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Toledo police say Ohio Democrat is active and alert after two-vehicle hit-and-run collision on Sunday Marcy Kaptur is being treated ⁠for non-life-threatening injuries after a car crash in Toledo, ⁠ Ohio , on Sunday, ⁠the ​ Democratic US representative’s office said. Kaptur, 80, was a passenger ⁠in the vehicle and on her way to church, her office ⁠said. Toledo police did not ​respond to ‌a request…

Prime minister says UK needs to ‘bring back that control’ and safe routes for refugees are necessary to tackle trafficking Andy Burnham has pledged to be “relentless” in tackling small boat crossings after tens of thousands of migrants entered the Spanish territory of Ceuta, and he said “safe routes” for refugees were necessary to tackle trafficking gangs. Speaking during a visit to Dover, the pr…

Health secretary, longtime vaccination skeptic, spent years boosting misinformation about vaccines including MMR Robert F Kennedy Jr , the US health secretary, on Sunday told American parents that they should get their children vaccinated against measles , as the surge in infections has reached numbers not seen in the past 35 years. Kennedy, a leading vaccination skeptic who has spent years ampli…

Senator Bernie Moreno says congressman and former son-in-law should step down after ex-wife’s allegations Republican senator Bernie Moreno on Sunday publicly called for Representative Max Miller, his ex son-in-law, to step down from Congress amid allegations of domestic and child abuse. As recently as Friday, the Ohio senator had avoided giving his opinion directly on accusations made by his daug…

Chancellor says the government wants to prevent shoppers being ‘taken for a ride’ at the pump or till The chancellor, John Healey , has said the government is standing by to prevent the public “being taken for a ride at the pump or the till” as the Iran war continues to hit prices. While there had been “no significant evidence of so-called price gouging” during the crisis, he used a weekend colum…

Paedophile breached non-molestation order before killing and sexually assaulting girlfriend’s daughter Cleveland police failed to arrest a paedophile for breaching a non-molestation order, 18 months before he murdered and sexually assaulted his girlfriend’s two-year-old daughter, Teesside crown court has heard. Isabelle Welsh died on 14 September 2025 after what police described as a “campaign of…

Wheat is half normal height, while England is seeing earliest ever harvest as farmers battle to salvage what they can of their crops Britain could face shortages of certain foods after parts of England faced a punishing drought, the president of the National Farmers’ Union has warned. Farms across the country faced floods over the winter, making planting extremely difficult, and now they do not h…

Review goes down to the wire after ministers speak with victims’ representatives and support services Andy Burnham is focused on preventing the release of child sexual abuse perpetrators as part of the government’s early release scheme, as urgent talks on which serious criminals could be exempted go down to the wire. Government ministers are understood to have 24 hours to assess which criminals c…

The 85-year-old former broadcaster faces 22 charges from six different complainants in what is expected to be a four-month trial Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The high-profile trial of former broadcaster Alan Jones for indecent assault and sexual touching charges begins on Monday in Sydney’s Downing Centre local court and is expected to run for four months and hear …

Exclusive: Karlene Whitton says her son Matthew Roberts took his own life three months into his jail term. ‘I keep picturing it every night’ Warning: This article contains images and names of Indigenous Australians who have died Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast First Nations advocates warn that prisons in New South Wales could exceed the record number of Indigenous dea…

Greek police say 26-year-old foreigner is believed to have left Elisabeth-Jane Ross’s body in derelict building A man has been arrested over the death of a Scottish woman whose body was found inside a suitcase in Athens. Greek police said the 26-year-old man was a foreigner. A replica pistol and a knife were found at the suspect’s home and police have filed a case against him for manslaughter, ro…

Cotality data shows a drop in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, as nation’s median home price falls about $19,000 below its March peak Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast House prices have fallen in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth as the market downturn spreads across Australia. New Cotality data, released on Monday, showed prices have fallen across most of the nation since May.…

People among the more than 50,000 who entered Spanish enclave this week describe the journey and their prospects Four days ago, Youssef El Abbas saw an opportunity to reclaim the life he had lost years seven earlier. News was circulating that about 400 people had swum from Morocco to the neighbouring Spanish enclave of Ceuta on the north African coast, approximately 12 miles (19km) across the str…

High winds spread flames through Attica while blazes stabilise in France and Spain but risk of flare-ups remains high Europe’s wildfire crisis fractured along starkly different fronts on Sunday: gale-force winds drove flames deeper into the Athens region and forced fresh evacuations, France guarded a still-burning scar four times the size of Paris against renewed spread, and Spain’s major fires f…

Labour veteran is said to relish role that requires careful negotiation of Trump and impending G20 leadership Extraordinarily, given the importance of geopolitics, the office of foreign secretary has sometimes appeared a consolation prize in British politics, perhaps reflecting the transfer of responsibility to Downing Street or the Cabinet Office. That is not how Ed Miliband views the job. His a…