3 h. ago Israeli strikes kill at least 17 in Gaza as ground troops enter Palestinian territory's north

Israeli strikes have killed more than a dozen people in the Gaza Strip as Israel sent more ground troops into the Palestinian territory to ramp up its offensive against Hamas

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4 h. ago Hillsborough families 'livid' as police watchdog finds top cops DIDN'T smear fans

A 12-year inquiry has found no senior police officers were guilty of misconduct for falsely blaming misbehaviour by Liverpool fans for the FA Cup tragedy that killed 97 people in 1989

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5 h. ago Blaze which killed three people including girl, four, not suspicious – police

The fire killed three people, including a mother and daughter, in a village in Northamptonshire.

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7 h. ago A week after catastrophic earthquake, focus turns to a growing humanitarian crisis in Myanmar

Search teams have pulled more bodies from the ruins of buildings a week after a massive earthquake rocked Myanmar killing more than 3,100 people

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10 h. ago South and Midwest face potentially catastrophic rains and floods while reeling from tornadoes

Parts of the Midwest and South are facing the possibility torrential rains and life-threatening flash floods on Friday The fresh storms come as many communities are still reeling from severe tornadoes that destroyed whole neighborhoods and killed at least seven people

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14 h. ago Rival gold miners in Bolivia fight using dynamite, leaving at least 6 dead

Bolivian police say that at least six people were killed in a clash between dynamite-bearing gold miners in the country's northwest, a rare instance of territorial disputes between the nation’s mining cooperatives turning fatal

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15 h. ago Woman, 63, survives 91 HOURS trapped under rubble after devastating 7.7 earthquake

A 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar on Friday, killing more than 3,000 people and injuring nearly 5,000, with a 63-year-old woman being rescued after 91 hours under rubble

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18 h. ago What to know about the severe storms and flash flooding hitting parts of the US

At least six people have been killed in a wide swath of violent storms and tornadoes that hit the South and Midwest

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18 h. ago Severe storms and tornadoes hit US south and midwest, killing at least seven

White House approves Tennessee’s state of emergency request as further fatalities expected to be confirmedViolent storms and tornadoes have torn across the US south and midwest, killing at least seven people and downing power lines and trees, smashing homes, and upturning cars across multiple states.The outbreak of storms and tornadoes has resulted in at least seven deaths in Tennessee and Missouri, with further fatalities expected to be confirmed. One of the victims has been named: a 68-year-old man called Garry Moore who was a fire chief in Cape Girardeau county, Missouri. At least a dozen injuries have also been reported from the storms. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago Severe storms and tornadoes rip across US south and midwest, killing at least seven

White House approves Tennessee’s state of emergency request as further fatalities expected to be confirmedViolent storms and tornadoes have torn across the US south and midwest, killing at least seven people and downing power lines and trees, smashing homes, and upturning cars across multiple states.The outbreak of storms and tornadoes has resulted in at least seven deaths in Tennessee and Missouri, with further fatalities expected to be confirmed. One of the victims has been named: a 68-year-old man called Garry Moore who was a fire chief in Cape Girardeau county, Missouri. At least a dozen injuries have also been reported from the storms. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago At least 27 killed in Israeli bombing of shelter in Gaza City, rescuers say

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians flee from southern city of Rafah in one of war’s biggest mass displacementsAn Israeli bombing of a school turned shelter in Gaza City has killed at least 27 people, rescuers said, and hundreds of thousands in the Rafah area are fleeing in one of the biggest mass displacements of the war amid Israel’s newly announced campaign to “divide up” the Gaza Strip.Three missiles hit Dar al-Arqam school in the al-Tuffah neighbourhood on Thursday afternoon, the civil defence agency spokesperson Mahmoud Bassal said, killing several children and wounding 100 people. Continue reading...

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21 h. 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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22 h. ago The Guardian view on Israel’s killing of paramedics: a new atrocity in an unending conflict | Editorial

Impunity over Palestinian deaths in Gaza will lead to further cases like this massacre of rescue and healthcare workersAfter 18 months of slaughter, it is still possible to be shocked by events in Gaza. More than 50,000 people have been killed, according to Palestinian health authorities. More are starving because Israel has cut off aid. The offensive is intensifying again – with 100 children killed or maimed each day since Israel resumed heavy strikes last month, the UN reports.Even so, Israel’s killing of 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers is particularly chilling. Though they died on 23 March, it took days for Israel to grant access to the site, the UN said. Another man was last seen in Israeli custody. Two grounds for seeing this not only as tragic but as a war crime stand out. The first is that the UN says the men were shot “one by one”, and a forensic expert said that preliminary evidence “suggests they were executed, not from a distant range”, given the “specific an...

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23 h. ago Severe storms and tornadoes rip across US south and midwest, killing at least six people

Outbreak of tornadoes result in five deaths in Tennessee and one in Missouri as 213,000 households without powerViolent storms and tornadoes have torn across the US south and midwest, killing at least six people and downing power lines and trees, smashing homes, and upturning cars across multiple states.The outbreak of storms and tornadoes has resulted in five deaths in Tennessee and one in Missouri, with further fatalities expected to be confirmed. The storms are now tracking east, after leaving more than 213,000 households without power from Texas to Ohio. Continue reading...

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24 h. ago At least 9 people killed in southwestern Syria following countrywide Israeli strikes overnight

Syrian state media has reported that at least nine people in southwestern Syria have been killed in Israeli strikes

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27 h. ago House explosion that killed two people in Newcastle caused by drug lab, court hears

Reece Galbraith, 33, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in blast from gas canisters used to make cannabis sweetsA huge house explosion that killed two people including a seven-year-old boy was the result of a dangerous and criminal drug lab making cannabis gummy sweets using 100 gas canisters, a court has heard.Details of the causes of the blast in the Benwell area of Newcastle can now be reported after Reece Galbraith, 33, pleaded guilty on Thursday to the manslaughter of two people. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago Severe storms and tornadoes rip across US south and midwest, killing one person

Rare tornado emergency declared in Arkansas city as homes ripped apart and warnings issued in multiple statesViolent storms and tornadoes have torn across the US south and midwest, killing at least one person and downing power lines and trees, smashing homes and upturning cars across multiple states.Dozens of tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings were issued in parts of Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Mississippi on Wednesday evening. In Arkansas, the National Weather Service told residents: “This is a life threatening situation. Seek shelter now.” Continue reading...

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27 h. ago Severe storms and tornadoes rip across US south and midwest, killing at least one person

Rare tornado emergency declared in Arkansas city as homes ripped apart and warnings issued in multiple statesViolent storms and tornadoes have torn across the US south and midwest, killing at least one person and downing power lines and trees, smashing homes and upturning cars across multiple states.Dozens of tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings were issued in parts of Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Mississippi on Wednesday evening. In Arkansas, the National Weather Service told residents: “This is a life threatening situation. Seek shelter now.” Continue reading...

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43 h. ago Air traffic controllers to get more support after a fight and latest near miss at Washington airport

Air traffic controllers at Washington’s Ronald Reagan National Airport will be offered crisis counseling and additional supervision after a fight in the tower and another alarming near miss two months after a midair collision between a passenger jet and an Army helicopter killed 67 people

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47 h. ago Police find 2023 Nashville school shooter sought notoriety, hid mental health from medical providers

Police say the shooter behind the 2023 Nashville elementary school attack that killed six people, including three children, had been planning it for years while hiding their mental health issues from medical providers

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