Nepal flooding victims to get £50,000 of support funded by Guernsey. The island's government said its Overseas Aid & Development Commission had approved the funding. The money will be given to Cornish-based charity Shelterbox's response team in Nepal. It will provide emergency shelter and essential household items to affected communities.
Germany's far-right nationalist party, the Alternative for Germany (AfD), has won its first state election. The AfD fell just short of a majority in the country's eastern region of Saxony-Anhalt. Official results are not yet formalized, but AfD is clearly poised to win the largest portion of votes.
AfD is the biggest opposition party in Germany's national parliament. It is strongest in the formerly communist and less prosperous east, where Saxony-Anhalt is located. It won 43.8% of the vote, more than double its showing five years ago in the region of 2.1 million people west of Berlin.
Trump administration renews appeal to U.S. Supreme Court to allow mail-in voting restrictions. A federal judge last week blocked those restrictions. The final decision on whether the restrictions can proceed likely now rests with the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court is expected to rule on the issue in the coming weeks.
Kirsty, 12, from Tunbridge Wells, launched the campaign after being diagnosed with a brain tumour in November 2024. She raised about £120,000 by crocheting a bunting pennant for each week of an initial 56-week course of chemotherapy. She said she has been "finding all the Kirsties I can" and was "hoping to find many more"
Hot summer helps group clear 'buckets' of lake litter in Ellesmere, Shropshire. This summer has been the hottest and one of the driest on record. Lakes and rivers across the country have been running low. It has meant park ranger, Lee Fraser, has been able to go into the Mere.
At least five people were killed, and five others hospitalized after an Amazon cargo plane overran a runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday, Sept. 6. The crash is the latest in a series of high-profile aircraft accidents in the United States. Nearly 200 flights headed into and out of the airport were canceled.
Some 270,000 passengers have been left stranded across Indonesia after a volcanic eruption grounded more than 2,000 flights. A newly wed Malaysian couple, who had just spent a week in Bali, said they were told that the next flight back to Kuala Lumpur wouldn't be until 11 September. "We never thought we would end up being stuck here for days," the 29-year-old said.
Khalifa's death sentence could be overturned or reduced on appeal. The 39-year-old was among 12 defendants sentenced to death by hanging. She was convicted of offences connected to an organised drug-trafficking operation. Her case may be examined by a higher court before the sentence becomes final.
UN votes to endorse new map projection that shows Africa's size more accurately. The move is largely aimed at addressing long-standing distortions in how the size of different parts of the world is represented. The vote encourages governments and institutions around the world to replace the traditional Mercator map, commonly used since the 16th Century.
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The US negotiators Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff travelled to Ukraine for the first time on Sunday for talks with Volodymyr Zelenskyy. There were otherwise few details from the highly anticipated talks between Washington and Kyiv, which came a day after the US envoys met Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin.
Brent crude settled at $96.28 per barrel Friday, up 7.6% for the week. West Texas Intermediate finished at $91.48, up nearly 10%.AAA listed regular gasoline at an average of $3.67 per gallon across Texas on Sunday. The state had 34 operating refineries with 6.13 million barrels per day of crude-distillation capacity.
The proposal would use funds from a program designed to help working families afford child care. The New York Times reported the plan would create what could become the first federal grant program to directly compensate parents for staying home to raise their children. The Stay-at-Home Parent Child Care Subsidy Proposal originated within the White House.
Israeli strike kills a man and his 8-year-old daughter in the Gaza Strip. Two separate Israeli strikes kill two other people, including a child in Gaza City. More than 1,300 Palestinians, mostly civilians, have been killed in Gaza since the ceasefire took effect last October, health officials say.
US-Iran war has erupted into another dangerous phase after Washington launched a fresh wave of strikes on Iranian military targets. Tehran retaliated with missile and drone attacks across the Gulf and Jordan. NBC News Decision Desk poll shows that intense approval among Republicans for how Trump has managed the conflict has dropped considerably since spring.