UK tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and daughter also among six unaccounted for after superyacht was hit by tornado and sank Morgan Stanley International chairman Jonathan Bloomer is among those missing after a yacht carrying UK tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch sank off the coast of Sicily during a violent storm, an […]
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Last major crossing on this part of front in Kursk region hit overnight as Ukraine aims to expand ‘buffer zone’ Ukraine has destroyed a third bridge over the Seym River in the Kursk region, as part of an apparent attempt to expand what President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has described as a […]
Rocket Factory Augsburg says ‘anomaly’ led to ‘the loss of the stage’, adding that there were no injuries A rocket company has vowed to return to regular operations “as soon as possible” after an explosion during a test at the UK’s new spaceport in Shetland. The test was carried out […]
President states he wants to stop cross-border attacks by Russian forces and that counteroffensive was much needed Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said Ukraine’s military incursion into Russia’s Kursk region aims to create a buffer zone to prevent further attacks by Moscow across the border. It marked the first time the Ukrainian […]
US secretary of state flies into Tel Aviv amid signals that a breakthrough may not be as close as had been suggested The US secretary of state has arrived in Israel for 11th-hour talks aimed at shoring up a deal for a lasting ceasefire in the war in Gaza, amid […]
Exclusive: Legal loophole means there is no restriction on making sperm or eggs available for additional fertility treatments abroad ‘You feel a bit mass-produced’: donor-conceived people on the export of UK sperm Sperm donated in the UK is being exported and can be used to create large numbers of children […]
Children’s commissioner finds wide disparity with white counterparts in year to June 2023, with 88% of searches aimed at finding drugs Black children are four times more likely to be strip-searched by police officers across England and Wales than their white counterparts, according to the latest nationwide figures disclosed by […]
Republican senator urges Trump to focus on policy issues instead of making personal attacks against Harris The Republican senator and Donald Trump loyalist Lindsey Graham has warned that Trump is in danger of losing the US presidential election if he continues to talk about Kamala Harris’s race and make other […]
No reported injuries as flames brought under control after part of third floor and roof caught fire on Saturday About 125 firefighters tackled a blaze at Somerset House in central London on Saturday. A pillar of smoke billowed from the roof of the Grade I-listed building on the Strand. London […]
Diving team believe deep North Sea find is long-lost HMS Hawke, sunk by German U-boat 110 years ago A team of UK divers has hailed the discovery of a wreck off Scotland believed to be a Royal Navy warship sunk during the first world war but still “virtually intact”. The […]