3 h. ago Middle East latest: At least 12 killed overnight by Israeli strikes in Gaza

At least 12 people including children were killed overnight in Gaza by Israeli strikes, hospital workers said Wednesday

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3 h. ago Hotel fire horror kills at least 15 tourists including two children, as witnesses say inferno turned building into a 'gas chamber' with people seen jumping out of windows

Several people were rescued from rooms and roof of the budget hotel, Kolkata police chief Manoj Verma said, after the fire broke out on Tuesday evening.

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30 h. ago Chicken rendang and rasam: Sugen Gopal’s recipes for Malaysian comfort food

A simple, fragrant, restorative soup, plus a chickeny twist on the classic Indonesian-Malay aromatic ‘dry’ curryComfort food means different things to different people, and today’s recipes are what do it for me. Rasam is the dish I crave whenever I’m feeling under the weather, because it gives me a boost. This thin, brothy soup is considered to be very good for digestion, so in Malaysia we often serve it at the end of a meal. Rendang, meanwhile, originated in Indonesia before becoming popular across south-east Asia, and is now particularly associated with Malaysia. It is spicy, sweet and very fragrant, because it features both lemongrass and lime leaves. I learned how to cook it from my mum and auntie back at home in Seremban – Mum’s version uses fresh green chillies, but I also add some dried kashmiri chillies, to give it a darker colour and, in my opinion, a better flavour, too. As with many Malaysian recipes, it all begins by making a kari paste, which you can do well in advance,...

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34 h. ago Four children killed after car crashes through Illinois building, say police

Several injured after vehicle hit three people during after-school program and one more before exiting other sideFour children were killed and several more were injured when a car smashed through a building during an after-school program on Monday afternoon in a town outside of Springfield, Illinois, police said.Officers responded at about 3.20pm to calls about a vehicle hitting three people outside, ramming through the building and then hitting one more person before exiting the other side, Chatham police department deputy chief Scott Tarter said. Continue reading...

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37 h. ago Prince Andrew 'must come clean' after his sex abuse accuser Virginia Giuffre killed herself, her lawyer says

Speaking on Piers Morgan Uncensored, David Boies, said the Prince had to take responsibility and even went on to request King Charles to intervene.

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42 h. ago Missing Claudia Lawrence's home broken into twice by mystery intruder after secret attic revelation

Chilling developments have left missing chef Claudia Lawrence's mum "nervous" as she fears an intruder has targeted her daughter's home - not once but twice. It is believed the mystery 'intruder' struck after a tiny attic hatch was discovered alongside new evidence

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46 h. ago Killer strangled loving mum to death then sent chilling message to her sister

Victoria Thomas was found dead at her home after her partner Alcwyn Thomas strangled her to death following a night of drinking and cocaine use

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3 d. ago Deadly Israeli airstrike kills 10 people: Bombs flatten three

Strikes across the region have killed at least 49 people in the past 24 hours, according to health officials.

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4 d. ago ‘We are not numbers’: Journalist who lost over 21 family members in Gaza releases new book of Palestinian voices

Over 51,000 people have been killed in Gaza, the vast majority being women and children

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4 d. ago Mum's six chilling words to police after killing son with handsaw

Karolina Zurawska, originally from Poland and who had been living at a two-bedroom bungalow in Swansea with her son Alexander.

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5 d. ago Dad haunted by son's chilling last words before wife killed their three children

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Devastated Andrew McGinley is tormented by son's dying plea after his wife murdered their children.

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5 d. ago Dad tormented by son's last words before his wife smothered all three of their children to death

Deirdre Morley was in a state of delusion and psychosis when she killed all three of her children in 2020.

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5 d. ago French PM calls for crackdown on knife crime after fatal high school stabbing

Boy, 15, arrested after at least one child killed and three injured at Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides school in NantesThe French prime minister, François Bayrou, has called for a crackdown on teenage knife crime after a high-school student stabbed four other children at his school, killing at least one and injuring the others before being arrested.The 15-year-old reportedly attacked fellow students with a knife during lunch break on Thursday at the private Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides secondary school in the city of Nantes on the Atlantic coast. The attack took place at around 12.30pm (11.30am BST), before teachers overpowered the boy. One female student was killed. At least one other student is in a critical condition in hospital. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago BBC Breakfast fans 'in tears' as Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt share heartbreaking news

BBC Breakfast hosts Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt shared the touching news that two parents of the children who were killed in the Southport attack last year will be running the London Marathon this weekend in their memory.

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6 d. ago Middle East latest: Israeli strikes across Gaza kill at least 28 people, Palestinians say

Gaza's Health Ministry says Israeli strikes have killed at least 28 people, mostly women and children

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6 d. ago AP PHOTOS: Kyiv pummeled by deadly Russian drone and missile strikes

A large-scale Russian missile and drone attack hit Kyiv overnight, killing nine people and injuring another 63, including six children, Ukrainian authorities said Thursday.

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6 d. ago Children in school shelter among 25 killed in wave of Israeli strikes on Gaza

Israel launches wave of airstrikes as Arab negotiators make new ceasefire proposalAt least 25 people have been killed in Israeli airstrikes across Gaza, including 11 in the bombing of a school turned shelter, the strip’s civil defence agency said, as Israel’s war against Hamas in the besieged Palestinian territory grinds on despite a new ceasefire proposal from Arab mediators.Intense Israeli bombings hit several areas of Gaza on Wednesday, killing 11 in a school sheltering displaced people in al-Tuffah, a neighbourhood of Gaza City. The strike ignited a huge fire that claimed most of the casualties, said a civil defence spokesperson, Mahmoud Bassal. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Tina Knowles shares fury over Beyoncé’s false pregnancy rumours

‘Y’all are not gonna kill my children with this madness,’ pop star’s mother said

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8 d. ago Woman who cut off mum's head locked in chilling prison feud with another twisted killer

Jessica Camilleri and Rebecca Jane Butterfield, regarded as two of the most dangerous prisoners in Australia, are understood to be sworn enemies - and have allegedly even been given a strict non-association order

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1 week ago ‘People lay at my feet. I said: get up. They were silent’: Ukrainian survivors speak after Russia’s attack on Sumy

Alla Shyrshonkova was on a bus when Russian missiles hit the city. Now a toy bear and hippo mark the spot where 35 people, including two children, were killedLast weekend, Alla Shyrshonkova got on the 62 bus on a journey to her cottage near the Ukrainian city of Sumy. It was a warm spring day. “I thought I’d sit with friends, have some tea. Birds were singing. The weather was beautiful. It was so nice,” she recalled.“The bus was packed. There wasn’t a single free seat. People were standing. Some were going to church for Palm Sunday. There were families with children.” Continue reading...

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