20 h. ago Zelenskyy urges Trump to view devastation in Ukraine caused by Russia’s invasion

Ukrainian president calls on US counterpart to visit country as Trump appears to downplay Russia’s latest strike by calling it ‘mistake’Europe live – latest updatesVolodymyr Zelenskyy has urged Donald Trump to visit Ukraine to see the devastation caused by Russia’s invasion, while the US president appeared to play down Moscow’s latest deadly attack, the worst on civilians this year, calling it “a mistake”.International leaders condemned Russia’s strike on the centre of the Ukrainian city of Sumy on Sunday, which killed 34 people, including two children. Two ballistic missiles hit as people made their way to church for Palm Sunday. Continue reading...

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22 h. ago Zelenskyy invites Trump to Ukraine to see damage from Russia’s invasion

Ukrainian president says US president can visit any city, as Trump says deadly bombing of Sumy on Sunday ‘a mistake’Volodymyr Zelenskyy has invited Donald Trump to visit Ukraine to see the devastation caused by Russia’s invasion, while the US president appeared to play down Moscow’s latest deadly attack, the worst on civilians this year, calling it “a mistake”.International leaders condemned Russia’s strike on the centre of the Ukrainian city of Sumy on Sunday, which killed 34 people, including two children. Two ballistic missiles hit as people made their way to church for Palm Sunday. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago Trump says Russia 'made a mistake' with missile strike that killed 34 civilians

Russia staged a barbaric double Iskander-M missile strike on Ukraine on Sunday hitting a trolley bus, killing at least 34 people, including two children, and wounding 117, including 15 children.

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4 d. ago Six people killed after helicopter crashes into Hudson River in New York

Pilot and a family with three children who are believed to have been Spanish tourists were killed onboard aircraftHudson helicopter crash - latest updatesA helicopter crashed into the Hudson River in New York on Thursday, killing all six people onboard, including the pilot and a family with three children who are believed to be Spanish tourists.The fire department said it received a report of a helicopter in the huge tidal waterway that runs up the west side of Manhattan at 3.17pm ET. Videos posted on social media showed the aircraft mostly submerged, upside down in the water, and rescue vehicles crowding on to the streets on shore as emergency workers raced to save those onboard. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Cause of deaths of three people including girl, four, and her mother, 30, killed in horror blaze at Grade

Emma Conn, 30, and her daughter Mayci Fox, four - both from Desborough - died along with Louie Thorn, 23, at the Grade II-listed property in the village of Rushton, near Kettering.

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5 d. ago Israeli strike on Gaza City residential block killed at least 23, officials say

Israeli military says it struck a senior Hamas militant who it claims was behind attacks emanating from ShijaiyahMiddle East crisis – live updatesIsraeli aircraft struck a residential block in war-ravaged northern Gaza on Wednesday, killing at least 23 people, health officials said, as the renewed fighting in the devastated Palestinian territory showed no signs of letting up.The Al-Ahli hospital said at least 23 people were killed in the strike, including eight women and eight children, figures confirmed by the territory’s health ministry. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Middle East latest: Israeli strikes kill 25 people in Gaza as Supreme Court hears Shin Bet cases

Palestinian medics say Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip overnight and into Tuesday have killed at least 25 people, including eight children and five women

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7 d. ago ‘Little suns in the classroom’: Ukrainian city mourns children killed by Russian missile

Anger and outrage are gripping the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as it holds funerals for some of the 20 people, including nine children, killed by a Russian missile that tore through apartment buildings and blasted a playground

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8 d. ago Middle East latest: Israeli strike on media tent near Gaza hospital kills reporter, wounds others

Israel has struck tents outside two major hospitals in the Gaza Strip overnight, killing at least two people, including a local reporter, and wounding nine, including six reporters, Palestinian medics said

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8 d. ago Israel strikes tents near hospitals in Gaza, killing and wounding reporters

Palestinian medics say Israel struck tents outside two major hospitals in the Gaza Strip overnight, killing at least two people, including a local reporter, and wounding another nine, including six reporters

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8 d. ago Ukraine war briefing: Macron urges strong action against Russia if it continues to ‘refuse peace’

