Three people die attempting to cross US-Mexico border amid California storm | California

Three people died last week as they attempted to cross the US-Mexico border near San Diego, California, amid a storm that brought near freezing temperatures to the challenging mountain terrain, according to the US border patrol. Border patrol agents responding to two separate distress calls – that came within less than an hour of each … Read more

‘Questions to answer’: Downing Street vows to learn from Heathrow closure | Heathrow airport

Downing Street has said there are “questions to answer” after a fire at an electrical substation closed down London Heathrow airport, stopping around 1,300 planes and disrupting the journeys of hundreds of thousands of global passengers. Counter-terror police are leading the investigation into the “unprecedented” incident that left Britain’s biggest airport unable to function as … Read more

Israel to ‘seize more ground’ and warns Hamas it will annex parts of Gaza | Israel-Gaza war

Israel’s defence minister said on Friday he had instructed the military to “seize more ground” in Gaza and threatened to annex part of the territory unless Hamas released 59 Israeli hostages still held by the Islamist militant group in the devastated territory. Israel Katz’s warning came as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) intensified the new … Read more

Russia continues strikes on Ukraine as drones hit Odesa overnight | Ukraine

Waves of Russian drones pounded the Ukrainian port city of Odesa overnight, setting it ablaze in an attack that underscored Moscow’s intent to continue aerial assaults despite agreeing to a temporary pause in strikes on energy infrastructure. Videos circulating on social media showed fires erupting in several parts of Odesa. The regional governor, Oleh Kiper, … Read more