62 h. ago Assassination attempt in Colombia sparks fears of return to bloody past: ‘It’s a devastating moment’

Attack on presidential candidate is reminiscent of some of the darkest chapters of the country’s historyThe attempted assassination of a Colombian presidential hopeful has reignited fears of a return to a bloody past when organized crime and rebel groups murdered candidates, journalists, judges with impunity.The shooting of Miguel Uribe Turbay was one of the most serious attacks against a high-ranking politician in Colombia this century, and comes as a deteriorating security crisis grips the Andean nation. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Lib Dems denounce new Reform UK chair as ‘Trump sycophant’ – UK politics live

Daisy Cooper says doctor and presenter David Bull once appeared on TalkTV with his ear bandaged after the assassination attempt against TrumpReeves is now taking questions.The first comes from a delegate who says the proposed welfare cuts are wrong. Will the government think again? Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Bogota earthquake LIVE as huge 6.3 tremor sparks chaos at Colombia tourist attraction

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7 d. ago Presidential candidate shot and seriously wounded in Colombia

Miguel Uribe Turbay was attacked at a political event in Bogota

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2 w. ago Shocked Shane Lowry admits he walked off US Open course as it was too hard for him

The Irishman is getting ready for a return to the fearsome Country Club for the third Major of 2025 in a fortnight.

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2 w. ago Scots Doctor Who fan favourite to return to BBC show amid Ncuti Gatwa 'axe' fears

Doctor Who has revealed that two fan favourites are reprising their roles amid rumours that Ncuti Gatwa is going to be axed, with one of them being a huge Scots star - and it's not David Tennant.

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3 w. ago Earthquake rocks US city miles from supervolcano as fears of overdue eruption return

A small town in Idaho sitting near the Yellowstone supervolcano has been rocked by an early morning earthquake , possibly signaling a future eruption.

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3 w. ago Fear Street: Prom Queen review – disappointing Netflix teen slasher

After a surprisingly effective trilogy of horrors based on the RL Stine novels, a return to the throwback franchise is a frustratingly inert letdownThe Fear Street trilogy was one of the many casualties of the cinema-shuttering Covid pandemic, originally scheduled for an ambitious one-film-a-month summer release by Fox before being offloaded to Netflix. But while it was a little disappointing to see horror films made with such unusual cinematic flair released straight-to-smartphone, it was also a wise business decision, the unorthodox original strategy unlikely to have paid off.Based on the series of books by teen favourite RL Stine, the three films set up an exciting, expansive world, shifting between the 1660s to the 1970s to the 1990s, gliding from teen slasher to queer romance to supernatural fantasy and within a genre that typically fails to win critics over, they were surprise successes (each boasts a Rotten Tomatoes rating over 80%). It was a rousing win for writer-director L...

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