3 h. ago US mass murderer George Banks dies in prison 43 years after rampage

Banks was convicted of killing 13 people, including his own children, in 1982 shooting in Wilkes-Barre, PennsylvaniaGeorge Banks, one of the most notorious mass murderers in the US, has died.Banks, 83, died Sunday afternoon at Phoenix state prison in Pennsylvania, the state department of corrections said. Banks died of complications from renal neoplasm, or kidney cancer, said Montgomery county coroner Dr Janine Darby. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Two killed after minibus full of children crashes into two cars as police pile in

Emergency services confirmed the incident and clarified that the children were uninjured, while two people in the other vehicles were killed near the city of Volgodonsk, Russia

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5 h. ago Sole survivor from Air India plane crash that killed 241 people speaks out

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh says he is ‘broken’ and suffers constant flashbacks

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5 h. ago Sole survivor struggles after air crash miracle to find happiness or even talk to his family

British citizen Vishwash Kumar Ramesh said he is still to trauamatised to speak about the Air India crash he was on that killed hundreds of people almost five months ago

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12 h. ago Powerful Afghan earthquake leaves at least 20 dead and hundreds injured

Northern provinces of Balkh and Samangan worst hit by magnitude 6.3 quake, which also damaged Mazar-i-Sharif’s Blue MosqueA powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake shook northern Afghanistan before dawn on Monday, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 640 others, 25 critically, a disaster management official said. Health officials said the numbers could rise.The US Geological Survey said the quake’s epicentre was located 22km (14 miles) south-west of the town of Khulm, and that it struck at 12.59am at a depth of 28km (17 miles). Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Father and daughter among five people killed in avalanche in Italy's Dolomites

The tragic incident killed five people who were hiking on Saturday

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15 h. ago Valencia leader resigns over mishandling of floods that killed 229 people

Carlos Mazón was heavily criticised over his government's handling of last year's deadly flash floods

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15 h. ago Horror Italy avalanche kills five including father and his teenage daughter

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16 h. ago Plane crash mystery in British holiday hotspot that killed 224 finally 'solved' by expert

A decade after the Metrojet Flight 9268 disaster that killed 224 people over Egypt, aviation expert Julian Bray claims the mystery is finally solved with a clear link

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16 h. ago ‘I can’t go on anymore’: Mazón resigns as Valencia leader and acknowledges mistakes during deadly 2024 floods – Europe live

Mazón faced daily calls for his resignation after flooding in October 2024 killed 229 peopleFor more on the anger towards Mazón and the calls for consequences after Spain’s worst natural disaster this century, it’s worth reading this report from our Spain correspondent, Sam Jones.Resigning his post, Mazón said “I can’t go on anymore” as he lamented “brutal” criticism he faced, while “acknowledging” mistakes made in an “unprecedented” situation. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Air India crash survivor says it's a 'miracle' he's alive but he's 'lost everything'

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh was the only person to survive the Air India crash which killed 241 people - including his brother Ajay

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17 h. ago Valencia president Carlos Mazón resigns over botched handling of deadly floods

Leader of Spanish region’s People’s party had clung to power despite calls for him to stand down over 2024 disaster‘Mud on our hands; blood on his’: fury lingers one year after deadly floodsCarlos Mazón, the embattled president of the eastern Spanish region of Valencia, has bowed to public fury and political pressure by resigning over his botched handling of the deadly floods that killed 229 people in the area just over a year ago.Mazón, a member of the conservative People’s party (PP), had hung on despite calls for him to stand down after it emerged that he spent more than three hours having lunch with a journalist as the floods hit and people were drowning in their homes, garages and cars. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Sole Air India crash survivor describes survival in deadly disaster as 'miracle'

The crash in the Indian city of Ahmedabad killed 241 people - but Briton Vishwash Kumar Ramesh walked away relatively unharmed

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18 h. ago Afghanistan earthquake kills 20 and leaves 300 injured as devastating tremor strikes

A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake has killed at least 20 people and injured more than 300 in northern Afghanistan, with the death toll expected to rise as rescue workers scramble to reach remote towns

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20 h. ago Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on | Nesrine Malik

The massacres carried out by the RSF in El Fasher, Darfur, with the support of its UAE sponsors, will only stop when the international community actsIt unfolded in plain sight over 18 months. The city of El Fasher in the Darfur region of Sudan, besieged by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), fell to the militia group last week, and what has followed is a catastrophe.Mass killings are under way. There are reports that in one maternity hospital alone almost 500 people – patients and their families – were killed. The few that managed to escape tell of summary executions of civilians. The RSF has embarked on a killing spree of civilians so severe that images of blood saturating the ground have been picked up by satellite. The speed and intensity of the killings in the immediate aftermath of the fall of El Fasher has already been compared by war monitors to the first 24 hours of the Rwandan genocide. Continue reading...

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26 h. ago Five climbers including dad & daughter, 17, killed during avalanche in Italian Dolomites

A FATHER and his teen daughter are among five mountaineers killed by an avalanche in Italy's Dolomite mountains. The victims - all German - were climbing Cima Vertana when the devastating snow slide wiped them out on Saturday afternoon. A group of three was "fully swept away by the avalanche" and all died, with their...

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26 h. ago Father and daughter are among five climbers killed in avalanche in Italy's Dolomite mountains

Three victims had already been recovered dead on Saturday, while the bodies of two other missing people were found on Sunday morning.

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35 h. ago Five German climbers die in Italian Alps after being swept away by avalanche

Bodies of missing man and 17-year-old daughter who had fallen 200 metres found on Sunday morning in South TyrolFive German climbers, including a 17-year-old girl, have died after being swept away by an avalanche in the Italian Alps, rescuers have said.Italian media said three groups of climbers – believed to have been travelling independently of one another – had been caught in the torrent of snow as it pulsed down a mountain near the Swiss border in the north-eastern region of South Tyrol on Saturday. Continue reading...

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36 h. ago Father and daughter, 17, among five found dead after avalanche in Italy

Father and daughter were part of a larger group of tourists climbing the Ortles mountains

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38 h. ago Ukraine deploys special forces to Pokrovsk in effort to hold key city

Escalating battle for city comes as overnight Russian drone and missile strikes kill six people, including two childrenUkraine has deployed special forces to the embattled eastern city of Pokrovsk in an attempt to push back an intense Russian assault involving thousands of troops, Kyiv’s top commander has said.The escalating battle in the strategically important city comes as an overnight wave of Russian drone and missile attacks on Ukraine killed six people, including two children, and cut power to tens of thousands, officials said on Sunday. Continue reading...

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