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An Egyptian Railways passenger train — Image: Abdelrhman 1990 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Seven people were killed and at least 125 injured on Sunday, 8 November, when two passenger trains collided in Egypt's Giza governorate, derailing several carriages and bringing rail services south of Cairo to a halt, according to Egyptian authorities. What happened The collision happened in the Al-Ayyat district, between Kafr Ammar and Al-Raqqa stations, about 52 kilometres south of Cairo, the Egyptian National Railways Authority said. A train travelling from Giza to Fayoum struck the rear of another service heading from Cairo to Aswan, which was stationary on the same track. Several carriages derailed, with some plunging down an embankment. Dozens of ambulances were sent to the scene, and cranes were brought in to lift the wreckage and clear the line towards Upper Egypt. Train services between Giza and the Upper Egypt region were suspended, and the railway authority had not s...

The King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh, where the Aramco tower was damaged — Image via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Missiles fired from Yemen damaged a tower belonging to Saudi oil giant Aramco in the heart of Riyadh's financial district on Sunday, 8 November, after Saudi air defences intercepted the attack, according to Saudi officials and witnesses. No one was injured. What happened Loud explosions were heard across the Saudi capital on Sunday morning. The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Houthis said its air defences had intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles launched towards Riyadh, coalition spokesman Major General Turki al-Maliki said in a social media post. The coalition later said it had also intercepted two cruise missiles in the Riyadh and southern regions and a ballistic missile heading towards the Eastern Province, according to the Associated Press. The Iran-backed Houthis claimed the attack. Their military spokesman, Yahya Saree, sa...

The New Zealand Kiwis perform the haka before a match — Image: Sam Hood via Wikimedia Commons New Zealand have reached the Rugby League World Cup final for the first time since 2013, beating Tonga 34-10 in a pulsating semi-final in Newcastle on Saturday, according to Reuters and NRL.com. The match The semi-final was played at McDonald Jones Stadium in Newcastle on Saturday, 7 November, in strong wind and heavy rain that swept across the ground during the break. Tonga led 10-6 late in the first half, but the Kiwis fought back to lead 12-10 at half-time. New Zealand then scored 22 unanswered points in the second half. Tries from Casey McLean and Jahrome Hughes within five minutes of the restart put the Kiwis 24-10 ahead, before Xavier Willison and Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad sealed the win. New Zealand's six tries came from Briton Nikora, Dane Gagai, McLean, Hughes, Willison and Nicoll-Klokstad. Both of Tonga's tries were scored by Jojo Fifita. Ponga's remarkable return...

Warming stripes show how global temperatures have risen since 1850 — Image: Ed Hawkins via Wikimedia Commons October 2026 was the warmest October ever recorded worldwide, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Friday, and the year is now virtually certain to pass 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels — only the second calendar year ever to do so, after 2024. The numbers Last month's average global surface air temperature was 15.35 degrees Celsius, Copernicus said — 0.90 degrees above the 1991–2020 average for October and 1.75 degrees above the estimated 1850–1900 pre-industrial level. It was the third consecutive month in which global temperatures ran more than 1.5 degrees above the pre-industrial baseline, after August and September. The previous warmest October was in 2023. The average sea surface temperature outside the polar regions reached 20.95 degrees Celsius in October, the highest on record for the month, beating the previous O...

Kraków's Main Market Square — Image via Wikimedia Commons Six people were killed and at least 15 others were injured when a gunman opened fire in Kraków's Main Market Square on Saturday afternoon, in one of the worst mass shootings in Poland's recent history, according to Polish police and officials. Poland has declared two days of national mourning. What happened Gunfire began at about 3pm local time on Saturday, 7 November, in the Rynek Główny, the historic main square of Poland's second-largest city. The gunman, firing a long-barrelled rifle from his vehicle, shot at pedestrians in the crowded square before police shot and arrested him at the scene. Six people were killed in the square — four women and two men. At least 15 others were injured, including five foreign nationals and two police officers. A British citizen was among those killed, according to The Times. Police said the gunman continued firing even after being shot. The suspect and the investigat...

A passenger aircraft at a European airport — Image via Wikimedia Commons. A wave of hoax bomb threats has disrupted flights and television stations across Europe for a third day, forcing evacuations, flight diversions and programming blackouts — though no explosives have been found anywhere, according to Reuters and the Associated Press. What happened on Friday Bomb threats warning "the clock is ticking" were emailed on Friday, November 6, to TV stations across Europe, prompting evacuations and suspended programming. Ireland's national broadcaster RTÉ evacuated its Dublin headquarters and replaced live programmes with music and pre-recorded messages for up to three hours. Britain's Sky News, Bulgaria's Nova TV, Virgin Media, Newstalk radio and the Irish Independent also received threats. The emails were titled "Message to the West" and signed with the name "Mikhail Andropov", claiming responsibility for the week's wave of hoaxes. Re...