as Cuba deals with it’s worst rolling blackouts in decades. It followed the country’s energy minister admitting on state-run TV that “we have absolutely no fuel” amid the Trump administration’s blockade of oil to the island. Vicente de la O Levy added that blackouts …

President Trump was welcomed by President Xi Jinping in Beijing for what will be a whirlwind tour. BBC News

This year’s World Cup could see hazardous heat and humidity for players and fans at around a quarter of games, academics warned. World Weather Attribution (WWA) says its analysis shows climate change has spiked the temperature risks for players and fans, compared to the last US-hosted World Cup in 1994. …

China welcomed US President Donald Trump with cheering children and a troop parade on Thursday, before a nearly two-hour long meeting with Xi-Jinping. BBC News

Over 100 people have been killed in a violent storm in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state. Falling trees, collapsing structures and lightning killed at least 104 people, injured more than 50 and damaged homes in northern India, officials said. Fatalities were recorded in around 12 districts, with the worst …

Rescuers are searching for survivors in the rubble of a residential building hit overnight in Kyiv. BBC News

Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said he secretly visited the United Arab Emirates earlier this year during the US-Israeli war with Iran – but the UAE has denied the trip took place. Source link

The family of a UK couple jailed for 10 years in Iran have said they are increasingly worried after not hearing from them for over a week. Lindsay and Craig Foreman, who were detained during a motorbike trip in January 2025 and later sentenced over spying allegations, are being held …