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More than 120 people have been killed and dozens are missing after floods and landslides hit the Philippines in the wake of Tropical Storm Trami.It is the southeast Asian archipelago's deadliest and most destructive storm so far this year, the government's disaster-response agency said. President Ferdinand Marcos said the unusually large volume of rainfall - including some areas that saw up to two months' worth in just 24 hours - overwhelmed flood controls."The water was just too much," Mr Marcos told reporters."We're not done yet with our rescue work," he added. More than 4.2 million people were in the path of the storm, including nearly half a million, who mostly fled to more than 6,400 emergency shelters in several provinces. Image: Rescuer...

The world's richest man was late for his own town hall.The crowd had been queuing for several hours. The line of enthusiasm stretched out of the hotel in this county town in Pennsylvania. Lancaster, in Lancaster County, is an hour and half west of Philadelphia, and is one of many tight battlegrounds where the election will be decided.The people here had all come to hear from Elon Musk. They had also come because one of them would win a million dollars.Among the crowd outside, some told me they had already voted, thanks to this state's early voting procedures. Others would only do it on the day, they said. But all we spoke to were locked-in Trump supporters. Read more:Beyonce campaigns for HarrisTrump's a 'tyrant', Springsteen saysThe Space X, Tesla and Twitter billionaire has been handing ...

Donald Trump's "obvious mental decline" and "history as a convicted felon" should be enough reason for Americans not to vote for him, Michelle Obama has said.Speaking at a rally for Kamala Harris, the former first lady said she was "angry" at the "indifference" towards the Republican candidate's behaviour. "I hope you'll forgive me if I'm a little angry that we are indifferent to his erratic behaviour, his obvious mental decline, his history as a convicted felon," she said.Read more:Beyonce campaigns for HarrisTrump's a 'tyrant', Springsteen says Image: Michelle Obama and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris. Pic: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin "A known slumlord, a predator found liable for sexual abuse, ...

Iran's president has warned against further attacks on his country after Israel targeted military sites in pre-dawn airstrikes on Saturday.In a statement on X, Masoud Pezeshkian gave his condolences to the families of the four people killed in the attacks and said Iran would continue to defend itself. "Enemies of Iran should know these brave people are standing fearlessly in defence of their land and will respond to any stupidity with tact and intelligence," he wrote.Analysis:Scale of any retaliation will dictate whether Iran and Israel are on path to all-out warUS pressure over Israel's retaliation against Iran appears to have paid off - for now Image: A map of where Israel struck in Iran The Israeli military said its airc...

Israel's unprecedented night of airstrikes across Iran may be just what was needed to pull the Middle East back from all-out war.That might sound odd because for hours, it seems, Israeli jets ranged freely across Iranian airspace, apparently attacking targets and air defences at will in a flagrant violation of Iranian sovereignty and provocation, you might say. It was, you might have thought, just the sort of escalation to lead to Iran upping the ante and launching thousands of ballistic missiles to rain down on Israel's towns and cities.But that is not likely to happen.Why? Because neither side wants all-out war. For months now, Israel and Iran have been trying to act tough while trying desperately to avoid one. Last night's operation is no different. The reasons are clear. Iran cannot af...

Georgia's ruling party is leading the crucial election race that could decide the country's role in Europe.The Central Election Commission said the ruling Georgian Dream party had won 52.99% of the vote after 97% of the electronic vote was counted. Not all paper ballots and votes cast by Georgians abroad have been counted. Both Georgian Dream and the opposition blocs trying to end its 12 years in power have portrayed the vote as an existential choice.After the polls opened Bidzina Ivanishvili, a billionaire who set up Georgian Dream and made his fortune in Russia, accused opposition parties of being "an agent of a foreign country that will only fulfil the tasks of a foreign country" - suggesting the West wants Georgia to go to war with Russia.He also pledged to ban all pro-Western oppositi...

Bodies wrapped in blankets are laid out in a front yard. Some on beds, others on the hard ground."These are the martyrs of Al Sireiha - more than 100," the man recording the video says, as mourners pray and walk around the corpses in the poorly lit evening darkness. Civilians were massacred in the farming village of Al Sireiha in the eastern parts of Sudan's Al Jazira state on Friday.The horror has emerged in a handful of videos uploaded to social media amid a telecommunications blackout."The number of deaths we've received so far is 124, though due to communication outages, we haven't been able to confirm this or if it has risen," says Mohamed Tarek. He is a member of the Madani Resistance Committee, the state capital's branch in a network of grassroots, frontline volunteer groups born ou...

Evidence of potential war crimes collected by British spy planes operating over Gaza could be handed to the International Criminal Court, the UK has confirmed.The Royal Air Force (RAF) is reported to have flown hundreds of missions over and near the war-torn territory since December, gathering intelligence to help in the hunt for hostages kidnapped from Israel by Hamas on 7 October 2023.The Ministry of Defence (MOD) said the Shadow R1 surveillance aircraft - which also fly over Israel as well as international air space - are purely tasked with gathering information to assist Israel's operation to find its hostages.The spy planes are not involved in gathering intelligence for any other aspect of the war against Hamas, which has resulted in the death of tens of thousands of Palestinians, inc...

Fresh off the back of becoming the first Irish-born winner of the best actor award at the Oscars, Cillian Murphy is busier than ever."It's my third film I've done since then so that was clearly my coping mechanism", he tells Sky News at the UK premiere of Small Things Like These. Set in 1985 Wexford, the film is based on Claire Keegan's Orwell prize-winning fictional novel of the same name that follows coalman Bill Furlong as he uncovers the treatment of the unmarried mothers sent to a Magdalene laundry in his town.Murphy, 48, first pitched the idea to Matt Damon, who produced the film under his production company Artist's Equity, on the set of Oppenheimer, calling it "a little bit Manchester By The Sea meets Doubt"."Claire's story was so perfect and magnificent in its brevity and what it ...

Sir Keir Starmer has downplayed the prominence of reparations for slavery being addressed at a Commonwealth summit, saying "none of the discussions have been about money".The prime minister, who is in Samoa for the Commonwealth heads of government meeting (Chogm), has been facing mounting pressure from leaders of Caribbean nations who want the UK to consider paying reparations for the impact of the transatlantic slave trade. They are seeking a formal apology from the countries responsible for the historic slavery.Sir Keir had already rejected the calls ahead of the meeting, saying it would lead to "very long, endless discussions" about the past.The UK government has repeatedly ruled out offering reparations or an apology for the country's historical involvement in the trade. But after an e...