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Heavy Israeli bombardment pounded the southern suburbs of Lebanon's capital Beirut overnight. Photo: Nael Chahine Israeli airstrikes killed at least 40 people in Lebanon, including children, Lebanese authorities said Israeli military targeted Hezbollah sites in Tyre and Baalbek Hezbollah escalated attacks, claiming over 20 operations on Saturday Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon over the last day have killed at least 40 people including several children, Lebanese authorities said on Saturday, after heavy Israeli bombardment pounded the southern suburbs of the capital Beirut overnight. At least seven people were killed in the coastal city of Tyre late on Friday, Lebanon's health ministry said. The Israeli military has previously ordered swathes of the city to evacuate but there were no ...

By Graham Keeley, Reuters Nearly 80 people are still missing in what was the most deadly deluge in a single European country since 1967. Photo: AFP/Cesar Manso Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia on Saturday over regional authorities' handling of devastating floods that killed more than 220 people in one of Europe's worst natural disasters in decades. In the latest demonstration over the floods, protesters filled the centre of Valencia demanding the resignation of regional government leader Carlos Mazon and chanting "Killers!". "Our hands are stained with mud, yours with blood," read one banner. Some demonstrators dumped dirty boots outside the government building while others plastered it with mud. Residents in stricken areas accuse Mazon...

Catherine, Princess of Wales reacts as she speaks to members of the emergency services during a visit to Southport Community Centre in Southport, north west England on October 10, 2024. Photo: AFP / Danny Lawson Princess Kate attended a Remembrance Day event in London on Saturday, in her latest public engagement after undergoing preventive treatment for cancer this year. Kate arrived for the Festival of Remembrance at London's Royal Albert Hall wearing a black dress adorned with a red poppy, which has become a symbol of respect for those who have lost their lives in conflict. She was accompanied by her husband William and other members of the royal family and was followed shortly afterwards by King Charles, whose wife Queen Camilla has cancelled engagements as she recovers from a chest ...

Darlington Public School bested more than 220 other architecture projects at the 2024 World Architecture Festival in Singapore. Photo: CNN / Brett Boardman A humble suburban school in Australia has fended off competition from skyscrapers, museums and airport terminals to be named World Building of the Year 2024. Darlington Public School, in the Sydney suburb of Chippendale, beat more than 220 other shortlisted designs to win the coveted annual prize at the World Architecture Festival in Singapore on Friday. Opened last fall, the project combines an angular brick campus building, featuring a distinctive "sawtooth" roof, with landscaped outdoor spaces, including a large basketball court and a community garden. Softly curved metal screens surround a series of open-air terraces, allowing da...

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi pictured here entering the European Union building in Geneva in December 2014. Photo: AFP / Fabrice Coffrini Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi denied US charges that Tehran was linked to an alleged plot to kill Donald Trump and called on Saturday (local time) for confidence-building between the two hostile countries. "Now ... a new scenario is fabricated ... as a killer does not exist in reality, scriptwriters are brought in to manufacture a third-rate comedy," Araqchi said in a post on X. He was referring to the alleged plot which Washington said was ordered by Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards to assassinate Trump, who won Tuesday's (local time) presidential election and takes office in January. "The American people have made their decision. ...