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MI6 is launching its own dedicated portal on the dark web in the hope of attracting new spies online, notably from Russia. Secure messaging platform Silent Courier aims to strengthen national security by making it easier for the intelligence agency to recruit, the Foreign Office said. Potential agents in Russia and around the world will […]

Wenatchee Police Department Human remains, believed to be of a man wanted on suspicion of murdering his three daughters, aged nine, eight and five, have been found in the US state of Washington. Police had been searching for Travis Decker since officers found his phone and the bodies of his girls Paityn, Evelyn and Olivia […]

Animal welfare activists in India are mourning the death of a much-loved elephant they long sought to rehabilitate. Shankar, the lone African elephant at Delhi’s zoo who spent much of his life in isolation, refused food on Wednesday and collapsed by evening. Despite veterinary efforts, the 29-year-old male died within 40 minutes, officials said. For […]

The Taliban government has removed books written by women from the university teaching system in Afghanistan as part of a new ban which has also outlawed the teaching of human rights and sexual harassment. Some 140 books by women – including titles like “Safety in the Chemical Laboratory” – were among 680 books found to […]

The US has for the sixth time vetoed a draft resolution at the United Nations Security Council that would have demanded an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages. US deputy Middle East envoy Morgan Ortagus said the text did not go far enough in condemning Hamas or recognise Israel’s right […]

An Australian doctor who raised the alarm about Erin Patterson has been sanctioned by the medical regulator over disparaging comments made about the triple murderer. Chris Webster was a key witness in Patterson’s trial, at which a jury found her guilty of killing three relatives and attempting to kill another with a deadly mushroom lunch […]

TV host Jimmy Kimmel has been pulled off air indefinitely after comments he made about the shooting of Charlie Kirk, ABC has said. The decision came hours after Brendan Carr, chair of broadcast regulator, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), said Jimmy Kimmel was “appearing to directly mislead the American public”. Leading Democrats call Kimmel’s suspension […]

Watch: Trump suggests FCC should revoke licenses from networks covering him negatively US President Donald Trump has suggested some TV networks should have their licences “taken away”, as he backed America’s broadcast regulator in a row over the suspension of ABC host Jimmy Kimmel. The Disney-owned network announced on Wednesday evening it was pulling the […]

Sarah SmithNorth America editor “Was it worth it?” – BBC correspondents assess Trump’s state visit There is little doubt that Donald Trump was more enthused about the day he spent at Windsor Castle than his talks with Sir Keir Starmer at Chequers. And that is no slight on the UK prime minister’s hospitality during this […]

At least ten people have died and 25 others injured after a fire broke out in a high-rise building in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital. Videos on social media on Tuesday showed occupants of the seven-storey Afriland Towers jumping out of the third and fourth floors when the fire started. The victims were commercial workers who […]