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A person watches a news feed running a Russia's FSB security service footage of the operation to detain a Japanese journalist accused of espionage, on a smartphone in Moscow on October 13, 2026

Suspicion of espionage

Japan summons Russian ambassador to protest journalist's arrest

A female Amur tiger pictured at Knowsley Safari, near Liverpool, northern England, in 2020

'Deeply offensive media content'

'Distressed' family of UK man killed by tiger urge end to online posts

Sberbank is Russia's largest bank by assets and number of clients

Retaliatory campaign

Drone hits data centre of Russia's largest bank

The mountain is constantly shifting

Peak at 4,807.47 metres

Mont Blanc nearly two metres taller than in 2023: French surveyors

Life under Russian occupation

British Embassy in Luxembourg hosts discussions on Ukraine's resilience

Sao Tome, off the Gulf of Guinea, has revived its vanilla cultivation to try to diversify its economy

Sao Tome's niche vanilla finds far-away fans

Roland Lescure issued a stark warning

Growing concern

Higher borrowing costs an 'alarm signal' for France: finance minister

This file picture shows a new bridge linking China and North Korea that will finally open 12 years after its construction, with Beijing vowing it will spur trade and "enhance the well-being of the two peoples"

China-North Korea bridge to open Thursday, 12 years late

The 56-year-old Frenchman trains European bison to jump through rings of fire

300kg hairy sidekicks

Ivan Deforge, the French 'bison tamer' in Moscow

From 1 May 2027 onwards

Wallonia unveils plans for mandatory motorway vignette

A woman stands beside caskets bearing the remains of fallen soldiers at Le Thi Rieng Park in Ho Chi Minh City

Thousands of people lined streets

Vietnam mourns 700 war dead in major push to identify missing

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said she probably spends "three or four more hours" than her male predecessors tackling household duties on top of her already packed daily schedule

Self-described workaholic

Japan PM says housework makes her busier than male predecessors

ASML is looking at a strong year of sales

Technology giant

AI boom drives record sales at Dutch tech giant ASML

India has launched a clampdown on protests against the nation's revisions of voter rolls

Remanded in custody for five days

Top Indian 'cockroach' leaders sent to jail after protest

Greenland has untapped rare earth deposits and could be a critical player as melting polar ice opens up new shipping routes

On Truth Social

Trump says 'massive' oil, gas, mineral exploration to begin in Greenland

China is on pace to beat its export surplus record anew

China heads for record trade surplus as exports surge

IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva says 'security considerations' have become crucial in today's world

Energy-rich region

IMF chief says Saudi attacks could have negative spillover 'everywhere'

India's most recognisable stage for public dissent has officially lost its status as an authorised protest venue

Beside iconic Jantar Mantar observatory

India shuts down iconic Delhi protest site after three decades

Thai authorities have expanded embankments, water gates and other infrastructure to direct water away from Bangkok towards riverside communities

Stilt houses in villages

Deluge by design: Thai villages flooded to protect capital

South Korea's Son Heung-min in action for his country

'Excessive personal attacks'

South Korean FA condemns 'personal attacks' as rift rumours grow

Morning Roundup

New poll says coalition would lose majority, Pope Leo has lung cancer, and plant-killing bacterium reaches Moselle

An airplane of Israeli flag carrier El Al on the tarmac at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv on October 2, 2026

'Matters more than ever'

Seeing pivotal election, Israelis fly from around world to vote

South Korea's Eom Ji-sung at the World Cup

Against Millwall

South Korea's Eom 'racially abused' in England's Championship: club

Candles, flowers and prayers are led at the statue of John Paul II outside Rome's Gemelli University Hospital, where Pope Leo XIV was admitted for an operation to remove a lump from his lung

Tumor surgically removed

What we know about Pope Leo XIV's lung cancer operation

Brazil's electoral court is calling on the presidential candidates to ease up on filing censorship requests

By electoral court

Lula, Bolsonaro ordered to call off attempts at online censorship

Plaintiffs want the government to declare a national emergency over the fires

Have had enough

Indonesians on fire-ravaged island sue state for clean air

Manchester City have been found guilty on more than 100 charges of breaking Premier League rules

Guilty of over 100 charges

Regulator 'will resign' if any political interference in Man City case

The fine announcement comes a day before Bank of America reports its third-quarter earnings

Second biggest US bank

US fines Bank of America $1.2 bn for anti-money laundering violations

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