Emily Wither

Hundreds of people are feared dead after a landslide levelled a remote village in Papua New Guinea, burying families alive. 

The UN’s international court of justice has ordered Israel to halt its military offensive around Rafah in southern Gaza with immediate effect. 

Six months of war have devastated Gaza, and there seems to be no end in sight. 

Israel says its special forces have recovered the body of a man they say was killed while being held captive in Gaza. 

We tend to think of Gaza as a battlefield or a refugee camp. But the territory also boasts plenty of culture and heritage, or rather it used to.

Antisemitic incidents recorded by a Jewish charity hit an all-time high of more than 4,000 last year – almost double the previous record. 

It was one year ago today that two devastating earthquakes hit southern Turkey and northern Syria. 

Donald Trump has said he will appeal after being ordered to pay $83 million- or more than £65 million – to advice columnist E. Jean Carroll.

In Gaza, the United Nations says it believes more than a million people are now living in the southern settlement of Rafah on the border with Egypt.

Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been fleeing into the southern Gazan town of Rafah, as Israel keeps up its intense bombardment over central Gaza – with fierce fighting also continuing around Khan Younis in the south. 

A key member of Israel’s war cabinet has warned the country could intensify military action along the border with Lebanon, if Hezbollah attacks on Israeli territory continue.

The UN says more than 570,000 people are now starving in Gaza because of the war, and the entire 2.3 million population is facing crisis levels of hunger. 

The leader of Hamas is in Egypt tonight where there are hopes that a new deal on hostage and prisoner exchanges could be on the cards. But in New York the United Nations Security council has delayed a vote calling for humanitarian access for a third time, amid wrangling about the wording of the resolution.…

Israel has signalled it is ready again to pause the fighting in Gaza in exchange for hostages, and to allow more humanitarian aid in.

The US Defence secretary has returned to Israel with a message that has become increasingly vocal but too late for thousands: scale back the intensity of the war in Gaza.