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Elephant in room at NATO: would Trump blow it up?

Western leaders are celebrating 75 years of NATO with an elephant in the room -- will Donald Trump, who could again be the US president within months, blow the alliance up? "You did this for four years, and guess what?

Millionaire midwife still delivering babies a decade on from lottery win

Millionaire midwife still delivering babies a decade on from lottery win - Her first purchase following the win was a pair of Jimmy Choos.

Watch: Cows stampede down suburban street in Yorkshire town

This is the moment a herd of 45 cows broke loose and charged down a residential street. Footage shows Leon Box, 16, racing away from the animals as they run past houses in Ripon, North Yorkshire. The boy had gone out to the corner of their street after hearing cows were on the loose, but was taken aback when he saw them bearing down on him. His mot...

Grandfather visiting Australia killed in alleged hit-and-run

A manhunt continues the the driver of a purple coupe who hit the Nepalese national on Abell Road in Melonba near Blacktown in Sydney's west sometime after 11.15pm on Sunday.

Britain's new Defence Secretary promises increased support to Ukraine

Britain's new Defence Secretary John Healey meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, telling him that the UK would 'step up' their support to the country in its conflict with Russia.

Castor Bay crash: Pedestrian hit on East Coast Rd, rushed to North Shore Hospital

East Coast Rd has been blocked and police are asking motorists to avoid the area.

Husband of Patricia McKay, Kiwi killed in California, leapt in front of car in attempt to save her life

Patricia McKay's husband Doug had a gun pointed at his head before his wife's "senseless" death, authorities say.

Audrey Flack, artist whose massive New York statue of a British ‘slaver’ queen was melted down – obituary

Audrey Flack, who has died aged 93, enjoyed an eclectic career as an artist, swimming against the tide of the avant garde and celebrating kitsch, which she defined as anything the art world considered “too sentimental, too glitzy, with too much colour and too much emotion”, or in other words, “something that people can relate to”. She treasured the...

Macron’s deal with hard-Left puts France on a collision course with Brussels

The resurgence of Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party (RN) in the French elections has grabbed headlines. While investors had been focused on the prospect of a hard-Right parliamentary majority, exit polls suggest Le Pen’s party is on track for a shock defeat that could even see it pushed into third place by Emmanuel Macron’s centrist Ensemble blo...

Archbishop claims he felt pressured to abort his disabled daughter

Justin Welby 's daughter, Ellie, who is now aged 32, suffers from dyspraxia - a condition which affects movement and co-ordination.

Sue Gray's son among dozens Labour MPs likely back pro-Brussels drive

Liam Conlon, whose mother is Chief of Staff to Sir Keir Starmer, became MP for Beckenham and Penge last week.

'I refused to switch plane seats for a mum and her kid - she should have booked'

A woman has defended her decision to refuse to swap seats with a mum on a plane so that she and her child could sit closer to the front - as her excuse wasn't good enough

Explainer: Will Darleen Tana be kicked out Parliament, or is this a stand-off waiting to happen?

The waka-jumping law allows her to be ejected - but is this a stand-off waiting to happen?

Greens call on Darleen Tana to resign from Parliament after damning investigation into migrant exploitation claims

Under the waka-jumping law, a process has to be followed for Tana to be kicked out.

Home secretary launches new border security squad after scrapping Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda plan

Home secretary launches new border security squad after scrapping Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda plan - Yvette Cooper said the new body, set to include MI5, would tackle the root cause of the small boats crisis ‘going after these dangerous criminals and bringing them to justice’

22-year-old MP hits back at claims he doesn't have enough 'experience'

Sam Carling has become the youngest member of the Commons after being elected to Parliament to represent North West Cambridgeshire at the age of 22.

Green MP Darleen Tana spends 115 days suspended – half her political career

Darleen Tana hasn't been seen at Parliament for more than half her career as an MP.

CCTV footage shows moment man steals £120 worth of fuel

The owners of a family-run garage have told of their anger after a brazen thief was caught on camera making off with £120 worth of fuel. CCTV footage shows a Vauxhall Astra driver filling up before leaving Palmarsh Gulf Service Station, near Hythe.

Woman who died climbing Mt Ruapehu was young Auckland uni scientist, Wednesday Davis

Wednesday Davis graduated in 2022 with a Masters in Marine Science and worked at the uni.

Henry Winkler issues urgent warning over London rickshaw taxis

Henry Winkler has warned tourists heading to London to avoid taking rickshaw rides around town or else face huge travel bills. The 78-year-old Happy Days icon was far from impressed when he was slapped with a bill in excess of £100 after utilising one of the bicycle taxis in the British capital. Taking to social media while he was in the city, the ...

Māori and Pasifika underwent diabetes amputations a ‘decade earlier’ than other groups - northern region study

Audit of five major hospitals show amputations were common for Māori and Pasifika.

