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Innocent man lynched by mob in West Bengal as police killing of suspect further escalates tensions Protests have engulfed the Indian state of West Bengal after the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl, the subsequent lynching of an innocent man and the police killing of one of the accused. Outrage erupted on Sunday after the body of a missing girl was recovered from a pond in a town just outsid…

Serbian man reportedly saved by wife hanging on to his legs after window shattered on journey from Greece A passenger on a Ryanair flight was reportedly almost sucked out of a window after it shattered in mid-air during a journey from Greece. The man was said to have been sucked out of his seat into the plane’s slipstream and hung headfirst out of the window after an engine failure resulted in pa…

Trump administration urged to relist a species in ‘very, very serious trouble’ under Endangered Species Act Climate change is driving a gray whale “catastrophic mortality event” in the Pacific Ocean as melting sea ice depletes food sources and the animals starve, environmental groups warn . Meanwhile, a range of other issues, like ship strikes, oil spills, microplastic pollution, algal blooms and…

Tyler Robinson is accused of shooting the far-right activist at Utah Valley University last year A judge is set to determine whether the case against Tyler James Robinson, the man charged with murdering Charlie Kirk, will advance to trial, as a five-day preliminary hearing comes to a close on Friday. US district judge Tony Graf is expected to sift through the evidence presented by the state and R…

Prominent Eurosceptic and social conservative described as ‘force of nature’ by Farage and ‘formidable’ by Badenoch Anne Widdecombe – obituary 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. Bes…

Sian Astley doubles down on stance that people who vote for open borders should house ‘criminals and rapists’ who enter UK UK politics live – latest updates The Reform UK candidate in the Greater Manchester mayoral race has been criticised by her rivals after doubling down on comments that voters for other parties should have to house criminals and rapists. Sian Astley, a property businesswoman, …

Exclusive: Sources say Labour whips are calling MPs urging them to heed union’s warning and not vote for cap One of Britain’s biggest trade unions has told Labour MPs not to vote for a cap on political donations next week, saying it could endanger union funding for the party. The GMB union has written to its affiliated MPs urging them not to vote for amendments to the representation of the people…

State hit by new wrongful death lawsuit by family of Jason Wilson, who died in ‘brutally hot, un-airconditioned’ cell Texas, the state with the largest prison population in the US, is coming under mounting legal pressure to address the ongoing crisis of brutal heat in its cells, as extreme summer temperatures expose inmates to suffering, illness and even death. The Texas department of criminal ju…

Critics accuse president of ‘fattening the wallets of his cronies’ as working Americans face higher energy rates The Trump administration has directly spent $2.7bn of taxpayer money on its crusade against wind power while pouring $1.125bn into boosting coal, which critics say is pushing up Americans’ bills. They say the moves are evidence that the president aims to serve fossil-fuel companies lik…

The One Nation leader is set to be interviewed by Tommy Robinson as part of a media strategy that seems designed to seek scandal – and reach millions Pauline Hanson’s highly publicised meetings with controversial far-right figures in the UK will drive international eyeballs to her content and continue building the global brand – and that’s by design, far-right experts say. The One Nation leader i…

Xavier Niel buys 16% through investment vehicle Vega after Emirati telecoms group sells shareholding The French telecoms billionaire Xavier Niel has become Vodafone’s largest shareholder after buying a 16% stake for £4.4bn. On Friday, the Emirati telecoms group e&, which first took a stake worth £3.3bn in Vodafone in 2022 , announced the sale of its entire shareholding for 112.5p a share. Continu…

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were reportedly seeking two people from Guatemala. Plus, readers recommend the best films of 2026 so far Good morning. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a man killed by federal immigration agents during a traffic stop in Houston this week, was not the intended target of the “enforcement operation”, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has said. Immigration an…

Wim T Schippers asked that his 800lb sculpture be spread smoothly and without ‘educational purpose’ A museum in Rotterdam has paid tribute to the idiosyncratic character of one of the most influential figures in the Dutch arts by spreading 800lb of peanut butter across the floor of one of its galleries. The hexagonal floor installation, called Pindakaasvloer (Peanut butter floor), is a recreation…

Regulators say Facebook and Instagram features such as autoplay and infinite scroll contribute to ‘compulsive use’ EU regulators have accused Meta, the company behind Facebook and Instagram, of failing to tackle the risks of its “addictive design” on the physical and mental health of users. In an official charge sheet against Meta released on Friday, the European Commission said features such as …

Shabana Mahmood amended guidance so those denied trafficking protections could not appeal case The home secretary’s decision to reduce protections for potential trafficking victims to allow the “one in one out” asylum returns deal to proceed was unlawful, a high court judge has ruled. The legal challenge was brought by five small boat asylum seekers earmarked for return to France – four from Erit…