3 h. ago Brazil to seek independent inquiry into deadly police raid that killed 121 people

Brazilian president Lula called police assault on two of Rio’s largest clusters of favelas ‘disastrous’ and a ‘massacre’Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has said his government will seek an independent investigation into what he called a “disastrous” police “massacre” that left at least 121 people dead.Four officers and at least 117 others were killed when police launched a major assault on two of Rio’s largest clusters of favelas, the Complexo do Alemão and the Complexo da Penha, early last Tuesday to execute 100 arrest warrants. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago BBC's Vernon Kay tearfully admits ‘it gets me’ as he shares heartbreaking realisation

Vernon Kay has admitted he was left deeply moved and “tearful” by the heartbreaking stories of people he met while running his 116-mile ultramarathon for Children in Need in 2023

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12 h. ago Only 10% of people in the world can answer tricky brainteaser

People have been left scratching their heads over the answer to a tricky question asked on an Australian TV show - but some people say they got it straight away

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28 h. ago Tourists grossed out by 'faeces fountain' in popular holiday location after manhole explodes

People have been left stunned after footage emerged of what is thought to be human waste bubbling up through the ground during heavy rain in a popular Spanish holiday hotspot

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32 h. ago British train 'knifeman' is pictured for the first time: Suspect, 32, appears in court accused of train rampage that left 11 hurt and another attack in London hours earlier

Anthony Williams, 32, of Peterborough, has appeared at Peterborough Magistrates' Court charged with 11 counts of attempted murder.

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33 h. ago BREAKING Iconic tourist attraction collapses as people left under rubble in major incident

This is a breaking news story and is being constantly updated by our reporters as the breaking news story develops

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33 h. ago Iconic tourist attraction collapses as people left under rubble in major incident

Rome's iconic structure, the Torre dei Conti, has sparked chaos this morning after part of the medieval tower has collapsed, leaving several trapped in the rubble, according to local reports

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35 h. ago British train 'knifeman' is named and charged over ANOTHER attack in London hours before Huntingdon train rampage that left 11 hurt

Anthony Williams, 32, of Peterborough, is charged with ten counts of attempted murder relating to Saturday's attack.

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36 h. ago Anthony Williams, 32, is charged over Huntingdon knife attack rampage that left 11 people injured

Anthony Williams, 32, of Peterborough, is charged with ten counts of attempted murder relating to Saturday's attack.

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36 h. ago Man, 32, is charged over Huntingdon knife attack that left 11 people injured

Anthony Williams, 32, of Peterborough, is charged with ten counts of attempted murder relating to Saturday's attack.

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36 h. ago Man, 32, charged over Huntingdon train stabbing that left 11 people injured

The horror incident saw a number of people stabbed on a train bound for London before two men were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder

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38 h. ago The heroic man who confronted Huntingdon train knifeman as friends pay tribute

Stephen Crean has been named as a hero who confronted the Huntingdon train stabbings attacker which left 10 people in hospital

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40 h. ago How the Huntingdon train stabbing unfolded, leaving 11 injured

Defence secretary John Healey says knife rampage – which left nine people fighting for their lives – appears to be an ‘isolated attack’

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51 h. ago Man, 32, treated as 'sole Huntingdon train attacker' as hero worker 'saved many lives'

Police have issued a major 6pm statement on the horror attack that has left nine people fighting for their lives after the attack on Saturday night (November 1). Two people remain in hospital

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51 h. ago Train stabbings: Police issue major 6pm update saying 'one man is only suspect'

Train passengers locked themselves in toilets and cowered with makeshift weapons during the eight-minute knife rampage that left two people fighting for life

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53 h. ago Huntingdon train stabbing: How the attack unfolded which left 11 injured

Defence secretary John Healey says knife rampage – which left nine people fighting for their lives – appears to be an ‘isolated attack’

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55 h. ago CHRIS HUGHES: 'Huntingdon train stabbing is stuff a nightmares – and may have been more horrific'

The Huntingdon train stabbing left 11 people in need of hospital treatment - but the incident could have been much worse if the context was ever so slighlty different

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57 h. ago John Healey reveals he was on Huntingdon knife attack train route with his wife hours before incident

Defence secretary John Healey was onboard the Doncaster to London LNER train service hours before a knife attack left two people fighting for their lives.

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57 h. ago Huntingdon train stabbings: Everything we know so far about the attack that left nine in critical condition

Counter-terrorism police are investigating after nine people were left fighting for their lives in a mass stabbing on a train in Cambridgeshire

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58 h. ago Two men in police custody after mass stabbing on Cambridgeshire train

Police say they are not treating attack that left two people with life-threatening injuries as terrorist incidentCambridgeshire train stabbing: latest updatesExplainer: Cambridgeshire train attack – what we know so farTwo men are in custody after multiple stabbings on a high-speed train in Cambridgeshire that left two people with life-threatening injuries, police have said.A 32-year-old black British national and a 35-year-old Briton of Caribbean descent have been arrested, British Transport Police have said, after the incident on Saturday night after which 11 people were treated in hospital. It is not being treated as a terrorist incident. Continue reading...

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