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Australia’s largest city has sweltered through its hottest November night on record. Sydney‘s overnight low was 25.3C (77.4F), recorded just after 1am on Sunday, smashing a record that had stood since 1967, before it shot up to 30C (86F) by 4.30am. This followed two consecutive days of temperatures climbing above 40C (104F), which were also

Thousands of people have taken part in protests in France against a proposed new law that would ban the filming of police. The demonstrations, at numerous sites across the country, took on an additional significance as they came in the hours after President Emmanuel Macron said footage showing Paris police attacking a black man was

There are “serious indications” that Israel was involved in the killing of a senior Iranian nuclear scientist, Iran’s foreign minister has said. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was injured after gunmen fired at his car and he died later in hospital, Iranian state media reported. “Unfortunately, the medical team did not succeed in reviving him, and a few

Iran will avenge the death of an assassinated nuclear scientist “like lightning”, an adviser to the country’s supreme leader has said. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was injured after gunmen fired at his car and he died later in hospital, Iranian state media reported. Hossein Dehghan, an adviser to Iran’s supreme leader and a candidate in the country’s

Diego Maradona’s funeral sparked violent clashes in Argentina, after thousands of football fans were unable to get a glimpse of their hero’s coffin. Tens of thousands of people managed to pay their respects to Maradona on Thursday as his body laid in state in the Argentinian capital of Buenos Aires, before viewing was cut short

The legendary Argentinian footballer Diego Maradona has died at the age of 60, the Argentinian football association has said. Maradona, who captained Argentina’s 1986 World Cup-winning team, is widely regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time – if not the greatest. Brazil’s Pele said: “Certainly one day we’ll kick a ball together

Argentina’s president has said there will be three days of national mourning following the death of the country’s most famous footballer. Diego Maradona, who captained the 1986 World Cup-winning team, died from a heart attack at the age of 60 on Wednesday. Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez said: “Diego was Argentina in the world. He gave

Tributes are pouring in for legendary footballer Diego Maradona, who has died at the age of 60. Former England star Gary Lineker, who famously played against Maradona in the World Cup quarter-final in 1986, described his opponent as “the best player of my generation and arguably the greatest of all time”. Maradona’s infamous “hand of

A man who fled from North Korea across the demilitarised zone into South Korea says he is an ex-gymnast who jumped a 3m (9.8ft) fence using his athletic prowess. The man, apparently aged in his early 20s, has been made to jump to prove his story to officials in the South, local media reports. The

Russia has said it caught and chased off an American warship which was violating its territorial waters in the Sea of Japan – but the US Navy has rejected the claim and denied any wrongdoing. Moscow said the Admiral Vinogradov, a Russian anti-submarine destroyer, verbally warned USS John S McCain, a US Navy guided-missile destroyer,

We stood on the Sudanese side of the Tekeze River and watched them as they clambered down the canyon wall. Some brought beds, others carried children – but most travellers had come with nothing. They climbed into unstable metal boats and their drivers pushed off into the river’s fast flowing current. It marked the final

Unsteady on their feet but alive, migrants shuffle onto the dock at the port in Arguineguin, Gran Canaria. They have arrived on Spanish rescue boats after being plucked from the sea. Others are taken away on stretchers to hospital, weakened to the point of collapse by a lack of food and exposure to the elements.

There is a civil war in Ethiopia that is being fought largely in the shadows. The country’s prime minister Abiy Ahmed and his government have imposed a full blackout as they seek to defeat the leadership of the region of Tigray. The phone lines have been cut and the internet is switched off. The banks

The funeral of a black man who died while being beaten by supermarket security guards has been held following protests that echoed those of the racial justice movement in the United States. Joao Alberto Silveira Freitas, a father of four, was buried wearing a white T-shirt in a coffin draped with the flag of his

Russia has barred 25 British citizens from entering the country in a tit-for-tat move after London sanctioned 25 Russians, including a close ally of Vladimir Putin. A Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman accused the UK of interfering in Russia’s internal affairs by issuing the July sanctions against individuals thought to be involved in the mistreatment and

Police are responding to a “very active situation” amid reports of a series of shootings at a shopping mall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Reports suggest a number of people have been injured in the incident at Mayfair Mall in Wauwatosa. Photos show a heavy armed police presence at the scene. Members of the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s