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Singer D4vd had impregnated teenager he is accused of fatally stabbing
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Singer D4vd had impregnated teenager he is accused of fatally stabbing

Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who was 13 at the time, later received an abortion, text messages indicateSinger D4vd had impregnated the teenager he is accused of fatally stabbing, according to evidence presented in a Los Angeles courtroom on Friday. Celeste Rivas Hernandez later received an abortion, text messages between the two indicate.The musician, who was born David Anthony Burke, apologized to Ri...

Trump escalates Smithsonian attack with order for signs outside history museum
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Trump escalates Smithsonian attack with order for signs outside history museum

President directs interior department to display signs outside museum that accuse institution of inaccuracyDonald Trump on Friday ordered the interior department to display signs in front of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History that accuse the institution of inaccuracy.The order escalates the Trump’s attacks against the Smithsonian, which he and his allies accuse of politicizing the...

More than 200,000 people flee or lock down as wildfires sweep France and Spain
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More than 200,000 people flee or lock down as wildfires sweep France and Spain

‘Highly unpredictable’ blaze forces evacuation of Cap Ferret on French coast and Spain declares national emergency More than 200,000 people have fled or been ordered to lock down as huge wildfires swept Spain and France on Friday, prompting Madrid to declare a national emergency and the French authorities to order the total evacuation, by land and sea, of one of the country’s best-known holiday sp...

Law student charged after military-grade bomb intercepted near Irish border
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Law student charged after military-grade bomb intercepted near Irish border

Isobella Perrie Sullivan, 25, remanded in custody after intelligence-led operation against dissident republicans A 25-year-old law student has been charged in relation to an “extremely significant” bomb intercepted near the UK-Irish border.Isobella Perrie Sullivan, from Clane, County Kildare, was charged with possession of explosives at a special sitting of Trim district court on Friday evening. C...

Woman, 25, charged in Ireland after police intercept ‘highly sophisticated’ bomb

Woman, 25, charged in Ireland after police intercept ‘highly sophisticated’ bomb

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Law student arrested after detectives targeting dissident republicans stopped vehicle transporting ‘extremely significant’ explosiveA 25-year-old law student has been charged in relation to an “extremely significant” bomb intercepted near the UK-Irish border.Isobella Perrie Sullivan, from Clane, County Kildare, was charged with possession of explosives at a special sitting of Trim district court o...

‘I’m not in a hurry’: Trump bats down concerns of Iran war affecting midterms – US politics live

‘I’m not in a hurry’: Trump bats down concerns of Iran war affecting midterms – US politics live

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‘Elections take care of themselves’, says US president when asked if ongoing Iran war could cost Republicans control of CongressWhat to know about Trump’s new tariffs on more than 80 countriesSign up for the US Breaking News emailRepresenatives Ilhan Omar and Pramila Jayapal, will visit the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis today to conduct a congressional oversight visit.The Democratic lawm...

Trump switched planes in Turkey earlier this month because of threat from Iran proxy forces – report

Trump switched planes in Turkey earlier this month because of threat from Iran proxy forces – report

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President flew to Ankara onboard Qatari-gifted jet, without advanced defenses, and flew home on old Air Force OneDonald Trump switched aircraft before departing Turkey earlier this month after US officials determined there was a credible threat from Iranian proxy forces targeting him and Air Force One, according to a new report from the New York Times.The threat surfaced while the US president was...

Trump administration admits canceling clean energy grants to Democratic states

Trump administration admits canceling clean energy grants to Democratic states

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Court fillings show grants denied to states if they didn’t back Trump’s re-election, but administration claims it’s a ‘misrepresentation’US politics live – latest updatesThe Trump administration has admitted scrapping more than $7.5bn in federal grants for clean energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed Donald Trump in the 2024 election.US federal officials appeared to acknow...

Chuck Russell, director of The Mask and The Blob, dies aged 74

Chuck Russell, director of The Mask and The Blob, dies aged 74

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The film-maker, also behind A Nightmare on Elm Street 3, died on Wednesday in his San Diego homeDirector Chuck Russell, who helped propel actors such as Jim Carrey, Cameron Diaz and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson to the Hollywood A-list, was found dead in his San Diego, California, home on Wednesday. He was 74.Russell directed several box office hits in his decades-long career including A Nightmare on ...

Doctor details condition of Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s body in D4vd hearing

Doctor details condition of Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s body in D4vd hearing

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Grant Ho, who performed postmortem examination, said he identified two stab wounds on 14-year-old’s bodyThe autopsy of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s body took center stage on Friday as a hearing continued to determine whether musician D4vd will stand trial for murder charges linked to her death.Prosecutors say the singer, whose legal name is David Anthony Burke, fatally stabbed Hernandez l...

