A warehouse worker uses a scanner to identify cartons of parcels of goods on a conveyor belt in a hangar at DHL's parcel distribution and express freight warehouse in Valence, France, on December 12, 2024. Nicolas Guyannet/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Nicolas Guyannet/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images Many European parcel companies
Good morning. You're reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today's top stories A U.N.-backed panel of experts on starvation has declared that Gaza is in the grip of famine. The announcement comes after nearly
Demonstrators pass a line of police during a protest by Palestine Action group in London, Monday, June 23, 2025. Frank Augstein/AP hide caption toggle caption Frank Augstein/AP After banning a pro-Palestinian protest group and labeling members terrorists, the UK has been arresting hundreds of protesters at weekly rallies, mostly elderly people. Critics say it endangers
Hamas fighters patrol a street before they hand over three Israeli hostages to a Red Cross team in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, on Feb. 8. Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images TEL AVIV, Israel — Nearly two years after launching the surprise attack that sparked the war
People look at wooden Kiruna Church at its final location after a two-day move from the old town to the new city center, in Kiruna, northern Sweden, on August 20. Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images A 113-year-old church in Sweden arrived at its new home Wednesday
Good morning. You're reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today's top stories President Trump announced on social media yesterday that he would facilitate a direct meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President
Women, Seated by Zhang Yueran Riverhead Books hide caption toggle caption Riverhead Books A nanny for a wealthy family plots to kidnap the child in her care. Unfortunately, her plans go off the rails when the family patriarch gets arrested on corruption charges. It's a premise to a novel that could take place in Washington
This satellite image provided by NOAA shows Hurricane Erin on Saturday. /NOAA via AP hide caption toggle caption /NOAA via AP SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hurricane Erin exploded in strength to a Category 5 storm in the Caribbean on Saturday, rapidly powering up from a tropical storm in a single day, the National Hurricane
