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The vanishing of Nicolás Maduro: how the former dictator is being erased from Venezuela
Billboards are being painted over and former allies seem eager to forget the man they once glorifiedFor years, his bewhiskered face stared down from p…
Cattle in England to get tuberculosis vaccine from 2030 as badger cull to end
Targeted vaccination and improved testing planned as part of drive to eradicate disease by 2038Cattle will be vaccinated against tuberculosis from 203…
Man who fought off Belfast knifeman with hurling stick named
Maitiu Mag Tighearnan said he was there by chance and managed to ‘protect a young lad’A man who used a hurling stick to fight off a knifeman in north …
‘Woefully unprepared’: extreme heat will double US hospitalizations by 2040, study finds
Sharp rise in hospital visits will in turn drive up annual healthcare costs for heat-related conditions to over $1bnPeople in the US are poised to end…
Car finance payouts could be delayed by years over legal challenges, says FCA
Complaints-led approach could pile £6bn of extra costs on to lenders, says City watchdogBusiness live – latest updatesThe City watchdog has warned tha…
Man attacked by alligator in swamp while fleeing police in Louisiana
Suspect, charged with driving while impaired, was eventually captured and arrested with injuries to his armsAn alligator inserted itself into a police…
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At least 12 people shot at an Ohio festival and a search for suspects is still ongoing, police say
Gunfire erupted Saturday near a busy street festival in Ohio, wounding at least 12 people and sending some eventgoers scrambling for cover while other…
Huge crowds throng Madrid streets for Pope's open-air Mass
The pontiff waved at those gathered from his popemobile as he arrived at the Plaza de Cibeles.…
‘Görli is our garden’: Berliners fight to stop mayor locking their park at night
Kreuzberg campaigners win court ruling against €2m fence aimed at shutting out drug dealersThe “hollow” in Görlitzer Park was heaving with revellers w…
Who is NHS nurse and newest royal Harriet Sperling?
Harriet Sperling and Peter Phillips wed with King Charles, Queen Camilla and other royals attending.…
England begin Ashes rebuild with win over NZ
England take less than a session on the fourth day of the first Test against New Zealand to begin their post-Ashes rebuild with a much-needed victory.…
Giant crowds greet Pope Leo at public mass in Madrid, Spain
The pontiff praises Madrid as a beacon of inclusion as about 1.2 million people gather for Sunday mass.…
M&S launches new traineeship for 1,000 young people
The scheme aims to tackle the "growing challenge" of young people not in employment, education, or training.…
Pope Leo urges youth to be ‘sparks of a new humanity’
Pope Leo XIV urged young people to be 'sparks of a new humanity'.…
Hundreds of captives freed from Boko Haram mountain hideout
The group includes many women and children who were abducted in March from an area close to Cameroon.…
Australian doctor who underwent 'world-first' brain tumour treatment dies
The melanoma doctor's brain cancer treatment experiment has sparked hope for a breakthrough.…
Lenny Henry says racism in UK ‘still at large’ as he tours standup comeback
Comedian is doing first tour in more than 15 years and says many issues he talked about in 1980s are still alive todayLenny Henry has said racism is “…
‘Significant breakthrough’: NHS hospitals adopt faster, more accurate bladder cancer test
Five hospitals in England and Wales have switched to test taken at home, rather than invasive hospital procedureNHS hospitals are using a new way of d…
Search for suspects continues after 12 people shot near festival in Toledo, Ohio
Search enters second day after Saturday shooting that wounded 12, two reported in critical condition, police sayOrganizers of a festival in the histor…
Lord's pitch does not benefit Test format - Stokes
England captain Ben Stokes says the Lord’s pitch on which his side won the first Test against New Zealand is not helpful for the future of the game’s …
Royal Mail delivers new parent magazine to father 19 years late
Paul Edwards, 52, was left baffled after the magazine finally arrived almost two decades late.…
Thousands march for French schoolgirl murdered after police failed to question suspect
Jérôme Barella had been accused of rape in months before murder but series of delays meant police had failed to summon him for questioningThousands of…
Homeless face ‘inhumane’ ultimatums by London councils
Choice between living on the streets or moving hundreds of miles away faced by homeless people.Having fled sex trafficking gangs in Belgium and Manche…
Authenticity is what American voters want
Results in US Democratic primary races are showing that old establishment politics no longer work.…
Man arrested 22 years after teen murdered in Leeds
Tyrone Clarke's mother says the family has been living "with this shadow over us" for 22 years.…
Nigerian forces rescue 360 captives from Boko Haram
Nigerian forces rescued 360 captives, including women and children from a Boko Haram mountain hideout in Borno State.…
Man charged in Great Yarmouth teen rape case
Police said a 34-year-old is due to appear at Norwich Magistrates' Court on Monday.…
Alexander Zverev wins French Open to claim first Grand Slam title
Zverev's five-set defeat of Flavio Cobolli makes him the first German man to win a Slam since Boris Becker 30 years ago.…
Record number of people waiting for NHS diagnostic tests in England
One in five of the 1.92m patients on list wait longer than six weeks for tests such as CT and MRI scans, analysis showsA record number of people are w…
Italy recovers 10 bodies as boat with nearly 60 on board capsizes off Malta
At least 990 refugees and migrants have died this year while attempting the perilous journey across the Mediterranean.…