64 minutes ago Yahya Sinwar: Israel investigates if Hamas leader and mastermind of October 7 attack has been killed in Gaza

The Israeli military says it is investigating whether Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar – seen as the mastermind of the 7 October attack – has been killed in Gaza.

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68 minutes ago Liam Payne's 'heartbroken' family's tribute says he'll 'forever live in our hearts'

One Direction star Liam Payne tragically passed away on holiday in Buenos Aires, Argentina after the injuries he suffered 'proved to be fatal'.

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68 minutes ago Scots billionaire Sir Tom Hunter paid to repatriate Alex Salmond's body

The former first minister died suddenly on Saturday after suffering from a heart attack in North Macedonia.

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70 minutes ago Middle East crisis live: Israeli army says it may have killed Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar

Forces are checking to see if they have killed Sinwar, seen as the mastermind of Hamas’ 7 October attack on IsraelThe US military has mobilised its long-range B-2 stealth bombers to conduct strikes against “five hardened underground weapons storage locations” in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen. The Pentagon said the facilities house various weapons components the Houthis have used to target civilian and military vessels, roiling commercial shipping in the Red Sea. “This was a unique demonstration of the United States’ ability to target facilities that our adversaries seek to keep out of reach, no matter how deeply buried underground, hardened, or fortified,” defence secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement.The US Central Command said its battle damage assessments from the strikes wer...

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86 minutes ago Moment a cherubic Liam Payne, 14, met the future mother of his child Cheryl Cole at his X Factor audition

The former One Direction member, 31, died after he reportedly fell from the third floor of the Casa Sur Palmero hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Wednesday.

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87 minutes ago CBB icon behind Liam Payne song wrote hit after 'falling off balcony and nearly dying'

Samuel Preston has told how he penned a song for Liam Payne - who has died falling from the third floor of a hotel - after he fell from a balcony himself and almost died

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87 minutes ago How we met: ‘We got chatting on the plane – and she suggested I move in with her’

Kate, 49, and Abby, 52, struck up a conversation on a flight from New York to London in the 90s. They have been close friends ever sinceAs a friendly student who loved to travel, striking up a conversation on a flight wasn’t unusual for Kate. But when she boarded a plane headed from New York to London in January 1996, she had no idea she would be making a friend for life. “I’d spent the previous summer interning for Rolling Stone magazine and a publishing company in New York, and I was returning for New Year to visit pals,” she says. “I was then going back to university in London.”She introduced herself to Abby, in the neighbouring seat. “I’d studied in Bristol during my junior year in college and fallen in love with a British boy,” says Abby. “After completing my studies in the States ...

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88 minutes ago Liam Payne autopsy preliminary findings reveal cause of death after Argentina hotel fall

One Direction star Liam Payne tragically died after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires in Argentina yesterday evening and preliminary autopsy findings have since been released

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92 minutes ago How did as many as 140 people die in one of Nigeria's deadliest tanker explosions?

Nigerian authorities have announced measures to correct lapses that resulted in the death of more than 140 people in an explosion as they were trying to scoop up fuel from an overturned fuel tanker on Wednesday

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92 minutes ago Friends and musicians express heartbreak at the death of singer Liam Payne at age 31

Friends and collaborators have expressed shock and sadness over the death of former One Direction singer Liam Payne, who has died in Buenos Aires, Argentina at age 31

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