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Six passengers and crew on board still unaccounted for after medical transport plane vanishes over Atlantic, officials say Researches found debris from a medical transport plane that was carrying six people when it vanished over the Atlantic early on Saturday during a flight from Bermuda to Boston, the US Coast Guard said. A statement from the Coast Guard issued on Saturday evening said crews sea…

In a district shaken by the deaths of 11 workers, Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez faces a stiff challenge to keep her seat On a misty morning in May in south-west Washington state, Laura Oltmann, a 41-year-old dietitian, had barely clocked in when an unfamiliar overhead announcement echoed through the hospital. “We get overhead pages for different types of emergencies. But this one, we don’t get…

Attack happened shortly after Merz arrived in city on unannounced visit intended to underline Germany’s backing of Ukraine Russia has struck another major bridge in Kyiv as the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, arrived in the capital in a show of support for Ukraine. A Russian drone hit Kyiv’s key Northern Bridge over the Dnipro River, marking the fourth consecutive day that Russia has targeted …

Immigration court judge finds ‘unsafe journeys’ policy was applied unlawfully to two families A decision by the Home Office to block mothers and children in Gaza from joining their families in the UK has been quashed by a court. Families abroad who have had their applications approved to reunite with loved ones in the UK usually have to undergo biometric checks, including fingerprinting and facia…

Costa Ltd reports operating profit of £20m in year to 31 December 2025 after losses of £13.5m in 2024 Costa’s main coffee shop arm has returned to the black after revamping its high street outlets and broadening its menu with iced drinks, matcha and fresher pastries. The chain, which has 2,700 outlets in the UK and Ireland out of 4,000 globally, and employs about 20,000 people, also opened a net …

Rallies have been mainstay of president’s brand but even some in his own party fear voters are sick of the sight of him “Get your asses in that car.” That was Donald Trump’s order, he later recalled, to his motorcade after foul weather grounded Air Force One in Texas on Thursday. The 85-mile dash to Oklahoma at nearly 100mph was proof that nothing can keep Trump from a Trump rally. Which might no…

Trump supporters may be surprised to learn the state takeover of means of production is not driven by the left Americans will never accept the Democratic party’s slide to the left, or so desperate Republicans are hoping. With the midterm elections fast upon us, Zohran Mamdani’s promise of a few city-run bodegas in New York City will scare the bejeezus out of middle America. Disgust over the democ…

Former Tory minister defends UK decision to enter war in podcast with US rightwinger and Putin sympathiser The former Tory minister Jacob Rees-Mogg has found himself defending Britain’s decision to fight against Adolf Hitler after inviting the US rightwinger and Vladimir Putin sympathiser Tucker Carlson into his home for an interview. During the encounter, Carlson repeatedly suggested the west wa…

Most counties don’t have their own health agencies, and some specific population groups have low vaccination rates Pennsylvania is bracing for a wave of measles cases, with some public health officials concerned that it’s “only a matter of time” until the disease spreads beyond the outbreak’s epicenter. Last week the state reported its fifth measles-associated death amid 943 confirmed cases acros…

Unison refuses to ballot members on offer that would see thousands of council employees worse off Thousands of Glasgow council workers face being sacked and reappointed under less favourable terms in one of the UK’s biggest ever “fire-and-rehire” exercises, after union negotiations broke down once again this week. About 23,000 workers – all of the council’s non-teaching staff – first heard they w…

Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro face off in battle between leftwing incumbent and far-right son of jailed ex-president Brazilians go to the polls on Sunday in the first round of a highly polarised and high-stakes presidential election that could change not only the direction of Latin America’s largest country but that of the entire region. The election pits the leftwing president, Luiz Inácio Lula da S…

Moscow struck city’s North Bridge this morning, around 20-minutes drive away from the station where the German chancellor arrived Good morning and welcome to our Europe live blog, I’m Frances Mao. We begin in Kyiv where one of Ukraine’s strongest European backers, the German chancellor Friedrich Merz, has arrived this morning in an unannounced visit. Soon after his arrival, the Russians struck th…

Charity calls for faster progress on humane slaughter laws for farmed fish in England and Wales Up to 77m fish are slaughtered each year in the UK but there are no routine or mandatory inspections of fish slaughterhouses in England and Wales, it can be revealed. Concerns within government about the way fish are slaughtered date back decades but all of the official bodies responsible for animal we…

Industry says a phased end to racing, to avoid sudden jump in caring responsibilities, is unworkable Wales’s greyhound racing ban – a UK first – has run into difficulties regarding how and when to wind down the practice, potentially risking the animals’ welfare, a charity has warned. The law, which received royal assent in April, includes a three-year window for the ban to come into effect and is…

Shadow justice secretary says despite U-turn Labour are still ‘restricting juries by the back door’, as Conservative conference begins in Birmingham Good morning. Anthony Seldon recently published the latest in his long and invaluable series of inside stories of premierships, Sunak at 10 , and he gave it the subtitle “The last Conservative prime minister?” When the book was being planned in the e…