Israeli airstrikes and gunfire have killed at least 18 people in and around Gaza City, according to local health officials, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s security cabinet prepared to discuss plans to seize control of the city. Residents of Sheikh Radwan, one of Gaza City’s largest neighbourhoods, said the area had come under heavy tank shelling and airstrikes from Saturday through to Sunday morning, forcing many families to flee. Health…

By Eniola Amadu The prime minister of Yemen’s Houthi government, Ahmad Ghaleb al-Rahwi, and several ministers died in an Israeli airstrike on the capital, Sanaa, the head of the Houthi Supreme Political Council confirmed on Saturday. The strike marked the first Israeli operation to eliminate senior figures of the Iran-aligned group since the Gaza war began. READ ALSO: UK bans Israel officials from major arms fair Council leader Mahdi al-Mashat said…

By Eniola Amadu Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Saturday signed an executive order designed to protect residents’ rights as federal agents prepared to deploy to the city within days. The directive, titled the Protecting Chicago Initiative, instructed all arms of the city government to safeguard residents from federal actions. READ ALSO: Trump signs executive orders to end cashless bail It also made clear that Chicago police would not cooperate with federal…

By Eniola Amadu  Former Ukrainian parliamentary speaker Andriy Parubiy was shot dead in the western city of Lviv on Saturday, prompting a nationwide manhunt for the gunman. The Prosecutor General’s Office said the attacker fired multiple shots, killing Parubiy instantly before fleeing the scene. He was 54. READ ALSO: Russia accuses Ukraine of nuclear plant drone strike Parubiy, who served as parliamentary speaker from 2016 to 2019 and earlier as secretary…

Human rights lawyers, refugee advocates and the Greens have condemned a new agreement between Australia and Nauru that will see hundreds of former immigration detainees deported at a cost of almost half a billion dollars. The memorandum of understanding, signed on Friday by the home affairs minister, Tony Burke, and Nauru’s president, David Adeang, will allow about 280 non-citizens from the NZYQ cohort to be sent to Nauru. The group…

A federal appeals court in the United States has blocked Donald Trump’s attempt to terminate protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans allowed to live and work in the country. The ninth US circuit court of appeals on Friday upheld an earlier ruling that temporary protected status (TPS) for Venezuelans must remain in place while legal challenges proceed. The three-judge panel said plaintiffs were likely to succeed in their claim…

Guards at a Florida immigration detention camp known as “Alligator Alcatraz” allegedly used teargas and batons to quell a disturbance among detainees, according to reports broadcast on Friday. At least three migrants told Miami’s Spanish-language channel Noticias 23 that officers engaged in a mass beating after prisoners began shouting for freedom when one received word of a relative’s death. The men claimed guards rushed in and struck detainees indiscriminately, while…

Donald Trump has revoked Secret Service protection for former vice-president and 2024 Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, according to a memorandum obtained by CNN and confirmed to the Guardian by a senior White House official. The letter, dated Thursday and addressed to the secretary of Homeland Security, instructs the Secret Service to “discontinue any security-related procedures beyond those required by law” from 1 September 2025. Federal law grants former vice-presidents…

The United Nations Security Council has voted to extend its peacekeeping mission in Lebanon for another 16 months but ordered it to conclude at the end of 2026, following pressure from Israel and the United States. The unanimous decision on Thursday renews the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) ahead of its expiry on Sunday. The resolution stipulates that Unifil’s 10,800 troops will begin an “orderly and…

The United Kingdom and European Union have summoned Russia’s ambassadors after a wave of missile strikes on Kyiv killed at least 23 people, including four children, and severely damaged the offices of the British Council and the EU delegation. The overnight assault was the deadliest on the Ukrainian capital since the Alaska summit between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump earlier this month. A further 38 people were injured as missiles…

Artificial intelligence systems have provided detailed instructions on carrying out terrorist attacks and other serious crimes, according to new safety tests conducted this summer. Researchers found that OpenAI’s GPT-4.1 model described weak points at major sports venues, explained how to make explosives and anthrax, and offered advice on covering tracks. The model also produced recipes for illegal drugs. The findings emerged from a rare collaboration between OpenAI, the $500bn Silicon…

A pornographic website that published doctored images of several high-profile Italian women, including the prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, and the opposition leader, Elly Schlein, has provoked widespread outrage in Italy. The platform, Phica, which has more than 700,000 subscribers, altered images taken from personal social media accounts and public appearances, often accompanied by vulgar and sexist captions. Photographs of women from across the political spectrum were manipulated to suggest sexual…