1 week ago At least 13 dead, including three children, after Putin launches latest deadly strikes on Ukraine 

Russia was also hit hard with Ukrainian strikes, leading to the Kremlin's air defences shooting in panic - but missing - an Airbus A320-251N packed with its own tourists from Turkish resort Bodrum.

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1 week ago ‘The world does not care if we all die’: hunger and despair in the ruins of Gaza City

Killings in a new Israeli offensive and depleted food and medical supplies are pushing people on to the streets of the once bustling hub of GazaOn the streets of Gaza City this week, there were two sounds that never ceased, day or night. In the west, the Mediterranean breakers crashed on the rubbish-strewn shoreline. In the east, the shells, missiles and rockets exploded with dull thuds and occasional ear-splitting cracks.At least 100,000 people have come to Gaza City, once the bustling commercial and cultural hub of the Palestinian territory. All are fleeing the new offensive – dubbed Gideon’s Chariots – recently launched by Israel into the ruined towns and neighbourhoods of northern Gaza. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Gunman who killed 19 children in school massacre wrote 'LOL on the board with their blood

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Today marks two years since Salvador Ramos, 18, opened fire at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, US, killing 19 children before he was shot dead

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2 w. ago Nine Perfect Strangers season two review – not even Nicole Kidman’s new wig makes this worth watching

The good news is that the star has rediscovered her ability to emote facially. The bad news is that this boring drama about a creepy wellness guru is almost impossible to care aboutThe wig is better. Everything else is worse. The second series of Nine Perfect Strangers – which was so clearly set up by the open-ended finale of the original, starring Nicole Kidman in a blond hairpiece that would disgrace a four-year-old’s Frozen birthday party – is here.Mad/bad/traumatised wellness guru/cult leader/visionary genius Masha (Kidman) was last seen driving to freedom after experimenting on the stupid, affluent guests at her California health retreat for the stupid and affluent. Tranquillum House was the name, microdosing subjects with psychotics and without consent so they hallucinated dead children and fires was the game. Plus, constant surveillance by hidden cameras feeding private information back to Masha at all times. Let me stop you there and say – well, yes, quite. But Melissa McCar...

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2 w. ago Former Ukrainian politician shot dead dropping off his children outside American school in Madrid

Police said witnesses had reported Portnov was shot "several times" in the head and body by more than one gunman when he was getting into a black Mercedes

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2 w. ago Former Ukrainian politician shot dead outside his children’s school in Madrid

Andriy Portnov, ex-aide to pro-Russia former president, was dropping off daughters when he was targeted by gunmenA former Ukrainian politician who worked as a senior aide to the former pro-Russian president has been shot and killed outside his children’s school in an upmarket suburb of Madrid.In the latest violence to rattle Spain since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Andriy Portnov was killed on Wednesday morning outside the American School of Madrid in Pozuelo de Alarcón. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Three children among five dead in car bomb attack on Pakistan school bus

Pakistan’s interior minister called the perpetrators of school bus attack ‘beasts’ who deserved no leniency

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2 w. ago Ukrainian lawyer is shot dead while dropping off his children at prestigious American School in Madrid

An unidentified gunman or gunmen shot and killed former Ukrainian politician Andriy Portnov on Wednesday morning outside the gates of the American School in Madrid

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2 w. ago Mum found charred in blaze hugging all four dead children as tragedy struck

WARNING: GRAPHIC DETAILS. At least eight people were killed and several injured in a fire at a building near a historic monument.

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2 w. ago Mum found hugging all four dead children after tragedy in 'unbearable scenes'

WARNING: GRAPHIC DETAILS At least eight people were killed and several injured in a fire that broke out at a building near the historic Charminar monument in India

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3 w. ago Montana man killed wife, and kids, 6 and 7 months, in murder suicide, police say

Nicholas Olson-Hartley, 33, is believed to have killed his wife and young children before shooting himself on May 11 in their Montana home.

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3 w. ago Dozens dead 'including 22 children' as Israel launches wave of strikes on Gaza hospitals

Israel's response to the October 7 massacre by Hamas has now killed approximately 52,000 Palestinians

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3 w. ago Horror as abandoned dead dog 'discovered inside bucket' by group of children at park

The RSPCA is appealing for information after a dead dog was discovered by a group of children inside a bucket at Springfield Park in Knotty Ash, Liverpool this week

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3 w. ago Two children dead after rubber dinghy floats adrift in Mediterranean for days

On board were 62 people, including 17 women, two babies and four small children.

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