Georgia school shooter handed victims’ families ‘life sentence of trauma’, court hears

Georgia school shooter handed victims’ families ‘life sentence of trauma’, court hears

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Colt Gray, who was 14 at time of attack on Apalachee high school, admits 55 charges including four counts of murderThe wife of a teacher killed in a high school shooting in Georgia two years ago told a court on Friday that the families of the four victims had been handed “a life sentence of grief and trauma” by the teenage student who murdered them.Shayna Aspinwall, whose husband Richard died at A...

Democrats move to keep South Carolina as first state to vote in 2028 presidential primaries

Democrats move to keep South Carolina as first state to vote in 2028 presidential primaries

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DNC made move in bid to better represent views of party’s racially diverse voter base ahead of next presidential cycle Democrats moved to keep South Carolina as the first state to vote in their party’s 2028 presidential primary process, while moving up several other states, in a bid to better represent the views of the party’s racially diverse voter base.At a meeting in Washington DC of the Democr...

Police say alcohol withdrawal caused woman’s death in California backcountry

Police say alcohol withdrawal caused woman’s death in California backcountry

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Joanna Ruth Shields’ body was discovered in a pool of water with suspicious marks, driving speculation she was attackedA young woman whose body was found in the backcountry of California’s Big Sur with suspicious marks on her face and neck died of alcohol withdrawal, the Monterey county sheriff’s office said on Thursday.The discovery of Joanna Ruth Shields’ body back in April had driven widespread...

Two US small businesses sue Trump administration over fresh round of tariffs – US politics live

Two US small businesses sue Trump administration over fresh round of tariffs – US politics live

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Businesses say legislation used to implement the tariffs is ‘arbitrary and capricious’ as Trump claims tariffs target countries engaging in forced laborWhat to know about Trump’s new tariffs on more than 80 countriesSign up for the US Breaking News emailRepresenatives Ilhan Omar and Pramila Jayapal, will visit the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis today to conduct a congressional oversight v...

US surpasses 2025’s record number of measles infections as cases climb

US surpasses 2025’s record number of measles infections as cases climb

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The latest milestone, a recorded 2,318 infections, makes 2026 the worst year for measles in the US since 1991The US has officially surpassed last year’s record number of measles infections, marking the highest case count since the disease was declared eliminated in 2000.New figures from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released Friday show the country has recorded 2,318 meas...

More than 180,000 people flee or lock down as wildfires sweep France and Spain

More than 180,000 people flee or lock down as wildfires sweep France and Spain

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‘Highly unpredictable’ blaze forces evacuation of Cap Ferret on French coast and Spain declares national emergencyMore than 180,000 people have fled or been ordered to lock down as huge wildfires sweep Spain and France, prompting Madrid to declare a national emergency and the French authorities to order the total evacuation, by land and sea, of one of the country’s best-known holiday spots.Authori...

More than 100,000 people flee or lock down as wildfires sweep France and Spain

More than 100,000 people flee or lock down as wildfires sweep France and Spain

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‘Highly unpredictable’ blaze forces evacuation of Cap Ferret on French coast and Spain declares national emergencyMore than 100,000 people have fled or been ordered to lock down as huge wildfires sweep Spain and France, prompting Madrid to declare a national emergency and the French authorities to order the total evacuation, by land and sea, of one of the country’s best-known holiday spots.Authori...

More than 100,000 people flee or are locked down as wildfires sweep France and Spain

More than 100,000 people flee or are locked down as wildfires sweep France and Spain

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‘Highly unpredictable’ blaze forces evacuation of French holiday spot Cap Ferret and Spain declares national emergencyMore than 100,000 people have fled or been ordered to lock down as huge wildfires sweep Spain and France, prompting Madrid to declare a national emergency and the French authorities to order the total evacuation, by land and sea, of one of the country’s best-known holiday spots.Aut...

Existing care workers could be exempt from UK’s tough new immigration rules

Existing care workers could be exempt from UK’s tough new immigration rules

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Exclusive: Andy Burnham thought to be considering waiving stricter right to remain rules for people already working in the sectorHundreds of thousands of care workers could be exempted from the home secretary’s plans to toughen up the immigration system under proposals being considered by Andy Burnham as he looks for ways to relieve pressure on the social care sector.The prime minister will give a...

