Imran Khan’s PTI braces to fight federal takeover of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Islamabad, Pakistan – The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party of jailed ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan is planning to legally challenge the federal government’s Sunday takeover of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a province that the party governed.

Tuesday briefing: Could Burnham take Britain back towards the EU?

Good morning. After a holiday spent contracting nursery bugs from an 11-month-old, it’s good to return. Yesterday, Andy Burnham marked his first day back after party conference by calling for a closer relationship with the EU and drawing a line under a decade of “drift and division”. On Sunday, he said it was “clear” the Kremlin had been involved with the 2016 Brexit referendum vote.

Giants Brigades lead southern Yemen fightback against the Houthis

On October 5, groups linked to the former Southern Transitional Council (STC), including the powerful Southern Giants Brigades, and troops of the internationally recognised government of Yemen, launched a major offensive against the Houthis near the strategically important Bab al-Mandeb strait.

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy accuses Russia of violating Trump’s ‘energy ceasefire’

The EU also announced that it officially added almost 1,600 new sanctions on Russia’s military industrial complex.

Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russia of violating the “energy ceasefire” that United States President Donald Trump unilaterally announced at the weekend and promised to respond if the attacks continue.

Liverpool vs Man City: Blues remain unscathed, but Premier League in limbo

Despite the hostile atmosphere created by Liverpool at Anfield for Sunday’s fiery clash, it was leaders Manchester City who had the last laugh with a superb 3-0 victory to maintain their perfect start to the Premier League season.

Melbourne man ‘strongly rejects’ links to flydubai attack suspect

Samir Mohtadi “strongly rejects” any attempt to associate him or Islamic centre in Melbourne with the alleged attacker.

A Melbourne man whose Islamic community centre has been linked by prosecutors in the United Arab Emirates to the co-pilot who allegedly attacked the captain of a flydubai jet has hit out at “false accusations”.

Chagall or Lenepveu or both? Row over Paris opera house dome enters legal arena

In 1962, the then French culture minister, André Malraux, reportedly bored by the ballet he was watching at Paris’s opera house, raised his eyes to the classical ceiling and decided it needed a makeover.

Republican US senator facing re-election settles six-year bakery debt

The Republican US senator Roger Marshall says he has finally paid off a bakery debt – after six years and repeated collection attempts reported by a Kansas business that had supplied a large order of treats for a 2020 election watch party.

Burnham a ‘liar’ over Russian interference in Brexit campaign, says Farage – UK politics live

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Farage calls Burnham 'a liar', saying he was wrong to say Russia interfered in Brexit referendum

Q: Andy Burnham says Russia interfered with the Brexit vote. Does this taint the result? And do you think you gained from Russian interference?

Kremlin rejects 60-day truce offer and refuses to comment on Trump’s ‘energy ceasefire’ – Europe live

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Kremlin rejects Zelenskyy's idea of a 60-day ceasefire and refuses to comment on Trump's 'energy truce'

The Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, has said Russia rejects the idea of a temporary ceasefire, telling reporters that Moscow wanted a long-term peace deal instead.