18 m. ago Incredible moment opera singer gatecrashes stag do with stunning version of Nessun Dorma

Welshman Timothy Richards was recorded belting his heart out in Tallinn, Estonia, where he gave the 'once in a lifetime' performance to a room full of Brits.

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90 m. ago Air traffic controllers in Florida briefly lost radar after fiber optic line was cut

Air traffic controllers in Florida briefly lost their radar after a fiber optic line was cut, but the outage didn’t lead to disruptions like what happened after similar outages around the Newark, New Jersey, airport this spring

Politics

1 hour ago Met Office: Thunderstorm warning issued for parts of England in midst of 34C heatwave

A yellow warning is in place from 3pm on Saturday to 4am on Sunday, with scattered thunderstorms potentially causing disruption

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2 h. ago A woman tried to call her mom in Iran. A robotic voice answered the phone

Some Iranians living abroad are trying to call their families back home, only to have a robotic voice answer

Technology

3 h. ago Rush hour commuters face massive disruption at one of Britain's busiest railway stations as blaze breaks out beside track

National Rail is warning of cancellations and delays for passengers travelling between London Paddington and Heathrow Airport following the blaze.

Politics

4 h. ago Coronation Street star told fellow legend she was leaving in same phone call as they address future

They both bowed out of the ITV soap within months of each other

Politics

4 h. ago Sex and the City icon Cynthia Nixon reveals her Jewish son is on hunger strike for Gaza

Seph Mozes, the 28-year-old son of Sex and the City actress Cynthia Nixon, is taking part in a hunger strike in solidarity with Palestine to call for an end to the US arming of Israel

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5 h. ago BBC scraps plans to show documentary about medics in Gaza after new bias concerns

Gaza: Doctors Under Attack was commissioned by the BBC more than a year ago from an independent production but it has now been scrapped due to 'partiality' reasons.

Culture

5 h. ago Brit said 'everything hurt' after Turkey surgery – one month later she was dead

Hayley Butler, 40, flew out to Turkey for a gastric sleeve operation but she suffered from four separate organ perforations and went into septic shock. One month later, she died

Events

5 h. ago Judge orders Columbia University student activist Mahmoud Khalil released after more than three months in ICE jail

The case is at the center of the Trump administration’s attempts to combat dissent against Israel’s war on Gaza on campuses

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5 h. ago Federal judge orders release of Mahmoud Khalil from Ice detention

Columbia University graduate had been held for three months over his activism against Israel’s war in GazaA federal judge has ordered the release of Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil from US immigration detention, where he has been held for three months over his activism against Israel’s war in Gaza.Khalil is set to be released from Ice detention in Jena, Louisiana, where he has been held since shortly after plainclothes immigration agents detained him in in early March in the lobby of his Columbia building. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago EU cites ‘indications’ Israel is breaching human rights obligations over conduct in Gaza

Leaked document marks significant moment in relations with ally but stops short of calling for immediate sanctionsMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe EU has said “there are indications” that Israel is in breach of human rights obligations over its conduct in Gaza, but stopped short of calling for immediate sanctions.“There are indications that Israel would be in breach of its human rights obligations under article 2 of the EU-Israel association agreement,” states a leaked document from the EU’s foreign policy service, seen by the Guardian. Continue reading...

Politics

6 h. ago Ruth Jones reveals problems which left her 'weeping' during end of marriage

EXCLUSIVE: Actor and author Ruth Jones had several emotional ordeals that to wrestle with in recent years, one which left her sobbing on the phone

Politics

6 h. ago Internet and phone outage in much of Gaza disrupts humanitarian operations and deepens isolation

The Gaza Strip has experienced at least 10 communications outages since the war began in October 2023, according to Palestinian telecom company Paltel

Technology

6 h. ago Unicef warns children could die of thirst in Gaza amid collapse of water systems

Fears grow of drought as well as hunger as medics report more killings by Israeli forces of Palestinians seeking aidMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe collapse of water systems in Gaza is threatening the territory with devastating drought as well as hunger, Unicef has warned, as medics reported that Israel had killed more desperate Palestinians seeking aid.On Friday at least 24 people waiting for aid were killed by Israeli fire in central Gaza, according to local health authorities, in addition to other deaths by airstrikes. Continue reading...

Events

6 h. ago Residents lined the streets of a New Jersey town to welcome home Israeli

Edan Alexander, an Israeli-American soldier and believed to be the last living American hostage held in Gaza, has returned home to New Jersey

Politics

8 h. ago Britain withdraws staff from its Tehran embassy as Israel and Iran continue to trade airstrikes

'We have taken the precautionary measure to temporarily withdraw UK staff from Iran. Our embassy continues to operate remotely,' Britain said on its travel advice website page for Iran

Politics

9 h. ago Mike Lynch’s superyacht Bayesian raised from seabed off Sicily

UK tech tycoon Mike Lynch and his daughter were among seven killed when vessel sank during storm last AugustMike Lynch’s superyacht, Bayesian, has been resurfaced for the first time since it sank during a violent storm off the coast of Sicily in August last year, killing seven people including the tech tycoon and his teenage daughter.The white top and blue hull of the 56-metre (184ft) vessel emerged from the depths of the sea in a holding area of a yellow floating crane barge, as salvage crews readied it to be hauled ashore for further investigation. The Italian coastguard said the recovery was scheduled to begin on Saturday morning. Continue reading...

Politics

9 h. ago Tearful Chelsee Healey watches as boyfriend sentenced over cannabis crime ring

Edward Rainford, who is the partner of actress Chelsee Healey, has been jailed for his role in a small-scale but organised cannabis supply operation

Events

9 h. ago BBC will not broadcast Gaza documentary over ‘perception of partiality’ risk

The corporation has confirmed that Gaza: Doctors Under Attack will not air on the BBC.

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