UK's Russell Brand due in court for rape and sexual assault sentencing

Video circulated on social media, which Reuters could not immediately verify, showed residents using hammers to break large sandy rocks and others removing sand with shovels before bodies wrapped in blankets and fabric sheeting, stained with blood, were pulled out. "What can one say about the situation in Gaza?

“If this logic of ‘presumed guilt’ is allowed to spread unchecked,” it warned, technology and trade exchanges would be hindered.

President Isaac Herzog on Nov 8 gave Eisenkot the mandate to try to form a government, setting the clock at 28 days for him to come up with the 61 votes, although Herzog could give him a 14-day extension.

Throngs of people were gathering on Monday on one of the main boulevards in Buenos Aires as Pope Leo was due to arrive for an outdoor Mass that city officials said could attract more than 1.5 million people.

Trump to meet Iran war mediator Qatar, no imminent deal seen to end the war CAIRO/ABU DHABI, Nov 9 - US President Donald Trump will meet the prime minister of key mediator Qatar on Monday as efforts to end the Iran war ramp up following last week's midterm elections, though senior US and Gulf officials cast doubt on the chances of an imminent deal. With no victory in sight more than eight months into the conflict he launched alongside Israel on February 28, Trump has played down the likelihood of major warfare restarting soon, but remains unwilling to accept an existing Iranian truce plan. Mutual attacks continue, with the US striking Iran's Qeshm island overnight, according to Iranian state media, and Iran attacking tankers in the Gulf and Strait of Hormuz this month while its Yemeni Houthi allies have hit Saudi Arabia.

The El Nino phenomenon building on the Pacific Ocean will boost global temperatures by an additional 0.1 deg C to 0.2 deg C, making the world exceptionally hot for the remainder of 2026 and into early 2027, said the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

Norway’s government said on Nov 9 that it will curb the rapid growth of power-hungry data centres in the Nordic country, becoming the latest nation to limit a build-out driven by the global artificial intelligence industry.

London's Metropolitan Police has said that Brand is under investigation for two other alleged rapes, one involving a then 16-year-old girl, and the head of the force said he "wouldn't be surprised if many more came forward".

Coalition deals in the coming weeks could influence the ANC's 2027 leadership contest, when President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to step aside as party leader, by strengthening whichever faction can claim the most viable path back to electoral competitiveness.

He has rejected calls to deliberately slow down AI development even as some insiders warn the technology could threaten human existence within a decade.