Karim Khan ousted as prosecutor of international criminal court

Karim Khan ousted as prosecutor of international criminal court

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Member states vote to remove British barrister found to have committed serious misconduct over alleged sexual abuseThe prosecutor of the international criminal court, Karim Khan, has been removed from office after the court’s governing body found he had committed serious misconduct in connection to allegations of sexual abuse.The ICC’s member states voted on Friday to oust the British prosecutor i...

Karim Khan ousted from role as prosecutor of international criminal court

Karim Khan ousted from role as prosecutor of international criminal court

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Member states vote to remove British barrister found to have committed serious misconduct over alleged sexual abuseThe prosecutor of the international criminal court, Karim Khan, has been removed from office after he was found to have committed serious misconduct in connection to allegations of sexual abuse.The ICC’s member states voted on Friday to oust the British prosecutor in an unprecedented ...

Thousands of lightning strikes trigger fresh wildfires in western Canada

Thousands of lightning strikes trigger fresh wildfires in western Canada

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At least 90 active blazes in British Columbia in what PM says is one of the country’s most intense seasons on recordHow dangerous are wildfires and how can we stop them from getting worse?Fresh wildfires have broken out in western Canada and forests continued to ⁠burn in Ontario as the country ⁠battled what the prime ​minister, Mark Carney, called one of the most intense wildfire seasons on record...

More than 90,000 people flee as wildfires spread in south-west France and Spain

More than 90,000 people flee as wildfires spread in south-west France and Spain

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‘Unpredictable’ blaze forces evacuation of holiday spot Cap Ferret and Spain declares emergency over fires near MadridMore than 90,000 people have fled huge wildfires in Spain and France as Madrid declared a national emergency and French authorities ordered the total evacuation, by land and sea, of one of the country’s best-known holiday spots.Authorities in south-west France ordered the Cap Ferre...

Woman charged in Ireland after police intercept ‘highly sophisticated’ bomb

Woman charged in Ireland after police intercept ‘highly sophisticated’ bomb

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Detectives targeting dissident republicans stopped vehicle transporting device near Northern Ireland borderA woman in her 20s has been charged in relation to an “extremely significant” bomb intercepted near the Irish border.Garda Síochána said in a statement that a second person, a man in his 40s arrested in connection with the investigation, remained detained in relation to offences against the s...

Trump threatens EU with ‘substantial’ tariffs over fines of US tech giants

Trump threatens EU with ‘substantial’ tariffs over fines of US tech giants

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After Google fined €890m by EU, US president said Europe was ‘robbing’ American companies and taxpayersWhat to know about Trump’s new tariffs on more than 80 countriesDonald Trump has threatened the European Union with “substantial” tariffs after Brussels imposed a series of steep fines on US tech giants.In a post on his Truth Social platform, the US president wrote: “The United States of America ...

Trump threatens ‘substantial’ tariffs on EU after Google fined for breaching European laws

Trump threatens ‘substantial’ tariffs on EU after Google fined for breaching European laws

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Citing ‘illegal and highly unethical conduct’, US president said Europe is ‘robbing’ American companiesWhat to know about Trump’s new tariffs on more than 80 countriesDonald Trump has threatened the European Union with “substantial” tariffs after Brussels imposed a series of steep fines on US tech giants.In a post on his Truth Social platform, the US president wrote: “The United States of America ...

Five officers injured as police boat strikes Westminster Bridge

Five officers injured as police boat strikes Westminster Bridge

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Metropolitan police say officers from marine unit entered water but are now receiving treatment Five officers have been injured after a police boat struck Westminster Bridge in central London on Friday afternoon.The Metropolitan police said the incident occurred at about 3.40pm and involved a boat from the marine policing unit. Continue reading...

Middle East crisis: US carries out strikes across Iran as Tehran targets American bases in region – as it happened

Middle East crisis: US carries out strikes across Iran as Tehran targets American bases in region – as it happened

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Latest attacks come after Trump vowed ‘major military punishment’ for Tehran and its Houthi alliesAs we reported earlier, Iran’s military said on Friday that it carried out attacks targeting US military assets in Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait in retaliation for Washington’s latest strikes on the Islamic republic.Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corp, meanwhile, said they had targeted a data centre in Bahr...

11 people indicted over deaths of six people in cargo container in Texas

11 people indicted over deaths of six people in cargo container in Texas

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Six migrants from Honduras and Mexico – including 14-year-old boy – were found dead in May near US-Mexico borderSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email A US attorney announced a federal indictment on Friday against 11 people in the smuggling deaths of six migrants whose bodies were found in a rail cargo container in Texas in May.The six people were found dead in a rail yard shipping cont...