British girl, 11, shot dead in family’s garden in western France

Read More An 11-year-old British girl was shot dead as she played on swings in the garden of her family home in a village in western France on Saturday. The girl’s father and mother were also injured in the attack in the village of Saint-Herbot in Brittany while her eight-year-old sister escaped unhurt. The Thornon […]

Chloe Mitchell: murder inquiry launched as human remains found

Read More Detectives investigating the disappearance of County Antrim woman Chloe Mitchell have launched a murder inquiry after suspected human remains were found in Ballymena. Mitchell, 21, was last seen on CCTV in the early hours of Saturday 3 June in Ballymena town centre. Two men arrested in connection with the case remained in police […]

Families release photo of East Sussex couple as man charged with murder

Read More The families of a married couple who were found dead at their home have released a photo of them as a man is due to appear in court charged with their murder. The bodies of Josh Bashford, 33, and 30-year-old Chloe were found at their home in Newhaven, East Sussex, on Friday. Derek […]

Senior Tories tell Boris Johnson and allies to ‘shut up and go away’

Read More Boris Johnson and his allies have been told by senior Conservatives to “shut up and go away” as the privileges committee prepares to sign off what is expected to be a damning report into his conduct. MPs on the committee are understood to have received threats from members of the public over the […]

Trudeau’s foreign interference investigator resigns after media leaks of China’s meddling in Canada elections

Canadian Prime Minister Justice Trudeau’s special investigator on foreign interference resigned amid controversy over leaked information about China’s alleged meddling in Canada’s elections. “When I undertook the task of independent special rapporteur on foreign interference, my objective was to help build trust in our democratic institutions,” David Johnston, whom Trudeau appointed as “independent special rapporteur […]

‘Unabomber’ Ted Kaczynski died by suicide – report

Read More Ted Kaczynski, known as the “Unabomber”, who carried out a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others, died by suicide, four people familiar with the matter told the Associated Press. Kaczynski, who was 81 and suffering from late-stage cancer, was found unresponsive in his cell at the federal medical […]

Colombian plane crash: mother told children to leave her so they could survive

Read More The mother of the four young Colombian siblings who managed to survive for almost six weeks in the Amazon jungle clung to life for four days after their plane crashed before telling her children to leave her in the hope of improving their chances of being rescued. Details of the woman’s final days […]