If you want to get a sense of the fuel crisis gripping Russia, all you need to do is spend a day driving around Moscow. At almost every petrol station we passed there was a queue of cars and lorries. Some lines were long, some short; some static, others moving steadily.

If there was no queue, that meant the garage had run out of fuel entirely and was closed.

Remember: this is Moscow, the wealthy, populated capital that draws in so much of Russia's vast resources

France is waking up bleary-eyed on Wednesday, with many still incredulous at the political uproar triggered by right-wing nationalist figurehead Marine Le Pen the night before.

Within hours of a court of appeal in Paris confirming her guilty verdict for misuse of public funds, she not only defiantly announced she would be running in next year's French presidential election, but she had already launched her social media campaign, too.

Pour la France - For France - reads her online poster, featuring the country's tricolour flag

A girls' boarding school where US socialite Paris Hilton alleged she was abused as a teenager has had its licence revoked.

Utah state regulators cited unnecessary restraint, aggressive physical contact and instances of neglect among noncompliance issues at Provo Canyon School's Springville campus going back to 2025.

Hilton, who has campaigned to close the school and testified before Congress about her experience there in the 1990s, said the facility "failed the children in its care".

The school said it was considering an

Two lawmakers who endorsed Platner in March rescinded their support with Sen Gallego calling the allegations "troubling and deeply serious" and Heinrich describing it as "appalling". Rep Khanna, who had appeared at rallies with Platner and was considered a strong supporter, called the report serious and credible, adding "Graham Platner should drop out from the race. I am withdrawing my endorsement".

Meanwhile, the Maine Democratic Party also called on him to step aside.

"Over the past several weeks, multiple women have made serious,

On Sunday, heavy rain began falling on Renhe village in the southern Chinese province of Guangxi.

The villagers were used to it. But the rain didn't stop - and the water suddenly rose.

By the early hours of Monday, the water had reached their knees. By dawn, it had completely submerged the first floor of their homes.

"The floods happened so rapidly, the water just came so fast. The villagers didn't have time to take food with them when they were running away,"

A 27-year-old university student, Sarah was at a crowded fuel station in the city of el-Obeid, on the front line of Sudan's civil war, when a drone struck without warning.

She says the station lit up before everything went dark. "In front of us there were injured people, blood, burnt cars, and smashed cars."

We have withheld the student's real name for her safety in a city that is the latest flash-point in the three-

Speaking on the condition of anonymity before Centcom's announcement of fresh strikes, the US official insisted that US negotiators would continue to work in "good faith" towards a final deal with Iran.

Qatar's foreign ministry spokesperson Majed Al Ansari said it held Iran "fully responsible" for an apparent targeted attack on a vessel called Al-Rekayyat as it transited near the Strait.

Qatar demanded that Iran "immediately cease all practices that undermine regional security" and "refrain from endangering global energy supplies & the resources of