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Russian drone and missile strikes on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro killed at least four people and wounded 21, local authorities said on Saturday. The bodies of the four were found in the ruins of a house destroyed in the overnight attacks, Dnipropetrovsk regional head Oleksandr Ganzha said, adding that people might still be trapped […]

Russian drone and missile strikes on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro killed at least three people and wounded 21, local authorities said on Saturday. The bodies of the three were found in the ruins of a house destroyed in the overnight attacks, Dnipropetrovsk regional head Oleksandr Ganzha said, adding that people might still be trapped […]

US envoys are expected to travel to Pakistan in a new bid to salvage ceasefire talks with Tehran. But Iran ruled out direct negotiations with US representatives as its top diplomat arrived in Islamabad on Friday. The latest effort to broker a deal comes as an indefinite ceasefire has paused most fighting, but economic fallout […]

The eldest son of late Hollywood director Rob Reiner has reflected on his “living nightmare” since his parents were killed and his brother Nick was charged with their murder. Reiner, 78, and his wife Michele Singer Reiner, 70, were found dead from apparent stab wounds in their home in Los Angeles last December. Their 32-year-old […]

Dot Cotton actress June Brown asked her former EastEnders co-star Michael Cashman to help her get an assisted death, the peer has said. Speaking during the debate on assisted dying in the UK’s House of Lords, as the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill looks set to fall on Friday afternoon, Cashman said Brown […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that he has undergone treatment for prostate cancer in his first public acknowledgment of the diagnosis. He said that roughly a year and a half ago he had prostate surgery. Then two and a half months ago, his doctors discovered and treated a small tumour at Jerusalem’s […]

Keir Starmer will still be British Prime Minister beyond the current Parliament, Downing Street has insisted. The Labour leader has faced calls to resign amid the fallout from the Peter Mandelson vetting scandal, and Cabinet divisions are said to have emerged over his handling of the process, including his decision to sack Foreign Office chief […]

A powerful tornado in Oklahoma ripped roofs off buildings and reduced others to rubble, knocked down power poles and sent emergency crews rushing into a rural community near Vance Air Force Base, officials said. The tornado on Thursday moved across parts of Enid, a city of about 50,000 people near the state’s northern border, according […]

A member of a self-styled “African tribe” that set up camp in the Scottish Borders has been deported from the country, the British Home Office has confirmed. Kofi Offeh, who called himself King Atehene, set up the self-proclaimed Kingdom of Kubala with Jean Gasho – who called herself Queen Nandi. The two were later joined […]

Tensions in the stand-off between the US and Iran over the Strait of Hormuz have intensified after US president Donald Trump ordered the American military to “shoot and kill” Iranian small boats in the key waterway. Iran has also rejected Mr Trump’s claim there was a leadership rift in the Islamic Republic. “In Iran there […]