2 h. ago Texas flooding latest: desperate search for survivors after dozens killed and girls at summer camp missing

At least 24 people have died amid torrential rains and dozens of people at an all-girls summer camp are among those still missingThe Associated Press reports on the rescue operation by Texas Game Wardens at Camp Mystic on Friday afternoon and evacuated campers who had sheltered on higher ground. Elinor Lester, 13, said she was evacuated with her cabinmates by helicopter after wading through floodwaters. She recalled startling awake around 1.30 am as thunder crackled and water pelted the cabin windows. Lester was among the older girls housed on elevated ground known as Senior Hill. Cabins housing the younger campers, who can start attending at age eight, are situated along the riverbanks and were the first to flood, she said. Campers in lower cabins sought shelter up the hill. By morning, they had no food, power or running water, she said. When rescuers arrived, Lester said they tied a rope for the girls to hold as they walked across a bridge with floodwaters whipping up around their...

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2 h. ago Can you spend cash at TRNSMT and other festival FAQs answered

Plenty of festivals are card-only these days - but is TRNSMT?

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3 h. ago Donald Trump’s UFC stunt is more than a circus. It’s authoritarian theatre | Karim Zidan

A decade ago I watched MMA being used to curry favor with Putin. Now Trump is using the UFC to project a nationalist cult of masculinity on America’s front lawnTen years ago – before I became an investigative journalist – I found myself working as a color commentator for a Russian mixed martial arts organization bankrolled by an oligarch deep in Vladimir Putin’s orbit.The job took me around the Russian Federation and its neighboring states, allowing me to pursue unique stories that would otherwise have been out of my reach. I met a Latvian fighter who escaped a black magic cult run by his coach, attended an MMA show with the president of Ingushetia (now Russia’s deputy minister of defence), and knocked back vodka shots with ex-KGB officers and Russian oligarchs. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Sellafield nuclear power plant safety fears as 'potentially deadly nitrogen gas leaks'

One incident involved an 'elevated level' of nitrogen gas, which can cause asphyxiation, at the plant’s Magnox facility. The incident was played down, the source claimed.

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4 h. ago My customer's neighbours REFUSED to cut down their hedge... so here's what I did next

In a video shared on TikTok, the irritated homeowner showed how something as mundane as a garden border can cause conflict.

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6 h. ago The Icelandic scheme persuading young people to stop getting drunk that Scotland should adopt

Scotland can’t miss the opportunity to prevent the next wave of alcohol-related harm, says Winning Scotland chief executive Zahra Hedges

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6 h. ago ‘We promised change but people aren’t feeling it yet’: Labour rues poor first year

MPs, aides and other party figures reflect on what went wrong and how they could still turn things aroundIn a stiflingly hot room at a health centre in East London, as he announced the government’s 10-year plan for the NHS on Thursday, Keir Starmer was confronted with a brutal assessment of his first year in power.“You’ve U-turned on your reforms, your MPs don’t trust you, and markets worry that you’ve lost resolve on fiscal discipline. It’s the epitome, isn’t it, of sticking-plaster politics and chaos that you promised voters you would end?” a television journalist asked. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago How to prepare for a hurricane, as forecasters expect a busy 2025 storm season

Hurricane season can be stressful for millions of Americans living in coastal areas, as powerful winds and heavy rain can cause widespread damage, cut power for days or weeks and otherwise upend people’s lives

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7 h. ago Pope Leo XIV resumes the tradition of taking a summer vacation. But he's got plenty of homework

Pope Leo XIV is starting a six-week vacation this weekend at the papal summer retreat south of Rome

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7 h. ago Tell us what you think of Starmer's Labour party after one year in UK government

One year has passed since Keir Starmer was elected to power on July 5, 2024

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8 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: power to Zaporizhzhia plant cut off as UN watchdog warns nuclear safety ‘extremely precarious’

IAEA chief says electricity restored after 3½ hours as Ukraine blames Russian shelling for outage; Kyiv accuses Putin of ‘humiliating’ Trump with attack on capital. What we know on day 1,228Read all our Ukraine war coverage Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Man Utd transfer news: Brentford make Bryan Mbeumo demand amid £6m boost

Plenty of movement is expected at Manchester United this summer, with the Red Devils hoping to sign Brentford star Bryan Mbeumo and Jadon Sancho keen on a move to Juventus

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11 h. ago Wild kangaroo harvests are labelled ‘needlessly cruel’ by US lawmakers – but backed by Australian conservationists

The campaign to ban kangaroo products is ‘muddled’ and not based on knowledge, wildlife experts sayWarning: Graphic contentThe bill, introduced into the US Senate last month, came with plenty of emotive and uncompromising language.“The mass killing of millions of kangaroos to make commercial products is needless and inhumane,” said the Democratic senator Tammy Duckworth, as she introduced the Kangaroo Protection Act to ban the sale and manufacture of kangaroo products in the US. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago BREAKING Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant emergency as electricity cooling reactor goes down

This is a breaking news story and is being constantly updated by our reporters as the breaking news story develops

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19 h. ago Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant emergency as electricity cooling reactor goes down

Although the six reactors at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant are all shut down, it is reported the facility needs the power lines to help ensure radiation safety

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19 h. ago Ukraine nuclear power plant alert as ALL external electricity cables helping keep reactor fuel cool go DOWN

All the external power lines supplying electricity to the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine to help it cool the fuel in its reactors are down.

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20 h. ago Teen receives vile homophobic abuse on London Underground for standing up for woman after man knocked her over

Teen receives vile homophobic abuse on London Underground for standing up for woman after man knocked her over  MyLondon

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20 h. ago Wimbledon 2025: Kartal beats Parry; Norrie and Fritz in action, Keys and Osaka out – live

Day five updates as the third round gets under wayEmail Katy | Draper knocked out by inspired CilicA few venerable tennis observers have spoken of Amanda Anisimova as a possible champion here given the carnage in the women’s draw, especially in her quarter. The 23-year-old American started her campaign by serving up a double bagel to a distracted Yulia Putintseva, and won in straight sets in the second round too, but she’s been broken in the early exchanges against Galfi and trails 3-1.Make that 3-0 Osaka. Nick Kyrgios, who will play alongside Osaka at the rebooted US Open mixed doubles event next month, is watching on with Osaka’s team, and will be impressed with what he’s seen so far. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago Student, 19, dies after sudden gust of wind topples tree in freak accident

Stefany Carrillo, a 19-year-old university student, was at a sports complex in Venezuela when she was crushed by a tree that was knocked over by a gust of wind

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20 h. ago South American couple get engaged in Cardiff Castle ahead of Oasis gig

Heidi and Sergio from Colombia will make plenty of memories in the first night of Oasis' Live 25 tour, but one thing will definitely stick out and that happened before the gig even happened.

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