Watch live: Hundreds gather in Berlin for Israel solidarity demo at Brandenburg Gate
Watch live as hundreds of Israel supporters are expected to participate in a rally at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate on Sunday 22 October. The protest, entitled “Standing up against terror, hatred and antisemitism - in solidarity and compassion with Israel,” has been organised by Germany’s Central Council of Jews, political parties, unions and civil society. Demonstrations are continuing across Europe, a day after 100,000 people marched in a pro-Palestine rally in London. The British government on Sunday said it will speak to the Metropolitan Police about its decision not to act over a video showing protesters chanting “Jihad” on the streets of the capital, a Cabinet minister has said. No offences were identified in a video of a Hizb ut-Tahrir protest showing a man chanting “Jihad”. Immigration minister Robert Jenrick said “a lot of people” will find the Met’s analysis “surprising”, adding: “That’s something that we intend to raise with them and to discuss this incident with them.” A video posted on social media shows a man speaking into a microphone in front of a banner reading “Muslim Armies! Rescue the People of Palestine”, with the name of the group “Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain” on it. Read More Chancellor Scholz voices outrage at antisemitic agitation in Germany 'of all places' Rabbi who lost family in West Bank shooting ‘feels safer in Israel than the UK’ A jury is deliberating the case of a man accused of killing a New Hampshire couple on a hiking trail
2023-10-22 20:15
Argentina votes in election rocked by radical candidate
An outspoken anti-establishment economist has put his two main rivals on the defensive in the campaign.
2023-10-22 19:28
UK records a fourth death linked to a storm that battered northern Europe
Police said Sunday that a fourth person has died in Britain during a storm that pounded the U.K. and northern Europe with gale-force winds and torrential rain. Derbyshire Police said a woman in her 80s was found dead at a home in Chesterfield, central England. Her death was being linked to flooding in the area. In nearby Derby, the River Derwent reached its highest-ever recorded level on Saturday during a storm that brought 8 inches (200 mm) of rain to parts of Britain. Since Thursday, at least five people have died in the storm -- named Babet by the U.K. Meteorological Office -- that battered Britain, northern Germany and southern Scandinavia with powerful winds, heavy rain and sea surges. In Britain, a man and a woman were killed after being swept away by floodwaters, and another man died when a tree fell on his vehicle. In Germany, a 33-year-old woman was killed when a tree fell on her car on the Baltic Sea island of Fehmarn on Friday. A search was continuing for a man reported trapped in a vehicle in floodwater in Scotland. Some of the worst flooding was in eastern Scotland, where more than 300 homes were evacuated in the town of Brechin and residents told to leave before the River South Esk breached its banks Friday, surging almost 4 meters (13 feet) above its usual level and sending water pouring into the streets. Coast guard helicopters lifted more than half the staff off a North Sea oil platform almost 150 miles (240 kilometers) east of Scotland, after four of its eight anchors came loose during the storm on Saturday. Operator Stena Drilling said the Stena Spey platform was stable. The weather calmed Sunday but flooding continued to cause disruption to road and rail travel across a large swath of central and northern Britain. The Environment Agency issued more than 200 flood warnings for parts of England and said major rivers could remain flooded until Tuesday. Read More Pacific and Atlantic hurricanes Norma and Tammy make landfall on Saturday in Mexico and Barbuda A Detroit synagogue president was fatally stabbed outside her home. Police don't have a motive Iowa woman who made fake cancer claims on social media must pay restitution but stays out of prison
2023-10-22 19:20
Why some members of Black sororities and fraternities don't want you to wear their letters
A Nashville teacher made headlines this month for removing a White elementary student's shirt because it was emblazoned with the letters of her historically Black sorority.
2023-10-22 18:29
Léopold Sédar Senghor: Senegal delays auction in France
Dakar wants to buy rings, watches and military decorations belonging to the nation's first president.
2023-10-22 18:22
Holocaust survivor visiting Israel safely escapes as war breaks out
"It went from wonderful to horrible in an instant," Charlotte Hauptman said of that fateful Saturday morning. "Not only did we hear the bombs, but we also found out there was an invasion of Hamas coming into the country. And we didn't know where or what or who they were."
2023-10-22 17:56
Minjee Lee beats Alison Lee in playoff to win LPGA South Korea tournament
Australian Minjee Lee weathered a late rally by Alison Lee to eventually defeat the American on the first playoff hole and win the LPGA South Korea tournament
2023-10-22 16:45
Israel warns Gaza airstrikes will intensify and hits West Bank ahead of war's 'next stage'
Israel's military vowed to increase airstrikes on Gaza and struck Hamas targets in the occupied West Bank as it signaled it was readying for a new phase of war against the Palestinian militant group, including a potential ground incursion.
2023-10-22 16:25
Ukraine-Russia war - live: Putin’s ‘air strike on Kharkiv postal centre kills six and injures 14’
Six people have been killed and at least 14 injured in a Russian missile attack that hit a postal distribution centre in the war-devastated northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, Ukrainian officials have said. Oleh Synehubov, the region’s governor said on Telegram that several of the wounded were in serious condition in hospital, adding that all those killed and injured were postal workers. “Russian missiles hit the Nova Poshta centre - an ordinary civilian object,” President Volodymyr Zelenksiy said on the Telegram messaging app. It comes as Ukrainian forces damaged and destroyed almost 50 Russian tanks in just 24 hours as Vladimir Putin’s troops launched a fresh offensive in the Donetsk region, according to a US war think tank. The Insitute for the Study of War (ISW) said Russian forces launched a renewed attack near Adviika on Friday and “marginally advanced”, indicating Moscow’s commitment to offensive operations in the area “despite heavy materiel and personnel losses”. This includes the damage and destruction of almost 50 Russian tanks and over 100 armored vehicles by Ukrainian forces during the past day of fighting, reported the Ukrainian General Staff on Friday, according to the ISW. Read More Russian fighters ‘scrambled over Black Sea to prevent British warplanes approaching Russian airspace’ Biden calls to maintain ‘American leadership’ with aid package for Ukraine and Israel Ukraine's parliament advances bill seen as targeting Orthodox church with historic ties to Moscow Putin says Russia ‘will be able to repel’ Ukraine’s new weapons used to damage Kremlin’s air assets
2023-10-22 15:57
Collin Morikawa wins Zozo Championship in Japan for first PGA Tour title in more than two years
Winning the Zozo Championship in Japan was special for American Collin Morikawa, whose great grandparents emigrated from the country
2023-10-22 15:57
Europe’s Biggest Money Managers Bet ECB Rates Haven’t Hit a Peak
Some of the biggest money managers in Europe say traders are wrong to bet the European Central Bank
2023-10-22 15:49
Israel Latest: Israel Warns Hezbollah and Steps Up Gaza Strikes
Israel’s military warned Iran-backed Hezbollah risked dragging neighboring Lebanon into war, as the Lebanese militia kept firing rockets
2023-10-22 15:45