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US soldier arrested in Britain on suspicion of espionage linked to Russia

Counterterror police in England have arrested a U.S. Army soldier on suspicion of espionage related to Russia

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Spain holds state funeral for 69 killed in high-speed rail crash

Relatives of the 69 people killed in a high-speed rail collision in Spain last month attended a state funeral Tuesday

Top UK appeals court rules gay sex not a crime in the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago

A final court of appeals in England has struck down a centuries-old gay sex ban in Trinidad and Tobago in a ruling that activists are celebrating

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US and rest of world must follow China’s lead on green energy, says John Kerry

Former US secretary of state says most nations are ‘stumbling along’ while Beijing has ‘hugely accelerated’Cop31 live – latest updatesChina is leading the world in moving away from fossil fuels, and the rest of the globe – including the US – must now follow, the former US secretary of state John Kerry has told the Guardian, as Cop watchers wonder exactly how China is going to approach this year’s climate summit.As Cop31 opens – this year the climate conference is in Turkey – there is plenty of speculation about whether China will finally step into the leadership role that it has long avoided. In its latest “five-year plan” adopted in March 2026, China for the first time pledged to “actively participate in and lead global climate governance”. Cop31 could provide the first indications Beijing is ready to put that rhetoric into action, something it has historically been reluctant to do. Continue reading...

Disgraced former leader Sheikh Hasina plans return to Bangladesh from exile

Former prime minister faces death penalty upon return after being sentenced in absentia over deaths in 2024 uprisingSheikh Hasina is “confident” she will return to Bangladesh in December, according to exiled members of her party, after the disgraced former prime minister applied for a new passport this week.Hasina has been living in self-imposed exile since August 2024 when she was toppled from power by a mass uprising against her authoritarian rule. She crossed the border to India, where she has since been allowed to live freely in Delhi. Continue reading...