Four killed in shooting at Kentucky pool party before man turned gun on himself

Police say the shooter Chase Garvey, 21, was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound after he fled the scene and crashed his car in a ditch.

Heroic neighbour saves elderly woman from Grey Lynn house fire, 125-year-old villa destroyed after two fires in 24 hours

The 125-year-old Grey Lynn villa was destroyed after catching fire twice in 24 hours.

EU willing to offer Keir Starmer new deal on Brexit, Irish PM says

EU willing to offer Keir Starmer new deal on Brexit, Irish PM says - Labour leader vows to improve the UK’s relationship with the bloc including ‘closer ties’ on trading, research and defence, pledging a better outcome than Boris Johnson’s ‘botched’ deal

Twins separated at birth have identical IQs, study finds

A remarkable study on identical Chinese twins separated at birth by the nation's draconian one-child policy suggests that for IQ nature is more important than nurture.

Pro-Palestinian protesters surround car carrying Sir Keir Starmer

Demonstrators held Palestinian flags and attempted to block the Labour leader's car as he left Bute House following his meeting with First Minister of Scotland John Swinney.

Combat footage showed a gripping battle between Ukrainian M2 Bradley and two Russian vehicles

Tears of joy as leftist alliance ahead of far-right in France's vote

Joy and relief swept over supporters of the New Popular Front (NFP) on Sunday evening at a square in Paris, as the leftist alliance New Popular Front (NFP) defied surveys and took the top spot in France's snap legislative elections.

Now woke RNLI is trying to 'ban' digging holes at the beach!

EXCLUSIVE: Locals living near posh Padstow in Cornwall told the crews to 'get a grip' after they complained about a phantom digger on Facebook .

Father is allegedly stabbed to death as his son is charged with murder

Robert Hillemacher, 84, was allegedly stabbed to death at a house on Foote Street in Brighton, south-east Melbourne, at about 8.30pm on Friday.

A Ukrainian drone triggers warehouse explosions in Russia as a war of attrition grinds on

A Ukrainian drone triggers warehouse explosions in Russia as a war of attrition grinds on - Russian officials say a village in the western border region has been evacuated following a series of explosions after debris from a downed Ukrainian drone set fire to a nearby warehouse

How EVERY MP in Sir Keir Starmer's Cabinet full opposed Brexit

A close inspection of the new Cabinet by ROSS CLARK reveals every single MP around the table campaigned for Remain in the 2016 referendum.

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Former Home and Away actor Orpheus Pledger faces prison time for assaulting woman

The actor has pleaded guilty to four charges relating to assault.

Student charged over Wellington Girls' College assault

One person was seriously injured in the incident.

Police vehicle damaged after Lower Hutt fleeing driver incident, attempted carjacking

The vehicle stopped but fled the scene before police could speak with the driver.

Ukrainian special forces storm Snake Island in newly released footage

In the video, the island is seen being hit by aerial bombs before an assault by helicopters.

America's 'worst roommate's' jailhouse phone call is revealed

Janie Lynn Ridd's chilling jailhouse phone call has been revealed, more than two years after she was paroled for trying to poison her best friend, second from right, with a bacteria.

Shark lurks in shallow water after multiple people bitten in ‘unprecedented’ Texas attack

Shark lurks in shallow water after multiple people bitten in ‘unprecedented’ Texas attack -

Disgraced cricketer and serial groper Jason Trembath jailed for P use

Jason Trembath pleaded guilty to breaching his bail conditions.

Moment National Rally members react to shock French exit poll

Footage shows several members of the National Rally (RN) with champagne glasses in their hands as they watch the exit poll results being announced.

13 touching images & videos as rugby league icon Rob Burrow’s funeral takes place

Thousands filled the streets in Yorkshire...

Covid-19: 2772 new cases, 31 further deaths

Te Whatu Ora said there was an issue that led to an undercount of cases and hospital admissions in late June.

Dozens more migrants including young children arrive in Dover

Dozens more migrants including young children have arrived in Dover in the latest small boat Channel crossing.

I sold everything I own to live on a school bus with my husband and four dogs

One of Putin’s top war commanders convicted of killing 18-year-old girl

British police to be deployed in Europe to fight people smugglers

Hundreds of police officers will be deployed across Europe to stop people smugglers as part of Sir Keir Starmer’s new UK Border Security Command. Yvette Cooper, the Home Secretary, announced on Sunday the first steps in setting up the command by kickstarting the search from Monday for a former police, military or intelligence chief to head it. It w...

Russia is approaching a new major milestone in its personnel losses

Courteeners perform biggest ever Lytham Festival gig

Manchester rock lords the Courteeners headlined Lytham Festival’s biggest ever night as they performed to a sold-out crowd.

The sixth mass extinction might not be that far away