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India’s education minister Dharmendra Pradhan has resigned after huge youth protests led by the ‘Cockroach’ movement. Source link

Saudi Arabia launched airstrikes on Houthi targets in the Yemeni port city of Hodeida and a nearby island on Friday, after the Iran-backed group announced a maritime blockade and attacked Saudi ships. Saudi authorities later issued emergency alerts for the province of Jizan as the Houthis claimed responsibility for a …

In his remarks, Trump was cordial and conciliatory, saying “the second time is always better”, joking and praising the media – saying he respects “most of them”. “As I said three months ago, the show must go on,” Trump said. The US president also called on Americans to respect freedom …

President Donald Trump has ordered signs to be placed outside the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, to caution visitors about exhibits his administration views as “inaccurate”. The order directs the department of interior to issue the warnings, and also to direct people about where they can find “accurate information …

One opposition MP, who asked not to be identified, put it more bluntly. “Ninety-nine per cent of these young people on the street have no clue how the ministry of defence is operating, how the general staff is operating,” he said. “They think Fedorov is good because he wants to …

That explains why Muna’s music always feels propulsive. “If you’re not sweating after the first song, come on,” laughs McPherson. With an ever-growing fanbase, they’ll play their biggest ever tour this autumn, titled the Gets So Hot Tour after the album’s opening track – although the band previously joked it …

This event is the latest in a string of worrying and weird examples of AI agents going rogue. In recent research, the UK’s AI Security Institute (AISI) found frontier AI models are so fixated on completing tasks they “cheated” in tests to achieve their goals. The research from AISI came …

Members of the International Criminal Court (ICC) have voted to dismiss Karim Khan as chief prosecutor for alleged sexual misconduct. Elected the ICC’s third prosecutor in 2021, Khan was suspended last month. The decision to removehim was passed with 82 votes in favour. The court’s oversight body found in June …

Anthony Joshua is set to make his long-awaited return to the boxing ring in his first fight since surviving a car crash that killed two of his friends. The former two-time world heavyweight champion takes on Kristian Prenga in Saudi Arabia on Saturday – a day after his long-standing rival …

“Cockroach” activist Sonam Wangchuk has ended his 26-day hunger strike, but the youth movement that rallied around him has vowed to continue its protests. Mr Wangchuk’s fast galvanised the protests, which were sparked more than a month ago by alleged leaks in some of India’s most competitive entrance exams. Initially …

TikTok has been charged with breaching EU online content rules designed to protect children from predators or cyberbullying. The European Commission said the social media platform’s accounts fall short of safety standards enshrined in the Digital Services Act. It highlighted that children can make their accounts public and allow others …

Four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers have been shot dead during a confrontation near a village in the occupied West Bank. The circumstances of the clash, near the village of Tell, southwest of Nablus, are unclear but come amid a recent uptick in violence involving Israeli settlers in the region. …

Nigeria’s president has approved the country’s largest military expansion in recent times – an attempt to tackle the slew of security challenges plaguing the nation. Bola Tinubu has greenlit the recruitment of 28,000 extra soldiers and the creation of four new army divisions, which will take the total number up …

Former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has been confirmed as the new head coach of the German men’s football team. The German FA put Klopp at the top of their list when Julian Nagelsmann resigned after their World Cup ended with a penalty shoot-out defeat to Paraguay in the last 32. …

An “extremely significant” car bomb has been intercepted by Irish police near the border with the Northern Ireland. A female driver in her 20s has been arrested after the Gardai discovered the explosive during an operation targeting dissident republicans. It was in a car travelling on the N2 south of …

Tariffs have never been far from the headlines during President Trump’s second term in office and another raft of these import taxes has just come into force. So are US households really paying 1.5% more because of them? The BBC’s Samira Hussain explains how tariffs are affecting the US economy, …

Tariffs have never been far from the headlines during President Trump’s second term in office and another raft of these import taxes has just come into force. So are US households really paying 1.5% more because of them? The BBC’s Samira Hussain explains how tariffs are affecting the US economy, …

Iran says it has carried out drone strikes on US military facilities and bases across the Middle East in retaliation for the 13th consecutive night of American attacks on the country. Explosions were reported along Iran’s Gulf coast, and in western, northern and central areas. Four people were killed and …

A driver dressed as Spider-Man was seen helping a man in a wheelchair cross a busy road in the US. Christopher Hellenthal was on his way back from a superhero-themed event and jumped in to help moments before the lights at the junction changed. The Jonesboro Police Department, in the …

In India, tens of thousands of Gen Z protesters have taken to the streets of the capital Delhi and other cities, calling for the resignation of the country’s education minister. Starting as a satirical online movement just a couple of months ago, the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) is now one …