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Buildings have caught fire in Sudan’s capital after heavy fighting between the army and rival forces. Videos posted online on Sunday showed the iconic Greater Nile Petroleum Oil Company Tower engulfed in flames. “This is truly painful,” said Tagreed Abdin, an architect of the building, in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. Air strikes and ground battles have continued in Khartoum and other towns and cities since fighting broke out in April. Over one million people have been forced to flee the country, the UN has said. Located near the River Nile, the 18-storey oil firm skyscraper is…

A masked doctor leans down into a black plastic body bag, and gently manipulates the legs of the man inside. “First we determine age, sex and length,” he explains. “He’s in the putrefaction stage now, because of the water.” In a hospital car park in the eastern Libyan city of Derna, the final details of one of its many victims are being carefully checked and logged. This is now one of the most vital jobs here, and one of the most distressing. The man is unrecognisable after spending a week in the sea. His body washed ashore that morning. Expert…

D’Andre Swift put in a dominant performance as the Philadelphia Eagles punished an error-prone Minnesota Vikings on Thursday in 34-28 win. In his first home game since joining the Eagles, the Philadelphia native ran for a career-high 175 rushing yards and a touchdown as the team’s rushing attack routinely dissected the Vikings defense. Swift, who arrived from the Detroit Lions in the offseason, became the first Eagle with 175 yards and a touchdown on the ground since LeSean McCoy in 2013, per NFL Research. “He just showed vision, explosiveness,” said Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni. “I thought the offensive line did a phenomenal job…

With less than a week to go before the Federal Reserve announces its next interest rate decision, Wall Street has reviewed a bevy of economic indicators released this week. That data indicates that the Federal Reserve is still likely to hold rates steady next week, some investors say. But they add that there are pockets of strength in the economy that suggest markets don’t have the all-clear. Here’s the breakdown. Inflation: US inflation climbed 3.7% in August from the prior year, marking an acceleration for the second consecutive month, according to the latest Consumer Price Index. Prices increased 0.6% month-over-month compared to a 0.2% increase…

An Australian teacher who killed his wife so he could start a new life with a teenage student has been sentenced to an extra year in prison for a crime committed when the girl was 16 years old. Chris Dawson, 75, sat with his head in his hands as he awaited the sentence on Friday from a room inside Long Bay Correctional Complex, south of Sydney, where he is already serving a 24-year sentence for killing his wife, Lynnette. Lynette’s disappearance in the early 1980s became one of Australia’s most intriguing mysteries, confounding police for decades and inspiring a podcast that delved…

Lampedusa has seen an influx of migrants with 7,000 people arriving in two days, prompting its mayor and the United Nations refugee agency to warn the Italian island is becoming overwhelmed. The island – whose population is under 7,000 – has long been a first port of call for people crossing from north Africa and has been a flashpoint in Europe’s migration crisis. Mayor Filippo Mannino on Thursday said the migrant crisis had reached a “point of no return.” “In the past 48 hours, around 7,000 people have arrived on my island, an island that has always welcomed and saved in its arms,”…

The Indian government has accused X Corp (formerly known as Twitter) of being a “habitual non-complaint platform” in a recent court filing. “X-Corp does not follow the law of the land,” the government said, adding that this lowered “the authority of the law, judiciary and executive”. The document, accessed by the BBC, was filed by the government in response to an appeal by X in a court in the south Indian state of Karnataka. X has not commented on the filing. X is appealing against a recent order of the high court which dismissed its challenge to several government orders…

Politically speaking, there are currently two Americas. One is outraged and horrified that the former president, Donald Trump, is facing 91 federal and state criminal charges in what they see as a deep state conspiracy orchestrated in part by Joe Biden’s Department of Justice. The other believes that very same justice department has spent five years unfairly pursuing Mr Biden’s son, Hunter, over his tax affairs and behaviour while a self-declared and repentant drug addict. In other words, both Americas believe the department responsible for enforcing the laws of the land has been taken captive by the other side and…

Two men are facing a court in south-west France accused of beating a bus driver to death after they allegedly refused to wear face-masks. The defendants, now aged 24 and 25, are accused of “dealing mortal blows” during the incident in the city of Bayonne in July 2020. Philippe Monguillot, aged 59, died in hospital five days after the assault. The two accused, Wyssem Manai and Maxime Guyennon, could face a 20-year prison sentence if convicted. Prosecutors say Mr Monguillot was set upon after asking three men on his bus to show their tickets and adjust face-masks they were wearing…

What do hit indie games Among Us, Cuphead and Cult of the Lamb all have in common? They’re all made with the Unity engine – a development tool that’s popular with smaller studios. Or, at least, it was, until its owner announced plans to introduce a new pricing strategy. Now those behind some beloved sleeper hits are threatening to ditch the tech and warning of possible delays to new releases. An engine is a set of tools handling elements like animation and audio that provides the foundation or framework for a game. It’s possible to make one from scratch, but…