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Hezbollah has announced the death of a top military official in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut. Israeli officials had earlier said the rare strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs killed Ibrahim Akil, a commander of the Lebanese militant group’s elite Radwan Force. The strike killed at least 14 people and wounded dozens more, according to Lebanon’s health ministry. […]
A capybara which escaped from a Shropshire zoo has been captured safe and well after spending nearly a week at large. One-year-old Cinnamon escaped from Hoo Zoo and Dinosaur World in Telford on Saturday and was found living in a field next to the zoo by a search team on Tuesday night. She was finally […]
In-person voting for this year’s presidential election began in the US on Friday – a milestone that kicked off a six-week sprint to election day after a summer of political turmoil. Voters lined up to cast their ballots in Minnesota, South Dakota and Virginia, the states with the first early in-person voting opportunities. About a dozen more […]
The Prime Minister and his most senior ministers will no longer accept donations to pay for their clothes. Neither Sir Keir Starmer, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, nor Chancellor Rachel Reeves will accept such donations in the future, the PA news agency understands. The move comes as Labour seeks to put to bed a row […]
The Israeli military has announced that its air strike on a neighbourhood of Beirut killed Ibrahim Akil, a senior Hezbollah military official. There was no immediate confirmation of his death from Hezbollah. The Israeli strike in the southern suburbs of Lebanon’s capital killed at least 14 people and wounded nearly 60 others, according to Lebanese […]
Nigel Farage has promised that Reform UK will “be vetting candidates rigorously at all levels” in future as he delivered his keynote speech to the party’s conference. Addressing the crowds in Birmingham, Mr Farage said the party has not got “time” or “room” for “a few extremists to wreck the work of a party that now has […]
Leader Nigel Farage will be among the speakers as the two-day event gets underway in Birmingham Reform UK will begin its party conference on Friday saying it plans to win the next general election. The party, which secured five seats at this year’s general election, is set to begin its two-day conference in Birmingham with speeches […]
Cancer Research UK projects there will be 17.2 million urgent suspected cancer referrals in England over the next five years More than 300,000 cancer patients will face treatment delays over the next five years unless the Government drives up NHS performance, according to a new analysis. Cancer Research UK projects there will be 17.2 million urgent suspected cancer referrals in England over the […]
A new sex assault claim has been made against Mohamed Al Fayed after an investigation into the former Harrods owner was published. The woman believes police nearly arrested him over her allegations just days before he died in August 2023, she told the BBC. More than 20 female former employees have spoken to the broadcaster […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will travel to Washington next Thursday for talks with US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris as he presses for the US to allow Ukraine to use Western-provided weapons to strike deeper into Russia. “I’m looking forward to hosting my friend President Zelensky of Ukraine next week at the […]