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UK counter-terror police investigating the death of former MP Ann Widdecombe have reopened an old probe into an attempted burglary last year. The incident at an address in Greater London was reported in April 2025. The Metropolitan Police and Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP) London investigated, but no arrests were made, and the case was closed […]

Lawyers for social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate urged a US judge on Friday to release the brothers from ​a Miami jail as they fight the British government’s efforts to extradite them to face charges of rape, assault and facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation. In a filing in Miami federal court, the Tate brothers’ […]

At least six people – three teachers and three pupils – have died after another student shot several people at a high school outside Bangkok, police said. Several other people were injured in the shooting at the Debsirin Nonthaburi School in Nonthaburi province north-west of the capital, a Royal Thai Police spokesman said. He later […]

Russian online retailer Wildberries, the target ‌of a three-week campaign of near-nightly strikes by Ukrainian ​drones, said on Friday that another of its logistics hubs had caught fire after ​an attack in Yekaterinburg, 1,400km east of Moscow. The blaze was later ‌contained, and ​most of the goods at the site were not ⁠damaged, the ​company […]

Typhoon Dolphin has moved over Japan’s southern remote islands, causing a main airport on Okinawa to close and sending hundreds of people into evacuation centres. The typhoon was just north of the main island of Okinawa with maximum winds of 89mph as of Friday afternoon, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. Three men in their […]

Three teachers and three pupils have died after another student shot several people at a high school outside Bangkok, police said. Several other people were injured in the shooting at the Debsirin Nonthaburi School in Nonthaburi province north-west of the capital, a Royal Thai Police spokesman said. He later told broadcaster Channel 3 that the […]

Seven ‌people were killed ​in a school shooting ​in ⁠Thailand on ‌Friday, ‌including ​the ⁠gunman, and 15 ​people ​were ‌wounded, Thai ​national police ⁠spokesperson Trairong ⁠Phiwphan ​said. The gunman shot and killed grandparents at their home before opening fire at school. The incident took place in the Bang Kruai district of Nonthaburi province north of […]

Two French streamers received suspended jail terms following the ‌death of a man they had subjected to violence and humiliation for several days on his own live video stream, ​apparently with his consent, a lawyer for one of the accused said. The Nice criminal court found the two men guilty of inflicting violence on 46-year-old […]

Dust storms that blanketed the Phoenix area in thick haze this week were among the most intense to hit the region in years, scientists have said. The storms – called haboobs – occur throughout the US south west when strong downdrafts from thunderstorms stir up loose dust and dirt that get blown along in front […]

A deluge of 90,000 rubber ducks plunged into the Chicago River before racing in the annual Chicago Ducky Derby. The ducks, which were poured into the river from a truck on the Columbus Drive bridge, floated for around 15 minutes before a winner and runner-up were plucked from the water. The annual event, a fundraiser […]