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At least 18 people have died and two more were missing after landslides struck South Sulawesi in Indonesia over the weekend. The disaster hit two villages in the Tana Toraja region, authorities said.  What we know so far Police chief Gunardi Mundu said torrential rain had loosened mud on surrounding hills, engulfing four homes in Makele village on Saturday night. Mundu said that a family gathering was taking place in one of the houses when the landslide happened. Soldiers, police and volunteers took part in the search in both Makale and South Makale, and were able to pull out two people, including an…

Polish women had to wait a long time for this day. Some four months after the center-left coalition under Donald Tusk took office, the liberalization of abortion was finally on the agenda for the Sejm, the country’s lower house of parliament. The debate was fierce. “Old men in suits will no longer decide what women must do with their bodies,” shouted Anna Maria Zukowska, a member of parliament for the co-governing The Left alliance, at the presentation of the bill on Friday. “No more hell for women!” Left-wing lawmaker Anna Maria Zukowska spoke during the debate on the amendment of Poland’s…

The parents of the Sydney stabbings attacker say they are “extremely sorry” after their son killed six people.New South Wales Police identified the man behind the attack at the Westfield Shopping Centre in Bondi Junction on Saturday as Joel Cauchi, 40.He was shot and killed by an officer after fatally stabbing six people – five women and one man – and injuring several others, including a nine-month-old baby. Speaking on Monday outside their home, Andrew Cauchi said he was “heartbroken” for the victims and “extremely sorry”.The 76-year-old added: “I made myself a servant to my son when I found out…

Top diplomats from France, Germany, and the European Union have arrived in Paris to push for increased funding for Sudan on the first anniversary of the conflict. French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne, German Foreign MinisterAnnalena Baerbock, top EU diplomat Josep Borrell, and the EU’s Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarcic were attending the meeting, along with representatives from Sudan’s civil society. At the start of the conference, Baerbock announced a further €244 million ($260 million) in humanitarian aid for the country. “Together, we can manage to avoid a terrible hunger catastrophe prevent it, but only if we take action together now,” said Baerbock. The U.N.…

As a knife-wielding man went on a stabbing spree in Sydney’s biggest mall, one lone officer put an end to his deadly rampage. Amy Scott single-handedly confronted the attacker, now identified by police as Joel Cauchi, as he roamed through Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre having knifed several people.Inspector Scott pursued Cauchi, and eventually came face-to-face with him on the fifth floor of the complex.Witnesses said she shouted for him to “put it down” and then, as he lunged at her with the blade, she shot and killed him.The officer conducted CPR on the 40-year-old until the paramedics arrived but…

The fire was still raging at the Notre Dame Cathedral on April 15, 2019, when French President Emmanuel Macron vowed to renovate and reconstruct the medieval monument within five years. Since then, work on the Gothic Episcopal church has been in full swing and is apparently on schedule. “We are meeting deadlines and budget,” Philippe Jost, the head of reconstruction efforts, told a French Senate committee in late March. Jost took over the position after his predecessor, ex-General Jean-Louis Georgelin, died while hiking in August 2023. The cathedral is officially scheduled to reopen on December 8, 2024. Though it will not be ready in time for the Summer…

German chancellor Olaf Scholz in a visit to China on Monday said Chinese cars would be welcome on the market in Germany but warned against the use of unfair trade practices. While Germany’s economy has benefited from Chinese demand for products like cars to chemicals, ties have been strained with German companies arguing they face unjust market barriers in China.   What did the chancellor say? Scholz, visiting China on a three-day visit with several leading German executives, made the remarks while speaking at Tongji University in Shanghai. He noted that, when Japanese and South Korean cars were launched onto the…

Lord David Cameron has urged Israel to “think with head as well as heart” and not retaliate to Iran’s missile attack.The foreign secretary said the nation needed to be “smart as well as tough” and think about the consequences of escalating violence in the region. UN warns of ‘devastating conflict’ – Middle East latestHe told Sky News: “I totally understand those in Israel who want to see more (action), but I think this is a time to think with head as well as heart and to be smart as well tough.”And I think the smart thing to do is actually…

Iran’s ambassador to the UN has told Sky News that Israel’s promise of a significant response to Saturday’s attack is “a threat, not an action”.Amir Saeid Iravani was speaking exclusively to Sky’s James Matthews after an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council in New York on Sunday.The day before, his country launched more than 300 drones and missiles into Israel in response to a strike on an Iranian consular building in Syria earlier this month which killed two Iranian generals. That strike has been widely blamed on Israel.Follow live updates after Iran’s attack on IsraelIsrael’s war cabinet met on…

The statistics of Sudan’s year of war are staggering.It is the largest displaced population in the world and the largest population of displaced children in the world.According to United Nations agencies…• More than 8.6 million people have been forced out of their homes• 25 million are in dire need of humanitarian assistance• 18 million are facing severe hunger, five million of them are at emergency levels• 3.5 million children under the age of five – every seventh child in Sudan – has acute malnutritionAs the ticker of horrifying statistics steadily updates, there is one measure of brutality that remains as…