3 d. ago Eleven killed in Gaza school shelter as Israel continues bombing campaign

Wave of airstrikes claim at least 25 lives while 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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3 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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3 d. ago Dame Joanna Lumley spotted in Wednesday season two trailer as Netflix series returns after three years

Fans have been patiently waiting years for the Jenna Ortega series to air new episodes

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3 d. ago Joanna Lumley glimpsed in trailer for new series of Netflix hit Wednesday

The show is based on the world of the Addams family.

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1 week ago California rocked by earthquake swarm just days after 5.2 magnitude hit

California was hit by multiple earthquakes on Wednesday, just days after a major 5.2 magnitude quake rocked the state.

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1 week ago Spotify running again after users around world report problems

Audio streaming app confirms service restored following more than five hours of disruptionTens of thousands of Spotify users around the world reported being unable to stream music on the app, which was hit by several hours of technical problems on Wednesday.Downdetector, which tracks platforms, showed more than 48,000 outage reports for Spotify worldwide on Wednesday afternoon. Continue reading...

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1 week ago California rocked by another earthquake just days after 5.2 magnitude hit

California was hit by an earthquake Wednesday, just days after a major 5.2 magnitude quake rocked the state.

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1 week ago Holly Willoughby's company owes taxman huge sum as star is taken to court

Holly Willoughby was taken to the Insolvency and Companies court in London on Wednesday after her company, Roxy Media, was hit with a winding up order in January.

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1 week ago Spotify running again after tens of thousands of users around world reported problems

Audio streaming app confirmed service was restored after several hours of reports of disruptionTens of thousands of Spotify users around the world reported being unable to stream music on the app, which was hit by several hours of technical problems on Wednesday.Downdetector, which tracks platforms, showed more than 48,000 outage reports for Spotify worldwide on Wednesday afternoon. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ITV Benidorm stars address comedy series return seven years after last episode aired

Benidorm stars Hannah Hobley and Oliver Stokes appeared on Loose Women on Wednesday and were quizzed about the hit ITV series returning to screens

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1 week ago Odesa buildings reduced to rubble in Russian overnight drone attack on Ukrainian port city

Russia's overnight drone attack hit infrastructure in Odesa, Ukraine, video released on Wednesday, 16 April shows.

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1 week ago UK weather today: Britain braces for huge 67mph wind storm with 'rare' freezing rain

According to the latest weather forecast model by Ventusky, persistent rain and high winds will hit Wales in the early hours of Wednesday morning

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1 week ago Kylian Mbappe sent off for horror challenge just days before Real Madrid host Arsenal

Real Madrid will welcome Arsenal to the Bernabeu on Wednesday night but their preparations hit a bump in the road when Kylian Mbappe picked up a straight red card away at Alaves

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2 w. ago Who is Celebrity Big Brother star Jojo Siwa's partner?Meet non

Celebrity Big Brother's Jojo Siwa was left in tears following homophobic remarks made by Mickey Rourke on Wednesday's show, as her Australian influencer partner Kath Ebbs hit out labelling the Hollywood star a 'pig'

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2 w. ago 'Best series on Netflix' just dropped a new trailer and fans are 'mind blown'

The hit series has won 13 Emmy Awards

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2 w. ago Passport fees will increase this week with those who need urgent document hit hardest

People who need to travel urgently but don't have a passport will be hit with higher charges from Wednesday

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3 w. ago Trump claims Starmer is ‘very happy’ about tariffs imposed on Britain

UK foreign secretary regrets ‘return to protectionism’ and says Britons will be concerned about impact on financesBusiness live – latest updatesDonald Trump has claimed that the UK is “very happy” with tariffs imposed on the country as part of his shock upending of global trade, but the British foreign secretary, David Lammy, said he regretted the “return to protectionism”.Wielding a chart in the White House Rose Garden, the US president revealed on Wednesday that the UK would be hit with 10% so-called “reciprocal” tariffs as part of a sweeping drive on all countries. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago LA wildfires death toll climbs to 30 after officials find more human remains

Discovery in Altadena months after fires brings deaths in Eaton fire up to 18, while 12 people killed in Palisades fireMonths after wildfires tore through Los Angeles communities, officials announced this week they had discovered another set of human remains, bringing the death toll in the disaster up to 30.Investigators were dispatched to Altadena on Wednesday to investigate possible human remains in the community, which was hit hard by the Eaton fire in January. The special operations response team confirmed that the remains were human, the Los Angeles county medical examiner’s office said in a statement. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago US midwest and south faces potentially deadly floods and severe tornadoes

Forecasters say potent storm system moving east could become supercharged and bring ‘life-threatening’ floodingPotentially deadly flash flooding, high-magnitude tornadoes and baseball-sized hail could hit parts of the midwest and south on Wednesday as severe thunderstorms blowing eastward become supercharged, forecasters warned.There were tornado warnings Wednesday morning near the Missouri cities of Joplin and Columbia – merely the opening acts of what forecasters expect will be a more intense period of violent weather later on Wednesday, as daytime heating combines with an unstable atmosphere, strong wind shear and abundant moisture streaming into the nation’s midsection from the Gulf. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump tariffs: How will the UK be affected – and when are they being announced?

Some of UK’s key industries could be hit when US president announces sweeping measures on Wednesday

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