Central and South American authorities order evacuations; volcano in Russia starts erupting after earthquake off Russian coast
Klyuchevskoy volcano starts erupting after 8.8-magnitude earthquake off coast of Russia; Japan and Hawaii downgrade tsunami warnings
Wed 30 Jul 2025 15.58 BST
An expedition group from the Russian Geographical Society was on the Kuril island of Shumshu when the tsunami swept away their tent camp, AFP reports.
“When the wave hit, all we could do was run to higher ground. It’s very difficult to do that in boots on slippery grass and in fog,” group member Vera Kostamo told Russian tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda.
German Olympic star Dahlmeier confirmed dead in Pakistan
Matt Ford | Stefan Nestler AFP, AP, dpa, SID
German Olympic star Laura Dahlmeier has been confirmed dead following a mountaineering accident in Pakistan. Adverse weather conditions had hampered attempts to rescue the former Olympic champion.
Former German Olympic biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier was confirmed dead on Wednesday, two days after being caught in a rockslide high in the mountains of northern Pakistan.
The 31-year-old was swept away by falling rocks on Monday at an altitude of around 5,700 meters (18,700 feet) while ascending the 6,069-meter-high Laila Peak.
Exclusive: GHF ‘complicit in war crimes’ in Gaza, says former aid contractor
Anthony Aguilar, a retired US army soldier, worked as a security subcontractor for the Israeli and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) tasked with delivering aid to the besieged Palestinian enclave. In this exclusive testimony, Aguilar reveals untold and harrowing details about the GHF aid operation in Gaza.
Retired US Army Special Forces officer Anthony Aguilar worked as a subcontractor for UG Solutions in the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid delivery operation.
He was at a distribution site in Gaza in May, he said, when a stun grenade was thrown into the crowd right next to a Palestinian woman who was putting items from the aid box she had just collected into a bag so she could leave.
'Dramatic setback'
Will Peru's new amnesty law put justice out of reach?
First came the rattle of a loud explosion. Then, the patter of gunfire reached 14-year-old Francisco Ochoa's ears.
Ochoa and his father had been up since the crack of dawn on August 14, 1985, preparing to sow seeds in the corn fields outside Accomarca, a small village nestled in the rugged Andean mountains of south-central Peru.
But the unexpected sounds coming from their hometown forced them to rush back.
Seven more malnutrition deaths reported in Gaza, as Hamas-run health ministry says 104 killed in 24 hours
More malnutrition deaths reported in Gaza as world responds to UK's announcement
Last night, Keir Starmer announced that the UK will recognise a Palestinian state unless Israel meets certain conditions. Since then, reaction from across the globe and the political spectrum has been pouring in.
Meanwhile, in Gaza, seven more people have died as a result of malnutrition, the Hamas-run health ministry says.
Nigel Farage under investigation by parliamentary standards commissioner
The Reform UK leader is being investigated over a possible break of rule five, which relates to registration of an interest.
Nigel Farage is under investigation by the parliamentary standards watchdog over a potential breach of the MP’s code of conduct.
The Reform UK leader is being investigated over a possible break of rule five, which relates to registration of an interest.
The parliamentary commissioner for standards, Daniel Greenberg, opened an investigation on Monday, according to the Parliament website.
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