Amazon is set to introduce adverts to its Prime Video streaming service from 5 February 2024. Customers in the UK and Germany will see “limited” ads unless they pay £2.99…
Iraq: US hits militias after attack
The US military has attacked militant groups in Iraq, hours after US personnel were injured in a drone strike on a US airbase there. The US defence chief said three…
Ukraine: Russia captures key town near Donetsk
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has said his troops have seized the key town of Mariinka in eastern Ukraine. Mr Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin assault units had taken the…
Serbia: Anti-government demonstrators teargassed as they storm Belgrade city hall
Police in Serbia’s capital, Belgrade, have used tear gas to disperse crowds protesting over alleged fraud in last week’s general election. They intervened after some of the crowd outside the…
Japan: Luxury department store apologises for 807 collapsed Christmas cakes
A Japanese luxury department store has apologised for delivering hundreds of collapsed strawberry Christmas cakes. Some 807 out of around 2,900 strawberry cakes delivered in the run up to Christmas…
Denmark: Maersk preparing to resume shipping through Red Sea
Danish shipping giant Maersk has said it is preparing to resume shipping operations through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. The move follows the deployment of an international military…
France: Police arrest man after bodies of five people found
A murder inquiry has been launched after the bodies of five people were found in a flat north-east of Paris. The victims are a woman and her four children aged…
USA: Mother with rare double womb gives birth to two babies in two days
A US woman with a rare double uterus has given birth twice in two days – after a “one in a million” pregnancy and a total of 20 hours in…
Iran: Tehran rejects US claims it is ‘deeply involved’ in Houthi attacks in Red Sea
Tehran has denied claims by the United States that it is “deeply involved” in attacks by Houthi rebels on commercial ships in the Red Sea, amid reports of another Israel-affiliated…
Yemen: Warring parties commit to ceasefire
The warring sides in the long-running conflict in Yemen have committed to steps towards a ceasefire and engage in a United Nations-led peace process, according to the UN special envoy…