Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla were officially welcomed to the US with an unprecedented military ceremony on the lawns of the White House. Charles and Camilla watched the display with their hosts, US president Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, alongside a group of invited dignitaries and hundreds of spectators. The royal couple […]
Continue ReadingHollywood star Tom Hanks has said it is hard to imagine how people were “held in stasis for an undefined amount of time” during the Second World War, as he discussed his new role as the narrator of a documentary series about the conflict. WWII With Tom Hanks is described as an “epic multi-part exploration” […]
Continue ReadingUkraine accused Israel on Tuesday of allowing the import of grain it says Russia stole from occupied territories, prompting a sharp exchange between officials in Kyiv and Jerusalem. President Volodymyr Zelensky said that a vessel carrying grain had arrived at an Israeli port and was preparing to unload, calling the trade illegal and warning of sanctions […]
Continue ReadingRyanair’s average fares could be flat in the financial year to end March 2027 rather than growing by 4-5 per cent, as previously forecast, chief executive Michael O’Leary told Reuters, adding that the outcome depended on the Middle East conflict. “If I was guessing today, and I’m completely guessing, I would have said our original […]
Continue ReadingPolice in Greece on Tuesday arrested an 89-year-old man who allegedly opened fire with a shotgun in a social security office and a court building in central Athens, wounding at least four people. Law enforcement authorities said the man was arrested near the city of Patra, some 130 miles west of the Greek capital. The […]
Continue ReadingPolice in Greece’s capital were searching for a gunman, reportedly aged 89, who opened fire on Tuesday in a social security office and a court in central Athens, wounding at least four people. Armed with a shotgun, the gunman initially opened fire at the social security office, wounding an employee, police said. Police treated the […]
Continue ReadingA Russian drone attack before dawn on Ukraine’s southern city of Odesa wounded 14 people, including two children, authorities said on Monday. It is the latest barrage of civilian areas that have been a hallmark of Moscow’s full-scale invasion, now in its fifth year. A rescue worker walks inside apartments destroyed by a Russian strike […]
Continue ReadingA tornado-producing thunderstorm has left at least two people dead in northern Texas and displaced at least 20 families, with many homes sustaining major damage, authorities said. At least one person was killed and numerous homes were damaged on Saturday night in the town of Runaway Bay, said Wise County Judge JD Clark, who serves […]
Continue ReadingA 37-year-old man has been arrested, on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts, by counter-terror police investigating a string of attacks on Jewish sites in London. He was arrested at an address near Barnstaple, Devon, on Sunday, the Metropolitan Police said. There have been 26 people over the series of attacks on Jewish sites since late […]
Continue ReadingThe suspect arrested in the White House correspondents’ dinner shooting on Saturday was identified by a law enforcement official as Cole Tomas Allen, a Los Angeles-area man who appears from social media sites to be a Caltech graduate working as a part-time teacher and game developer. The official said Allen, approximately 31 years of age, […]
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