DThe US Department of Justice has agreed to provide Congress with documents from the Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking investigation, a senior lawmaker confirmed on Monday, in a move that appears to ease, for now, a potential constitutional clash. The material will begin to be handed over on Friday to the House oversight committee, which earlier this month issued a wide-ranging subpoena to the department concerning a case that has long drawn…

Two American tourists in their seventies have died in separate drowning incidents at a newly opened resort in the Bahamas, officials have confirmed. The deaths occurred on Friday at Celebration Key, a $600m private destination built for Carnival Cruise Line passengers, which opened in July around 100 miles (160km) off the coast of Florida. Carnival Cruise Line said its lifeguards and medical staff responded to two emergencies on the same…

Benjamin Netanyahu has launched a direct attack on Anthony Albanese, describing Australia’s prime minister as “weak” in a social media post, hours after Jewish groups in Australia called for restraint in relations between the two countries. “History will remember Albanese for what he is: A weak politician who betrayed Israel and abandoned Australia’s Jews,” read the post on X from the Israeli prime minister’s account on Tuesday evening, Australian time.…

For months, Israeli officials have spoken of Palestinians leaving Gaza in large numbers. Now, discussions have emerged over a potential destination: South Sudan, one of Africa’s poorest and most conflict-stricken states. According to officials and individuals briefed on the matter, Israel has held talks with South Sudan about receiving refugees from Gaza. The move forms part of a wider Israeli strategy of promoting large-scale emigration from the enclave, devastated by…

SwatchSwiss watchmaker Swatch has apologised and withdrawn an advertisement featuring a model making a gesture widely condemned as racist, following a backlash on Chinese social media. The campaign showed an Asian male model pulling at the corners of his eyes, a gesture that internet users described as a racist caricature. The image quickly drew criticism on Weibo, with many calling for a boycott of Swatch and its associated brands, including…

Twenty Unites States and the District of Columbia have filed a lawsuit against the Justice Department over new immigration enforcement conditions tied to federal grants intended for crime victims. The legal action, lodged in federal court in Rhode Island on Monday, challenges a rule introduced under the Trump administration that makes funding contingent on compliance with federal immigration law. The case centres on the Office for Victims of Crime, a…

Hamas has announced its acceptance of a new ceasefire proposal mediated by Egypt and Qatar

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to meet face-to-face within the next two weeks, according to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Speaking at the White House on Monday following a summit of global leaders, Merz said the meeting had been agreed upon during a phone call between Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump. “The American president spoke with the Russian president on the phone and agreed…

Marius Borg Hoiby, the son of Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-MaritMarius Borg Hoiby, the son of Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit, has been charged with 32 offences, including four counts of rape, prosecutors have confirmed. The 27-year-old, whose stepfather is Crown Prince Haakon, Norway’s future king, is expected to face trial early next year. If convicted of the most serious charges, he could face a prison sentence of up to ten years.…

United States of America President Donald Trump has again criticized mail-in voting, claiming it undermines election credibility — a stance he says Russian President Vladimir Putin supports. “You know, Vladimir Putin said something, one of the most interesting things,” Trump told Fox News. “He said, ‘Your election was rigged because you have mail-in voting.’ He said, ‘Mail-in voting, every election.’ He said, ‘No country has mail-in voting. It’s impossible to…

Donald Trump has piled pressure on Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the eve of high-level talks in Washington, declaring the Ukrainian president could end the war with Russia “almost immediately” if he chose to. Writing on his Truth Social platform on Sunday night, the US president ruled out any prospect of Ukraine joining Nato or reclaiming Crimea as part of future negotiations with Moscow. Crimea, he said, had been lost under Barack…

The UK’s first transgender judge has launched a human rights case in Strasbourg after being excluded from a supreme court ruling that redefined the legal meaning of sex. Victoria McCloud, a retired judge now working as a litigation strategist at W-Legal, is seeking a rehearing of the case, which culminated in the supreme court ruling in April that the term “woman” in the Equality Act 2010 does not include transgender…