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Southern California wildfire engulfs homes, prompts evacuation orders 

17 October 2026

News|Climate Crisis A fast-spreading wildfire in Orange County, in Southern California, has engulfed several coastal pro...

Brazil’s Amazon deforestation hits lowest level on record 

16 October 2026

News|Climate Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest has fallen to its lowest level since records began in 1988, a...

US coastguard rescues 16 after boat sinks off Mexico’s Baja coast 

16 October 2026

News|US-Mexico Border The US coastguard has said it rescued 16 people from the Pacific Ocean after a boat sank off Mexic...

Iran war live: Trump claims US Navy blockade stops Iranian ships in Hormuz 

16 October 2026

A handout image dated August 11, 2014, shows the container ship GFS Pride in Rozenburg, the Netherlands. The vessel sank...

Oregon school shooter was former special needs student, police say 

16 October 2026

News|Gun Violence The 16-year-old who killed three children and a teacher at an elementary school in the US state of Ore...

Italy probes Israel’s Katz over abuse, sexual assault of flotilla activists 

16 October 2026

News|Human Rights Italian prosecutors have placed Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz and 12 senior military, police an...

Albanian PM blames ‘foreign hands’ for unrest as student protests intensify 

16 October 2026

News|Protests Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has blamed “foreign hands” for the increasingly violent student-led p...

Yemen’s government says Houthis fired two missiles at Aden airport 

16 October 2026

Yemen’s internationally recognised government says the Houthis have launched missiles at the airport in Aden, a day af...

Kenya records third Ebola case, linked to first patient who died 

16 October 2026

Kenya has recorded its third case of the Bundibugyo virus disease – a strain of Ebola that has killed thousands of peo...

White House press secretary Katie Zacharia fired after five days on the job 

16 October 2026

News|Politics White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia is “transitioning out” of her role as press secretary just ...