62 minutes ago Four dead as helicopter crashes into central Houston after striking radio tower

Victims’ identities are not yet known

Events

70 minutes ago King Charles heckled by Australian senator shouting ‘you are not my king’

King Charles‘s landmark address to Australia’s Parliament House on Monday was disrupted by a protesting Indigenous senator shouting “you are not my king” and accusing him of “committ[ing] genocide against our people”.

Politics

70 minutes ago I love the NHS: it saved my life, but the operation to rescue it must be led by the people and its staff | Wes Streeting

My treatment showed me the brilliance and failings of our health service. But it is in crisis and government can’t tackle that aloneWhen I was diagnosed with kidney cancer, in 2021, the NHS saved my life. I felt this Rolls-Royce machine kick into gear, as I was treated by a world-class surgeon equipped with a robot and looked after by a group of incredibly caring nurses. I saw the best of the NHS. Continue reading...

Events

72 minutes ago Rodney Alcala was a charming bachelor who competed on a dating show. He turned out to be a serial killer

In 1978, Rodney Alcala appeared on ‘The Dating Game’ where he competed for a date with an eligible bachelorette. It would be another year before anyone would learn that he was one of America’s notorious serial killers, writes Andrea Cavallier

Events

82 minutes ago King Charles is almost upstaged by a very woolly super fan at royal tour in Canberra

The King, a keen farmer, was apparently left in 'disbelief' after Hephner the alpaca sneezed on him as he went to say hello.

Politics

85 minutes ago Why can’t politics in the UK or US get to grips with Taylor Swift? Because she is a force in her own right | Gaby Hinsliff

On each side of the Atlantic, so much rests on what she says, positions she takes and who meets her approval. She is where pop meets politics nowWhen people say that music can change the world, they don’t usually mean songs that capture with bright, sharp intimacy how girls feel.They mean protest songs, political songs, anthems against the Vietnam war; not the soundtracks to aching teenage summers or to eight-year-olds’ dance routines in the playground. They don’t, in short, mean Taylor Swift songs. But that was what Malala Yousafzai, the Nobel peace prize-winning campaigner for women’s right to an education, used to sing with her friends growing up in Pakistan. Music, she posted on Instagram, after attending one of Swift’s London gigs this summer, “made me and my friends feel confident...

Politics

85 minutes ago Transvision Vamp’s Wendy James: ‘I was the leader. I was the engine. I was never a victim’

The frontwoman of one of Britain’s most anarchic Eighties pop bands is back with her seventh solo album. She speaks to Adam White about sex appeal in the public eye, her harsh treatment by the tabloids, and why she left London for New York in 2002 and never looked back

Politics

90 minutes ago King Charles and Queen Camilla confronted by angry protester accusing Royal Family of 'genocide'

Lidia Thorpe, an Aboriginal Australian independent senator, has accused the British monarchy of 'genocide' as she confronted King Charles and Queen Camilla

Politics

1 hour ago New Zealand airport causes stir with sign capping goodbye cuddles to 3 minutes

Dunedin airport boss says the move is designed to keep traffic flowing in drop-off zones and enable ‘others to have hugs’Hugging your loved ones goodbye could land you in trouble at a New Zealand airport should your embrace linger too long.The international airport in Dunedin, a city in the South Island, has introduced a three minute cap on cuddles, as part of a broader effort to improve safety and keep traffic flowing at its drop-off zone. Continue reading...

Politics

1 hour ago Israel's war against militants is expensive. Paying the bill could force tough choices

On top of the grievous toll in human life and misery, Israel’s war against the Hamas and Hezbollah militant groups has been expensive

Economics