10 h. ago Swiss bar owners ‘blame girl in the helmet’ for starting horror NYE fire that killed 40, leaked police interview reveals

THE Swiss bar owners facing prison over a New Year’s Eve inferno that killed 40 people have blamed a young waitress for starting the blaze and blocking an escape route, a leaked police interview reveals. Jacques Moretti, 49, and his wife Jessica Moretti, 40, are under judicial supervision after the deadly fire at Le Constellation...

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11 h. ago Survivor of Nottingham attacks which killed three people says victims should have been involved in care review of NHS trust which looked after his attacker

Schizophrenic Valdo Calocane killed Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar, both 19, and caretaker Ian Coates, 65, and tried to kill three more people in Nottingham in June 2023.

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12 h. ago Survivor of Nottingham attacks that killed three people says victims should have been involved in care review of NHS trust that looked after his attacker

Schizophrenic Valdo Calocane killed Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar, both 19, and caretaker Ian Coates, 65, and tried to kill three more people in Nottingham in June 2023.

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16 h. ago NTSB to highlight what led to a deadly midair collision near Washington, DC, at daylong hearing

A daylong hearing on Tuesday should make clear what played the biggest role in causing last January’s midair collision near Washington D.C. that killed 67 people

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18 h. ago US confirms 126 deaths linked to strikes on alleged drug boats

This figure includes 116 people killed outright in at least 36 attacks carried out since early September

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30 h. ago Hundreds feared dead in attempt to cross Mediterranean during cyclone

Fifty killed in one incident as Italian authorities estimate 380 people may have drowned last weekEurope live – latest updatesUp to 380 people may have drowned attempting to cross the Mediterranean last week as Cyclone Harry battered southern Italy and Malta, the Italian coastguard has said, as a shipwreck with the loss of 50 lives was confirmed by Maltese authorities.Just one person, who was hospitalised in Malta, survived the shipwreck, which happened on Friday. Continue reading...

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31 h. ago At least 18 people dead as Philippines ferry with 350 onboard sinks

Rescuers save at least 316 after inter-island ferry sank en route from city of Zamboanga to southern Jolo islandA ferry with more than 350 people onboard sank early on Monday near an island in the southern Philippines, killing at least 18 people, officials said. Rescuers saved hundreds more, while a fleet of coastguard and naval ships searched for those still missing.Coastguard officials said the cargo and passenger ferry apparently encountered technical problems and sank after midnight. The steel-hulled vessel abruptly tilted to one side and took on water, hurling people into the sea in the darkness, according to a rescued passenger who lost his six-month-old baby. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago Gunmen open fire at football match in Mexico, killing at least 11

Mayor of Salamanca in Guanajuato state says attack is part of ‘crime wave’ as he appeals to president for help Gunmen opened fire at a football match in central Mexico on Sunday, killing at least 11 people and wounding 12, authorities said.César Prieto, the mayor of the town of Salamanca in central Guanajuato state, said in a statement posted to social media platforms that the gunmen arrived at the end of a match. Continue reading...

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36 h. ago A search for 6 presumed dead in a New Zealand landslide is expected to take days

Authorities in New Zealand have resumed a search for six people presumed killed in a landslide at a popular beach campsite

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37 h. ago Gunmen storm football pitch and open fire killing 11 people in horror attack

At least 11 people have been killed and 12 others injured after gunmen stormed a football pitch in and opened fire

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37 h. ago At least 11 dead after four gunmen open fire at packed football ground in Mexico as victims ‘bleed to death’ on pitch

ELEVEN people have been killed and at least a dozen more injured after gunmen opened fire at a football ground in Mexico. Around four men travelling in pick-up trucks are thought to be behind the massacre in Salamanca, Mexico. Witnesses told local press victims bled to death as they waited for ambulances to arrive. The...

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37 h. ago Alex Pretti: Minneapolis ICU nurse with no criminal record who ‘cared deeply for people’ killed by ICE agents

Alex Pretti worked as an ICU nurse and had spent time working with the Department of Veterans Affairs

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38 h. ago Alex Pretti: Minneapolis ICU nurse with no criminal record who ‘cared deeply for people’ killed by federal agents

Alex Pretti worked as an ICU nurse and had spent time working with the Department of Veterans Affairs

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38 h. ago At least 15 dead after Philippines ferry sinks with 359 people on board

The M/V Trisha Kerstin 3 ferry sank near Basilan province with 359 people aboard, killing at least 15 and prompting a major rescue operation that saved 316 lives

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40 h. ago Timeline of the year since an Army helicopter and plane collided over Washington

A collision between a Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines jet killed 67 people in January 2025

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59 h. ago Indonesia landslide kills 11 as at least 79 people remain missing

At least 11 people have been confirmed dead and 79 are still missing after a landslid ripped through a village, flattening 34 homes

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59 h. ago Iran protest doctor: ‘In one street, I saw blood pooled in a gutter with a trail stretching several metres’ | Anonymous

I’ve worked as a surgeon in disaster zones. Nothing compares to the nightmare I saw in Iran’s hospitals when the state started shooting protestersBy 8 January, Iran’s anti-regime protests that began in late December had spread across the country with reports of at least 45 people killed by security forces. Over the next three days the regime appears to have instigated a brutal crackdown on protesters that is now estimated to have led to the deaths of more than 5,000 people.By the time I reached the hospital in Tehran on Thursday (8 January) night, the sound of the city had already changed. Continue reading...

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62 h. ago Indonesian rescuers struggle with mud and debris in search for dozens missing after deadly landslide

Indonesian rescuers are struggling with mounds of mud and water‑soaked ground as they search for dozens still missing after a landslide triggered by torrential rains on the country's main island of Java killed at least 11 people the previous day

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68 h. ago Myanmar election enters final stage amid airstrikes and exclusions

Third and final phase of voting taking place on Sunday in village just days after military airstrike killed 21 peoplePolling stations open on Sunday for the final stage of Myanmar’s three-phase election, a one-sided vote that has been widely derided as a sham, with politicians jailed, the main opposition party banned and conflict raging across parts of the country.Junta leader Min Aung Hlaing has defended the vote as “free and fair”, presenting it as a return to democracy and stability. The election is happening almost five years after the military seized power in a coup, ousting the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi and triggering a fierce conflict. The 80-year-old has been detained since she was ousted, and her party has been banned. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago Staggering 33,000 Iran protesters killed in just two weeks as shock death toll from ‘genocide’ revealed

THE death toll from the protests in Iran has risen past 33,000, shock figures show. The stats were revealed as Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s regime threatened war if the US took any action against it. Previous estimates had suggested between 16,500 and 18,000 people had been killed amid two weeks of unrest. But new research...

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