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Bodycam shows Florida student tased and arrested by campus police
Bodycam shows Florida student tased and arrested by campus police…
Ann Widdecombe was hit on head repeatedly with hammer, prosecutors say
Joshua Kerry, 28, from Rotherham, in South Yorkshire, is charged with her murder and appeared in court.…
Weather warnings as tropical depression develops along US Gulf coast
Depression set to become tropical storm later on Monday as separate storm strengthens off Mexico’s Pacific coastA tropical depression was continuing t…
Ebola death toll in DRC surges to at least 930 as outbreak gathers pace
Ebola spreading faster than any previous outbreak in DRC, with 37 new deaths recorded over just 24 hours at the weekend.…
‘When I get home, my whole body aches’: extreme heat saps health and wages of India’s poorest workers
Exclusive: Outdoor workers losing up to 9% of income as weather becomes ‘poverty multiplier’, research saysExtreme heat is pushing some of India’s poo…
Five family members found dead after flash flood in Utah canyon, police say
Victims were Provo’s fire captain, his wife and their three sons, who were hiking in Bicknell amid heavy rainsFive family members who had set out for …
Fire crews 'surround' large-scale Cairngorms wildfire
Residents and campers were allowed to return to the affected area and collect personal belongings on Sunday.…
5.5-magnitude earthquake hits Peru's Andes region and kills at least 5 people
More than 20 people were injured and 300 have been displaced by Saturday’s quake, while the total number of missing is still unknown A 5.5-magnitude e…
Top German conservative quits after surrogacy sparks backlash within party
Jens Spahn steps down after party criticism over surrogacy, highlighting tensions in Germany's conservative coalition.…
China warns UK over British Steel nationalisation, demands fair resolution
Jingye seeks compensation after UK's move to fully nationalise loss-making British Steel, citing security risks.…
Ruthless plotter? Flip-flopper? Dad dancer? Insiders reveal the real Andy Burnham
Who is the real Andy Burnham? Laura Kuenssberg talks to more than 20 people who know him to work it out…
Arizona teen hailed for helping save woman with dementia wandering in 103F heat
Fire crew in Gilbert to honor Royal Cothrun, 14, for helping elderly woman who became disoriented amid heatwaveAn Arizona fire department is formally …
‘It’s only going to get worse’: wildfires forcing firefighters to make impossible choices
As the climate crisis fuels more intense blazes, pushing them to new parts of the world, those tackling them are forced to ration resources and decide…
Gracie Abrams captures pain of early adulthood in new album - but you're left wanting more
The singer's third album is full of incisive, witty lyrics that are let down by muted production.…
Landslide in southwest China kills eight and leaves 34 missing
A landslide on the outskirts of the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing has killed at least eight and left 34 missing…
More Canadian wildfire smoke shrouds US midwest, mid-Atlantic and north-east
109 million people face another day of poor air quality as smoke from blazes in Ontario drifts over the USSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter …
Biodiversity fears as human-bred hybrid fish integrate into Philippines lake
Escaped flowerhorn cichlids are causing concern for native species and about parasites capable of infecting humansEscaped ornamental aquarium fish hav…
‘My eyes were stinging’: New Yorkers navigate smoky air and soaring temperatures
Pollution levels in the city were elevated as smoke from Canadian wildfires drifted south across a huge swathe of the US The sun shone feebly through …
Cairngorms wildfire burns for third day across nearly four miles
Firefighters are still on the scene and an area commander says there are "adequate resources" to deal with the incident.…
Sinkhole on Sunset Boulevard: broken water pipe floods LA-area hotspot
Businesses and traffic in West Hollywood doused after century-old pipe bursts belowgroundA century-old water pipe buried below a bustling boulevard in…
Life-threatening flash flooding hits central Texas as storms ravage region
Flash flood emergencies were issued on Thursday for parts of Kerr and Uvalde counties and Texas Hill CountrySign up for the Breaking News US newslette…
More than 800 Canadian wildfires burning as air quality alerts extend to US
The air quality in large parts of Michigan, Minneapolis and Minnesota is deemed "hazardous" by authorities.…
Air quality plummets in 20 states as smoke from Canadian wildfires spreads across the US
Millions of Americans face air quality alerts from Minnesota to New York as authorities urge people to stay indoorsSign up for the Breaking News US ne…
Revealed: Bucharest tourists hiring rentals that could collapse in an earthquake
Exclusive: More than 200 illegal holiday properties found in buildings at the highest level of seismic riskTourists in the Romanian capital, Bucharest…
How global heating supercharged floods in West Africa displacing thousands
Adaptation to frightening new normal and reducing emissions further and faster is critical, scientists warnDozens of people drowned, hundreds had to b…
Jesy Nelson calls plan to test newborns for deadly muscle condition a 'victory'
All newborn babies are set to have a heel prick test for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) in England.…
Weekend cooldown to mark end of heatwave for some
Temperatures are set to fall by several degrees in some areas, including parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England.…
South Texas braces for more flooding after US storms strand motorists
Up to 16in of rain fell in some areas as forecasters warn another foot could fall, prompting rescues and road closuresSign up for the Breaking News US…
Seven Britons among 12 foreign nationals killed in Spain’s deadly wildfires
Fire broke out last Thursday in the southeastern province of Almería, which is home to many foreign residentsSeven Britons are among 12 foreign nation…
‘Unprecedented’ changes in UK climate are normalising extremes, report says
Annual State of the UK Climate analysis finds last four years in UK are in top five hottest on recordThe UK’s climatic extremes are becoming increasin…