At least 12 people have been killed and 23 are unaccounted for after one of Spain’s deadliest wildfires broke out in the south-eastern province of Almería as the country endures its second heatwave of the summer.
The former Conservative minister Ann Widdecombe has died aged 78, her management has said.
Widdecombe, who served as an MP and an MEP during a lengthy and often controversial political career, gained notoriety as a television personality in later life. Besides the Tories, she was also a member of the Brexit party and its successor, Reform UK.
“Modern Family” star Jesse Tyler Ferguson will make his Menier Chocolate Factory debut playing Truman Capote in Jay Presson Allen’s “Tru.”
Rob Ashford directs the production, which opens Sept. 27 following previews from Sept. 19, and runs through Nov. 14.
A police officer has been hurt and several people were arrested after disorder in London on Thursday night in the wake of France beating Morocco 2-0 in a World Cup quarter-final in Boston in the United States. Police and fans clashed on Edgware Road.
A man who was shot and killed in Texas earlier this week by federal immigration agents during a traffic stop was not the intended target of an enforcement operation, a Democratic lawmaker said Thursday, amid growing anger over the latest fatal shooting linked to the White House’s immigration crackdown.
The expansions hub has arrived in Tarkov
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A new update has launched for Escape From Tarkov that finally adds the expansions hub that has been promised for years. The hub allows players to purchase in-game items directly in the client, using a new premium currency that can be purchased for real money.
President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday moved to loosen truck pollution regulations put in place by his predecessor, Joe Biden, in its latest environmental rollback benefiting makers of fossil fuel-burning vehicles.
The colour scheme at the Wimbledon Championships is an instantly recognisable purple and green combination.
Every year, areas around the grounds are branded with the two colours, along with a tinge of white.
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Swift chicks are feared to have been thrown into a skip during house renovations in South Tyneside, despite rules that should stop the destruction of nests.
The Northern Swifts Group (NSG) was alerted to the destruction of at least one nest on Tuesday, in a street in Jarrow where houses were being renovated by South Tyneside council.