26 m. ago Jewish businessman, 84, was 'murdered by his wife of 26 years' months after he retired, court told

The third wife of a Jewish businessman and great grandfather has appeared in court charged with his murder - three months after he was found dead at his upmarket home.

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32 m. ago Greta Thunberg Gaza flotilla latest: Climate campaigner lands in Paris after being deported by Israel over aid ship

Israel's latest strikes on Gaza kill at least three medical services staff and journalist

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41 m. ago Gogglebox star dazzles with glam makeover as she shares adorable family snap

The 31-year-old, who has been part of the Channel 4 show since 2015, took to her Instagram page to share some snaps from what she got up to in May.

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53 m. ago Teaching assistant killed in school knife attack in 'senseless wave of violence'

The teenage suspect has been arrested and French president Emmanuel Macron has condemned the ‘senseless violence’ after the fatal stabbing of a teaching assistant in Nogent

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58 m. ago Manchester stabbing: Flowers and balloons line street where boy, 14, was killed

Manchester residents grappling with the loss of Ibrahima Seck have been visiting the scene where he died to pay their respects - a huge sea of tributes can be found on Nevin Road

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62 m. ago Chilling video of Hainault sword killer unboxing weapon and vowing to do 'ninja stuff' shown to jury

Marcus Monzo filmed himself unboxing a sword just a few weeks before he went on deadly rampage

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67 m. ago Canadian teenager Summer McIntosh sets second swimming world record in three days

18-year-old adds 200m IM record to 400m freestyle markOlympic champion also recorded third-fastest 800m freestyleSummer McIntosh set a world record for the second time in three days at the Canadian swimming trials on Monday with the 18-year-old eclipsing Hungarian great Katinka Hosszu’s 200m individual medley mark set 10 years ago.Three-times Olympic champion McIntosh, who set a world record in the 400m freestyle on Saturday, touched the wall in two minutes, 05.70 seconds to knock 0.42 off Hosszu’s time from the 2015 world championships in Kazan. Continue reading...

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69 m. ago Austria school shooting: Ten people, including students, killed in 'terrible tragedy' in Graz

The shooting took place just before 10am local time at a high school in Graz - Austria's second-biggest city.

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98 m. ago Chilling reason serial killer Harold Shipman 'targeted particular victims'

GP turned serial killer Harold Shipman killed as many as 250 people, with a preference for elderly females. We take a look back at the murderer's early life to find out why

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1 hour ago Driver, 42, 'deliberately removed black box' before hitting and killing schoolgirl, 15, at zebra crossing, court hears

Christopher West was allegedly speeding in a 30mph zone when he struck schoolgirl Keely Morgan, 15 in Heol Trelai in Caerau, Cardiff, in May 2023.

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1 hour ago From Gaza prisoner to ‘the Israeli agent’: how rise of Abu Shabab could ignite new phase of war

In email exchange, leader of clan that Israel acknowledges arming blames Hamas for war and for looting of aid trucksOn 7 October 2023, Yasser abu Shabab was languishing in a Hamas-run jail in Gaza on charges of drug trafficking. With the outbreak of the conflict, the Palestinian from Rafah managed to leave prison, though the circumstances of his release remain unclear to this day.For a while, Abu Shabab vanished from sight. That changed last week when Israeli defence officials acknowledged they had begun arming a clan that calls itself the Anti-Terror Service. It consists of about 100 armed men who operate in eastern Rafah under the command of Abu Shabab, whose nickname is “the Israeli agent” and who is described as a “traitor” on social media in the territory. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Emmerdale star addresses Robert's return to 'kill' as he teases John's 'downfall'

Actor Ryan Hawley has teased his upcoming next return to the Dales following his dramatic comeback during Aaron Dingle and John Sugden's wedding

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2 h. ago Rising country star Conner Smith ‘cooperating with police’ after woman killed in car crash

Singer’s representative said his ‘heart goes out’ to the family of a woman who died

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2 h. ago Teaching assistant killed in knife attack at school in north

Fifteen-year-old suspect arrested and Emmanuel Macron condemns ‘senseless violence’ after stabbing in NogentEmmanuel Macron has condemned what he called a “senseless wave of violence” after a 15-year-old pupil fatally stabbed a teaching assistant at a school.The 31-year-old woman died in hospital after she was stabbed during a bag search at the start of the school day outside a middle school in Nogent, in the Haute-Marne department in north-east France. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Ten people dead in attack at school in city of Graz in Austria, says mayor – Europe live

Elke Kahr, mayor of Graz, says seven students, one adult and attacker among dead after attack at schoolThe Austrian interior ministry has confirmed that several people have been killed in the attack on the school in Graz in the south of the country, without specifing the exact number, AP reported.Austria’s Kronen Zeitung noted that the incident took place close to the tenth anniversary of the 2015 Graz attack “which many Graz residents still remember today” in which three people died, and 36 were injured. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago He 'showed complete disregard for everyone's safety' and then killed a beloved dad

Paul Groarke has been jailed for 10 years after the crash in Lymm

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2 h. ago A school shooting in the Austrian city of Graz leaves at least 8 people and suspected gunman dead

At least eight people were killed in a shooting at a school in the Austrian city of Graz on Tuesday, and the suspected perpetrator also died, the city’s mayor said

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2 h. ago Why is this Indian state asking to kill protected wild animals?

Kerala wants federal government to declare wild boars as vermin, remove bonnet macaques from protected list, and permit killing of all animals identified as maneaters

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2 h. ago Ten dead after 'bullied pupil' launches shooting rampage at Austrian school, with 28 people seriously wounded

Ten people have been killed and dozens more injured after a pupil opened fire on an Austrian school, in what has been described as one of the worst mass killings in the country's history. 

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2 h. ago US universities are moving to the right. Will it help them escape Trump’s wrath?

Harvard, Columbia and other higher education institutes are facing funding cuts over their policies, but reform may not be the administration’s goalIn 2018, a teaching hospital at Harvard took down 30 portraits of distinguished doctors and researchers affiliated with the hospital. The portraits reinforced a perception that “white men are in charge”, a professor of medicine told the Boston Globe, and were relegated to less prominent areas of the hospital. Some students and faculty welcomed the decision, or were indifferent.Others were disconcerted. They saw the portraits’ removal as the impulsive reflex of a university whose political atmosphere, already liberal leaning, seemed to continually lurch further left. Continue reading...

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