63 minutes ago Woman kills pregnant friend, tears baby from womb then 'pretends to give birth'

Paula Jana Ferreira Melo was brutally killed after being lured to a flat by the suspect.

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81 minutes ago Changes to HS2 are being 'actively considered' by ministers amid reports line will reach Crewe

Minister Simon Lightwood refused to deny reports that the Government is looking at re-extending the high speed line north from Birmingham

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85 minutes ago Last known footage of Yahya Sinwar resurfaces as Israel says it has killed Hamas leader

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is seen walking through tunnels underneath Gaza with his family three days after last year’s 7 October attack on Israel, in resurfaced footage released by the Israeli military.

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86 minutes ago Scots M6 crash victims on 'way home from Legoland' as cops probe 'car on wrong side of road'

Jade McEnroe, 33, from Glasgow, was pronounced dead on the motorway in Cumbria alongside her partner Jarek, 42, and his two children Filip, 15, and Dominic, 7.

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94 minutes ago Committee reviewing euthanasia in Canada finds some deaths driven by homelessness fears, isolation

An expert committee reviewing euthanasia deaths in Canada’s most populous province has identified several cases where patients asked to be killed in part for social reasons such as isolation and fears of homelessness

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96 minutes ago The Guardian view on Yahya Sinwar’s death and Gaza’s future: an opportunity that must not be ignored | Editorial

With the reported killing of the Hamas leader, Israel’s partners should renew the push for a ceasefire and hostage dealThe Israeli military’s announcement that it has killed the Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar should be an opportunity to end the devastating war in Gaza that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinian men, women and children. The death of the man who masterminded the 7 October massacres in southern Israel that killed more than 1,200 people would mark a key moment in the conflict. It could renew momentum for a ceasefire deal and hostage release – as families of those held have demanded. With the group’s two other key figures already dead, Benjamin Netanyahu could declare victory.There is no sign that he is prepared to do so without intense and sustained pressure ...

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97 minutes ago HMRC urges workers to secure full state pension payments as deadline looms

There are less than six months left for people who need to secure their state pension

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1 hour ago Yahya Sinwar: Hamas leader and mastermind of October 7 attack killed in Gaza, Israel says

Hamas chief – Israel’s most wanted man – said to have been killed in a chance encounter with Israeli troops, rather than a targeted strike

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1 hour ago Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar IS dead, Israel confirms: Terror chief is killed in Gaza 'after IDF troops spot his men in building and bring it down with tank shell'

Israel has been investigating whether Sinwar was killed in a ground operation by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) in Gaza which left three terrorists dead

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2 hours ago Middle East crisis live: Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar killed in Gaza operation, says Israel

Sinwar, seen as an architect of the 7 October attack, has been killed in an Israeli operation in Gaza, Israeli military and foreign minister sayThe 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 as...

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