DR Congo declares national holiday after beating Jamaica to reach World Cup finals

Police in Peru have arrested a man suspected of having ordered the killing of two 20-year-old women and a 15-year-old girl in Argentina. The three were lured to a house near the Argentine capital on 19 September. Their mutilated bodies were found several days later and police revealed that their killers had livestreamed their torture…

A 2023 study by the Spanish ombudsman’s office, which investigates public complaints, estimated that 1.1% of the population had suffered sexual abuse at the hands of members of the clergy or individuals linked to the Church – the equivalent of 440,000 people.

The charity Brigitte Bardot established has issued a warning about “scam” merchandise purporting to fund its work following the French actress’s death. The Brigitte Bardot Foundation said it was aware of “crude fabrications” being advertised online alongside claims the proceeds will go to the animal welfare charity. It threatened to take legal action against anyone…

StandWithUs Michael Smuss in an updated handout photo Michael Smuss, a survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland who resisted the Nazis, has died aged 99 in Israel. He joined the ghetto uprising as a teenager in 1943, helping to make petrol bombs. Taken prisoner, he survived concentration camps and a death march before the…