- Wednesday, 3 December 2025
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Why 2026 will be a year like no other for India's Sun mission
It's a time of great turbulence. It sees the Sun transition from calm to stormy and is marked by a huge increase in the number of solar storms and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) - massive bubbles of fire that blow out of the Sun's outermost layer called corona.
Ninety dead in Indonesia floods as cyclone displaces thousands in Sri Lanka
At least 80 people have died and dozens more are still missing after devastating floods hit Indonesia this week.
US suspends immigration requests for Afghans after National Guard shooting
The US has suspended the processing of all immigration requests for Afghan nationals pending a review of "security and vetting protocols", the US Citizenship and Immigration Services announced.
Death toll in Hong Kong fire rises to 44 with 279 still missing, authorities say
At least 44 people have been killed in a major fire engulfing public housing apartments in Hong Kong's Tai Po district - more than 270 people are still not accounted for.
'Once in 300 years' rain hits Thai city as floods ravage South East Asia
Parts of Thailand are battling record floods, which have killed at least 33 people and prompted authorities to deploy military ships and helicopters to support relief efforts.
Italian parliament unanimously votes to make femicide a crime
Deputies in the Italian parliament have voted unanimously to introduce the crime of femicide – the murder of a woman, motivated by gender – as a distinct law to be punished with a life sentence.
Twenty-four Nigerian schoolgirls released over a week after abduction
A group of 24 Nigerian girls who were abducted from their boarding school over a week ago have been released, the country's president said.
Ethiopian volcano eruption sends ash to Delhi, hitting flight operations
A plume of volcanic ash from Ethiopia has swept across the Red Sea through Oman and Yemen and reached Delhi, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said.
At least 41 dead as relentless rains flood Vietnam
Relentless rains and floods have killed at least 41 people in central Vietnam since the weekend, while a search continues for nine still missing, state media reports.
War and Hunger "Two Faces of the Same Crisis: UN
UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed warned that the hunger-conflict nexus is a strategic and existential threat, and the Security Council must treat it as such.
Shelters plea for Gazans as winter rains raise fears of more disease and death
Aid agencies have reiterated calls for Israel to allow more tents and urgently needed supplies into Gaza after the first heavy winter rainfall, saying more than a quarter of a million families need emergency help with shelters.
Google boss warns 'no company is going to be immune' if AI bubble bursts
Every company would be affected if the AI bubble were to burst, the head of Google's parent firm Alphabet has told the BBC.
Ex-Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death over brutal protests crackdown
Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been found guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death.
Thousands protest against government in Mexico as clashes leave 120 injured
At least 120 people - 100 of them police officers - have been injured in clashes during anti-government protests in Mexico City, police said.
I can't take any more of this, Andrew told Epstein, released emails show
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor told Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell "I can't take any more of this", when he was first alerted 14 years ago that a British newspaper was about to run a report about the trio.
