Thousands of homes without power as gusty winds knock down over 1,000 power lines in Queensland

Israel’s leader Benjamin Netanyahu says the fighting isn’t close to finished as the death toll in Gaza rises past 20,000

‘Safe’ evacuation zone of Deir al-Balah is hit amid some of the deadliest fighting in the war

Seventy die in attack on the Maghazi camp with warnings death toll is likely to rise

At least 8,000 children are dead following Israel’s siege, according to Gaza’s health ministry

Analysis: Washington – Israel’s staunchest ally – cannot afford to be out of touch with international opinion over the climbing death toll in Gaza

Temperatures are as low as -16C in Gansu and Qinghai provinces, where the magnitude-6.2 quake struck on Monday

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Officials launched an emergency response and dispatched rescue personnel to Gansu and Qinghai provinces just after 6.2 magnitude quake

Parts of UK have more recently gone decades without Christmas snow, and in the past it was more hardship than dream

With pupils and teachers uprooted and buildings destroyed, it is likely to be many months before classes can resume

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

Keeping track of Tory falsehoods, whether to do with missing messages or immigration policy, is taking its toll

Netanyahu must change his government and back a two-state solution, Biden says

Campaign is the most indiscriminate in recent years, according to analysis by Haaretz newspaper

Gasps were heard in the public gallery at the Covid inquiry on Thursday (7 December) as Boris Johnson snapped at a lawyer over coronavirus death toll figures. Pete Weatherby KC, representing Covid Bereaved Families for Justice, asked questions about ...

Biden hits out at ‘stunning’ result, telling US senators: ‘If Putin takes Ukraine, he won’t stop there’

In a lengthy interview as she is named Time’s person of the year, Swift speaks about toll of high-profile spat, and criticises music industry over treatment of young stars

Inquiry chair removes protesters as former PM begins testimony about his handling of the pandemic

Facing a soaring death toll from Israel's renewed offensive in southern Gaza, the Biden administration is trying to pressure its ally to minimize civilian deaths while stopping well short of the kind of measures that might force it to listen, such as ...