3 h. ago SAS veteran disgusted at Labour's betrayal of his comrades breaks 44

'It was a nightmare inside there,' recalls a soldier whom we will call Andrew. 'There was the husband on the kitchen floor with blood spurting out of an arterial wound.'

Politics

4 h. ago It was the SAS that saved the life of Irish republican Bernadette Devlin after a loyalist assassination attempt, veteran reveals to ROBERT HARDMAN after 44 years

It was January 1981 on a snowy dawn at the end of a dead-end track in Co. Tyrone. Andrew was in charge of a military observation team who had only just disarmed the gunmen responsible.

Politics

6 h. ago Scientists detect biggest ever merger of two massive black holes

Ripples in space-time from collision recorded by gravitational wave detector forces a rethink of how the objects formScientists have detected ripples in space-time from the violent collision of two massive black holes that spiralled into one another far beyond the distant edge of the Milky Way.The black holes, each more than 100 times the mass of the sun, began circling each other long ago and finally slammed together to form an even more massive black hole about 10bn light years from Earth. Continue reading...

Politics

7 h. ago Two dead and three injured, including state trooper, in Kentucky shootings

Unidentified shooter wounded trooper near airport in Lexington, then fled to a nearby church and opened fireA suspect shot and wounded a state trooper near a Kentucky airport on Sunday before fleeing to a nearby church, killing two women and wounding two men.At 11.36am ET on Sunday, an unidentified shooter opened fire near Blue Grass airport in Lexington and wounded a state trooper, according to authorities. The shooting occurred after the trooper had pulled over a vehicle after receiving a license plate reader alert in the area of Versailles Road, Lexington police said. Continue reading...

Events

7 h. ago Two women killed in Kentucky church shooting that left state trooper injured and shooter dead

Two men at church also injured in attack, with one in critical condition in hospital

Events

7 h. ago Two worshippers shot dead as gunman brings carnage to church after wounding cop at Kentucky's Blue Grass Airport

One man was seriously wounded in the shooting about 11.40am on Sunday and rushed to hospital and dozens of police are in and around the terminal investigating what happened.

Events

8 h. ago Arsenal agree €63.5m Viktor Gyökeres deal with Sporting with add

Total cost of deal likely to be close to €80mMadueke close to signing five-year deal with GunnersArsenal have agreed to pay €63.5m (£55m) up front for Viktor ­Gyökeres and are close to a complete ­agreement with Sporting over the Sweden striker.It is understood the clubs remain in negotiations over ­potential add-ons that could take the total cost of the deal close to €80m, with ­Arsenal believed to have offered a further €15m in performance‑related bonuses for the 27-year-old forward. Continue reading...

Economics

9 h. ago Gunman leaves multiple injured at church after shooting cop at Kentucky's Blue Grass Airport

One man was seriously wounded in the shooting about 11.40am on Sunday and rushed to hospital and dozens of police are in and around the terminal investigating what happened.

Events

9 h. ago Kentucky mass shooter wounds state trooper and others before he’s gunned down at church

Multiple people injured in shooting at Kentucky church after suspect shot state trooper, police say

Events

9 h. ago Ignore the memes, Harry – those splayed stumps speak of Brook’s focus on glory | Barney Ronay

An ugly dismissal against India looked dreadful, but Brook’s bold approach has won England more Tests than it has lostBy strict formal logic any serious defence of Harry Brook’s stump-splaying dismissal 13 minutes before lunch on the fourth day at Lord’s should be showy, ill-timed and based almost entirely on hot air and flimflam.You could probably also chuck in unapologetic and maddeningly super-cool, peering down from its balcony, guns out, wraparounds in place. Be where your keyboard is. This, mate, this is how we save colour match reporting. It’s just the way I sidebar. Continue reading...

Politics

10 h. ago Arsenal transfer news: Viktor Gyokeres breakthrough as Gunners take 'final steps' to deal

Arsenal have been busy in the transfer market this summer but there is still plenty of work to be done for Mikel Arteta as he closes in on the signing of Noni Madueke and a Viktor Gyokeres breakthrough

Sport

12 h. ago James Gunn’s Superman soars past $215 million box office open amid rave reviews

Critics have declared James Gunn’s reboot will ‘make you believe in superhero movies again’

Economics

13 h. ago All the sinister clues that point to Thomas Matthew Crooks' motive when he tried to assassinate Donald Trump

One year later and questions are still unanswered as to the motive behind 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks' assassination attempt against President Donald Trump.

Politics

15 h. ago ‘Now or never’ to save €26m replica of historic French ship, campaigners say

Fresh plea for funds to repair copy of frigate that carried Louis XVI’s promise of aid in American revolutionary warFrench maritime enthusiasts are battling to save a replica of an 18th-century warship that became a symbol of the country’s historic relationship with America.The copy of L’Hermione, a three-mast, 32-gun frigate that carried the Marquis de Lafayette across the Atlantic to announce France’s support for American independence from Great Britain in the revolutionary war, has been in dry dock at Anglet, near Bayonne, since its oak hull was found to be riddled with fungus four years ago. Continue reading...

Politics

16 h. ago 'I was possessed by the spirit of a mass murder in a death row execution chamber'

BROCARDE'S TERRIFYING TRAVELS: The Daily Star's paranormal columnist BROCARDE shares her latest haunting adventures as she travels the globe looking for ghastliest places around

Events

17 h. ago Putin hit squad sent to kill a Ukrainian colonel has been 'eliminated', says head of Kyiv's secret services

Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) chief, Vasyl Malyuk, said a male and female team of assassins from Vladimir Putin's FSB security agency resisted arrest and were gunned down as a result.

Events

18 h. ago Ukraine's security agency says it killed Russian agents suspected of gunning down its officer

Ukraine's security agency says it has killed Russian agents suspected of assassinating a senior officer in Kyiv

Events

18 h. ago At least 31 Palestinians killed while seeking aid in Gaza, hospital officials say

Red Cross field hospital in Rafah reports largest number of dead in a year and says most of over 100 injured were shotAt least 31 Palestinians were shot dead on their way to an aid distribution site in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, while Israeli airstrikes killed at least 28 Palestinians including four children, Palestinian hospital officials and witnesses said.The Red Cross said its field hospital recorded its largest influx of dead in more than a year of operation after the shootings, and that the overwhelming majority of the more than 100 people injured had gunshot wounds. Continue reading...

Events

18 h. ago At least 31 Palestinians shot dead while seeking aid in Gaza, hospital officials say

Red Cross hospital in Rafah reports largest number of dead in a year, as one witness says Israeli tank fired at crowdsAt least 31 Palestinians were shot dead on their way to an aid distribution site in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, while Israeli airstrikes killed at least 28 Palestinians including four children, Palestinian hospital officials and witnesses said.The Red Cross said its field hospital recorded its largest influx of dead in more than a year of operation after the shootings, and that the overwhelming majority of the more than 100 people injured had gunshot wounds. Continue reading...

Politics

19 h. ago Pope celebrates Mass in parish church with special ties to his Augustinian order

Pope Leo XIV has called for compassion for the poor, victims of tyranny, and those affected by wars

Culture