3 h. ago One person is dead and four others are fighting for their lives after tornado rips through city 10 miles north of Paris

The freak weather event hit Ermont in Val d'Oise, around 13 miles northeast of the French capital, causing three cranes to come crashing down - one of which fell on a clinic.

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7 h. ago At least one person dead and dozens injured after huge tornado strikes French town

AT LEAST one person has died and dozens injured after an enormous tornado hit a French town. The soaring twister also struck and collapsed three cranes as it tore through Ermont, northern Paris earlier today. Dozens of residents in the Val d'Oise have been evacuated from their homes and are taking shelter at a local...

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8 h. ago At least one person is dead and several seriously injured after tornado rips through city just 10 miles north of Paris

French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said he was monitoring the situation closely, and added several others had been seriously injured as a result of the tornado.

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15 h. ago Israeli soccer game abandoned after rioting rival fans throw flares and smoke grenades

Police officers were among dozens of people injured during rioting between rival fans at a soccer game in Tel Aviv, Israeli authorities said

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3 d. ago Punish Prince Andrew? This is no meritocracy, I’m afraid – you get the royal family you didn’t vote for | Marina Hyde

After years of drip-fed revelations, we might as well face it. This is a family elevated by birthright: they’re stuck with him and so are weReading the extract from Virginia Giuffre’s tragic memoir in the Guardian this week, I was struck again by the fate of each of those people involved in that infamous photograph taken at Ghislaine Maxwell’s London house.The teenage girl at the centre of the picture is dead, having taken her own life at a remote Australian farmhouse earlier this year, unable to outrun her trauma. The person who took the photograph is dead, having somehow killed himself in a New York jail while awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking. The grinning woman in the background is in prison herself, exalting Donald Trump’s impeccable purity in the hope of getting moved to a nicer jail or even pardoned. And the smiling lunk with his arm round the teenage girl – who he denies he had sex with later that evening – is living in a 30-room mansion on a 98-acre estate (which...

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3 d. ago Peru to declare state of emergency after protests against new president leave one dead and dozens injured

Demonstrators clashed with police outside congress building amid public anger at crime crisis days after José Jerí assumed power Peru is set to declare a state of emergency after at least one person was killed and dozens of police officers were injured in widespread protests against President José Jerí who assumed power just days ago.Prime minister Ernesto Alvarez said late on Thursday that the government would declare the state of emergency in Lima within hours and is preparing a package of measures to tackle rising insecurity. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago 5th arrest made in connection with shooting that left 6 dead in Mississippi, FBI says

The FBI said a fifth person has been arrested in a weekend shooting in Mississippi that left six people dead and more than a dozen injured

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7 d. ago High speed train crash as dozens injured and several in critical condition

The crash occurred near the town of Roznava shortly after 10 a.m. local time (0800 GMT), the Slovak Railways said.

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7 d. ago Pakistan police officer killed as authorities attempt to stop pro

Police in Pakistan clashed with thousands of protesters during a march in support of Palestinians, killing at least one officer and injuring dozens of other officers

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1 week ago Tennessee explosives company blast leaves one person dead and at least 19 others missing

Emergency services are currently on the scene at explosives manufacturer Accurate Energetic Systems, in the Bucksnort area.

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1 week ago ‘Massive’ Russian attack on Ukraine capital causes widespread blackout

At least 20 injured after hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles target energy infrastructure in KyivA massive Russian drone and missile strike has wounded at least 20 people in Kyiv, plunging Ukraine’s capital into darkness early on Friday in what Volodomyr Zelenskyy condemned as a “cynical and calculated” attack.Kyiv’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, said Russian forces had targeted “critical infrastructure”, and fragments from downed drones struck several parts of the city. Images posted online showed firefighters working to tackle burning blocks of flats. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Paraglider bomb attack by Myanmar military kills at least 20 at protest

Dozens more injured by night strike on anti-government demonstration held during national holidayAt least 20 people were killed and dozens more were injured in central Myanmar after the military launched a paraglider bomb attack during an anti-government protest on Monday night.The attack hit Chaung U, in Sagaing region, twice during a national holiday. Myanmar has been engulfed in armed conflict since the military seized power in 2021 and the town has been a key battleground in the war. Continue reading...

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1 week ago UK tourists issued update on French air traffic control strikes

Ryanair previously warned it would be forced to cancel hundreds of flights

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2 w. ago Ryanair and easyJet issue warnings ahead of French air traffic control strike

Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary said he expects Ryanair to be told to cancel up to 600 daily, affecting up to 100,000 passengers.

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2 w. ago Dozens injured in 'savage' Russian drone strike on Ukrainian railway station

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says a Russian drone strike on a railway station in Shostka injured dozens on Saturday

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2 w. ago Bledisloe Cup: Australia v New Zealand – Rugby Championship live

Updates from Wallabies v All Blacks in PerthKick-off at Optus Stadium is 5.45pm local/7.45pm AESTAny thoughts? Get in touch with an email Five changes to the starting XV for the Wallabies – six for the All Blacks, four of them injury enforced. Among the half-dozen, Scott Barrett returns to skipper the side, Damien McKenzie replaces the injured Beauden Barrett at five-eighth, and Leicester Fainga’anuku comes in for Caleb Clarke.It’s an inexperienced line-up with five starters with under ten caps to their name, and a further four that have yet to pass 30 international appearances. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Ukraine war briefing: ‘Political will’ needed to restore external power to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, UN watchdog says

Rafael Grossi says ‘security situation’ around plant must improve for repairs to be carried out; French photojournalist Antoni Lallican killed by Russian drone strike. What we know on day 1,319See all our Ukraine war overageThe head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog said on Friday he was discussing proposals with Russia and Ukraine to restore off-site power to the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, calling it a “question of political will”. Europe’s largest nuclear power plant has been cut off from external power since 23 September, with the fuel in its reactors being cooled by emergency diesel generators. The International Atomic Energy Agency director general, Rafael Grossi, said: “Both sides say they stand ready to conduct the necessary repairs on their respective sides of the frontline. But for this to happen, the security situation on the ground must improve so that the technicians can carry out their vital work without endangering their lives.”French photojournalist Ant...

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2 w. ago France air traffic control strike: Everything you need to know as Ryanair and easyJet warn passengers

Ryanair said 600 of its flights a day could have to be cancelled because of the strike

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2 w. ago Ryanair boss warns 100,000 passengers could have flights cancelled next week

The airline expects to cancel 600 flights across the first two days of French air traffic control strikes

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2 w. ago French airport strikes: What does the October walkout mean for your flight?

Tens of thousands of passengers are likely to have their journeys cancelled during the next walkout

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