All news for 2024-08-30

A largely abandoned housing estate dubbed ‘Britain’s Chernobyl’ is finally facing the wrecking ball, but its five remaining residents have no plans to leave.

Five people have died, including a 14-year-old girl on a playground, following a Russian guided bomb attack on Kharkiv, officials in the city say.

Israeli forces killed a local commander of the Islamist movement Hamas in the flashpoint city of Jenin on Friday as they pressed a major operation in the occupied West Bank for a third day, the Israeli military said.

Thailand’s anti-graft body on Friday said it was investigating 44 members of the disbanded Move Forward party, following a complaint seeking their lifetime bans from politics for backing legislation aimed at amending a law against royal insults.

An Indian tax agency has found that British insurer Aviva (AV.L), opens new tab breached local regulations capping commissions to sales agents with a system of fake invoices and clandestine cash payments, according to a notice seen by Reuters.

China’s market regulator said on Friday that Tesla Motors Beijing will recall 870 imported Model X vehicles from Oct. 8 due to a need to check the adhesive used to attach the roof of the vehicles which may pose a safety hazard.

An Australian court sentenced a 29-year-old man to 17 years in prison for coercing 286 victims from several countries, including 180 children, into performing sexually explicit acts on camera or video.

Amid growing calls for her removal, South Africa’s Justice and Constitutional Development Minister, Thembi Simelane, faces scrutiny over a controversial VBS Mutual Bank “loan” and alleged kickbacks.

A woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a child was found dead at a house in Swansea.

Reduction of about a fifth of workforce in two subdivisions part of plan to slash up to $3bn in costs by end of 2025

Leonardo Bertulazzi, 65, wanted in Italy for kidnapping and other crimes allegedly committed as part of far-left group

Sahra Wagenknecht, whose alliance opposes Nato and military aid for Ukraine, said she was ‘scared but fine’ after incident in Erfurt

Feeling the pressure of London life and in need of an escape? A quirky micro-home that’s ‘ready for the apocalypse’ has gone on sale in Cornwall.

Rumours have been swirling around a potential change to UK employment rights – but Labour government has denied that employees could soon be able to request a four-day week from their first day.

Despite sanctions, Norway continues to buy millions of dollars worth of fish from a Russian senator, circumventing sanctions

Tens of thousands of people were going hungry — but the International Red Cross faced growing obstacles as it tried to deliver help. Among them was hostile rhetoric from the Azerbaijan Red Crescent, a local member of the Red Cross movement.

A residential street in Oldbury was sealed off overnight following a stabbing as emergency services and police rushed to Lovett Avenue in Lion Farm estate at around 4pm on Thursday, August 29