1 hour ago UK firefighter apprentice who bragged he was cartel hitman and 'killed 70 people' investigated

The Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service apprentice was six weeks into his training when he made the claims on a podcast - he now faces a misconduct hearing

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7 h. ago Key players in Syria's latest eruption of violence, from the Druze and Bedouin to government forces

Clashes that shook southern Syria this week have killed hundreds of people, including civilians, and drawn in an array of both local and international players, harking back to the dynamics of the country’s nearly 14-year civil war

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7 h. ago Greater Manchester apprentice firefighter brags on a podcast that he was a drug cartel hitman who has killed 'more than 70 people'

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service commenced an investigation within 20 minutes of being alerted to the man's claims

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9 h. 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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11 h. ago More than 60 die in fire at newly opened shopping mall in Iraq

Survivor says the blaze, which killed at least 61 people in the eastern city of Kut, started after an air conditioning unit explodedA fire has torn through a newly opened shopping mall in the eastern Iraqi city of Kut, killing at least 61 people, as desperate families searched for missing relatives.Officials said many people suffocated in bathrooms, while one person said his five relatives died in a lift. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Air India finds ‘no issues’ with fuel switches on other Boeings after crash

US report says investigators looking at actions of plane’s captain before plane crash that killed 260 peopleAir India has said it found “no issues” with the fuel switches on its other Boeing planes after the fatal crash that killed 260 people last month, as a US report suggested investigators have turned their attention to the actions of the plane’s captain.A preliminary report into the incident, released last week, found that the switches that controlled fuel going into the engines had been turned off “one after another” just after the plane took off from Ahmedabad airport. Continue reading...

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15 h. 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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16 h. ago Iraq mall fire kills dozens as shoppers 'suffocate in toilets' after explosion

The fire in the Corniche Hypermarket Mall in Kut, Iraq, is believed to have killed at least 61 people, with shoppers trapped inside the newly opened building when it exploded

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18 h. ago More than 60 people killed in Iraq after fire sweeps through mall

The blaze erupted late on Wednesday in the city of al-Kut – with 14 bodies yet to be identified

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34 h. ago Deadly Massachusetts fire highlights the minimal regulations that govern assisted

The Massachusetts assisted-living facility where a fatal fire killed nine people was caring for dozens of aging residents reliant on wheelchairs and oxygen tanks, but it lacked the safety measures and most of the staffing requirements that are commonplace in nursing homes

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36 h. ago UK to lift ban on Pakistani airlines after years of restrictions

The UK’s Air Safety Committee imposed the ban in 2020 after a plane crash killed 97 people

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37 h. ago Florida State student accused in a mass shooting is set to go to trial in November

The trial for the Florida State University student accused of killing two people and wounding six others in a mass shooting on campus in April is set to go to trial this November

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41 h. ago How climate crisis makes rainstorms that flooded New York more common

More than 2in of rain fell in an hour in the region, killing two people, and such storms are only going to intensifyMonday night’s downpour was one of the most intense rainstorms in New York City history, the kind of storm that’s now happening much more often due to climate warming.More than 2in of rain fell in New York City’s Central Park in the 7pm hour on Monday evening, part of a regional downpour that filled the city’s highways and subway tunnels and prompted several water rescues. Continue reading...

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50 h. ago Tragic connection between doomed jets: How Air India, MH370 and Germanwings disasters all sparked fears their captains suffered mental health issues

Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, was piloting the Boeing 787 Dreamliner when it plummeted into a residential area, killing all but one of the 242 people on board.

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51 h. ago Murderer's 14 last words as he's given lethal injection on Florida's death row

Michael Bernard Bell, who killed two people outside a bar in Florida more than 30 years ago, became the 26th person to be executed on death row in the US this year

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56 h. ago Heavy rain kills two in New Jersey as subway and roads flooded in New York

Flash flood warnings were issued for parts of New York and Pennsylvania and an emergency was declared in New JerseyAt least two people were killed Monday evening in New Jersey amid heavy rain and flooding in that state and New York, according to authorities.The pair died in the city of Plainfield when the car they were in was swept into Cedar Brook during flash flooding, local officials announced on Facebook. Continue reading...

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59 h. ago Police work to recover fourth body after plane crash at Southend Airport

It is understood that the plane was bound for its base in the Netherlands when it crashed, killing four people who were all foreign nationals.

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60 h. ago Sudanese paramilitary RSF accused of killing almost 300 people in village raids

Rights group says targets of Rapid Support Forces in North Kordofan were ‘empty of military objectives’Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have killed nearly 300 people in attacks in North Kordofan state that began on Saturday, according to Sudanese activists.The RSF has been fighting the Sudanese army in the area, one of the key frontlines of a civil war in Sudan that has raged since April 2023. Continue reading...

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60 h. ago At least two killed after heavy rain in New York region floods subways and strands vehicles

Flash flood warnings were issued for parts of New York and Pennsylvania and an emergency was declared in New JerseyAt least two people were killed Monday evening in New Jersey amid heavy rain and flooding in that state and New York, according to authorities.The pair died in the city of Plainfield when the car they were in was swept into Cedar Brook during flash flooding, local officials announced on Facebook. Continue reading...

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63 h. ago Southend plane crash: Everything we know as victims named and airport closed

Southend Airport remains closed after a small aircraft crashed close to the runway and burst into flames, killing four people.

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