Factually incorrect posts shared by Elon Musk on his social media site claim California governor Gavin Newsom decriminalised looting

A year after Israel vowed to wipe Hamas ‘off the face of the earth’ in the wake of the 7 October attack into Israel the conflict has spread across the Middle East

Blazes have left at least 16 dead as questions asked about the lack of water supply for firefighters tackling monster blazes

Kyiv says PoWs are ‘irrefutable evidence’ of Pyongyang’s involvement in conflict

Caroline Darian says revelations about her father’s crimes have left her ‘mourning someone who is still alive’

‘We’ve come such a long way that it would honestly be crazy to drop the ball now,’ says Ukrainian leader

Discovery comes almost a week after Aziz Ziriat and Sam Harris went missing

Ukraine says the eastern town of Kurakhove remains partially in their control despite heavy Russian bombing

Ukraine’s top presidential advisor, Andriy Yermak, says the fresh counterattack is what Russia deserves

Russian military commentators are ‘worried’ about the multipronged Ukrainian attack in the border region

Russian forces are advancing in the east, slowly but surely, and they are shrinking Ukraine’s partial hold of the border region of Kursk

MPs are calling on the government to hold Iran accountable for it’s extensive use of the death penalty

Aviation specialists question how a collision with birds could have been the sole cause of such a crash

Azerbaijan says the plane had multiple holes in its fuselage and that the occupants had sustained injuries ‘due to foreign particles penetrating the cabin mid-flight’

Missile defence system to be operated by US troops in a departure from Israeli military policy

Ukraine is facing an array of issues heading into 2025, underscored by anxiety about what the re-election of Donald Trump could mean for the country’s future. Tom Watling speaks to politicians, military experts and aid workers to discover what next year could hold

Teenage activist Chloe Cheung says she will not be silenced by Chinese fear and supression

A religious leader from Syria’s victorious rebels was filmed claiming the fighters would be punished

Leaders of Finland, Latvia and Estonia tell The Independent that Ukraine’s victory over Russia is vital to the defence of a poorly armed Europe

Oxfam says Israel is deliberately blocking aid trucks into northern Gaza intended for starving Palestinians