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Successor to Canadian PM Justin Trudeau to be named
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's successor will be named on Monday morning. Globe and Mail Correspondent in Ottawa Steven Chase spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio
International travel admin increases as security grows
Packed your passport, clothes and toothbrush? What about your visa, your visa waiver, your ETA or ESTA? As security grows around the world, so does the admin involved in travelling. And what happens… Audio
Russian missiles kill dozens in Ukraine
Russian missiles have killed and injured dozens of people in Ukraine over the weekend, as officials prepare to hold peace talks in Saudi Arabia this week. BBC's Ukraine correspondent James Waterhouse… Audio
US: House GOP unveil stopgap to avoid govt shutdown
Katherine Firkin checks in with the latest from the USA and Canada Audio
Russia intensifies long range strikes on Ukraine
Russia has pounded Ukraine over the weekend - Anita Purcell-Sjölund reports from the relative safety of Sweden Audio
How far could JD Vance go?
Analysis - The new US vice president is one of Donald Trump's most prominent public admirers. But what's his endgame?
More than 1000 killed in Syrian crackdown on Alawite region, war monitor says
The victims included women and children from the Alawite minority.
Man with Palestinian flag scales London's Big Ben tower
The man came down and was later arrested, police said.
Political advertising's new rising star: Trump's cost-cutter in chief Elon Musk
Trump's right-hand cost cutter is emerging as the new target of Democratic ads and fundraising appeals.
US House Republicans unveil six-month stopgap bill to avert shutdown
Republicans controlling the US House of Representatives have unveiled their six-month stopgap government funding bill to avoid a potential government shutdown next week.
EU proposal to allow increased wolf hunting
Campaigners have accused the European Commission President, whose own pony was killed by a wolf in 2022, of personal motivations for targeting wolves.
240 flights disrupted by Musk's latest Starship failure
By David Shepardson, Reuters The US Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday (local time) that the previous day's explosion of a SpaceX Starship spacecraft disrupted about 240 flights, with…
Ukrainian forces fighting inside Russia are almost surrounded
Thousands of Ukrainian troops who stormed into Russia's Kursk region last summer in a shock incursion are nearly surrounded by Russian forces there.
Zelensky's approval rating rises after Trump spat
The Ukrainian president's approval rating at home has risen by 10 percentage points since his White House spat with Donald Trump
As Alfred weakens, thousands remain without power
Authorities in Queensland remain concerned about the impact of flooding and thunderstorms, which could bring more damaging wind and heavy rain.
Inmate executed by firing squad for first time in US since 2010
The execution of Brad Sigmon, 67, by the South Carolina Department of Corrections on Friday is only the fourth firing squad execution in the US since capital punishment was reinstated in 1976…
Outgoing IOC president confident of Trump's support for LA Olympics
Despite his banning tansgender athletes, which the Olympics allows, the International Olympic Committee is confident of Tumps support.
Scottish Ballet: pirouetting to NZ
The Scottish Ballet is sharing the stage with the Royal New Zealand Ballet, making its first visit to the South Pacific for performances in Wellington and Auckland. Audio
US health agency plans study into vaccines and autism, sources say
US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, who has long promoted anti-vaccine views, heads the department tasked with carrying out the research.
Trump threatens Russia with sanctions until Ukraine peace agreed
US President Donald Trump raised the prospect of imposing large-scale US sanctions on Russia, days after pausing aid and intelligence sharing to Ukraine, calling on both countries to negotiate a peace…
