35 h. ago FIREBALLS hit Spain as wildfires spark freak 'fire whirls' and reach Madrid, killing one person as Europe's heatwave hell continues

Extreme heat and strong winds in Spain caused 'fire whirls' on Monday night, as a hellish blaze burned several houses and forced the evacuation of hundreds of people, killing one person in the capital. 

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50 h. ago Man killed on Isle of Sheppey 'was hit over the head with a concrete slab': Girl, 16, and two boys, 14 and 15, are arrested after holidaymaker heard shouts of 'I've done him'

Emergency services raced to the Warden Bay Road area in Leysdown-on-Sea shortly after 7pm on Sunday after reports that 'an altercation broke out involving a small group of people'.

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62 h. ago British backpacker who hit and killed a father of two while riding an e

Alicia Kemp, from Worcestershire, appeared in Perth Magistrates' Court via video link from prison on Monday, charged with dangerous driving causing death under the influence of alcohol.

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3 d. ago Boy, 14, is among five arrested after man in his 50s is hit and killed by a pick

Five teenagers - including a boy aged 14 - have been arrested after a man in his 50s was fatally hit by a pick-up truck in Crawshawbooth, Lancashire, on Friday night.

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5 d. ago Horrified onlooker films after helicopter hits power lines and crashes into Mississippi river, killing two

A helicopter in Mississippi crashed into a barge after it hit power lines, killing two people.

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5 d. ago Boy, 4, killed after being hit by bus while visiting grandma at Kent hospital

Heartbreaking tributes have poured in for four-year-old Zaahir Jan, who was hit at Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (QEQM) Hospital in Margate, Kent, while visiting his ill gran

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6 d. ago Retired couple killed after driver, 81, hit accelerator pedal in error

An inquest heard that the error led to a 'sudden and unintended acceleration'

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7 d. ago 'Wonderful' sports commentator, 47, hit by train and killed while out shopping

Tributes have poured in for Russian figure skating commentator Alexander Grishin after he was struck by a train in the Moscow region while out shopping

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9 d. ago Gaza latest: Nurse killed after being hit by aid box dropped from air

A Palestinian nurse ‘couldn’t get out of the way in time’ as he was hit by air dropped aid

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3 w. ago British backpacker is stunned by how much she can earn stacking shelves in an Outback supermarket versus her old 60

Lauren, a backpacker from Liverpool, quit her job as a support worker earlier this year to travel around Australia, and started working at an IGA in Derby in the Kimberly region of Western Australia, in May.

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3 w. ago Twin toddlers killed as mum walked to shop with buggy in alleged hit

The horrific incident happened as Mollie Egold, 33, took her twins for a walk to the shop.

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3 w. ago Netanuyahu apologises after tank fire hit Catholic Church and killed three

The Latin Patriarch said a tank shell slammed directly into the church around 7:30am, but the Israeli military later said an initial inquiry 'suggests that fragments from a shell... hit the church mistakenly'.

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3 w. ago Israeli strike on Gaza church kills three and injures priest Pope Francis called daily

Two of the dead named as Pope Leo renews ceasefire call after strike on territory’s only Catholic churchAn Israeli strike has hit the only Catholic church in Gaza, killing three people and injuring 10 others including the parish priest, who used to receive daily calls from the late Pope Francis.The Catholic charity Caritas Jerusalem earlier named two of the victims were Saad Salameh, the 60-year-old janitor of the Holy Family church, and Fumayya Ayyad, an 84-year-old woman who was receiving psychological support in a Caritas tent within the church’s compound when the blast occurred. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Peter Falconio conspiracy theories from 'faked death' to girlfriend wrongly accused

Australian Police are still searching for the remains of British backpacker Peter Falconio who went missing while on holiday with his girlfriend in the outback in 2001

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3 w. ago Driver who killed girl, 15, tried to manipulate daughter's evidence but it 'backfired'

Christopher West, 42, had his daughters in the car when hit and killed Keely Morgan, 15, as she walked across a zebra crossing in Cardiff, but when their accounts differed from his chosen narrative, he tried to do something about it

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3 w. ago Israeli strike on Gaza church kills two and injures priest Pope Francis called daily

Pope Leo renews ceasefire call after strike on territory’s only Catholic church injures children and clergyAn Israeli strike has hit the only Catholic church in Gaza, killing two people and injuring several others including the parish priest, who used to receive daily calls from the late Pope Francis.“Two persons were killed as a result of an apparent strike by the Israeli army that hit the Holy Family compound this morning,” the Latin patriarchate of Jerusalem said in a statement. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Schoolboy killed in Ayrshire after being hit by car on bridge

The boy was tragically pronounced dead at the scene on the A76 at the bridge over Cessnock Water.

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4 w. ago Mysterious slaying of Peter Falconio from grisly scene to false girlfriend suspicion

British backpacker Peter Falconio, 28, disappeared while travelling with his girlfriend Joanne Lees on the evening of July 14, 2001 - Bradley John Murdoch being convicted of his murder four years later

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4 w. ago Peter Falconio killer dies never revealing location of British backpacker's body

Bradley John Murdoch was dubbed the "Outback Killer" for the murder of Peter Falconio in 2001.

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4 w. ago Outback killer dies with secret as Peter Falconio’s body still missing after 23 years

The Outback Killer, Bradley John Murdoch has died of throat cancer, taking the secret of where he hid the body of his British backpacker victim, Peter Falconio, to his grave

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