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Soldiers, fighters and separatists in West African country committing grave laws-of-war violations, rights group finds.
Soldiers, fighters and separatists in West African country committing grave laws-of-war violations, rights group finds.
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Cause of grass fire remains unknown as PM Carney calls it one of the worst peacetime tragedies for Canadian military.
<p>Scott Peyton joined the Anglicans after the crime against his son. Then the Catholic church officially expelled him</p><p>The Roman Catholic church has upheld <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/22/louisiana-deacon-excoummunication-appeal">the excommunication</a> of a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/louisiana">Louisiana</a> deacon who resigned from the clergy after a priest molested his son.</p><p>Scott Peyton learned of the decision by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) – the Vatican entity in charge of Catholic clerical discipline – on Friday in a meeting with the bishop of the diocese of Lafayette, J Douglas Deshotel. The DDF cited technical grounds in rejecting Peyton’s appeal, saying he had joined an Anglican congregation, “published [that] fact … on social media” and therefore refused to submit to the Catholic pope, who since May 2025 has been <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/pope-leo-xiv">Leo XIV</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/19/catholic-church-excommunication-appeal-louisiana">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Hamptons says figure of 56% is highest in at least a decade, with mortgage rates rising since start of Iran war</p><p>A majority of first-time UK buyers now pay more towards their monthly mortgage bills than they used to pay in rent, the estate agent Hamptons has found.</p><p>Last month 56% of first-time buyers said their monthly mortgage bills exceeded their previous rent, the highest proportion in at least a decade, according to Hamptons. They paid £39 more on average.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/oct/19/uk-first-time-buyers-paying-more-mortgage-rent">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Ukrainian president accuses Washington of ‘denial of reality’ in ongoing row with Trump over apparent support for Moscow</p><p>Ukraine did not receive a warning from the US about an impending Russian missile attack on Sunday evening, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said, reviving concerns that Washington is withholding intelligence in order to bully Kyiv into capitulating to Moscow.</p><p>Yuri Ihnat, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian Air Force, said on television on Monday morning that Ukraine had not received a warning before a Russian missile barrage hit power plants in Kyiv at around 11pm. Earlier, a Ukrainian government official had told the Guardian the US had not warned the capital about the impending missile strike.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/19/no-us-warning-russian-strikes-kyiv-power-plants-zelenskyy-ukraine-trump">Continue reading...</a>