World Report

The first elections in a decade are underway in Kashmir. In Nigeria severe flooding has destroyed homes and livelihoods in Borno state. In the UK plans to remove cars from Oxford Street have caused a political rift, and in Kazakhstan efforts are underway to revive the Aral Sea which has been partially destroyed by aggressive agricultural practice

The casualty list continues to rise in Lebanon following Israeli strikes on Beirut. In Czechia towns and villages asses the damage following the devastating Storm Borris floods, while in France some familiar Irish groups are among 450,000 attending a unique political festival.

Thousands people across Turkey have protested over the murder of eight-year-old Narin Güran. In Canada former fashion mogul Peter Nygard has been sentenced to 11 years for sexually assaulting four women in Toronto, and in Australia employees have for the first time, been given the right to ignore their bosses outside of working hours.

The rape and killing of a woman in Calcutta and an official report on how men in the Kerala film industry demand sexual favours from women has led to protests demanding justice. The President of the Canary Islands is seeking the help of EU parliament in dealing with incoming migrants. In Tunisia controversy surrounds the arrest of Sonia Dahmani.

Swedish and Danish police are uniting in a bid to crack down on gangs, with membership to certain motorbike groups also banned. Political crisis in Tunisia as journalists, civil society figures and activists are arrested, and Canada’s temporary foreign workers policy under the microscope as UN calls it a breeding ground for contemporary slavery.

An outbreak of Mpox in central Africa is spiralling out of control, with Congo the worst hit country. In Brazil investigations continue into a plane crash in which 62 people died, and we look at the deadliest migration route in the world - from a rescue boat on the Central Mediterranean.

Thousands have been evacuated from Ukraine’s side of the Kursk border as bombing has intensified since the country's forces went into Russian territory. In Australia, the government is about to bring in legal protections aimed at helping the surfing industry, while water companies in the UK are putting pressure on the government as funds dry up.

A pro-democracy movement in Bangladesh has evicted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from office and forced her to take refuge in India. In Tunisia, a typhoid epidemic looms at migrant camps in the South & in Canada an indigenous group has appealed to a human rights commission over the lack of action in tackling mercury contamination for their people.

As the war in Gaza enters it's tenth month, analysts say a 'slower' war has been continuing for years in the in the Israeli occupied West Bank. In Australia the mystery of what happened to the MV Noongah has been solved, and in Nigeria a spate of attacks by female suicide bombers has caused widespread death and destruction and shocked the nation.

In Slovakia president Petr Pellegrini has hinted he may take reciprocal measures against Ukraine, after Kyiv halted the transit of crude oil from Russia to Central Europe. In India a religious guru has refused to take responsibility for a stampede causing 121 casualties, and in Israel some Kibbutzim remain uninhabited after October attacks.