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AFPLocals are trying to deal with the aftermath of the disasterA landslide has killed at least 370 people in the remote Marra Mountains in western Sudan, a UN official has told the BBC.Antoine Gérard, the UN’s deputy humanitarian co-ordinator for Sudan, said that it was hard to assess the scale of the incident or the exact death toll as the area was very hard to reach.Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A), the armed group in control of the affected area, had earlier said as many as 1,000 people could have died.Days of heavy rain triggered the landslide on Sunday, which left just…

Asia’s industrial sector is home to a $1.7 trillion clean investment opportunity, according to a new World Bank analysis – and doing so could cut the equivalent of 16% of global carbon emissions in 2023. TOPSHOT – A worker walks past molten steel at a steel factory in Huai’an, in China’s eastern Jiangsu province on July 22, 2025. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty Images Industry – making the products we use every day, from steel to cement to clothing – emits a third of all human-caused climate pollution. This is especially…

Sofia Coppola‘s intimate portrait of fashion designer and her long-time friend Marc Jacobs premieres in Venice on Tuesday, and the pair are nothing but full of praise for one another. Coppola and Jacobs were present at the press conference for Marc by Sofia on the Lido, fielding questions about the film from the press. “When they asked me to do a film on Marc, I thought, ‘No, I can’t do that. It’s too much pressure,’” Coppola admitted. “‘[It] would have to be good, because he’s my friend and I love him.’ And then I kept thinking about, oh, it’d be…

Brian Kelly and LSU went all in this offseason, and so far, the returns are quite handsome for the Tigers. The program’s Week 1 win at Clemson puts LSU on the map nationally as a worthy College Football Playoff frontrunner with strength on both sides of the football under their fourth-year coach. Kelly all but guaranteed over the summer that his Tigers would conquer the “other” Death Valley, and that’s what happened thanks to a stifling defensive effort in the second half backed by precision passing from Heisman Trophy candidate Garrett Nussmeier.LSU is co-leader this week with Ohio State after…

Archaeologists in Peru have discovered a multicoloured three-dimensional mural that could date back 4,000 years, in an unprecedented find that has shifted archaeological understanding about the first civilisations in the Americas.The centrepiece of the three-by-six metre mural is a stylistic depiction of a large bird of prey with outstretched wings, its head adorned with three-dimensional diamond motifs that visually align the south and north faces of the mural. It is covered with high-relief friezes and features designs painted in blue, yellow, red and black.The sophisticated and stylistic imagery sheds new light on the beliefs and social structures of early civilisations…

Swiss food giant Nestle removes its CEO Laurent Freixe after just a year on the job over a relationship with a direct subordinate. We take a closer look. Also in this edition: India’s textile export industry comes apart at the seams as US President Donald Trump’s tariffs take effect.

Tom EspinerBusiness reporter, BBC NewsGetty ImagesLong-term government borrowing costs in the UK reached their highest level since 1998 on Tuesday, as concerns over the country’s economic outlook combined with a global move higher in bond yields.The move adds to the pressure on Chancellor Rachel Reeves ahead of the upcoming Budget, where expectations are rising that she will increase taxes to bolster government finances.The interest rate on 30-year government bonds, known as the yield, jumped to 5.698%, its highest level for 27 years.On the currency markets, the pound also fell more than 1% against the dollar on Tuesday morning.Government bonds have…

Shares in Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD slid by as much as 8% on Monday after it reported a drop in profit because of a price war in China’s car sector.The carmaker had on Friday reported that its net profit fell to 6.4bn yuan ($900m; £660m) between April and June, down 30% from a year earlier.BYD said in its filing that “increased price competition” among China’s EV brands had impacted the industry.The Shenzhen-based manufacturer is facing an increasingly crowded market, competing against local rivals Nio and XPeng and US carmaker Tesla, which have all slashed prices to draw buyers.The carmaker’s…

James CookScotland editor Getty ImagesScotland has seen high numbers of people dying from drug misuse for the last seven years Official figures suggest that Scotland remains the drugs death capital of Europe for the seventh year in a row despite a 13% fall in fatalities.There were 1,017 drug misuse deaths in 2024, down 155 from the previous year.National Records of Scotland said the latest figure was the lowest annual number since 2017. It brings the total in a decade to 10,884.After adjusting for age, there were 191 drug misuse deaths per million people in Scotland in 2024.According to the most…

The first clip from Eimi Imanishi’s directorial debut “Nomad Shadow” has been released as the film prepares for its world premiere at the 50th Toronto Film Festival. The drama follows a young woman’s difficult homecoming after being deported from Spain to Western Sahara, the territory she left years earlier. The protagonist faces rejection from both the cultural environment she tried to escape and the family members who remain bitter about her original departure. Her efforts to maintain her identity while navigating traditional expectations only deepen the rift with her past life. “We’re thrilled to premiere ‘Nomad Shadow,’ one of the…