African and Caribbean leaders in Ghana on Friday urged former slave-trading nations to issue apologies and reparations over the trafficking of enslaved Africans, after a landmark UN resolution in March declaring it “the gravest crime against humanity”. The Next Steps conference in the Ghanaian capital Accra issued a declaration calling on countries involved in the […]
Continue ReadingTwo freight trains collided on a railway bridge in Germany overnight, officials said on Saturday. The crash sent two wagons plunging off the bridge and on to the street below. One person was killed. The German news agency dpa did not identify the victim in the crash, which happened in the city of Munich. The […]
Continue ReadingEdinburgh Airport has reopened after areas of the terminal building were evacuated on Friday evening due to a security alert. An explosive ordnance disposal team was deployed to the airport to investigate what Police Scotland described as a “potentially suspicious package”, which was discovered at around 6.50pm on Friday. An evacuation was ordered and a […]
Continue ReadingDonald Trump has shown off the new Air Force One, a formerly Qatari-owned jumbo jet that has been converted into the official US presidential aircraft. The new aircraft eschews the Kennedy-era robin’s egg blue exterior of the old plane for a bolder look, with the underbelly of the plane painted navy blue with a red […]
Continue ReadingFormer president Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama surprised some of the first visitors to walk through the doors of the new Obama Presidential Centre, personally greeting them on Friday. The Obamas, joined by former Reading Rainbow host LeVar Burton, also read to schoolchildren on the opening day of the centre, which is […]
Continue ReadingItalian prime minister Giorgia Meloni accused her one-time close ally Donald Trump of fabricating a story about her on Friday, after the US president told an Italian TV channel that she had “begged” him to take a photo with her at a G7 summit. Meloni said she was “astonished” by his comments, which were “completely […]
Continue ReadingParis Saint-Germain defender Achraf Hakimi, who is due to join the Morocco squad against Scotland later on Friday, said he faced trial on a rape charge and welcomed the opportunity to put across his point of view. Hakimi, who played for Morocco during its World Cup opener against Brazil on Sunday, had appealed his referral […]
Continue ReadingA man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a three-year-old boy was seriously injured when he was thrown into a crocodile enclosure has been released because he is not fit to be interviewed, police said. The 30-year-old man from Norfolk has been bailed while detectives from the major crimes unit conduct further inquiries, Cambridgeshire […]
Continue ReadingAndy Burnham’s return to Westminster sets up a battle for the premiership, which could see him oust Keir Starmer from 10 Downing Street. Here, the Press Association looks at what could happen next: Andy Burnham’s next campaign could be for the Labour leadership and the keys to No 10 (Peter Byrne/PA) – Will a Labour […]
Continue ReadingIsrael’s military has struck targets throughout southern Lebanon overnight as Hezbollah reported intense fighting in the area, threatening the nascent agreement between Iran and the United States to end their war. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported at least 16 people were killed in Israeli air strikes, which the Israeli military said were ongoing. Meanwhile, […]
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