A number of migrants headed for the UK have drowned in the Channel near Calais after their boat sank, the French government has said. French prime minister Jean Castex said the shipwreck was... Read more
At least 46 people, including 12 children, have died after a bus crashed and caught fire in western Bulgaria, officials say. The incident happened on a motorway south-west of the capital Sof... Read more
Wisconsin officials will seek to charge a driver who ploughed into a Christmas parade on Sunday with five counts of intentional homicide. It comes as hundreds of people gathered for a candle... Read more
A car has ploughed through a Christmas parade in the US state of Wisconsin, killing five and injuring at least 40 people, according to the City of Waukesha. The incident occurred at around 4... Read more
Istanbul, Turkey – Every year, men in Turkey murder hundreds of women, and trending hashtags on social media and protests on the street have become sadly familiar. This month, a particu... Read more
Four men arrested under terrorism laws after a bomb exploded outside Liverpool Women’s Hospital on Remembrance Sunday have been released without charge. It comes after police named Ema... Read more
Chinese President Xi Jinping has used a virtual summit with US counterpart Joe Biden to warn that encouraging Taiwanese independence would be “playing with fire”. The talks are t... Read more
Three men have been arrested under the Terrorism Act after a man was killed in a car explosion outside Liverpool Women’s Hospital. A taxi carrying one passenger pulled up just before 1... Read more
At least 68 prisoners have been killed in new fighting at an Ecuadorean prison where more than a hundred inmates died in clashes between rival gangs in September, officials say. The riot at... Read more
A Myanmar military court has sentenced US journalist Danny Fenster to 11 years in jail. Fenster was found guilty of breaching immigration law, unlawful association and encouraging dissent ag... Read more
Three MPs have been accused of “undermining respect for Parliament” after allegedly getting drunk on a flight to Gibraltar for a trip to commemorate Armistice Day. Defence Secret... Read more
For the past several days as the world has been debating ways and means to fight the effects of climate change in Glasgow, residents of the Indian capital, Delhi, have been waking up to grey... Read more
Tom Greatrex of the Nuclear Industry Association has been telling the BBC News Channel that nuclear power is “as green as wind and greener than solar” – and has a part to p... Read more
About one billion people face crippling heat from a 2C rise in global temperatures, the UK’s Met Office predicts. It says a 4C rise could see nearly half of the world’s population livi... Read more
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