French president speaks after missile attack on Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s home town that killed 20, including nine children. What we know on day 1,139See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageFrench president Emmanuel Macron on Sunday called for “strong action” if Russia continued “to refuse peace”, days after a Russian ballistic missile killed 20 people, including nine children, in Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s home town. Despite US and European efforts to secure peace in Ukraine, Russia continued “to murder children and civilians”, Macron said. “My thoughts are with the children and all civilian victims of the bloody attacks carried out by Russia, including on 4 April in Kryvyi Rih,” Macron said on X. “A ceasefire is needed as soon as possible. And strong action if Russia continues to try to buy time and refuse peace.” Macron said that even though Ukraine accepted US president Donald Trump’s proposal for a complete ceasefire and European countries were also working to secure peace, “Russia is co...

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9 d. ago Two dead including young girl in horror caravan park fire as police launch probe

An investigation is underway into a fire after two people, including a 10-year-old girl, were killed in a blaze at a holiday park in the early hours of the morning.

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9 d. ago Ingoldmells caravan fire: Two die including girl, 10, as police launch probe

Lincolnshire Police have launched an investigation into a fire after two people, including a 10-year-old girl, were killed in a blaze at a holiday park in the early hours of the morning

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9 d. ago Eighteen people killed in Russian missile strike on Zelenskyy’s home city

Missile attack on Kryvyi Rih left 61 injured including three-month-old baby and elderly residentsEighteen people, including nine children, have been killed in a Russian missile strike on Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s home city, a Ukrainian official said.A further 61 people were injured in the attack on Kryvyi Rih on Friday, including a three-month-old baby and elderly residents, the regional governor, Serhii Lysak, said. Forty remain in hospital, including two children in critical condition and 17 in a serious condition. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Ukraine war briefing: Russian missile attack in Zelenskyy’s home town kills 18

Nine children among the dead in strike on Kryvyi Rih residential area as Kyiv says Moscow’s claim it targeted military gathering is false. What we know on day 1,137See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageA Russian missile strike killed at least 18 people, including nine children, in a residential area of Ukraine’s central city of Kryvyi Rih on Friday, local officials said – one of Moscow’s deadliest attacks this year in the war. The strike in President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s home town damaged residential blocks and sparked fires, the regional governor said on Telegram. More than 30 people, including a three-month-old baby, were in hospital, Serhiy Lysak said. At least 50 people were wounded, the emergency services said, adding that the figure was growing. Zelenskyy said rescue efforts were still under way and called on the west to exert greater pressure on Moscow. “All Russian promises end with missiles, drones, bombs or artillery,” he said in his nightly video address. “Diplomacy mea...

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1 week ago Volodymyr Zelensky's rage as Russian missile strike kills 14 people including children and injures more than 50 in his own home city

A Russian ballistic missile struck a residential area near a children's playground in Volodymyr Zelensky's home city of Kryvyi Rig.

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1 week ago Blaze which killed three people including girl, four, not suspicious – police

The fire killed three people, including a mother and daughter, in a village in Northamptonshire.

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1 week ago House explosion that killed two people in Newcastle caused by drug lab, court hears

Reece Galbraith, 33, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in blast from gas canisters used to make cannabis sweetsA huge house explosion that killed two people including a seven-year-old boy was the result of a dangerous and criminal drug lab making cannabis gummy sweets using 100 gas canisters, a court has heard.Details of the causes of the blast in the Benwell area of Newcastle can now be reported after Reece Galbraith, 33, pleaded guilty on Thursday to the manslaughter of two people. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Police find 2023 Nashville school shooter sought notoriety, hid mental health from medical providers

Police say the shooter behind the 2023 Nashville elementary school attack that killed six people, including three children, had been planning it for years while hiding their mental health issues from medical providers

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2 w. ago Victims of horror house fire that killed three people including girl, four, and woman, 30, in Northamptonshire village are named

Emma Conn, 30, her daughter Mayci Marion Fox, four, died in a fire along with Louie Thorn, 23, at a historic property in the village of Rushton, near Kettering on Friday.

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