A 61-year-old woman has died after a ski gondola came off its cable and plunged down Mount Titlis at the Engelberg resort in central Switzerland on Wednesday morning.The crash happened at about 11:00 local time (10:00 GMT), officials said.Police in the canton of Nidwalden say the victim was alone in a Titlis Xpress cabin that had just left the Trübsee station and was ascending the middle section...

Donald Trump has renewed his criticism of the United Kingdom and Prime Minister Keir Starmer amid rising tensions with Iran.On social media and in comments from the White House, Trump expressed frustration that Britain and other allies have not done more to support U.S.efforts in the region. Trump accused the UK of dragging its feet after he says London declined to send aircraft carriers to the...

A leaked recording that reportedly shows US special envoy Steve Witkoff advising a Russian official on how to appeal to President Trump has stirred controversy in Washington.President Trump told reporters he had not listened to the audio but defended Witkoff, saying the envoy was doing what a dealmaker does to promote a peace plan.Bloomberg published a transcript of a call dated 14 October in...

President Emmanuel Macron will this week set out plans for a revamped national service intended to swell the ranks of France’s armed forces.The outline remains limited, but French media report the scheme would be voluntary, last about ten months and include pay of roughly €900–€1,000 per month for participants.Macron has been careful to stress that the program is not about sending young...

Belgium is preparing for widespread disruption this week as unions launch a three-day national strike aimed at protest­ing government austerity plans.Key public services and transport links are expected to be hit, with airports among the worst affected.The industrial action responds to a package of reforms from Prime Minister Bart De Wever’s centre-right coalition that aim to cut the budget...

A criminal complaint has been lodged by Nkosazana Zuma‑Mncube, one of former president Jacob Zuma’s daughters, alleging that her sister recruited South African men to fight in the Russia‑Ukraine war.The complaint names MP Duduzile Zuma‑Sambudla and two others, accusing them of deceiving 17 men into traveling to Russia.According to the allegation, the recruits were told they would train as...

Overnight drone attacks between Russia and Ukraine left at least five people dead and sparked fires and blackouts as diplomats weigh revisions to a US-backed peace proposal.Kyiv officials said a large Russian drone strike hit the capital in the early hours, striking at least two high-rise residential buildings and causing multiple fires.Emergency teams evacuated residents, rescued 18 people...

The chair of the Commons culture committee has raised serious doubts about the BBC board’s ability to manage the broadcaster’s current crisis after its chair, Samir Shah, gave evidence to MPs.Dame Caroline Dinenage said Shah’s responses fell short of the clear, decisive plan the committee wanted to hear and warned there appeared to be weak oversight at the top of the organisation.Shah told...

The Royal Navy says it intercepted two Russian naval vessels as they passed west through the Dover Strait into the English Channel. HMS Severn shadowed the RFN Stoikiy, a corvette, and the tanker Yelnya during the encounter in the past fortnight, the UK Ministry of Defence reported. After initially tracking the pair, Severn handed monitoring duties to a NATO partner off the coast of Brittany but...

Air traffic over the southern Dutch city of Eindhoven was suspended after unidentified drones were seen in the vicinity of the main airport and a nearby military base. The first sightings occurred late on Friday above Volkel Air Base, where personnel even fired on the devices in an attempt to bring them down, but the drones were not recovered. Additional activity close to Eindhoven Airport on...