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Oct 30, 2026 - World

Independent outlet, whose former editor Dmitry Muratov won Nobel prize, cites intolerable pressure from authoritiesEurope live – latest updatesNovaya Gazeta, one of Russia’s best-known independent media outlets, has announced it will permanently close next month. The newspaper, whose former editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov won the Nobel peace prize in 2021, cited intolerable pressure, including being stripped of its newsroom, its donation platforms and its legal right to publish.“This is not just our own story; it is the story of a country and a society that are being systematically crushed,” wrote its editor-in-chief, Sergei Sokolov, on the newspaper’s website. Continue reading...

Oct 30, 2026 - World

This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story herePeunte begins by paying tribute to all affected by the incident.He says that “at present, evidence points to a failure within Adif’s command and control centre,” but adds that investigators are still looking “to clarify what exactly happened.” He says he still has confidence in the system. Continue reading...

Oct 30, 2026 - World

Daniel Jones held on $3m bail after studio art chair Pipo Nguyen-Duy and Tran Thi Phong found dead at homeOberlin College was shaken on Friday after an award-winning professor of photography who had worked at the Ohio liberal arts college for nearly 30 years was found shot and killed on Wednesday, officials said.Pipo Nguyen-Duy, 64, and his wife, Tran Thi Phong, 56, were found shot to death in their home. Continue reading...

Oct 30, 2026 - World

IOPC launches independent investigation after referral by Scotland Yard over 2019 letter about Thomas MarkleScotland Yard faces an independent investigation into its failure in 2019 to pass claims alleging wrongdoing by Thomas Markle, the father of the Duchess of Sussex, to law enforcement agencies overseas.The force had referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) over its handling of a letter written by Markle’s former wife, Roslyn Loveless. Markle, 82, is now facing claims of child sexual abuse in the Philippines, which he denies, and is under investigation by authorities there. Continue reading...

Oct 30, 2026 - World

In the recent military conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, rather than excavating large temporary graves, the US military has undertaken the practice of quickly evacuating dead soldiers back to the US.