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Three people died last week as they attempted to cross the US-Mexico border near San Diego, California, amid a storm that brought near freezing temperatures to the challenging mountain terrain, according to the US border patrol. Border patrol agents responding to two separate distress calls – that came within less than an hour of each … Read more
US have blocked Canadian access to a library straddling the Canada-US border, drawing criticism from a Quebec town where people have long enjoyed easy entry to the space. The Haskell Free Library and Opera House is located between Stanstead, Quebec, and Derby Line, Vermont. It was built deliberately to straddle the frontier between the two … Read more
Downing Street has said there are “questions to answer” after a fire at an electrical substation closed down London Heathrow airport, stopping around 1,300 planes and disrupting the journeys of hundreds of thousands of global passengers. Counter-terror police are leading the investigation into the “unprecedented” incident that left Britain’s biggest airport unable to function as … Read more
A clinical support worker who took a viable pressure cooker bomb into a hospital intending to “kill as many nurses as possible” has been jailed for at least 37 years. Mohammad Farooq, 29, of Leeds, also plotted a terrorist attack on RAF Menwith Hill, a top-secret spy base in North Yorkshire. At Sheffield crown court … Read more
Israel’s defence minister said on Friday he had instructed the military to “seize more ground” in Gaza and threatened to annex part of the territory unless Hamas released 59 Israeli hostages still held by the Islamist militant group in the devastated territory. Israel Katz’s warning came as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) intensified the new … Read more
The UK is to “accelerate the pace and scale” of military planning to be ready to support Ukraine next week, with No 10 saying all options, including troops on the ground, are possible. Keir Starmer’s spokesperson said thousands of troops would be needed to support Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire and agreement to … Read more
Waves of Russian drones pounded the Ukrainian port city of Odesa overnight, setting it ablaze in an attack that underscored Moscow’s intent to continue aerial assaults despite agreeing to a temporary pause in strikes on energy infrastructure. Videos circulating on social media showed fires erupting in several parts of Odesa. The regional governor, Oleh Kiper, … Read more
Elon Musk visited the Pentagon on Friday morning with plans to be briefed about unspecified military matters, as the Trump administration denied reports that he is to discuss secret US plans should a war break out with China. Donald Trump and others pushed back against a New York Times report on Thursday night that the … Read more
Four police officers have been served disciplinary notices over alleged failings in their handling of a domestic abuse report by a woman before she was found dead in a car boot. The body of Harshita Brella, 24, was found in a silver Vauxhall Corsa in Brisbane Road in Ilford, east London, on 14 November last … Read more
Ronen Bar, the head of Israel’s powerful internal security service, the Shin Bet, may seem an unlikely rebel. A former special forces soldier who holds degrees from Tel Aviv and Harvard universities, Bar has devoted three decades of his working life to the service of the state. His frame is lean, greying hair close shaved, … Read more