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A busy Italian airport as been partially evacuated after a man set fire to a check-in area.Video footage posted on social media shows chaotic scenes inside Terminal 1 of Milan’s Malpensa airport as a fire rages at one of the desks while a man attacks digital screens before being detained.A man has been arrested and the situation brought under control, according to the Lombardy Airports Association.However, it warned of potential delays and cancellations to departures at the bustling tourist hub popular with Brits.No injuries have been reported so far, according to the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.The incident happened around…

Israel’s military says it will call up 60,000 reservists and lengthen the service of an additional 20,000 reservists.Israel will call up 60,000 reservists in the coming weeks as it pushes forward with a plan to seize Gaza City, the military has said, even as mediators pursue efforts to secure a ceasefire in the 22-month war.The military said on Wednesday that Defence Minister Israel Katz approved plans to begin operations in some of Gaza’s most densely populated areas, and that it would call up 60,000 reservists and lengthen the service of an additional 20,000 reservists.The announcement comes as human rights groups…

Michelle RobertsDigital health editor, BBC NewsGetty ImagesPesto often contains pine nutsAllergic reactions to foods such as pine nuts and goat’s milk happen frequently enough they may need warning labels, say experts. Food packaging in the UK and EU already lists the most common allergens for people to be aware of, such as egg, peanuts and sesame. But at least four more could be added to the mandatory risk list, according to an article in the journal Clinical & Experimental Allergy.Lead investigator Dr Dominique Sabouraud-Leclerc from the Allergy Vigilance Network said evidence of increased reactions to a wider range of foods…

Aug 20, 2025, 06:05 AM ETLiverpool have sanctioned a £130m move to land Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak, while Manchester City have reached an agreement in principle with Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma. Join us for the latest transfer news, rumors and gossip from around the globe.Transfers homepage | Done deals | Men’s grades | Women’s gradesTOP STORIES- Sources: Tottenham confident of landing Palace’s Eze- Luis Díaz spoke to Liverpool’s Wirtz before Bayern ‘gamble’- Miami’s Suárez unsure of future, wants to retire with MessiNewcastle United striker Alexander Isak has fallen out with his club. Serena Taylor/Newcastle United via Getty ImagesTRENDING RUMORS-…

new video loaded: Inside Trump’s Effort on Russia and UkraineBy Maggie Haberman, Christina Shaman and John Pappas•August 20, 2025President Trump has repeatedly bent other leaders to his will, simply by refusing to budge. But there is one person who refuses to budge even more than President Trump, and that is Vladimir Putin of Russia. Maggie Haberman, a White House correspondent for The New York Times, takes us inside how Trump has been engaging with Russia and Ukraine.Recent episodes in Behind the ReportingShow more videos from Behind the Reporting

It is a sunny October afternoon and I am sitting in a long wood-panelled hallway in an old converted townhouse in London waiting to be called into the office of Paul McCartney. I am dressed in my best clothes and trying not to let nerves get the better of me. I am here to ask him about an aspect of his career that is rarely discussed but which, I believe, helped cement his reputation as a world-conquering compositional force and which made the Beatles the most interesting and influential band of all time.In the mid-1960s, as well as topping the…

M23 rebels killed at least 140 people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last month in one of the worst atrocities by the armed group since its resurgence in late 2021, Human Rights Watch has said in a report.This is despite a peace process, brokered by the US and Qatar, to end the conflict in the region.Witnesses told the advocacy group that the Rwanda-backed rebels “summarily executed” local residents, including women and children, largely from the ethnic Hutu group in the Rutshuru area, near the Virunga National Park.The rebels have previously strongly denied any role in these killings, calling the…

63 The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has dismissed claims by local contractors that his administration owes them N5.2 billion, saying the debts were from irregular contracts awarded by civil servants without his approval. On Monday, some contractors protested at the minister’s residence, alleging that the FCT Administration owed them for projects already executed. But Wike’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Lere Olayinka, said the allegations were false. He explained that the minister had not awarded any new contracts since he assumed office and had already cleared a backlog of N10 billion left behind by his…

Even by the city’s own high standards, things have been strange in Washington DC lately.On U street Friday night, the usual throngs of drunken party goers were decidedly smaller. Lines outside clubs and bars were nonexistent. The week prior, residents of the District watched as the reality of US president Donald Trump’s “crackdown” unfolded in front of them. Police set up checkpoints in some of their city’s immigrant strongholds and approached other people at random. The mere presence of the military on the streets of the US capital has been an uneasy sight for many longtime Washingtonians, who already lack…

If economic trends continue, tariffs—which amount, despite the president’s insistence otherwise, to taxes on US companies and ultimately on US consumers—coupled with rising unemployment could be a ticking time bomb.“If this experiment fails, it’s gonna fail horribly, and I think we’ll begin to see the impacts of that sooner than later,” says a second Trumpworld strategist.Not Rocket ScienceThere’s plenty of cope going around in the GOP and the Trump White House.“I think we’ve shown that the inflation bit has been resolved,” a White House official tells me. “When the private sector is willing to work with us, and is understanding…