5 h. ago Armed police who shot synagogue terror victims, killing one and injuring another, could face criminal charges

Armed police may face criminal charges after two innocent bystanders were shot in Thursday's synagogue attack. The family of Adrian Daulby, who was fatally shot, described him as a hero.

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8 h. ago Police watchdog launches investigation into Manchester synagogue attack after victim killed in crossfire

One member of the public was killed and another was injured after being hit by bullets fired by police

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9 h. ago Worshipper dies and another injured after being shot by police aiming at killer

Two died and three suffered serious injuries following the terror attack at a synagogue in Crumpsall on Thursday.

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17 h. ago Indonesian crews pull 3 bodies from rubble of collapsed school with more than 50 boys still missing

Authorities say the bodies of three boys were pulled from beneath the rubble of a school that collapsed in Indonesia

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23 h. ago Manchester attack: two killed and three injured after terrorist drives into grounds of synagogue and stabs worshippers

Police say Jihad Al-Shamie, a British citizen of Syrian descent, was behind car and knife attack that left three people seriously injuredPolice have shot dead a terrorist who killed two people and seriously injured three others in an attack at a synagogue in Manchester on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.Using a car to ram into the grounds of the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, the man then stabbed worshippers in a six-minute rampage that only ended when armed officers shot at him twice, fearing he also had an explosive device tied to his chest. It was later found to be a fake. Continue reading...

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24 h. ago Major Palestine Action protest to go ahead as planned despite Manchester attack

Organisers have ignored pleas to call off a pro-Palestine Action demonstration on Saturday just hours after a terrorist killed two people and injured others outside a synagogue in north Manchester

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25 h. ago Manchester synagogue attack suspect named by police after two people killed and three injured – latest updates

Greater Manchester police name Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, a British citizen, and say three people are in custody on charges of preparing acts of terrorismFull story: two killed and suspect shot deadPolice have shot a suspect after several people were stabbed and a car was driven at members of the public at the Heaton Park Hebrew congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, Greater Manchester Police said.The force posted on X saying police were called to the synagogue, on Middleton Road, Crumpsall, at 9.31am by a member of the public, stating he had witnessed a car being driven towards members of the public and one man had been stabbed.Police said four people have suffered injuries caused by a vehicle and stabbings at a synagogue in Crumpsall, north Manchester.A cordon has been set up after the incident, and a major road had been closed while officers attended. Paramedics are at the scene.Greater Manchester’s mayor, Andy Burnham, said the “immediate danger appears to be over” after reports of a “s...

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31 h. ago Manchester attack suspect pictured dead with blade and 'bomb' next to him

WARNING THIS STORY CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES: Two people were killed and four others injured following a terrorist attack at a synagogue in Manchester on the holiest day in the Jewish calendar

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31 h. ago BREAKING: Manchester synagogue attack police issue major update on injured

Four people remain in hospital having suffered a variety of serious injuries following the terror attack that killed two at a synagogue in Manchester

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31 h. ago Manchester synagogue attack police issue major update on injured

Four people remain in hospital having suffered a variety of serious injuries following the terror attack that killed two at a synagogue in Manchester

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35 h. ago ‘We are the last hope’: Gen Z Madagascar vows to fight on until president resigns

Protesting young people reject dissolution of government as insufficient and demand list of reforms Young protesters in Madagascar have said they will continue their fight until the president, Andry Rajoelina, resigns, rejecting his dissolution of the government on Monday as insufficient.Twenty-two people were killed and 100 injured at the demonstrations, according to the UN. The unrest broke out on 25 September when local councillors were arrested for protesting against water and electricity outages in the capital, Antananarivo. The youth-led protests quickly spread to other towns and cities, fuelled by social media and other “Gen Z protests in Indonesia and Nepal, where the government was toppled. Continue reading...

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41 h. ago Philippines earthquake: Major 6.9m tremor kills at least 72 and injures more than 200

The 6.9 magnitude earthquake was one of the most powerful to hit the central region in more than a decade and it struck while many people slept or were at home

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42 h. ago Rescuers chip away debris with hand tools to save those trapped in Indonesia school collapse

Rescuers wearing hard hats crawled into tight passages of concrete rubble, chipping away debris with hand tools to try to reach survivors days after they were trapped in Monday’s collapse of an Islamic school’s prayer hall in Indonesia

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43 h. ago No apology and no answers: parents in agony amid search for children trapped in Indonesia school collapse

Officials say 59 people, mostly young male students, remain trapped in collapsed school in Sidoarjo amid growing questions about the quality of its constructionAs the call to prayer rang out over the boarding school in Indonesia’s East Java on Monday afternoon, the floor beneath more than 100 students gathered in prostration suddenly gave way.So quickly were the four storeys of the Al Khoziny school flattened that one official described it as a “pancake” disaster. Continue reading...

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53 h. ago A collapse at a church under construction in Ethiopia kills at least 25 worshippers

Authorities in Ethiopia say that scaffolding supporting a church under construction in the Amhara region has collapsed, killing at least 25 people and injuring scores of others

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62 h. ago Indonesia school collapse: Rescuers race to save 91 children still trapped under rubble

Three students are confirmed dead and 26 remain hospitalised with head injuries and broken bones

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2 d. ago At least 91 students remain buried in rubble 2 days after school collapse in Indonesia

At least 91 students remain trapped in concrete rubble almost two days after an Islamic school building collapsed on them, authorities said after reviewing attendance records and reports from anxious families of those missing

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2 d. ago Indonesia school collapse: 91 missing and three dead as rescuers search rubble for second day

Desperate search for more than 90 missing after building collapses while students held prayers at school in SidoarjoParents and rescuers in Indonesia were desperately searching for dozens of teenage boys believed to be trapped, a day after the collapse of an Islamic boarding school which has already left three dead, authorities said.Authorities said 91 people were listed as missing after the Al Khoziny school building collapsed while pupils held late afternoon prayers in a mosque housed on a lower floor of a building whose upper floors were under construction. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Indonesia school collapse: three dead and over 90 missing as rescue effort continues

Instability of building in East Java town hampers search but 99 boys and school staff known to have survivedParents were desperately searching for scores of missing teenage boys feared trapped under huge piles of concrete on Tuesday after a building at an Islamic boarding school collapsed in Indonesia.Authorities said 91 people were listed as missing at Al Khoziny school after the collapse as pupils held late-afternoon prayers in a mosque housed on a lower floor of a building whose upper floors were under construction. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Three dead and dozens trapped under rubble after Indonesia school collapse

Rescuers said they spotted corpses under the rubble but were focused on saving those who were still alive

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