US Senate to debate deal to end longest shutdown after overnight breakthrough
The measure signals a major breakthrough but the deal still needs to get over more hurdles in Congress.
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Shutdown could reduce US flights ‘to a trickle’, transport secretary warns
US lawmakers are working over the weekend as they seek a bipartisan deal to end the shutdown, which is now…
Iran faces unprecedented drought as water crisis hits Tehran
The government is pleading with Iranians to save water as reservoirs dry up and rainfall is at a record low.
Philippines hit by ‘intense’ typhoon as nearly a million evacuate
Typhoon Fung-wong, with sustained winds of 185 km/h (115mph), hit the Philippines as a super typhoon and later weakened.
Israel receives body of soldier killed in 2014 in Gaza
The Israeli military confirmed the soldier’s body had been returned from Gaza after 11 years on Sunday.
BBC on Luzon Island as super typhoon hits Philippines
Typhoon Fung-wong has made landfall in the Philippines, where more than 900,000 people have been evacuated.
More than 1,400 flights cancelled as US air traffic cuts enter second day
Thousands more flights have been delayed or cancelled as the reduction of air travel capacity continues during the federal government…
Thousands take to Lisbon streets over proposed labour laws
The government wants to make it easier for employers to fire people and to limit some compassionate leave.
US cleaning woman shot and killed after arriving at wrong home
Police say they found Maria Florinda Rios Perez, 32, dead after she was shot on the front porch of a…
Six dead as Russia hits energy and residential sites in Ukraine
Overnight, 25 locations including Kyiv were hit, leaving many areas without electricity and heating.