32 m. ago Diddy sentencing live updates: Sean Combs was nearly stabbed in prison, lawyer tells judge in push for release

The disgraced music titan, 55, is likely facing 5 to 7 years in prison after a jury convicted him in July on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution

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29 h. ago Wonderful moment orphaned lion from Ukraine sees others of his kind in Doncaster

A young lion rescued from Ukraine is relishing his new life in the UK after being saved from the bombs in Ukraine. He is seen fascinated by his new neighbours at Yorkshire Wildlife Park as he meets others of his own kind for the first time

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29 h. ago ‘I think she’s dead’: Frantic 911 calls moments after Ukraine refugee’s fatal stabbing released

‘The guy that did it standing over there’, a caller says after Iryna Zarutska was stabbed on a train in Charlotte, North Carolina

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36 h. ago Terrified 911 callers frantic moments after Ukraine refugee stabbed to death on North Carolina train

The terrified 911 calls reporting the murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a North Carolina train have been released. They describe the suspect and the brutality of the killing.

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3 d. ago Frantic rescue as school collapses leaving at least one student dead and dozens trapped under the rubble in Indonesia

A SCHOOL packed with students crumbled without warning in Indonesia, leaving dozens trapped and sparking a frantic rescue operation. At least 99 students were injured and one 13-year-old boy has been confirmed dead after the prayer hall at Al Khoziny Islamic Boarding School in Sidoarjo collapsed. Officials say 65 more students - mostly boys aged...

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7 d. ago Moment Putin’s troops are ordered to ‘kill everyone’ before executing family – and taking orphaned girl as human shield

THIS is the shocking moment a Ukrainian family was executed before a child was kidnapped and taken from a front line village. In a clipped-together video, soldiers can be seen attacking the village and even pulling a dead person inside a building. As the soldiers approached the village, a Russian commander told them to "kill...

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7 d. ago EU to move forward with plans for drone wall amid Russian incursions

Ministers aim to bolster defences after spate of airspace violations, amid rising momentum for €140bn loan to UkraineThe EU has agreed to move forward with plans for a drone wall at the heart of its eastern defences, as momentum grows for a €140bn loan to Ukraine, based on Russian frozen assets.After a meeting with ministers from 10 mostly central and eastern European member states, plus Ukraine, the EU’s defence commissioner, Andrius Kubilius, said a drone wall to protect against incursions from the skies was an immediate priority and core element of the bloc’s eastern flank defences. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Watch moment Ukraine naval drone bombs key fuel site as campaign targeting Vlad’s oil causes crisis in Russia

THIS is the moment a Ukraine naval drone strikes one of Vladimir Putin's key fuel sites sparking chaos in Russia. The Salavat factory was hit for the second time in less than a week amid Volodymyr Zelensky's soaring campaign against Russian oil. Footage shows thick black smoke billowing out of the facility as an inferno...

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1 week ago Gordon Ramsay's Bel Air mansion is targeted by pranksters for the second time in five months after hoax 911 caller claimed celebrity chef was high on heroin and on the rampage with a loaded gun

The celebrity chef had previously fallen prey to a swatting scam in April, with LAPD officers responding to erroneous claims that a gunman had opened fire in the grounds of his sprawling Bel Air home.

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1 week ago Secret Service takes down network that could have crippled New York cell service

US agency dismantled hidden telecom network that would have unleashed chaos ahead of UN general assemblyUS politics – live updatesWhile close to 150 world leaders prepared to descend on Manhattan for the UN general assembly, the US Secret Service was quietly dismantling a massive hidden telecom network across the New York area – a system investigators say could have crippled cell towers, jammed 911 calls and flooded networks with chaos at the very moment the city was most vulnerable.The cache, made up of more than 300 Sim servers packed with over 100,000 sim cards and clustered within 35 miles (56km) of the United Nations, represents one of the most sweeping communications threats uncovered on US soil. Investigators warn the system could have blacked out cellular service in a city that relies on it not only for daily life but for emergency response and counter-terrorism. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Murderer who killed again after being released from prison will die behind bars

Direece Roche stabbed 23-year-old Adam Steele to death on New Year’s Day in 2011. In June 2024, just nine months after being released, he stabbed his great uncle 77 times

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2 w. ago Rapper DaBaby’s new video sparks outrage after recreating fatal stabbing of Ukraine refugee

The provocative video has divided the internet

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2 w. ago Terrifying moment kamikaze drone blows up Ukrainian university

A Russian drone attack struck the central Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Tuesday, targeting a university and injuring at least four people.

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2 w. ago Assassination in Utah, school shooting in Colorado: one day in US gun violence

Reaction to the shocking killing of Charlie Kirk has largely overlooked the obvious: the country is awash with guns and people prepared to use them on fellow AmericansAt 12.23pm on Wednesday, as the rightwing influencer and provocateur Charlie Kirk was addressing a large crowd at Utah Valley University, a single shot rang out. He was struck fatally by a bullet in the neck, sending thousands of screaming students scattering in all directions and propelling the country into a new and dangerous crisis.Exactly one minute later, at 12.24pm, about 450 miles to the east in Colorado, a 911 call came in to first responders in the mountain town of Evergreen. A 16-year-old student had opened fire with a revolver on high school grounds, critically injuring two fellow students before turning the handgun on himself. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago NC lawmakers likely to propose tougher pretrial release laws after fatal stabbing

North Carolina's Republican legislative leaders are pushing for stricter pretrial release laws after a Ukrainian refugee was fatally stabbed on a Charlotte train

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3 w. ago Sickening moment bystanders film Ukrainian refugee bleeding to death on train after being stabbed by stranger

Aspiring vet Iryna Zarutska, 23, was killed in a random attack in Charlotte, North Carolina last month

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3 w. ago Previous charges, delayed mental health evaluation were missed opportunities in Charlotte stabbing

After Decarlos Brown Jr. was arrested for the fatal stabbing of a Ukrainian refugee aboard a North Carolina commuter train, he was quickly sent to a state mental hospital for an evaluation

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3 w. ago Ukraine refugee’s final moments caught on camera before she was stabbed to death on US train

Warning: distressing footage – Decarlos Brown Jr. has been charged with first-degree murder after he was accused of fatally stabbing Iryna Zarutska on a North Carolina train

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3 w. ago Ukraine refugee’s final moments caught on camera as she is stabbed to death on US train

Warning: distressing footage – Decarlos Brown Jr. has been charged with first-degree murder after he was accused of fatally stabbing Iryna Zarutska on a North Carolina train

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3 w. ago A moment that changed me: I’m a chef who joined the Ukrainian army – and it transformed how I live and cook

When I opened my first restaurant, just before the war began, I was a perfectionist. My time in an army unit taught me about discipline and what’s really importantEvery chef longs to open their own restaurant so, when I did, it felt like a dream. I had been away working in some of the best restaurants in Europe. My business partner had a great spot for a restaurant in the centre of Dnipro, my home city in Ukraine, and we opened to rave reviews. My team and I were all a similar age and we had a shared vision: to create modern Ukrainian food.But by February 2022, just three months later, we knew war with Russia was likely. I was already in touch with friends in the army and, if Russia invaded, I knew I would fight. When the war started, all the team gathered in the restaurant and I said I would understand if anybody wanted to leave Dnipro and move west, where it was safer, which lots of people were doing. Nobody wanted to. We decided that anyone who wasn’t going to join the army would...

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