78 m. ago Israeli forces kill at least 60 Palestinians seeking food in Gaza, health officials say

Dozens more wounded as crowds approached food distribution centres run by Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian FoundationIsraeli forces killed at least 60 Palestinians in Gaza on Wednesday, most of them as they were seeking food from a US-Israeli distribution scheme, according to local health authorities.Medical officials said at least 25 people were killed and dozens wounded as they approached a food distribution centre run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), near Netzarim in central Gaza. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Austria school shooter left chilling message for mum about his cat before killing 10

Artur A, 21, asked for his mother's forgiveness for 'what I'm about to do' before he went on to kill 10 people in a school shooting in the Austria city of Graz

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6 h. ago Bayesian yacht that sank off Sicily killing 7 to be raised in late June under updated recovery plan

A salvage company plans to lift the luxury yacht Bayesian in late June from the Sicilian seabed where it sank last summer, killing seven people

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7 h. ago Funds to tackle Europe’s forest fires poorly targeted, says EU watchdog

Report raises concerns that money allocated to combat fires not reaching areas where it could make biggest differenceEuropean funds to prevent forest fires have been poorly targeted and sometimes distributed in a hurry, according to a report from the EU’s spending watchdog.The number of forest fires in EU countries has increased dramatically over the last two decades as the climate crisis fuels ever bigger conflagrations. An area twice the size of Luxembourg has been consumed by flames in an average recent year, killing people, destroying homes and wildlife and sending megatonnes of planet-heating emissions into the air. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Austria school shooter pictured after sending mum chilling video before deadly rampage

Students were sitting in their classrooms at a secondary school in Graz, Austria, when the 21-year-old man shot dead nine people, before killing himself in the country's worst ever mass school shooting

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11 h. ago Scientists develop methanol breathalyser that could prevent thousands of poisonings each year

Prototype is able to detect small concentrations of the toxic substance in alcoholic drinks or on someone’s breathAustralian researchers have developed a prototype methanol “breathalyser” capable of detecting small concentrations of the toxic substance in alcoholic drinks or on someone’s breath.Methanol poisoning is a problem that affects thousands of people every year, killing 20-40% of victims, according to Doctors Without Borders. In November, Australian backpackers Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones, along with British lawyer Simone White, were among six tourists to die in a suspected mass methanol poisoning in Laos. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Netflix documentary about Titan sub disaster reveals moment CEO fired pilot for raising security concerns

Titan: The OceanGate Disaster focuses heavily on what eventually led the Titan sub to implode, killing the five people inside.

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21 h. ago Governor Newsom warns Trump is mentally unfit after bizarre claim and LA troop chaos

Donald Trump claimed he spoke to California Governor Gavin Newsom 'yesterday' and has 'killed people' in Los Angeles, when in fact he has not spoken to him 'yesterday' or at all

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23 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Deaths in Kharkiv as Russia continues strikes on civilian targets

Latest prisoner exchange includes Mariupol defenders; European Commission unveils 18th round of sanctions. What we know on day 1,204At least two people were killed and 28 injured in an overnight Russian drone attack on Kharkiv, Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday morning. “Seventeen strikes by enemy UAVs were carried out in two districts of the city this night,” said the Kharkiv mayor, Igor Terekhov. More than 15 apartments were on fire in a five-storey building and several houses were hit. Terekhov added “there may be people trapped under the rubble”.Separately the death toll rose to at least three with 13 wounded after Russia attacked Kyiv and Odesa with waves of drones and missiles early on Tuesday. The civilian targets hit included a maternity ward and a cathedral. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s president, voiced his frustration with Donald Trump by calling for “concrete actions” rather than “silence” after seven of the Ukrainian capital’s 10 districts were hit, writes Daniel ...

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25 h. ago Coast Guard suspends search for plane that crashed into the ocean off San Diego and killed 6

The Coast Guard has suspended the search for the wreckage of a small plane that crashed into the ocean shortly after taking off from San Diego and killing all six people aboard

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26 h. ago At least seven dead and 50 wounded as Colombia hit with bombings and gun attacks

Police say 19 attacks launched on targets in Cali and nearby areas, hitting police posts, municipal buildings and civiliansColombia has been rocked by a string of coordinated bomb and gun attacks that killed at least seven people and wounded at least 50 across the country’s south-west, deepening a security crisis roiling the Andean country.Police said attackers launched 19 attacks on targets in Cali – the country’s third largest city – and several nearby towns, hitting police posts, municipal buildings and civilian targets. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago Hegseth tells Congress his ‘war fighters’ are primed for ‘lethality’ ... as he sends them to face American protesters

ANALYSIS: Hegseth has spent months boasting about the laser focus of his department on fighting wars and killing people, only for his first deployment to be against U.S. civilians, Richard Hall writes

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33 h. ago Palestinians say Israeli forces fired toward crowds near Gaza aid site, killing 3

Palestinian health officials and witnesses say Israeli forces fired toward crowds making their way to a food distribution point run by an Israeli and U.S.-supported group in the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, killing three people and wounding scores

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35 h. ago Austria school shooting: Ten people, including students, killed in 'terrible tragedy' in Graz

The shooting took place just before 10am local time at a high school in Graz - Austria's second-biggest city.

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35 h. ago Chilling reason serial killer Harold Shipman 'targeted particular victims'

GP turned serial killer Harold Shipman killed as many as 250 people, with a preference for elderly females. We take a look back at the murderer's early life to find out why

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36 h. ago Ten people dead in attack at school in city of Graz in Austria, says mayor – Europe live

Elke Kahr, mayor of Graz, says seven students, one adult and attacker among dead after attack at schoolThe Austrian interior ministry has confirmed that several people have been killed in the attack on the school in Graz in the south of the country, without specifing the exact number, AP reported.Austria’s Kronen Zeitung noted that the incident took place close to the tenth anniversary of the 2015 Graz attack “which many Graz residents still remember today” in which three people died, and 36 were injured. Continue reading...

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36 h. ago A school shooting in the Austrian city of Graz leaves at least 8 people and suspected gunman dead

At least eight people were killed in a shooting at a school in the Austrian city of Graz on Tuesday, and the suspected perpetrator also died, the city’s mayor said

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36 h. ago Ten dead after 'bullied pupil' launches shooting rampage at Austrian school, with 28 people seriously wounded

Ten people have been killed and dozens more injured after a pupil opened fire on an Austrian school, in what has been described as one of the worst mass killings in the country's history. 

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37 h. ago Nine dead after 'bullied pupil' launches shooting rampage at Austrian school, with 28 people seriously wounded

At least eight people have been killed and several more were injured in a school shooting rampage carried out by a pupil at an Austrian school.

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37 h. ago 'At least nine dead' after 'bullied pupil' launches shooting rampage at Austrian school, with 'double

At least eight people have been killed and several more were injured in a school shooting rampage carried out by a pupil at an Austrian school.

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