14 h. ago Pope Leo demands end to ‘pandemic of arms’ after Minnesota school shooting

First US pope in history prays for victims of last week’s shooting that left two children dead and 18 others injuredPope Leo XIV called for the “pandemic of arms, large and small” to end during a weekly public prayer with crowds in St Peter’s Square on Sunday that also addressed the plague of mass shootings in the US.The first US pope in history, a native of Chicago, spoke in English as he prayed for the victims of last week’s shooting during a Catholic school mass in Minnesota which saw two children killed and others seriously injured. Continue reading...

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51 h. ago Funeral director Amie Upton hits back at fury she 'left dead baby watching cartoons'

Amie Upton, from Harehills, Leeds, says her "heart is broken" by the complaints against her and was just "trying to help" grieving families after her own tragedy

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62 h. ago EastEnders star Lorraine Stanley gets married in very quirky wedding dress

EastEnders favourite Lorraine Stanley looked incredible in a quicky wedding dress as she tied the knot with her longterm love Mark Perez in a beautiful ceremony

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65 h. ago Russia 'deliberately targeted UK and EU' on Putin's 'say so' in huge Kyiv drone attack

EXCLUSIVE: World-renowned war expert Professor Anthony Glees offered some insight into Russia's latest attack on Ukraine, which left four children dead in a direct attack on the British Council

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2 d. ago Who is Robin Westman? What we know about suspect in Minneapolis school shooting that left two children dead

Both victims identified as 8-year-old Fletcher Merkel, and 10-year-old Harper Moyski

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3 d. ago Melania Trump makes demand in rare statement after church shooting that left two children dead

Melania Trump has issued a rare statement following the Minnesota church shooting that left two children dead and 17 people injured, calling for "pre-emptive intervention"

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3 d. ago Who is Robin Westman? What we know about suspect in Minneapolis church shooting that left two children dead and 18 people injured

One victim was identified as 8-year-old Fletcher Merkel

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3 d. ago Minneapolis shooting victims fighting for lives named as boy, 13, and girl, 12

Endre Gunter, 13, and Sophia Forchas, 12, are fighting for their lives after the horror shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis, which left two children dead

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3 d. ago EastEnders favourite left for dead as chilling gunshot heard by neighbours

EastEnders' Patrick and Yolande Trueman's wedding day arrives next week but things don't go to plan as a life hangs in the balance after a gunshot is heard in Albert Square

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3 d. ago BBC Breakfast fans left furious as show paused for devastating news alert

BBC Breakfast was paused to provide a news alert about a tragic school shooting, which has left two children dead and 17 others injured

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3 d. ago Everything we know about Minneapolis school shooting that left two children dead

Officials say the suspected attacker Robin Westman died at the scene of a self-inflected gunshot wound

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3 d. ago Robin Westman deleted chilling video before killing kids in Minneapolis school shooting

Minneapolis school shooter Robin Westman uploaded a chilling video to YouTube that was deleted just hours before the deadly attack at Annunciation Catholic School, which left two children dead

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4 d. ago Who is Robin Westman? What we know about suspect in Minneapolis church shooting that left two children dead and 17 injured

Two children, ages 8 and 10, were killed in the tragedy, police say

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4 d. ago Terror at Minneapolis church: Robin Westman identified as suspect in shooting that left two children dead and 17 others hurt

Two children, ages 8 and 10, were killed in the tragedy, police say

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4 d. ago Terror at Minneapolis church: Robin Westman identified as gunman in shooting that left two children dead and 17 others hurt

Two children, ages 8 and 10, were killed in the tragedy, police say

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4 d. ago Minneapolis shooting: Deranged shooter killed children 'where they sat' in pews

The bloodbath inside Annunciation Catholic Church and School in Minneapolis on the first week of term left two children, aged eight and 10, dead and another 14 injured

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4 d. ago Funeral director who 'left dead child in baby bouncer watching cartoons' speaks out

EXCLUSIVE: A funeral director says claims she left a dead child in a baby bouncer 'watching cartoons' were ridiculous and says she only ever wanted to help grieving mums

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4 d. ago Terror at Minneapolis church: Gunman identified in shooting that left two children dead and 17 others hurt

Two children, ages 8 and 10, were killed in the tragedy, police say

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4 d. ago Families’ horror at funeral director who kept babies’ bodies at home

Woman barred from Leeds mortuaries after one mother said she found dead baby propped up ‘watching’ cartoonsA funeral director has been banned from working with hospitals in Leeds after a mother said she was left screaming when she found her dead baby propped up “watching” cartoons at the woman’s home.Amie Upton has been banned from NHS maternity wards and mortuaries in the city after keeping babies’ bodies at her house in circumstances that a grandmother of another baby compared to a horror film. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Pregnant girl, 17, left brain dead after road rage attack is kept on life support to deliver her baby

Katelynn Strate, 17,  was attacked on Sunday morning as she and her boyfriend were driving to his mother's house in Louisiana.

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