22 minutes ago Lynda Obst dead: Top Gun star Glenn Powell leads tributes to Hollywood legend

Lynda Obst, who produced Hollywood blockbusters including Interstellar and The Invention of Lying, died at her home in Los Angeles, California at the age of 74

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37 minutes ago Surprising holiday destination is now more popular with Brits than Spain

For the first time in 75 years this country has overtaken mainland Spain and the Canary Islands to become our favourite place to travel to thanks to its beaches and affordability

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77 minutes ago US elections live: Obama ridicules Trump’s boasts on economy as Walz dismisses Republican nominee’s McDonald’s ‘stunt’

Democratic VP nominee joined by Barack Obama at Wisconsin campaign eventDon’t miss important US election coverage. Get our free app and sign up for election alertsKamala Harris has a significant advantage over Donald Trump among young voters, matching the lead Joe Biden ended up taking in the 2020 election, a new poll finds.The survey from CNBC Generation Lab shows Harris up 20 percentage points with voters aged 18 to 34, with 60% support compared with Trump’s 40%. That’s about the same margin by which Biden won the group four years ago. Continue reading...

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89 minutes ago Met Police calls for misconduct hearing against firearms officer Martyn Blake to be abandoned after he was cleared of murder despite shooting dead Chris Kaba 

The police watchdog decided last year that the sergeant should face a separate gross misconduct hearing relating to his 'use of force' after the conclusion of the case.

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90 minutes ago Traitors series postponed indefinitely after contestant murdered before series finale

Janne Puhakka, 29, a contestant on the Finnish spin-off of The Traitors was found dead at his home in Espoo, Finland, earlier this month, with his former partner, Rolf Nordmo, allegedly confessing to his murder

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90 minutes ago How Diane Abbott raged that Chris Kaba was just 'going about his daily life' when he was shot dead by police... as coked

As protesters gathered outside Scotland Yard screaming accusations of racism after Chris Kaba 's death, Labour MP Diane Abbott was quick to point the finger of blame.

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1 hour ago Hundreds more babies in US died than expected in months after Roe was overturned

Study shows roughly 247 more infant deaths per month in October, March and April following supreme court’s decisionIn the 18 months after the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade, leading more than a dozen states to implement near-total abortion bans, hundreds more babies died than expected, new research has found.The research, which was conducted by researchers from the Ohio State University and published on Monday in Jama Pediatrics, compared data on infant mortality from the months before Roe’s downfall with data from afterward. Overall infant mortality, the researchers found, rose by 7% in October 2022, March 2023 and April 2023. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Met officer who shot Chris Kaba now has a 'price on his head': As gangster criminal past of 24

The police marksman who shot Chris Kaba dead now faces a lifetime under threat. Martyn Blake was this week cleared of murdering the 24-year-old during a police stop two years ago.

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2 hours ago US elections live: Obama ridicules Trump’s boasts on economy as Walz dismisses former president’s McDonald’s ‘stunt’

Democratic VP nominee joined by Barack Obama at Wisconsin campaign eventDon’t miss important US election coverage. Get our free app and sign up for election alertsKamala Harris has a significant advantage over Donald Trump among young voters, matching the lead Joe Biden ended up taking in the 2020 election, a new poll finds.The survey from CNBC Generation Lab shows Harris up 20 percentage points with voters aged 18 to 34, with 60% support compared with Trump’s 40%. That’s about the same margin by which Biden won the group four years ago. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago 'Courts did their duty over Chris Kaba as police marksman faced murder charge'

Police marksman Martyn Blake was acquitted of murdering Chris Kaba, who was shot dead in London while sat in a car with his hands on the wheel

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