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Four people have been wounded in a knife attack near the former offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris, police have said. Associated Press reporters at the scene saw police flooding into the neighbourhood in eastern Paris, near the Richard Lenoir Metro station. Image: Soldiers rush to the scene Officers cordoned off the area,

Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival has been postponed for the first time in a century as Brazil continues to battle the coronavirus pandemic. The president of Rio’s League of Samba Schools announced the spread of COVID-19 had made it impossible to safely hold the traditional parades in February, which are a cultural mainstay and, for many,

Italy’s president has hit back at Boris Johnson after he suggested the UK had higher coronavirus infection rates because it was a more “freedom-loving country”. In parliament this week, the prime minister was quizzed about why Germany and Italy appeared to have lower COVID-19 rates than Britain. Mr Johnson disputed a claim that the relative

A man accused of being the Claremont serial killer in Australia has been found guilty of two of three murders of young women in the 90s. Bradley Robert Edwards was convicted of the killings of Jane Rimmer and Ciara Glennon, but was acquitted of the murder of Sarah Spiers. The 51-year-old former children’s athletics coach

Russian opposition figurehead Alexei Navalny has been discharged from the hospital where he was being treated for novichok poisoning. The 44-year-old became unwell on a domestic flight in Siberia last month and was airlifted to Berlin in a coma. Laboratories in Germany, France and Sweden confirmed he was poisoned with the same nerve agent used

A speedboat skims across the waters of the Piquiri river in central Brazil; on board are a group of vets and animal trackers. The river, the forest and the wetlands are shrouded in a dense fog of smoke. Wildfires have been burning here for months. Image: Vets and animal trackers travel around the area on

Rescuers in Australia say conditions are in their favour as they try to save around 180 whales stranded in one of the country’s worst beaching events. An estimated 270 pilot whales became stuck in shallow water on a sandbar off the remote west coast of the Australian island of Tasmania. Twenty-five have been returned to

A well-known paraglider has been found dead in the mountains of Nevada in the US, nearly a month after he went missing. The body of James “Kiwi” Johnston – who disappeared on 23 August – was found under a tree in the Fish Creek mountains of Eureka County after a passerby noticed a parachute on

Go to any hospital in the southern French city of Marseille and you will see the impact a second wave of COVID-19 is having. Intensive care units are either full or about to reach saturation. More bed capacity is desperately needed but staffing is an issue. Hospitals here have issued an urgent appeal for doctors,

A humpback whale that made a wrong turn and entered a crocodile-infested river in Australia has managed to escape back to sea. The whale was first spotted in the East Alligator River in the Northern Territory’s Kakadu National Park last week. Feach Moyle, Kakadu National Park manager, said: “It made its way out on the

Tens of thousands of people marched through the Belarusian capital Minsk on Sunday, calling for the resignation of president Alexander Lukashenko in the sixth straight weekend of protests. It comes as hackers leaked the personal details of more than 2,000 senior police officers in two batches, pledging that “no one will remain anonymous, even under

Australia appears to be heading for its lowest daily increase in coronavirus cases in three months, as a state leader said infection spikes in Europe served as a warning about the dangers of exiting lockdown too soon. In the country’s virus epicentre, Victoria, some of the toughest lockdown restrictions in the world were imposed in

Police in Belarus have cracked down on a women’s protest march in Minsk demanding the resignation of the country’s president Alexander Lukashenko. More than 200 women demonstrating on the streets of the country’s capital were arrested on Saturday, including an elderly woman who has become a symbol of the protests which have continued for the

Several countries across Europe have announced new coronavirus restrictions in some of their largest cities after recent surges in infections.  Spain, Greece, Denmark and France imposed further measures in virus hotspots, while health authorities in Italy have warned the average age of coronavirus patients is creeping up – risking more hospital admissions and deaths. Infections

Tighter restrictions will be imposed in Dublin from midnight tonight in response to growing concern over the spread of coronavirus. The Irish government will move the capital to “risk level three” restrictions of its COVID-19 response plan. Prime Minister Micheal Martin is about to address the nation. He is expected to say that food venues

Yemen is in a “desperate situation” as it stands on the brink of famine and hundreds of thousands of people face starvation, the UN secretary general has warned. António Guterres told Sky News he was “extremely worried” by the situation in the war-torn country, and urged nation’s across the world to show international solidarity with