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Moscow has warned the US it should take Russia's nuclear warnings seriously to avoid World War Three. Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's security council and who served as the country's president from 2008 to 2012, warned the US on Saturday it was "wrong" to believe "that the Russians will never cross a certain line". He told Russian-state broadcaster RT that Moscow believed the current US and European political establishments lacked the "foresight and subtlety of mind" displayed by the late Henry Kissinger."If we are talking about the existence of our state, as the president of our country has repeatedly said, your humbleservant has said, others have said, of course, we simply will not have any choice," Mr Medvedev said.Russia has been signalling for weeks to the West that Mosco...

India has officially protested against the Canadian government's allegation linking President Modi's right-hand man to alleged plots against Sikh separatists. Relations between the two countries have been tense for more than a year after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said there were credible allegations the Indian government had links to the assassination of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada. India has vehemently rejected the accusation. Last month, the Washington Post reported that Canadian officials suspected Amit Shah, India's powerful home minister and Narendra Modi's right-hand man, had ordered the targeting of Sikh activists inside Canada.Canada's deputy foreign affairs minister David Morrison confirmed to a parliamentary panel on Tuesday that he had told the newspaper Mr ...

The King and Queen have said they are "utterly heartbroken" by the loss of life in Spain, where the number of people killed by floods has reached at least 211.King Charles wrote to Spain's King Felipe offering his condolences for the "tragic loss of so many lives" following what has been described as Spain's worst flood-related disaster in over half a century. "My wife and I were utterly heartbroken to learn of the destruction and devastation following the catastrophic flooding in southern and eastern Spain," he wrote."So many in the United Kingdom have strong, personal ties to Spain, and our nations are bound by so much that we have in common."He said his and the Queen's "deepest possible sympathy are with all those who have lost loved ones and livelihoods this terrible week". Follow live...

A man's leg has been completely severed below the knee after he was attacked by a shark while surfing in the Hawaiian waters of Maui.The 61-year-old man was surfing off Waiehu Beach Park on Friday morning when a shark bit him. His right leg was "completely severed just below the knee," Maui County said in a statement.The man was alert while being treated on shore and then taken to Maui Memorial Medical Centre in a critical condition.Police officers had first tried to control the bleeding with tourniquets when they arrived at the scene. The surfer did not see the shark approach, the authorities added.Officials warned people to stay out of the water in the area and closed the beach park, with people being told to stay out of the water for a mile in each direction of the incident will be in e...

"You either hold a weapon or you hold a guitar," says Raji El-Jaru, Gaza's biggest rockstar.Months before war broke out last year, hundreds of people packed into a concert hall to hear his band perform their distinct blend of pounding guitar riffs and impassioned lyrics. "We'll scream our pain; can you hear the call?" he sang to the rapt crowd. "Knock, knock, are you listening at all?"Not long after that gig, Israeli airstrikes rained on Gaza City, tearing down buildings and displacing hundreds of thousands of people.Focused on survival rather than music, the five members of Osprey V - believed to be Gaza's first rock band - went from dreaming of gigging in Europe to wondering if they would ever play together again.Formed back in 2015, the group are all self-taught and cite Metallica and L...

The world's largest captive crocodile has died in Australia.He was thought to be more than 110 years old. Cassius, the 5.48m (18ft) reptile, also weighed over a ton. Image: Pic: Reuters He had lived in a wildlife sanctuary on Green Island near the Queensland tourist town of Cairns in Australia for more than 37 years, according to the sanctuary's Facebook post.The Marineland Melanesia Crocodile Habitat said he had been in declining health since 15 October. Sharing a post of Cassius enjoying a meal in his prime, they wrote: "He was very old and believed to be living beyond the years of a wild Croc."Cassius originated in the neighbouring Northern Territory, where crocodiles are a key part of the region's tourist industry, the ...

Up on the roof of the St Therese Hospital, you can see just how close this war has come. Right over the street is Dahieh, a southern suburb of Beirut which is controlled by Hezbollah. About 200 metres away, smoke still rises from an airstrike last Saturday. A block of flats has been levelled. And it was not even the closest place to have been hit recently. Image: A smoking building in Dahieh Image: Hospital director Elie Hachem says St Therese has taken a lot of damage "These are huge bombs," says Elie Hachem, the hospital's director."So, even though the hospital isn't being targeted directly, it's taking a lot of damage." One strike that hit on 3 October ...

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on the UK and other Ukrainian allies to stop "watching" and provide long-range weapons to strike North Korean troops in Russia before they enter combat.The "first thousands of soldiers from North Korea are near the Ukrainian border" and Ukrainians "will be forced to defend themselves against them", the Ukrainian president said in a Telegram video. "And the world will watch again."Mr Zelenskyy said Ukraine had pinpointed every location where North Korean soldiers had been stationed in Russia, but said Kyiv's allies had not supplied the long-range weapons needed to hit them."But instead of such necessary long-range capability, America watches, Britain watches, Germany watches...," he said. "Everyone in the world who truly wants the Russian war against Ukraine n...

From filthy mud-caked bags Isabel picks through the only belongings she has left in the world.Grimy clothes and broken furniture among the remnants left behind by the flood in the Spanish city of Torrent. She picks up some nail varnish."What a disaster," she says.The river to her house filled with water during Tuesday's flash flooding until it smashed through the front door and burst out through the wall. Follow Spain flooding latestThe home to three generations of her family didn't stand a chance. "I didn't have time to grab anything. Not even a backpack with a laptop, clothes nothing," she says. Image: Isabel says she had no chance to grab any belongings before the floods hit Her brother Angel shows us around the wrec...

A large crowd of people were duped into lining the streets of Dublin for a Halloween parade that did not exist.Spectators turned out in force to watch the apparent procession in the Irish capital on Thursday night – until they were told there had never been any plans for one to be held. It came after a website posted a parade would be taking place in the city from 7pm. It appears the claims were then spread further on social media, including sites such as TikTok.Irish police dispersed the crowd after appealing for those in the area to leave.A Gardai statement on X said: "Please be advised that contrary to information being circulated online, no Halloween parade is scheduled to take place in Dublin City Centre this evening or tonight. "All those gathered on O'Connell Street in expectation o...