All news for 2025-09-04

Mark Carney has informed Canadians to brace for austerity measures, and his finance minister has warned of “tough choices” in the coming months, as the government strives to balance near-record defence spending, cuts to government programs, and a trade conflict with the United States.

A woman who was subjected to a violent sexual assault in hospital was unlawfully killed, a coroner has ruled.

A surgeon, who deliberately froze his lower legs for "sexual gratification," resulting in them being amputated, has been jailed.

The heartbroken husband of a British woman who vanished while he slept on a sun lounger in Greece has confirmed police have found his wife’s body.

Former Conservative MP and Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has defected to Reform UK.

Video footage captures the moment unarmed officers tackled a suspect thought to be carrying guns outside a football match - who turned out to be a Comic Con attendee in costume.

Portugal’s prime minister, Luís Montenegro, has promised a swift and thorough investigation to determine the causes of the funicular railway crash in Lisbon that killed 16 people and injured 21 others, describing the incident as “one of the biggest tragedies in our recent history”.

The president of Israel will travel to London next week for a controversially timed trip amid outcry from Labour MPs who have urged Keir Starmer not to meet with the visiting delegation.

Only one in four detainees from Gaza are identified as fighters by Israel’s military intelligence, classified data indicates, with civilians making up the vast majority of Palestinians held without charge or trial in abusive prisons.

Ukraine’s anti-corruption prosecutors have charged Illia Vitiuk, former head of the Security Service’s cyber department, with illicit enrichment and false asset declarations.

There will no longer be a Hamburger at McDonald’s in the UK.

The name of Andriy Matyukha has been resonating in the Ukrainian gambling business for many years, more prominently than others

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s annual summit recently concluded in Tianjin, China—culminating in a military parade through Beijing’s Tiananmen Square.

Amnesty International calls for responsibility following the execution of Druze civilians "in cold blood" in Suwayda, accusing Syrian forces of sectarian crimes that reveal the deadly consequences of impunity.

A Congolese court has sentenced former Justice Minister Constant Mutamba to three years of forced labor for embezzling public funds, including money intended as reparations for war victims.

A yacht worth nearly $1 million sank in the water off the shore of Turkey just 15 minutes after its maiden voyage as panicked passengers and crew jumped overboard.

After Kim Jong-un met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing, North Korean staffers carefully wiped off items touched by the country’s supreme leader, in what analysts say is part of a suite of security measures to counter foreign spies.

My name is Aida Cerkez, and today I was diagnosed with an acute stress reaction to war — several decades after I covered the siege of Sarajevo as a journalist for the Associated Press.

The United Arab Emirates, the main signatory of the landmark agreement in which Israel normalized relations with three Arab nations, warned that Israel’s annexation of any part of the occupied West Bank would be a "red line" that would "end the pursuit of regional integration."

Graham Greene, a trailblazing Indigenous actor whose long and successful career on the big and small screen included an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Kicking Bird in “Dances with Wolves,” has died. He was 73.