36 m. ago Met Police officer 'shared CCTV footage with his girlfriend' of homeless man raping NHS worker as she lay unconscious on a park bench, court hears

PC Adam Aspinall Da Encarnacao, 33, allegedly showed a video of Mohamed Iidow, 35, killing mother-of-three Natalie Shotter, 37, to his then partner Maria Niebla.

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72 m. ago British woman, 72, killed in horror crash on notorious Spanish road

The expat is believed to have crashed into a motorhome

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79 m. ago More than 1,500 people displaced after typhoon remnants devastate Alaskan villages

At least one person was killed and two were missing after weekend storm battered two Alaska Native communitiesMore rain and wind were forecast Wednesday along the Alaska coast where two tiny villages were decimated by the remnants of Typhoon Halong and officials were scrambling to find shelter for more than 1,500 people driven from their homes.The weekend storm brought high winds and surf that battered the low-lying Alaska Native communities along the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in the south-western part of the state, nearly 500 miles (800km) from Anchorage. Continue reading...

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85 m. ago British pensioner killed after horror crash with motorhome on Spanish 'Road of Death'

The horror head on collision happened at a notorious blackspot

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1 hour ago Owner admits two offences after XL Bullies killed man in street

52-year-old Ian Price died despite the efforts of members of the public and 999 crews

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1 hour ago Man, 67, 'thought he was being used by his stepdaughter' before killing her with a hammer and stabbing her husband to death, court hears

Derek Martin, 67, struck Chloe Bashford, 30, with a hammer before repeatedly stabbing her and knifing her spouse Josh, 33, in an 'unplanned and impulsive' attack at their home in Sussex in June 2023.

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1 hour ago Florida wildlife officials discover second case of ‘zombie deer disease’ in state

Experts are enforcing emergency measures to prevent the spread of the highly contagious neurodegenerative diseaseWildlife officials in Florida have discovered only the second case in the state of a deadly infection known colloquially as “zombie deer disease”, and are enforcing emergency measures to try to prevent a spread.The highly contagious chronic wasting disease (CWD) was found during routine screening in the carcass of a young white-tailed doe that was struck by a vehicle in Holmes county, close to the Alabama border, early last month. The only previous recorded instance in Florida was in a four-year-old doe killed about a mile away in June 2023. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Brit, 72, killed after collision with motorhome on notorious Spanish 'Road of Death'

A British woman, aged 72, died after her car is believed to have crossed over onto the other side of the road at a notorious Alicante blackspot and hit an oncoming motorhome

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2 h. ago Woman brands police 'murderers' after they shoot her XL Bully with pump shotgun

Sophie Zaherali's dog Ghost was gunned down after officers thought he had bitten a woman in Sheffield last year, but the owner is angry - and claims police wrongfully killed her pet

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2 h. ago WHO global alert over contaminated cough syrup that has killed at least 20 kids

The 20 children, all of whom were under the age of five, are said to have ingested Colrif cough medicine before dying from poisoning symptoms as the company's owner has been arrested

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2 h. ago Ukraine Russia war could spark next pandemic as 'breeding ground for mystery disease X'

More troops died of disease than were killed in battle during the conflicts of the 18th and 19th centuries and a global pandemic emerged during WW1, so could a warzone spark the next one

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2 h. ago Nursing unions call for UK to back prosecutions for war crimes against health workers

Calls come as report shows number of health workers killed in conflicts has risen five-fold in less than a decadeWar crimes targeting health workers, patients and facilities should be prioritised for international criminal prosecution, senior nursing and medical leaders have urged.The number of health workers killed annually in conflicts has jumped five-fold in less than a decade, and the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and British Medical Association (BMA) have called for action from the UK government to fully back international criminal court (ICC) prosecutions of perpetrators. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Taliban claim major assault on Pakistani military posts as border fighting escalates

Afghanistan says at least 12 civilians killed and nearly 100 injured in latest clashes

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3 h. ago The deadly cocaine pipeline women DON'T talk about: I was doing lines five days a week... but it was another drug passed around on a plate at a posh party that nearly killed me

At a house party, Belinda watched as friends passed around a plate. She was used to cocaine - in fact, she was doing lines and bumps five days a week - but this was another beast entirely.

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3 h. ago They fought with Britain and US in Afghanistan – now Taliban is taking its revenge

After the Taliban takeover of Kabul in 2021, Britain pledged sanctuary to Afghans who faced reprisals for working with UK forces – but thousands are still waiting. Now, as Britain drags its heels, we have verified the killings of more than 100 ex-Afghan forces in the country since 2023 – with one executed in front of his children. Holly Bancroft, Jessica Purkiss, Fahim Abed and May Bulman report

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3 h. ago Fearne Cotton reveals she's not sleeping well and admits her brain 'feels wobbly' just days after her paedophile ex

Fearne Cotton has revealed she is struggling to sleep in a candid Instagram post on Tuesday, just days after her paedophile ex-boyfriend Ian Watkins was killed in jail.

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4 h. ago D'Angelo's heartbroken son Michael Archer II breaks his silence following R&B legend's death to cancer

The R&B icon and neo-soul pioneer passed away after "a prolonged and courageous battle" with the disease, his family told US media Tuesday.

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5 h. ago ‘Worst murder police had ever seen’ as killer evaded justice for 40 years

After 40 years, Allen Morgan was jailed for plotting his wife Carol’s murder - a case that haunted Bedfordshire police and left a trail of unanswered questions for decades.

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5 h. ago Ian Watkins prison life revealed as disgraced star was 'dead man walking' before killing

The Lostprophets frontman was killed in his cell at HMP Wakefield last weekend

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5 h. ago Ukraine 'will use Tomahawks to destroy huge Russian drone factory where 20,000 North Koreans build weapons once Trump gives the green light'

Ukraine will use long range Tomahawk missiles to destroy a vast Russian drone manufacturing plant employing tens of thousands of North Korean slave labourers.

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