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A woman who pleaded for the release of her daughter held hostage by Hamas has died from brain cancer less than a month after she was rescued. Noa Argamani was kidnapped from the Nova music festival in October and video of her being taken away on a motorbike made headlines around the world. Her mother,

The US Supreme Court has sent Donald Trump’s claim that he is immune from prosecution for his actions while president back to a lower court. Trump faces prosecution over his role in the deadly January 6 riots in 2021 at the Capitol in Washington DC, after he encouraged his supporters to gather at Congress to

This is the story of how an obscure company based in an office block on a quiet street in Glasgow became an accessory in Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine. It is the story of how Europe and Russia remain locked in a tense relationship of economic dependence, even as they supposedly cut their ties. It

A new political reality has been revealed in France, it has a new face and a new name – 28-year-old Jordan Bardella. Frontman of the hard-right, he has helped propel National Rally to a clear-cut lead in the first round of parliamentary elections. Bardella, the party’s choice for prime minister, stands on the brink of

An “extremely dangerous” storm is approaching the southeast Caribbean amid urgent pleas from government officials for people to take shelter. Hurricane Beryl is expected to hit the Windward Islands on Monday morning. Hurricane warnings were in effect for Barbados, St. Lucia, Grenada, Tobago and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. “This is a very dangerous situation,”

Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally party will get the biggest vote share in the first round of France’s parliamentary elections, according to exit polls. As polls closed on the first round of voting on Sunday, National Rally had a strong lead at 33%, followed by the left-wing New Popular Front coalition on 28.5%. President

The search for Jay Slater in an area of Tenerife has been called off, police have said. The British teenager, from Oswaldtwistle, near Blackburn in Lancashire, has been missing in Tenerife ever since 17 June, when he vanished the morning after attending a rave. The Civil Guard had called for volunteers to join a “massive

A bid to cross the Atlantic for the first time in an open basket hydrogen balloon has been scuppered by the weather seven hours after launch. British explorer Sir David Hempleman-Adams, 67, set off from Presque Isle, Maine, with American balloon manufacturer Bert Padelt, 62, and Swiss scientist and entrepreneur Dr Frederik Paulsen, 72. The

A crossbow attacker has been killed after shooting a police officer in the neck while he guarded the Israeli embassy in Serbia, authorities have said. Interior minister Ivica Dacic said the assailant, who has not been identified, fired a bolt at the officer, who “used a weapon in self-defence to shoot the attacker”. The policeman

Ninety minutes is a long watch in politics – ask a Democrat, any Democrat. As the mist was hanging heavy over Atlanta the morning after the presidential debate, for them the metaphors were writing themselves. Hot takes from the night before gave way to clear-eyed, cold assessment that chilled the Democratic Party. Latest: Reaction to

Joe Biden and Donald Trump have held the first presidential debate, where the president struggled to speak and the Republican was dogged by his criminal trials. Held in Atlanta, Georgia, the CNN-hosted debate marked a rematch four years in the making. With one candidate’s microphone turned off while the other was speaking, Trump and Biden

Five people have been killed after a train and a bus collided in Slovakia. A further five were injured in the southern town of Nove Zamky, 68 miles east of the capital, Bratislava, emergency services said on Facebook. The train’s engine was on fire, video footage showed, while the bus was badly damaged, railway officials

Jay Slater’s mother has given an update via a £35,000 fundraising page set up to help the search for the missing teenager. Debbie Duncan, posting on the GoFundMe page “Get Jay Slater home”, said the family were working with the company to withdraw some of the money. She said the money would be used to

Bolivian armed forces have taken over the capital’s central square as an armoured vehicle rammed through the entrance of the presidential palace as the president said the country is facing a coup attempt. The country’s president, Luis Arce, warned an “irregular” deployment of troops had taken place and called for “democracy to be respected” on

Newly released footage shows the search for missing British teenager Jay Slater continues by both land and air. The search for the 19-year-old from Lancashire, who is missing in Tenerife, has now entered its tenth day. He has been missing since Monday 17 June. The friends he was holidaying with last heard from him at