INTERNATIONAL

Ministers have been told “judgement day is coming” over Brexit as the UK and EU strive for a deal within 48 hours. Officials are trying to hammer out an agreement on the terms of the UK’s exit by Wednesday to enable EU leaders to agree it by the end of the month. Downing Street said talks had gone on through ...

Seven Palestinians including a local Hamas commander have been killed during an Israeli operation in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials say. Israel’s military said one if its soldiers had been killed and another wounded in “operational activity” by special forces in the strip. The clashes took place east of Khan Younis, in the south of the territory. Sirens later sounded ...

The death toll in wildfires sweeping California has risen to 31, with more than 200 people still unaccounted, officials have said. Six more people were confirmed killed in the Camp Fire in the north of the state, taking the toll there to 29. It is now equals the deadliest wildfire on record in California – the 1933 Griffith Park disaster ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has urged world leaders marking the centenary of the World War One Armistice to reject nationalism. Addressing leaders in Paris – including US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin – he described it as a “betrayal of patriotism”. “By saying ‘our interests first and never mind the others’ you stamp out the most precious ...

Police in Ethiopia say they have discovered a mass grave with 200 bodies near the border between the Somali and Oromia regions of the country. Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced over the past year by violence there. Local media reported that the grave was found during a probe into alleged atrocities committed by the former president of ...

Illegal migrants entering through the southern US border will no longer be eligible for asylum under a new rule, the Trump administration has said. Announced by the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security, the ruling would stop asylum for those who breach any presidential restriction on entry. The president can stop migration in the “national interest”, a statement said. Immigration ...

Twelve people, including a police officer, have been killed by a gunman at a bar in Thousand Oaks, California. The shooting began at 23:20 local time on Wednesday about 40 miles (65km) north-west of Los Angeles, police say. At least 200 people were reportedly inside the Borderline Bar and Grill, which was hosting a university student night, at the time ...

Kenyan parliamentarians have demanded that better quality food be served in the national assembly’s cafeteria. The legislatures want catering services outsourced sp they can enjoy five-star hotel-style catering, local media report. Parliamentary majority leader Aden Duale called for the implementation of a report that recommended radical changes in catering services. “We must outsource this service. The legislature cannot do business ...

The White House has suspended the credentials of a CNN’s chief White House correspondent hours after a testy exchange with US President Donald Trump. A White House staffer tried to grab the microphone from CNN’s Jim Acosta at the press conference on Wednesday. But press secretary Sarah Sanders said access was removed because the reporter put “his hands on a ...

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has been fired by President Donald Trump. “We thank Attorney General Jeff Sessions for his service, and wish him well!” Mr Trump tweeted on Wednesday. The president had repeatedly criticised his top law enforcement official after he recused himself from the Russia investigation dogging the White House. Mr Trump said Mr Sessions will be temporarily ...