Typhoon Gaemi hits Taiwan

Typhoon Gaemi hits Taiwan

At least two people are dead and hundreds injured as typhoon Gaemi hits Taiwan. The storm is bringing intense winds, rain, and storm surge, and has forced the closure of schools and businesses for a second day. Chris Gilbert reports.

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Environment

Sweden seeks to be winemaking’s next frontier

By Camille Bas-Wohlert, with Johannes Ledel and Olivier Feniet in Stockholm Far north of iconic wine regions like Bordeaux and Tuscany, Sweden is seeing a burgeoning industry of vineyards and a first generation of winemakers trying to carve out a niche. "There are millions of techniques, and I don't have a grandfather or grandmother to ask. So we need to figure it out ourselves," Lena Magnergard, […]

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World

Curfew still in place in Bangladesh

Bangladesh's government says it will only take a call on lifting a nationwide curfew - that has been in place for over a week now - if no clashes are reported on Friday. Hundreds have been killed in protests that started last week over demands that a quota system for government jobs be scrapped. The country's Supreme Court has drastically brought down the number of reserved jobs but students say […]

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World

Climate activists halt traffic at Frankfurt airport

By Lea Pernelle with Hui Min Neo in Berlin Police on Thursday arrested climate activists who glued themselves to the tarmac at Frankfurt airport, Germany's busiest, compelling it to temporarily suspend arrivals and departures. Traffic was halted during the busy summer holiday season for two hours before the first of the airport's landing runways was able to operate again at 0502 GMT, said a […]

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Environment

New fish found off Madagascar: remarkable long-nosed skate discovered in the deep ocean

By Simon Weigmann, Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change The Madagascar Ridge, in the southwestern Indian Ocean, is a remote, elevated area of seabed south of Madagascar. In 2016, my colleagues and I discovered a new cartilaginous fish species in its deep waters; a catshark that we named Bach’s catshark (Bythaelurus bachi) after German composer Johann Sebastian Bach. (In 2017 we discovered another new […]

July 25, 2024 21

World

Time to “pass the torch,” says President Biden

US President, Joseph Biden has told the American people that "the best way forward is to pass the torch to a new generation," just days after he withdrew his re-election bid. In a primetime address from the Oval Office — his first publicly televised remarks since bowing out of the 2024 Presidential race — Joe Biden offered a defence of his record, but said it's time for "new, fresh, younger […]

July 25, 2024 21

World

Trump planning indoor rallies following assassination attempt

Donald Trump is planning to hold indoor rallies only for the time being on advice from the Secret Service according to media reports. It follows the attempted assassination of the former US President at a rally in Pennsylvania earlier in the month. Jagruti Dave has more from Washington.

July 25, 2024 14

World

Netanyahu’s US trip met with protests

Protestors in the United States have declared a "day of rage" in response to Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress. They're demonstrating in Washington DC to condemn the visit. Caroline Malone was there.

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World

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu addresses US Congress

Israel's Prime Minister has called on American lawmakers to supply more weapons for the war in Gaza, vowing his country will defeat Hamas. Addressing Congress on Wednesday, Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will fight until all hostages taken on October 7 and still being held in the strip are released. As he spoke, thousands of protestors gathered in Washington DC to condemn his visit, and dozens of Democrats boycotted his address. […]

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