GuardianG20 US cancels G20 'family photo' after UK, Australia and some European officials refuse to appear with Russia
The US has cancelled the G20 "family photo" after Australia, the UK and others refused to appear with Russia.
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The US has cancelled the G20 "family photo" after Australia, the UK and others refused to appear with Russia.
Ukraine's Zelenskyy has praised the US over a $2.1bn Patriot missile deal but warned it could take years.
The evacuation of civilians has begun in the besieged Ukrainian city of Oleshky.
"You need the power of all your votes": Bedouin women secured success for Arab parties in the Israeli election.
Canada and the EU have announced a new alliance open to like-minded countries.
Riot police have been deployed to Poland's constitutional court after a judge was suspended.
"Reparations now": the King and Burnham faced protests at the Antigua Commonwealth summit.
Andy Burnham is open to calls for a formal apology for Britain's role in the slave trade.
"The last fortress": a historic Athens cafe has closed as the countercultural area gentrifies.
A court injunction in Jamaica's battle to keep beaches publicly accessible, rather than sealed off for private resorts, offers hope against a tourism model locals say disadvantages Jamaicans.
Strand magazine is publishing a never-before-seen article by Harry Houdini, the Hungarian-born escapologist and prolific author, on the 100th anniversary of his death.
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One man has died and two people were injured in a stabbing at about 5.30am on Saturday at the Ballymullen Barracks Ipas centre in Tralee, Co Kerry.
Private school fees in Ireland have risen by almost 25% in five years, and with Glenstal Abbey closing and others consolidating, boarding schools are feeling the pressure.
Fionnbarra O Tuama has appeared before Dublin District Court charged with the attempted murder of a doctor at a HSE homeless facility on Friday.
Jack Chambers said he was disappointed after the Workplace Relations Commission declared public sector pay talks at an impasse, and unions warn of a further strike date in November if no new pay deal emerges.
A Halloween night spent in Ross Castle, where the ghost of Sabina is said to haunt her former bedroom - taxidermy otter and all.
A man aimed a firearm at gardai after fleeing when they tried to engage with him on a bicycle, leading to a chase through Dublin city centre.
It's inflation, stupid: Trump faces the wrath of US voters.
In Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine, young people face relentless indoctrination and young men the prospect of conscription into the Russian army. Some risk everything to leave.
A pedestrian in his 70s was pronounced dead at the scene after being hit by a car on the R691 near Callan, Co Kilkenny.
John Malkovich, star of Martin McDonagh's new film Wild Horse Nine, talks Dalkey, Oscars and mortality alongside Steve Buscemi - the pair form quite a double act.
Two Halloween recipes with pumpkin as the star - just make sure you use the right kind of pumpkin, or squash.
Roisin Ingle on how Halloween is not what it used to be, and why that is no harm in a spooky, AI-filled world where nothing is as frightening as a defunct dishwasher.
Ross O'Carroll-Kelly: Honor has been dumped and wants to know why, and Ross suggests AI will have the answer.
View from Israel: Palestinians voted with one voice, and if the opposition refuses to go into coalition with the Arab parties it will squander a decisive victory.
There are concerns over repair costs for Leinster House's answer to Trump's "reflecting pool".
Schools are waiting for delivery of hundreds of laptops already paid for by parents.
O'Callaghan is focusing on reforms that are "emphatically not at the lucrative end of legal practice".
A Paddy McKillen firm behind a luxury Dublin apartment block has recorded a EUR5.5m "loan forgiveness".
Pat Leahy: Fine Gael manages to turn a Minister's health episode into a soap opera.
Anthropic's IPO filing raises open questions about the state of the company's business and the wider artificial intelligence sector.
A letter arguing we are all responsible for the growth of data centres, and it is time to consider our digital footprints and declutter our online lives.
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Max Hastings: "Ireland deserves some happiness after a century of unhappiness".
Hospital staff "concerns" were behind the decision to refuse a campaign group's 12,000 consultation responses, the Trust says.
Brian Feeney: the "profound consequences" will only be for the DUP - and Stormont.
