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Person killed in shooting involving ICE agents in Maine, reports say
Shooting occurs days after man killed by immigration agent during traffic stop in TexasUS politics live – latest updatesA person was killed on Monday…
Two teens arrested after five members of family killed in Illinois shooting
Suspects, aged 15 and 16, taken into custody but not formally charged in ‘targeted mass shooting’ in East St LouisTwo teenagers were arrested Sunday i…
North Carolina woman, 82, survives nine days trapped in her bathtub after fall
Joan Rivet drank water she managed to splash up to her face by turning faucet on with her footAn 82-year-old North Carolina woman says she survived fa…
Mastermind of €88m Louvre heist thought they ‘could have taken more’
Alleged thieves in October 2025 robbery damaged a gem-encrusted crown worn in the 19th century by Empress EugénieTwo men suspected of making off with …
Disney’s live-action Moana fails to make a splash at box office with underwhelming opening
Latest film in franchise takes just $43m in North America and $95m globally, against a $250m budgetThe Walt Disney Company’s live-action remake of Moa…
Two men die trying to save children in sea
Cleveland Police says the children are confirmed to be safe.…
Thousands gather to bid farewell to Qatar’s Father Emir Sheikh Hamad
Thousands gathered in Doha to bid farewell to Qatar's Father Emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani.…
Labrador rescued after ‘eating discarded cannabis’ on Ben Nevis hike
Owner Christina Bluhme feared the worst after Tokyo began to lose consciousness while climbing the UK’s tallest mountainA dog has been rescued from Be…
Georgia teen to appear in plea hearing over 2024 school shooting that killed four people
Colt Gray, now 16, expected to change plea after pleading not guilty to 55 criminal counts in Apalachee shootingThe teenager accused of killing two st…
Man arrested after 24-year-old woman killed in stabbing in west London
Man in 20s also found with stab injuries after incident over which 44-year-old is being held on suspicion of murderA man has been arrested after a 24-…
Murder arrest as woman stabbed in west London
The arrest comes as a 24-year-old woman and a man aged in his 20s were stabbed in west London.…
Antiques Roadshow expert Theo Burrell dies aged 39
She was diagnosed with a glioblastoma, a highly aggressive brain tumour, in June 2022.…
France and UK to increase staffing at border controls in effort to stave off travel chaos
Disruption at Channel crossings expected to rise amid new fingerprinting and facial recognition checksFrance and the UK have agreed to increase staffi…
New anti-racism standard will force Australian universities to use definitions of antisemitism and Islamophobia
Higher education chiefs, academics and students to give evidence this week at royal commission Australian universities will be required to adopt defin…
Toronto shooting: two dead and four injured as police search for active shooter
Police in the city in Canada urge public to stay away from Salsa on St Clair festival areaPolice in Toronto were searching for an active shooter on Sa…
Family pleads for answers in death of young Black man in Mississippi
Body of Nolan Wells, 18, found after he traveled to Horn Island over Fourth of July weekend with three white friendsA mother on Friday pleaded for any…
Probation hostels in England and Wales forced to shut after staffing crisis
Watchdog says public being put in danger by closure of premises that accommodate most dangerous offendersNearly one in ten probation hostels where Eng…
Ann Widdecombe may have been killed 24 hours before her body was found
Devon police working on assumption the former politician was attacked on Wednesday afternoonAnn Widdecombe: obituaryAnn Widdecombe may have been dead …
‘Like a sauna’: London tube travellers swelter in temperatures higher than legal limit for cattle
The tube cannot easily be adapted to cope with heatwaves, making conditions almost unbearableAs the escalator descends below ground at King’s Cross St…
John Humphrys criticises successors on ‘irritating’ Today programme
Ex-presenter of BBC Radio 4 show complains in Guardian of ‘gratuitous gratitude’ and ‘gushing’ between host and guestFor more than three decades, John…
‘Children were calling for their mummies’: UK pupils struggle in 40C-plus classrooms
Teachers call for schools to be urgently adapted for hot weather amid reports of nausea, fainting and heatstrokeThe extreme heat that has hit the UK t…
Man charged with Bedfordshire murder of his wife and daughters after arrest in South Africa
Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma was arrested in a Johannesburg suburb after an international manhuntA man has been charged with murdering his wife and two yo…
How Wong Kim Ark’s legacy reignited the fight for birthright citizenship
Sandra Wong did not know her great-grandfather growing up. But his legacy would catapult her into the public eye.…
Rapper Pitbull and fans set ‘bald cap’ Guinness World Record at Hyde Park show
Crowd of over 22,000 people – and the musician himself – formed the ‘largest gathering of people wearing bald caps’A tight plastic cap is not an attra…
King Charles understood to have met Prince Harry’s children at Highgrove
Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet believed to have had private reunion with kingKing Charles has enjoyed a private reunio…
Netflix reportedly among parties in talks to buy Letterboxd
Sony Pictures and Paramount are said to also be among potential buyers for the film-focused social platformLetterboxd is reportedly in talks with pote…
Sir Anthony Hopkins to release debut album inspired by his childhood
The album is a collection of pieces the Oscar-winning actor has worked on for more than 60 years.…
‘Take that, Marti Pellow!’ Sam Fender and Olivia Dean’s Rein Me In beats Wet Wet Wet’s UK chart record
Duetting pair spend 16th week at No 1, a record for a British artist – but they’ll need 19 weeks to beat Frankie Laine’s all-time record from 1953Sam …
'She's cleaned up!' - Ecclestone takes three wickets in six balls
Sophie Ecclestone takes three wickets in six balls across two overs to reduce India from 279-7 to 285 all out in their first innings against England o…
Sam Fender and Olivia Dean make UK chart history with Rein Me In
They break the record for the longest running number one single of all time by a British act.…