26 h. ago 'Terrified' Brits run from 'charging police' in Serbia riots as armed cops fire tear gas

Tourists have been faced with tear gas and burning barricades as escalating violence takes over Belgrade, nine months on from a disaster that saw 16 people die when a railway station’s roof collapsed

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28 h. ago Man charged with attempted murder after 'gunshots fired' on Edinburgh street

Njanko Njie appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Friday.

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35 h. ago From The Hobbit to Pride and Prejudice: The first edition children's books worth a small fortune

Could there be hidden gold amongst your bookshelves, or the pile propping up a door in your home?

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51 h. ago Pam Bondi FIRES DC man charged with felony for hurling sandwich at CBP officers after bombshell reveal he worked for DOJ

Bondi sent out a post on X on Thursday morning announcing the employee, Sean Dunn, was fired following the incident.

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54 h. ago Man charged over Edinburgh 'murder bid' as 'gunshot fired' with person taken to hospital

He is due to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Friday.

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54 h. ago Edinburgh crime: Man charged with ‘attempted murder’ after gun fired in Edinburgh housing scheme

Specialist firearms officers attended the scene.

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3 d. ago Prosecutors won't charge Chicago officers who fired nearly 100 times during a deadly traffic stop

Prosecutors say five Chicago police officers who fired their guns nearly 100 times during a 2024 traffic stop and killed a 26-year-old man won’t face criminal charges

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5 d. ago Terrifying moment plane cabin fills with smoke after power bank bursts into flames

A plane was filled with smoke when a power bank caught fire during a flight from Sao Paulo to Amsterdam on Wednesday (6 August).

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5 d. ago 4 children and 2 adults are killed when fire rips through a house in Maryland

Authorities say four children and two adults were killed when fire ripped through a house in Charles County, Maryland

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8 d. ago BBC Breakfast fans gasp 'my head hurts!' as show pulled off air after string of technical blunders so bad they 'thought their TVs were broken'

Under-fire Naga Munchetty and her co-host Charlie Stayt were anchoring the programme from Manchester as they brought viewers the latest news.

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9 d. ago Terrifying moment portable charger catches fire on packed KLM plane halfway over the Atlantic Ocean

A portable cell phone charger caught fire during KLM flight from São Paulo to Amsterdam on Wednesday.

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9 d. ago Alleged killer of Minnesota politician and her husband expected to plead not guilty in court

Vance Boelter, charged with killing top Democrat and her husband and wounding two others, to be arraigned in federal courtThe man charged with killing the top Democrat in the Minnesota house and her husband, and wounding a state senator and his wife, is expected to plead not guilty when he’s arraigned in federal court on Thursday, his attorney said.Vance Boelter, 58, of Green Isle, Minnesota, was indicted on 15 July on six counts of murder, stalking and firearms violations. The murder charges could carry the federal death penalty, though prosecutors say that decision is several months away. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Fifth person charged with arson with intent to endanger life after dramatic house fire

A 32-year-old man from Western-Super-Mare has been charged following the fire at a terraced house in the Rhondda Valleys

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4 w. ago Second child, 12, arrested and charged over huge fire in Kilmarnock town centre

Both are due to appear at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court at a later date.

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4 w. ago LA fires charred homes into piles of metal and concrete. By recycling them, they're given new life

After the Palisades and Eaton fires scorched entire neighborhoods, the Army Corps of Engineers set up operations to recycle concrete and metal from mostly fire-damaged homes

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4 w. ago Labour shouldn’t fear taxing the rich – the people I work with would welcome it | Stephanie Brobbey

The UK still holds many attractions for the privileged despite prophecies of a wealth exodus if Rachel Reeves swoopsI’ve worked with the super-rich my whole career. I worked for more than a decade as a lawyer advising high net worth individuals, and many of the people I worked with had assets worth more than £10m. It was commonplace to refer to their luxury apartments – usually in neighbourhoods like Kensington or Chelsea – as “safety deposit boxes in the sky”. My work involved advising them on how to pass on assets such as these pieds-à-terre and country piles in the home counties while minimising their taxes.Many of the super-rich have ties all over the world, decamping to homes in the south of France in the summer, or their Alpine chalets for ski holidays. Some have constructed more contrived connections to places like Singapore or Bermuda to reduce their tax bills. But regardless of their undeniable worldliness, the super-rich love living in the UK.Stephanie Brobbey is founder a...

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last month Kilmarnock fire: Boy, 12, charged in connection with fire that tore through Kilmarnock shops

The 12-year-old will appear at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court later this month.

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last month Boy arrested and charged after fire ripped through building in Kilmarnock

A 12-year-old has been arrested after a blaze broke out on Sandbed Street in the town on Monday night.

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