Swifts have nested in Jerusalem's Western Wall since biblical times. Now one Israeli paraglider is trying to save them. (Image credit: Ruth Sherlock)
Fans evacuated from sold-out open-air show as organisers promise full refunds An open-air show by Puerto Rican music star Bad Bunny in Milan on Saturday night was abandoned due to a violent hailstorm, but the organiser said tickets would be reimbursed. Videos posted on social media showed large hailstones hitting concertgoers at the sold-out show, along with strong winds and driving rain, after the star began his set at Milan’s Snai La Maura Hippodrome. Continue reading...
Argentina captain Lionel Messi will play his 34th World Cup match in Sunday's final, but will it be his last appearance?
Russia launched 41 missiles and 125 attack drones across Ukraine overnight, according to the Ukrainian air force. (Image credit: Efrem Lukatsky)
Just because you live in a small place doesn't mean it has to look or feel cramped. Interior designers share creative strategies to create the illusion of space that work for renters and small budgets. (Image credit: Andee Tagle/NPR)
NBC News · Oct 8
Lamine Yamal of Spain during their World Cup match against Portugal.
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Health Foundation paper argues health is an economic asset and improving it could generate £72bn for public finances Restoring the deteriorating health of the UK’s population to the level of 2014 would boost GDP by 2% and generate a £72bn dividend for the public finances, research suggests. A paper by the Health Foundation thinktank , published on Sunday, argues the nation’s health should be valued by policymakers as an economic asset. Continue reading...
Guardian - World · Oct 8
DWP brought in measures to tackle carer’s allowance scandal yet in 2025-26 there were 32,559 overpayments Scores of unpaid carers were hit with demands to repay sums of more than £20,000 and hundreds more put at risk of prosecution last year as a result of official failures in what appear to be continuing problems with carer’s allowance. New figures showed carers were asked to repay £33m in 2025-26 as a result of 32,559 overpayments, despite the introduction of measures over a year ago designed
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Russia has carried out one of its biggest ever ballistic missile attacks on Kyiv, launching a five-hour raid that left at least one person dead and seven injured, with fires and damage across the city. Ukrainian officials said the capital was hit with about 40 Iskander-M and hypersonic Zircon missiles. Residents heard an air raid siren sound at 1.30am. There was the sound of air defences followed minutes later by a series of booms and explosions. Houses in Kyiv’s historic centre shook, and car a