A "pantomime" over a long-delayed pedestrian crossing has ended as work got underway, five years after it was requested.
Psychiatrists have "significant concerns" over new protocols which will see fewer PSNI responses to mental health calls.
Patrick Murphy: unionism has to learn that reaction is not a strategy.
Northern Ireland children are spending seven hours a day on social media at the weekend, a Stormont study finds.
David Meade: "I'm shy and awkward" - how the Co Down "mentalist" took on Las Vegas, won $1m and interviewed Oprah Winfrey.
Travel review: from big houses to subterranean caves, Fermanagh offers a small glimpse of heaven.
Newton Emerson: the GBP100 question for Stormont's squabbling MLAs.
Bread Boys in Belfast serves up mammoth lunches - even without everything promised on the menu.
"It's a way of letting my voice be heard": how a new cross-border project is helping young women find confidence.
A male pedestrian has died following a west Belfast crash involving a lorry.
A Co Down man has been given a ten-year sentence over the plot to blow up a Galway mosque.
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A domestic abuse victim speaks out after a QUB student who lured her into his car and drove into the countryside screaming at her avoided jail. "I thought I was going to die."
How Thatcher signed off an SAS operation that led to the killing of three IRA men - and why the case is heading to the UK's highest court.
The Fifty Shades author and her NI-born husband, married almost 40 years and reportedly worth GBP120m, are selling their GBP5m LA home as they turn their backs on Trump's US.
Comment: there are many problems with the bizarre Government recommendation - living in NI is already good training for the apocalypse.
The spooky story of a west Belfast family who fled a violent ghost, a case that drew news crews at the time and remains unexplained to this day.
A north coast dad has been accused of sending sex messages to a "child" after a challenge by a "vigilante" group.
"They have blood on their hands": a mum has slammed a health body over the doctor who could have saved her son's life.
"At a time when all you heard were politicians blame each other... my dad was a bit of a candle in a dark place".
Carla Lockhart is to set out her "path ahead" next week and says the DUP response to the Drumcree row "falls far short" of what unionists want.
From tarot cards to online spells and forest retreats, younger generations boosted by the #WitchTok trend are increasingly dipping into their spiritual side.
Comment: the DUP's double trouble - Carla Lockhart will now be a nightmare for a party leadership squeezed on both sides.
A fake nun is back behind bars after walking down Garvaghy Road wearing a union flag headdress while "shouting and waving her arms erratically".
Paedophile ex-DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has been exposed over a bogus Trinity College history claim in a pre-sentence report.
What the budget means for NI, including why we're in limbo over the GBP100 energy payment.
A Halloween love story as a couple become the first to be married in a historic NI courthouse.
Women in Newry are "afraid to have more children" after the maternity service closure announcement.
What is the American Covid strain sweeping the UK, and how worried should we be?
Comment: if it's any consolation for Lockhart, Bryson and the frustrated Orangemen languishing on Drumcree hill, there's no chance of a united Ireland happening either.
Executive business could grind to a halt due to the Sinn Fein/DUP row.
Police are preparing files on 18 people for prosecutors following the Drumcree parade dispute.
"Only credible option is to remove First Minister from office": Carla Lockhart warns she will take her "own course" if the DUP tries to "gaslight" voters.
"Mummy, you're so sneaky, and you're lying": NI's Rachel Duffy reveals trouble at home after winning The Traitors.
An argument that Halloween retains a simple festivity - a carved pumpkin on the step, a skeleton in the window - that Christmas is increasingly lacking.
From Mexico to Massachusetts: a monster weekend as Derry welcomes Halloween visitors from across the world.
A former Irish League star has been remanded in custody after a "welfare concern" led to a domestic abuse breach.
On the market: twin coastal cottage-style bungalows on the market at GBP550k.
Asda has apologised after customers reported breakdowns having filled up at its Coleraine outlet.
Packy Lee on his new BBC comedy: "This is one crazy world... and I think a lot of people are going to buy into it".
"Serious concerns" have been raised for a missing Co Antrim man who may be injured following a crash.