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President Donald Trump allowed landmark housing legislation to become law overnight on Friday without his signature. He had earlier refused to sign it in protest over Congress’s failure to pass voter ID legislation but did not veto the housing bill. Experts have said the legislation marks the most comprehensive action from Congress on lowering house […]

The US Department of Defence said it would continue to prioritise “the care of affected personnel” as it announced the compensation, paid out under the Havana Act which was signed into law in 2021. There has been widespread speculation for many years over what – and who – is responsible for Havana Syndrome. Some have […]

Hon May Rut Ngoai is located about 10km (six miles) south of Phu Quoc, Vietnam’s largest island. Nguyen Tien Hai, a senior Communist official in the area, said the authorities were still working to confirm the exact number of those who died as well as the survivors. He is quoted by VnExpress as saying that […]

Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated from areas of eastern China as a powerful typhoon – the country’s second in a week – barrels towards the coast. Typhoon Bavi, which spans 1,000km (620 miles) at its widest point – roughly the width of France – is expected to make landfall near the major […]

A British family on holiday in Bedar has described the “terrifying” experience of escaping one of Spain’s deadliest wildfires. Twelve people in the village – among them four Britons – were killed, according to Spanish authorities. Another 23 people are still missing. Lucinda Curtois, who arrived in Spain with her partner Riyaz Cheytan and their […]

Australian police have released bodycam footage showing one of the last attempts to get Bradley Murdoch to reveal the location of Peter Falconio’s body, on the 25th anniversary of his murder. Huddersfield-born Falconio was shot dead on a remote stretch of highway near the Northern Territory town of Barrow Creek in July 2001, while travelling […]

Police in Australia have released bodycam footage of an interview with the man who murdered British backpacker Peter Falconio – as they tried to get him to reveal the location of the body. Falconio, from Huddersfield, was shot dead on a remote stretch of highway near the Northern Territory town of Barrow Creek, about 186 […]

While the White House has been keen to push the scheme, reaction to it has been split. The White House’s argument is that Trump Accounts offer millions of children a way into stock ownership in the US, which it says has historically been “unevenly distributed, with many households – especially younger and lower‑income families – […]

Nine passengers and a pilot have died in a small plane crash in the Bahamas, officials said. The light aircraft was making a short trip from Lynden Pindling International Airport, near capital Nassau, San Andros Airport when it “reportedly encountered difficulties” and crashed into bushes prior to landing, the country’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Authority said […]

Officials in Bedar said some of those who had died had not taken a recommended evacuation route – but it’s not clear how well that guidance was conveyed. Neither the Spanish authorities – nor the Foreign Office in London – have revealed the identity of the deceased. Sanz said the rapid fire had been complex […]