3 h. ago One dead and woman left in critical condition after fireworks explode and light a whole city block on fire

Over 100 firefighters battled the blazes Thursday night after a fireworks explosion set multiple homes on fire in Pacoima, around 20 miles north of Los Angeles

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10 h. ago Ukrainians run for cover as Russia strikes in huge overnight attack

Ukrainian residents had to seek shelter in an underground metro station as Russia launched an onslaught of drones and missiles at Kyiv in the early hours of Friday (4 July).

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10 h. ago Ukrainians run for cover as Russia strikes in biggest overnight attack of war

Ukrainian residents had to seek shelter in an underground metro station as Russia launched an onslaught of drones and missiles at Kyiv in the early hours of Friday (4 July).

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12 h. ago Russians absent from world chess top 10 for first time since official lists began

A poor outing from Ian Nepomniachtchi brought up an unlikely first but Serjey Karjakin made a strong comeback at Blitz last weekIt would have been inconceivable in the glory days of the Soviet chess empire. For the first time since 1971 when Fide, the world chess body, began publishing its rating lists – then annually and now monthly – there are no Russians ranked in the classical world top 10. Bobby Fischer was No 1 in the first Fide list, published on the eve of his Reykjavik match with Boris Spassky, but after Fischer gave up active play Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov took over.In 1970, when the USSR team defeated the Rest of the World, or in the decades when Mikhail Botvinnik, Karpov, and Kasparov were the game’s supreme masters, it would have been a joke to suggest that Russian supremacy would disappear within half a century and be replaced by a rivalry between India and the United States. Continue reading...

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25 h. ago Woman appears in court charged with murder after man found dead at Scots flat

Johnson Ewere, 40, was found dead at a property on Charles Street in Royston, on June 29.

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29 h. ago First picture of woman found dead in Dundee flat as police launch probe

Tributes have poured in for Ellie Scanlan, 30, who passed away on July 1.

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35 h. ago EastEnders star Heather Peace reveals both she and her wife have been diagnosed with breast cancer

‘I swear everybody looked at me, it might be my imagination, but I felt like a dead woman walking,’ she said

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35 h. ago EastEnders star admits 'no processing' of devastating cancer news months after wife's own diagnosis

Heather Peace has emotionally opened up about her cancer diagnosis, saying she felt like a 'dead woman walking'

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50 h. ago EastEnders' Heather Peace says cancer made her feel like a 'dead woman walking'

The actress on her breast cancer battle, gruelling chemotherapy and how she found the strength to work throughout it

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57 h. ago First picture of man found dead at Glasgow flat as woman arrested

Johnson Ewere, 35, died at a property on Charles Street, in the Royston area, at around 10.25pm on Sunday.

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58 h. ago Woman, 35 arrested after man found dead in block of Glasgow flats

Police say enquiries are ongoing into the death of a 35-year-old man.

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60 h. ago Blame game erupts over girl's horror plunge from Disney cruise ship: Eyewitnesses reveal what they really saw

Mystery still surrounds how a young girl fell off a Disney cruise ship before her father dived in to save her in front of horrified passengers.

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66 h. ago Huge abandoned UK underground station frozen in time walked over by millions

A creepy underground station that has been left to rot for more than 30 years once played a vital part in protecting Brits from air ride strikes during both World Wars

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3 d. ago Man is charged with murder after pregnant woman, 27, found dead at home

Sarah Montgomery, 27, was found found dead in Donaghadee, Northern Ireland , on Saturday afternoon.

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3 d. ago Nearly 20 years ago a woman was shot dead as she left the gym. Cops say they just arrested her killer

Danick Adams was shot and killed while leaving a gym in 2008

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3 d. ago Body find is linked to leg with sock and shoe washed up on UK beach

A leg with a sock and shoe were found washed up on Prestwick Beach in Ayrshire last month. The limb has now been matched to a body found more than 70 miles away

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3 d. ago Mystery surrounds the Jeffrey Epstein files after Bondi claims 'tens of thousands' of videos

Attorney General Pam Bondi’s comments about evidence the Justice Department is reviewing from its Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation have fueled anticipation about the expected release of more files related to the New York financier

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4 d. ago Murder probe launched as woman, 93, is found dead in idyllic seaside town

Officers and paramedics were called to an address on Cherrill Gardens, Bude, at around 1pm yesterday amid a concern for welfare report.

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4 d. ago Woman found dead after 'falling from building' in Manchester city centre

Emergency services rushed to Great Ancoats Street at around 7am on Monday following reports the body of a woman had been found after falling from height

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4 d. ago Europe melts in killer heatwave: Spanish woman drops dead as country sees 'hottest ever June' while Brit goes missing on Greek island amid warnings not to go outside at continent's holiday hotspots

Sweltering temperatures exceeded 40C (104F) across much of southern Europe over the weekend, with firefighters rallying to tackle blazes across the drying continent.

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