Friday 29 August 2014

World News

The latest international news from the US, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the rest of the world.

Putin: Russians and Ukrainians are practically one people - live

Pro-Russian rebels hold their guns as they patrol the Lenin square in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine

Russian president says the crisis in Ukraine is a 'tragedy' as the country's PM, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, says Ukraine is seeking membership of Nato - follow the latest developments here

UN: Syria is biggest humanitarian emergency of our era with three million Syrians now refugees

Pictures from the Zaatari Refugee camp by Telegraph photographer Will Wintercross

In the last year alone, a million Syrians have fled the country - three million in total since 2011 - because of the civil war which has killed nearly 200,000 people

Al-Qaeda manual encourages attacks on high street stores in UK

Not to be outdone by Isil, al-Qaeda publishes English-language 'shopping list' for making bombs that can be used to attack British and American targets

Islamic State claims 'slaughter' of 250 captured Syrian soldiers in latest brutal killing

The video showed at least 135 men, some with their hands on their heads, walking in their underwear while jihadist gunmen taunt them and force them to sing Islamic State slogans

Grisly video shows hundreds lying apparently dead after being marched into desert

Ebola numbers could reach 20,000, UN warns

A man prepares to take off his protective suit at Biankouma hospital in Ivory Coast

World Health Organisation says at current rate of infection, current number of cases could grow six times

'Crucial time' for British Ebola patient

Iceland volcano alert at red after small eruption

A road closure to the Vattnajokull glacier, the site of the Bardarbunga volcano

Iceland Met Office raises the alert to red following a small eruption but no volcanic ash was detected

Google tests drone delivery service

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Watch engineers at Google trial their new delivery system that uses self-flying vehicles to drop off parcels in remote locations

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Polygamist mormon sect stronghold to get a winery

Polygamist Warren Steed Jeffs is pictured on a FBI Ten Most Wanted poster

Venture approved by Utah in Hildale where breakaway sect owns land

Rescuers seek survivors of China landslide

More than a dozen dead and another dozen missing after massive landslide in southwest China

Obama mocked for wearing taupe suit

President Barack Obama in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House

US President addressed the situation in Ukraine and the Middle East, but all eyes were on his choice of suit

Google tests drone delivery service

Online gamer 'Kootra' arrested during live broadcast

'Batman' spotted on motorway in Japan

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt marry in France

Father raps plot of first Harry Potter book

Mysterious luminous waves hit Sydney beach

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Baby elephant attacked

Fearless elephant calf is picked up and headbutted by angry buffalo

Europe news»

Putin: Russians and Ukrainians are practically one people - live

Russian president says the crisis in Ukraine is a 'tragedy' as the country's PM, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, says Ukraine is seeking membership of Nato - follow the latest developments here

'Come and get your money': Spanish musician engraves tombstone with message to country's finance minister

F16 low level flight over Greenland landscapes

Russia hits back at Canada in Twitter row

Rebels say they will allow trapped Ukrainian forces to flee

Asia news»

'Batman' spotted on motorway in Japan

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A man dressed as Batman surprises motorists near Chiba, east of Tokyo, Japan as he pulls up in traffic aboard a custom-made Bat-cycle

Super turban: in pictures

North Korean leader inspects paratroop drill

Karzai warns he will quit despite Afghanistan deadlock

Chinese 'cancer village' scores rare victory over polluters

Africa and Indian Ocean latest news»

Ebola outbreak: Airlines stop flights as US expert warns outbreak will 'worsen'

More airlines continue to cancel flights as the Ebola outbreak spreads and Nigeria closes all schools until October 13

Sloppy South African police 'exploit' law, says Oscar Pistorius lawyer

Baby elephant attacked

Ebola outbreak: Airlines stop flights as US expert warns outbreak will 'worsen'

Italian politician claims he has been 'cursed' after orang-utan remark

Australia and the Pacific news»

Mysterious luminous waves hit Sydney beach

Luminous blue waves caused by plankton are seen breaking on Manly Beach in Sydney

That's quite a haircut: 'world's wooliest sheep' is shorn

Watch: dolphin trapped in net seeks diver's help

Malaysia Airlines: 'spike in cabin crew resignations' after MH17 and MH370 tragedies

'World's wooliest' sheep found in Tasmania

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Fishermen help injured shark deliver babies

A hammerhead shark: World's first shark sanctuary created in Pacific

North America news»

Celebrity sightings

Dakota Fanning, Rupert Grint and Benedict Cumberbatch

Featuring Kristen Stewart, Benedict Cumberbatch and Dakota Fanning

Homeless man who accepted Miley Cyrus's award 'turns himself in'

Grieving father cleared of murdering drunken driver who killed his sons

Rivers 'resting comfortably' after cardiac arrest

Chicago to record environmental data from traffic poles

Middle East news»

Hamas leader praises 'balance of terror' with Israel as Abbas says Netanyahu agreed to Palestinian state

Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal holds a press conference in the Qatari capital Doha on August 28, 2014.

A jublilant speech from Khaled Meshaal, the leader of Hamas, and Mahmoud Abbas's declaration that Netanyahu has agreed to a Palestinians state, have added to anger over Netanyahu's ceasefire deal