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Lynette and Brian Hooker, from Michigan, were years into a sailing adventure when Brian said his wife fell overboard Lynette Hooker bounced around the deck of the docked Soul Mate, smiled into the camera and proclaimed, “We’re finally leaving Kemah,” referring to a Texas port town. “It’s only been four months,” she said as her husband, Brian, tugged on some rigging as they got ready to set sail. …

Police have arrested a man on suspicion of being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control and causing injury resulting in death A 19-year-old woman has died after being attacked by a dog at a property in Essex. Police have arrested a 37-year-old man on suspicion of being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control and causing injury resulting in death, after the incident on Friday. He is n…

Conservative leader promises biggest peacetime rearmament effort in UK history if her party is re-elected The Conservatives would reinstate the two-child benefit cap and use the savings for a wide-ranging spending splurge on defence in what Kemi Badenoch said would be “the biggest peacetime programme of rearmament in our country’s history”. Speaking at a defence conference in London, the Tory lea…

Concerns raised over use of travel data in determining whether people are ‘continuously’ in Britain after HMRC fiasco UK ministers are to start removing post-Brexit residency rights from EU citizens who are no longer “continuously” living in the country. The initiative is legal under the 2020 Brexit withdrawal agreement, but the decision to use travel data to partly determine absences has raised …

People seen being carried off by officers at first mass demo since group’s ban was ruled unlawful by high court Arrests have begun at the first mass demonstration opposing the proscription of Palestine Action since the group’s ban was ruled unlawful by the high court. Protesters in London’s Trafalgar Square unveiled signs reading: “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.” Hundreds of demon…

Even as a triumphant moon flyby primes agency for a 2028 landing, Trump’s proposed budget cuts cast pall on US space program The astronauts on board Artemis II were “almost poets”, Nasa’s administrator, Jared Isaacman, declared on Friday, referring to their inspiring words as they swung above the lunar surface. They were, he said, “ambassadors for humanity” as they became the first humans to trav…

Finbar Sullivan was stabbed in London tourist destination in early evening on Tuesday and pronounced dead at scene A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the death of 21-year-old Finbar Sullivan, who was stabbed to death in London’s Primrose Hill. The Metropolitan police arrested a 27-year-old man on Friday. A second man, who is 25, has also been arrested on suspicion of assisting a…

Unite Here co-president demands improvement in working conditions and urges Fifa to keep ICE away from matches A hospitality union that represents about 2,000 workers at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles has threatened to strike during the World Cup if Fifa leaders do not heed their concerns about working conditions and the presence of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE). This summer, SoFi Stadi…

War spurs debate on US power and role in the world – and progressives eye chance to reorient American foreign policy Well over a year into Donald Trump’s disruptive second term, few believed the US president could still genuinely shock. But at 8.06am on Tuesday he did just that, with an apocalyptic threat on Truth Social, to destroy a “whole civilization” in Iran – a country of more than 90 milli…

Iran dropped explosives in the waterway erratically and may not have marked where it put all of them, US suggests Middle East crisis – live updates Iran is unable to find the mines it laid in the strait of Hormuz and does not have the capacity to remove the explosives, preventing Iran from allowing more traffic through the waterway, the New York Times reported, citing US officials. The opening of…

Archaeological record suggests hunter gatherers were playing games of chance at the end of the last ice age Native American hunter gatherers were using dice for gaming and gambling more than 6,000 years before the practice appeared anywhere else, a new study argues. It says dice were being made and used on the western great plains of North America at the end of the last ice age, more than 12,000 …

Former Ukrainian major general says 4kg of material found in Serbia was attempt to influence Hungary’s election Hungary elections explainer The amount of explosives discovered in Serbia last week would not have been enough to destroy the Balkan Stream gas pipeline, prompting an expert to conclude it was probably a Russian intelligence plot aimed at influencing Hungary’s impending election. A form…

Having received assurances from Singapore over refined fuels, diesel supply will surely be next on the prime minister’s agenda Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Anthony Albanese isn’t coming back from Singapore with a shipload of diesel in his checked baggage. That doesn’t mean his whistle-stop visit wasn’t a success, or that it won’t be seen in future as a pivotal mome…

Britain’s standing in the world was never the same after its assault on Egypt in 1956. Now the US risks repeating history in the Middle East Middle East crisis – live updates Donald Trump’s addiction to framing every event in the most apocalyptic terms is what allows conservative commentators such as Mark Levin to praise him as “a once-in-a-century president”. But Trump cannot play out his entire…

Corruption scandals and a surging opposition have turned the vote into the biggest test yet for the long-serving populist leader The drone footage showed a sprawling residence in northern Hungary, complete with manicured gardens, a swimming pool and an underground garage. But it was what came next that captured much of the country’s imagination: zebras darting across the countryside. Continue rea…