Images of child sexual abuse allegedly belonging to Meghan's father had reportedly been found in his former home in the Philippines.

[Updated: 740 p.m.] MANILA, Philippines — Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. did not personally welcome China’s representative to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Defense Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus) in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, on Thursday, Oct. 29. Instead, Defense Undersecretary Ignacio Madriaga received Senior Captain Yang Lei, China’s defense attaché to the Philippines, on his behalf.

French anti-terrorism prosecutor Olivier Christen said the suspect in the Trappes racist attack, which killed one person and injured five others, had been brought before a French court. FRANCE 24 International Affairs Editor Philip Turle has more.

Since a ceasefire took effect in the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky in Ukraine’s Kherson region on October 27, preparations have been underway to evacuate residents trapped there. Following Russia’s occupation of the town in 2022 and the flooding caused by the destruction of the nearby Kakhovka dam in 2023, residents were cut off from the

Budget forecasts show growth in living standards grinding almost to a halt.

Former World Championship star Fallon Sherrock and World Darts Federation number one Mitchell Lawrie are among those with eyes on the £501,000 prize.

In Niger, guards ignored the panicked cries for help from 33 detainees who died in a detention cell last month. Reports indicate that 72 people were crowded into a poorly ventilated, 20-square-metre space, where dozens slowly suffocated over 11 hours. The cell may have been cleaned and disinfected before it could be investigated. FRANCE 24's correspondent Sam Olukoya has more.

Figures released by the MoJ on Thursday further show that 79,274 prisoners were discharged early between September 2024 and June 2026