A boat carrying 25 French tourists has capsized off the coast of Oman, killing three, local police have said. The three tourists drowned when the boat tipped over two-and-a-half nautical miles from Oman’s capital city of Muscat. Royal Oman Police said a tour guide and a boat captain were also on the ship. Two tourists […]
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Donald Trump says “a lot of great people” want to join his Board of Peace – but some world leaders are clearly worried the controversial initiative could undermine the United Nations. Originally envisioned as a small group that would oversee the ceasefire in Gaza, it has morphed into something far more ambitious. On a stage
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A major storm forecast to bring strong winds, heavy rain and snow across much of the UK on Tuesday has been named by The Met Office as Storm Chandra. Flooding and travel disruption is likely in places, with significant snow expected across higher ground in some northern areas. The Met Office has issued an amber
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Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend of paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, is set to appear before a US congressional committee next month. The British former socialite, who is serving a 20-year federal prison sentence for sex trafficking, will appear virtually before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on 9 February. Committee chair James Comer said
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European governments and their diplomats here in Washington are as relieved as they are exasperated by this extraordinary Greenland show and latest act which played out in the Swiss Alps over the past 24 hours. There is no “framework of a deal”. Not yet. Donald Trump may claim there is, but that’s only because he
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Water fights are supposed to be fun – but the anger, indignation, and exasperation in Tunbridge Wells mean this one will be feisty. “They have left us in water limbo,” organiser Jonathan Hawker told a packed bar of over 100 residents on Wednesday night. “And that’s no way to live in 2026.” It was the
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Almost a third of children who started reception last year were not able to use books correctly, sometimes even trying to swipe or tap them like a smartphone, a survey has found. Around one in four were not toilet trained, amid warnings more children are struggling with basic life skills. In an annual survey of
The use of medication to treat Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has risen sharply in the UK, largely due to growing prescription rates among adults – particularly women. New research shows the proportion of people taking ADHD drugs has tripled over the past decade, increasing from 0.12% in 2010 to 0.39% in 2023. The increase was
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It was billed as an emergency meeting of Tory MPs after a trio of defections to Reform UK, but judging by the noise that greeted Kemi Badenoch it could have been a victory rally. When the Tory leader entered parliament’s committee room 14 for what could have been an awkward showdown with her backbenchers, the
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US troops have transferred 150 Islamic State (IS) prisoners from Syria to Iraq under plans that could see 7,000 detainees moved across the border. The new Syrian government under President Ahmed al Sharaa has been trying to reassert its control over the whole country, leading to clashes with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a Kurdish-led
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